JP6852704B2 - Control device, recording medium management device, system, control method, and program - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a control device, a recording medium management device, a system, a control method, and a program.

Patent Document 1 discloses a gaming system in which the settlement process cannot be executed or is interrupted when the depositor and the settlement person do not match. Patent Document 2 discloses a counting urge detection system that detects fraud based on a search result as to whether or not player data of the same person as the counting data exists.
Patent Document 1 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2013-158504 Patent Document 2 Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-40208

It is desired to further improve the convenience of the player in the process when the depositor and the settlement person on the recording medium used for the game do not match.

The control device according to one aspect of the present invention may be a control device that controls a settlement machine for settlement of valuable value associated with a recording medium. The control device is used when the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium associated with the valuable value. The first image including the face of the person who provided the lending device with the first recording medium or money imaged from the lending device side, and the first image taken from the payment machine side when the settlement machine accepts the first recording medium. Judgment indicating whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person, which is obtained by comparing the second image including the face of the person who provided the recording medium to the checkout machine. An acquisition unit for acquiring the result may be provided. If the control device does not indicate that the determination results are the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the control device sends a request message requesting permission for settlement to the destination. May be provided with a first indicator for instructing. When the control device receives a response message indicating permission for settlement in response to the request message, the control device may include a permission unit that permits settlement by the settlement machine of the valuable value associated with the first recording medium.

In response to the reception of the response message indicating the disapproval of settlement in response to the request message, the control device uses the second image as the face image of the suspicious person to instruct the registration in the second database. You may be prepared.

If the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is not registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the permission unit is a valuable value settlement machine associated with the first recording medium. You may allow payment at.

The control device according to one aspect of the present invention may be a control device that controls a prize exchange device that exchanges prizes according to the number of acquired game media associated with the recording medium. The control device is used when the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium associated with the valuable value. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or money to the lending device, which was imaged from the lending device side, and the first image taken from the prize exchange device side when the prize exchange device received the first recording medium. Whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person, which is obtained by comparing the first recording medium with the second image including the face of the person who provided the prize exchange device. It may be provided with the acquisition unit which acquires the determination result indicating. If the control device does not indicate that the determination result is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the control device goes to the destination of the request message requesting permission to exchange the prize. It may be provided with a first instruction unit for instructing the transmission of. When the control device receives the response message indicating the permission to exchange the prize in response to the request message, the control device permits the exchange of the prize in the prize exchange device according to the number of acquired game media associated with the first recording medium. It may be provided with a permit section.

In response to the request message, the control device receives a response message indicating that the exchange of the prize is not permitted, and the second instruction instructs the second image to be registered in the second database as the face image of the suspicious person. It may have a part.

If the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is not registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the permission unit acquires the number of game media associated with the first recording medium. You may allow the exchange of prizes with the prize exchange device according to the above.

The control device may control a settlement machine that accounts for the valuable value associated with the recording medium. The acquisition unit compares the first image with the third image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium imaged from the settlement machine side to the settlement machine when the settlement machine accepted the first recording medium. The determination result indicating whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the third image are the same person may be acquired. If the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the first indicator goes to the destination of the request message requesting permission for settlement. May be instructed to send. When the permission unit receives the response message indicating the permission of settlement in response to the request message, the permission unit may permit the settlement of the valuable value associated with the first recording medium with the settlement machine.

The recording medium management device according to one aspect of the present invention may include the above control device. The recording medium management device may include identification information for identifying the recording medium, valuable value, a management unit that associates the acquired number of game media with customer information and manages them in the first database.

The system according to one aspect of the present invention may include the recording medium management device. In the system, the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person by comparing the image acquisition unit that acquires the first image and the second image with the first image and the second image. A determination device having a determination unit that determines whether or not the image is present and provides the determination result to the control device may be provided.

The control method according to one aspect of the present invention may be a control method for controlling a settlement machine for settlement of valuable value associated with a recording medium. The control method is when the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium to which the valuable value is associated or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or money to the lending device, which was imaged from the lending device side, and the first image, which was taken from the settlement machine side when the settlement machine accepted the first recording medium. Judgment indicating whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person, which is obtained by comparing the second image including the face of the person who provided the recording medium to the checkout machine. The control method may include a step of acquiring the result, when the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the settlement is permitted. It may be provided with a step of instructing the destination of the request message to request. The control method may include a step of permitting the settlement of the valuable value associated with the first recording medium with the settlement machine when the response message indicating the permission of the settlement is received in response to the request message.

The control method according to one aspect of the present invention may be a control method for controlling a prize exchange device that exchanges prizes according to the number of acquired game media associated with the recording medium. The control method is when the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium associated with the valuable value. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or money to the lending device, which was imaged from the lending device side, and the first image taken from the prize exchange device side when the prize exchange device received the first recording medium. Whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person, which is obtained by comparing the first recording medium with the second image including the face of the person who provided the prize exchange device. It may be provided with a step of acquiring a determination result indicating. The control method does not indicate that the determination result is the same person, and when the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the destination is the destination of the request message requesting permission to exchange the prize. It may be provided with a step of instructing the transmission of. When the control method receives a response message indicating permission to exchange the prize in response to the request message, the control method permits the exchange of the prize in the prize exchange device according to the number of acquired game media associated with the first recording medium. You may have a step to do.

The program according to one aspect of the present invention may be a program for operating a computer as the control device.

The program according to one aspect of the present invention may be a program for operating a computer as the control device.

The outline of the above invention does not list all the necessary features of the present invention. Sub-combinations of these feature groups can also be inventions.

It is a figure which shows the system structure which shows an example of the whole structure of the game system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows an example of a series of actions from a player entering a store to leaving a store. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of an image processing unit. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure which a clerk performs when a player reports the loss of a card. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the usage history. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the card use image list. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the procedure which a clerk confirms the fraudulent use of a card at the time of closing process. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of another person use list. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the card use image list. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of the medium lending management apparatus. It is a figure which is an example of the functional block of a biological information recognition device. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when a card is inserted into a checkout machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when a card is inserted into a checkout machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when a card is inserted into a checkout machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when a card is inserted into a checkout machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of a request message. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when a card is ejected by a machine. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when a card is ejected by a machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen of the card forgotten notification message. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure when the card forgetting history is registered in a biometric information database. It is a figure which shows an example of a hardware configuration.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the inventions that fall within the scope of the claims. Also, not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential to the means of solving the invention.

Various embodiments of the present invention may be described with reference to flowcharts and block diagrams, wherein the block is (1) a stage of the process in which the operation is performed or (2) a device having a role of performing the operation. May represent the "part" of. Specific stages and "parts" may be implemented by programmable circuits and / or processors. Dedicated circuits may include digital and / or analog hardware circuits. It may include integrated circuits (ICs) and / or discrete circuits. Programmable circuits may include reconfigurable hardware circuits. Reconfigurable hardware circuits include logical AND, logical OR, logical XOR, logical NAND, logical NOR, and other logical operations, flip-flops, registers, field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), programmable logic arrays (PLA), etc. It may include a memory element such as.

The computer-readable medium may include any tangible device capable of storing instructions executed by the appropriate device. As a result, the computer-readable medium having the instructions stored therein will include the product, including instructions that can be executed to create means for performing the operation specified in the flowchart or block diagram. Examples of computer-readable media may include electronic storage media, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, electromagnetic storage media, semiconductor storage media, and the like. More specific examples of computer-readable media include floppy® disks, diskettes, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), Electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), compact disc read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital versatile disc (DVD), Blu-ray (RTM) disc, memory stick, integrated A circuit card or the like may be included.

Computer-readable instructions may include either source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages. Source code or object code includes traditional procedural programming languages. Traditional procedural programming languages include assembler instructions, instruction set architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine-dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or Smalltalk, JAVA®, C ++, etc. It may be an object-oriented programming language, and a "C" programming language or a similar programming language. Computer-readable instructions are used locally or on a local area network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) such as the Internet, to the processor or programmable circuit of a general purpose computer, special purpose computer, or other programmable data processing device. ) May be provided. The processor or programmable circuit may execute computer-readable instructions to create means for performing the operations specified in the flowchart or block diagram. Examples of processors include computer processors, processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, microcontrollers and the like.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of the overall configuration of the game system 1000 according to the present embodiment. The game system 1000 is installed in a game store. The game system 1000 includes a platform machine 10, a game machine 20, a counter 70, a checkout machine 80, a prize POS 90, a biometric information recognition device 200, a biometric information database 230, a game store management device 300, a game console management database 330, and media rental. It includes a management device 400, a media lending management database 430, and display devices 250, 350, and 450. The media lending management device 400 may be connected to the Internet and communicate with the player's mobile terminal 510.

The game system 1000 manages a game machine 20 in which a player plays a game. For example, the game system 1000 manages information on a game medium lent to a player. The game system 1000 collects, for example, the visit status of the player, the operating status of the game table, and the like, and analyzes the trend of the player. The game system 1000 may monitor the player's cheating and the like.

The game machine 20 is, for example, a pachinko machine or a slot machine. The counting machine 70 counts the number of game media acquired by the player playing the game machine 20, and outputs the counting result by showing it on a magnetic card, a receipt, or the like. The checkout machine 80 sells, for example, a prepaid card that records points for borrowing a game medium. The settlement machine 80 supplies the information on the points of the prepaid card sold and the information on the amount of money paid to the media lending management device 400. Further, the settlement machine 80 setstles and pays out cash based on the information of the remaining number of the game media lent out as the frequency. The settlement machine 80 supplies the information on the remaining amount of the prepaid card and the information on the amount of cash refunded to the medium lending management device 400. The prize POS90 exchanges the game medium acquired by the player for a prize according to the number of acquired game media. The employee may use the prize POS90 to process the prepaid card provided by the player and exchange it for a prize according to the number of game media acquired by the player specified from the prepaid card.

When the player plays a game on the game machine 20, the machine 10 receives points, amounts, etc. specified by the player using a recording medium such as a prepaid card, money, etc., and responds to the received points, amount, etc. Lend out a large number of game media. The platform machine 10 has a card reception unit that accepts a membership card or a one-day card, which is a prepaid card owned by the player. The card receiving unit may include a contact type or contactless type card reader that reads various information such as a card ID recorded on the prepaid card. The machine 10 has a money receiving unit that receives money such as banknotes from the player. When the money reception department accepts money, the player's membership card or one-day card, or the one-day card newly issued by the machine 10 is used to borrow the game medium according to the value of the received money. Scores are associated. The platform machine 10 is an example of a processing device or a rental device that executes processing related to the game of the game machine 20.

The platform machine 10 supplies information on the quantity of the rented game medium to the medium lending management device 400. The medium lending management device 400 manages information on the quantity of the rented game media together with information such as the remaining number of cash or prepaid cards received. The medium lending management device 400 may be provided for each of a plurality of adjacent game machines 20 constituting the game island. The medium lending management database 430 stores identification information of the recording medium, for example, information on the number of out balls, the number of safe balls, and the remaining amount of valuable value (remaining frequency) in association with the card ID. The medium lending management device 400 is an example of a recording medium management device. The media lending management database 430 is an example of a customer database.

The media lending management device 400 may communicate with an external device via a network 500 such as the Internet. The media lending management device 400 may communicate with the mobile terminal 510 owned by the player via the network 500, for example. The mobile terminal 510 may be a mobile phone, a smartphone, a PDA, a tablet, or the like.

The platform machine 10, the counter 70, the checkout machine 80, and the prize POS 90 include an image pickup device 30, a notification unit 40, and an image processing unit 100. The image pickup device 30 captures an image including the face of a person who causes the platform machine 10, the counter 70, the checkout machine 80, or the prize POS 90 to perform processing related to the game. The image pickup device 30 may take an image of the front region of the stand-to-stand machine 10, the counter 70, the checkout machine 80, or the prize POS 90. The image pickup apparatus 30 may image a predetermined area in which a person's face is likely to be present in order to operate the platform machine 10, the counter 70, the checkout machine 80, and the prize POS 90. The notification unit 40 notifies the user of various messages. The notification unit 40 may be a display unit that displays a message. The notification unit 40 may be a touch panel display.

The image pickup apparatus 30 may sequentially capture images. The image pickup apparatus 30 may capture a plurality of images that are continuous in time. The image pickup apparatus 30 may capture a plurality of images that are continuous in time at a predetermined period (predetermined frame rate). The image pickup device 30 provided in the platform machine 10 captures an image including the face of a person using the game machine 20 from the game machine 20 side. The image pickup device 30 provided in the counter 70 captures an image including the face of a person using the counter 70 from the counter 70 side. The image pickup device 30 provided in the settlement machine 80 captures an image including the face of a person using the settlement machine 80 from the settlement machine 80 side. The image pickup device 30 provided in the prize POS 90 captures an image including the face of the person who provided the card for the prize exchange from the prize POS 90 side.

The image processing unit 100 extracts an image including a person's face from a plurality of images captured by the image pickup device 30. The image processing unit 100 analyzes an object indicating a face included in the extracted image to derive a face reliability indicating the face-likeness of the object, and uses an image including an object having a high face reliability as a face image. It may be supplied to the biological information recognition device 200.

The image pickup apparatus 30 may be installed at any place. The image pickup device 30 may be installed near an operation unit such as a button, a touch panel, a cash slot, an insertion slot for a recording medium such as a prepaid card or an IC card, which is a user interface operated by a user such as a player. The image pickup device 30 may be installed around the game machine 20. The image pickup device 30 may be installed at any place in the game store and around the game store where the player's face can be imaged, for example. The image pickup device 30 may be installed near the counter 70 and the checkout machine 80, and near the entrance / exit of the game store.

The biological information database 230 stores attribute information of a player who has visited a game store. The biological information recognition device 200 registers and manages the attribute information of the player who has visited the game store in the biological information database 230. The biological information recognition device 200 is an example of a determination device. The biological information database 230 is an example of a face image database.

The game store management device 300 is a so-called hall computer, and monitors the operation of the game machine 20. The game store management device 300 manages information on payout of balls or medals of the game machine 20, error information of the game machine 20, and the like in the game table management database 330. The game store management device 300 has a quantity of game media used in the game of the game machine 20 (that is, a quantity of out balls) and a quantity of game media acquired in the game of the game machine 20 (that is, a safe ball). The game information indicating the quantity) is managed by the game console management database 330 by collecting a counter or the like for detecting the quantity of the game medium provided in the game machine 20.

The display devices 250, 350, and 450 are used by a clerk at a game store. The display device 250 displays the information managed by the biological information recognition device 200. The display device 350 displays the information managed by the game store management device 300. The display device 450 displays the information managed by the media lending management device 400.

In the game system 1000 configured as described above, the convenience of the player is further improved in the processing when the depositor and the settlement person on the recording medium used for the game do not match.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing an example of a series of actions from the player entering the store to leaving the store. When the player enters the store (S100), the player rents out the game medium with the platform machine 10 corresponding to the desired game machine 20. The player deposits money or inserts a card with the machine 10 (S102). The player receives a loan of a number of game media corresponding to the valuable value associated with the card owned by the player, and starts playing the game on the game machine 20 (S104). The player finishes the game on the game machine 20 at a desired timing (S106).

The player ejects the card by operating the card ejection button or the like provided on the platform machine 10 (S108). If the returned card has a remaining frequency (balance) remaining (S110), the player pays with the checkout machine 80 (S112). Alternatively, if the returned card has any remaining balls (S114), the player exchanges the prize with the prize POS90 (S116). After that, the player leaves the store (S118).

In the above series of actions, the card may be taken away by a third party other than the owner and used illegally. For example, a player may temporarily leave his / her seat while playing a game on the game machine 20. Then, while the player is away from the game machine 20, a third party may illegally remove the card from the machine 10 and use it illegally. In addition, a third party may illegally use a card dropped or misplaced by a player.

In the present embodiment, an image including a person's face imaged by an image pickup device 30 installed at each location is used to suppress unauthorized use of a card that has been illegally taken away.

FIG. 3 shows an example of a functional block of the image processing unit 100 that performs image processing of the image captured by the image pickup apparatus 30. The image processing unit 100 extracts a face image including a face from the image captured by the image pickup device 30 and provides it to the biometric information recognition device 200.

The image processing unit 100 includes an image acquisition unit 110, a face reliability derivation unit 122, a face reliability determination unit 124, an organ reliability derivation unit 126, an organ reliability determination unit 128, and a transmission unit 160.

The image acquisition unit 110 acquires an image captured by the image pickup device 30. The image acquisition unit 110 sequentially acquires images captured continuously in time by the image pickup device 30. The image acquisition unit 110 acquires an image from the image pickup apparatus 30 at predetermined time intervals. The image acquisition unit 110 acquires images from the image pickup apparatus 30 at, for example, 5 images (5 fps) per second. The image acquisition unit 110 may store a plurality of temporally continuous images acquired from the image pickup apparatus 30 in the memory. The image acquisition unit 110 may store a plurality of images in a predetermined number by the first-in first-out method in the memory. The image acquisition unit 110 may store the latest 30 images acquired from the image pickup apparatus 30 in the memory.

The face reliability derivation unit 122 derives the face reliability indicating the face-likeness of the object corresponding to the face from the plurality of images captured by the image pickup device 30. The face reliability may be any information that can determine the presence or absence of the player's face from the image, and is the information on the pixel value of the image, or the distance or size of the eyes, nose, and mouth of the face included in the image, and the skin color. , Information showing the appearance features such as hairstyle numerically may be used. The higher the face reliability of the object contained in the image, the more likely the object is a face.

The face reliability determination unit 124 determines whether or not the face reliability derived by the face reliability derivation unit 122 is greater than a predetermined reference face reliability. When the face reliability of the object to be determined is larger than the predetermined reference face reliability, the face reliability determination unit 124 determines that the object included in the image is a face.

The organ reliability derivation unit 126 derives the organ reliability indicating the organ-likeness of the organ showing the facial features from the object whose face reliability is determined by the face reliability determination unit 124 to be larger than the reference face reliability. The organ reliability derivation unit 126 extracts the organs constituting the face (for example, eyes, ears, nose, mouth, forehead, chin, contour) from the objects in the image, and derives the position information of the extracted organs. .. Then, the organ reliability derivation unit 126 derives the organ reliability of the object based on the extracted organ and the position information of the extracted organ.

Here, the organ reliability indicates the degree of suitability for collation processing for each image including a face. Therefore, the higher the organ reliability, the more suitable the image for collation. For example, the organ reliability may be a numerical value that is a total of points set for each organ depending on the presence or absence of eyes, ears, nose, mouth, forehead, chin, contour, etc. among the organs. The organ reliability may be a numerical value derived based on the ratio of the distance between the left and right eyes or ears and the nose or mouth, or the ratio between the distance between the forehead and nose and the distance between the chin and nose. ..

The organ reliability determination unit 128 determines whether or not the organ reliability derived by the organ reliability derivation unit 126 is greater than a predetermined reference organ reliability. When the organ reliability determination unit 128 is larger than the predetermined reference organ reliability, the organ reliability determination unit 128 determines that the object included in the image is suitable for face matching.

The transmission unit 160 transmits a face image determined to be suitable for collation to the biometric information recognition device 200 and the medium lending management device 400.

In order to suppress unauthorized use of the card, the image pickup device 30 provided in the platform machine 10 may capture an image including the face of the person who made the deposit or the card is inserted at the time of deposit and the insertion of the card. Further, the image pickup device 30 provided in the platform machine 10 may capture an image including the face of the person who removed the card when the card is ejected.

The image pickup device 30 provided in the checkout machine 80 may capture an image including the face of the person who inserted the card when the card is inserted. The image pickup device 30 provided in the prize POS 90 may capture an image including the face of the person who provided the card when the card is inserted.

The biometric information recognition device 200 is associated with the card ID of the card, an image of the face of a person who has deposited or inserted in the machine 10, an image of the face of a person who ejected the card in the machine 10, and a payment machine 80 or a free gift. The image of the face of the person who provided the card in POS 90 is stored and managed in the biometric information database 230.

The clerk of the amusement store may confirm whether or not there is any unauthorized use of the card by checking the image of the face managed by the biological information recognition device 200.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure performed by a clerk when a player reports that the card has been lost. The clerk who receives the card loss report from the player confirms the game number and the game time from the player (S202). The clerk uses the game store management device 300 to search the card usage history (S204). The game store management device 300 may acquire the history information of the card from the biological information recognition device 200 and display the usage history on the display device 350. The display device 350 may display a usage history screen as shown in FIG. 5, for example. The clerk searches for the player's card ID based on the declared number and the playing time. The game store management device 300 may have the clerk specify the declared serial number and the usage time zone, and display the usage history screen of the corresponding serial number on the display device 350.

The clerk identifies the lost card ID from the usage history (S206). The clerk instructs the game store management device 300 to display more detailed information about the identified serial number. The clerk may request the display of details by pressing the detail button 700 corresponding to the corresponding serial number on the screen. The game store management device 300 acquires a face image of a designated serial number in a designated time zone from the biometric information recognition device 200, and displays a list of card-used images on the display device 350 (S208). As shown in FIG. 6, the card usage image list includes a face image captured in response to the payment or card insertion into the machine 10 by the image pickup device 30 of the machine 10 of the corresponding machine number. In response to the face image taken in response to the card being removed from the machine 10, that is, the card being returned, and the card being inserted into the checkout machine 80 or the free gift POS 90. Includes a face image captured by the settlement machine 80 or the image pickup device 30 of the prize POS 90. The clerk confirms the card usage image list (S210) and confirms whether another person has used the card after the loss (S212). By checking the card usage image list, the clerk can compare the face image when depositing or inserting the card with the face image when the card is inserted in the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90, so that another person can use it. You may check if it exists. The game store management device 300 indicates that the face image captured in response to the payment or card insertion into the machine 10 or the card is removed from the machine 10, that is, the card is returned. Biological information is used to collate the face image captured correspondingly with the face image captured by the image pickup device 30 of the payment machine 80 or the prize POS 90 in response to the card being inserted into the payment machine 80 or the prize POS 90. It may be requested from the recognition device 200. The biological information recognition device 200 may collate the images and provide the game store management device 300 with a determination result indicating that another person is using the image when there is a difference between the images.

If used by another person, the face image captured when the card is inserted into the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90 is registered in the biometric information database 230 as a suspicious person's face image via the biometric information recognition device 200 ( S214). The clerk may register the face image of the suspicious person in the biometric information database 230 by pressing the registration button 702 corresponding to the corresponding face image in the card use image list.

If the unauthorized use of the card cannot be confirmed, the clerk will register the loss of the card in the media lending management database 430 in association with the lost card ID via the game store management device 300. Request to the medium lending management device 400. The media lending management device 400 associates with the lost card ID and registers that the card is lost in the media lending management database 430 as player information (S216). The clerk explains the result of the confirmation to the player (S218).

In this way, the clerk can confirm the usage status of the lost card from the player's declaration and register the face image of the suspicious person suspected of being illegally used in the biometric information database 230. The biological information recognition device 200 can use the face image of the suspicious person in the face authentication when the game machine 20 is used, and can more reliably identify the suspicious person.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of a procedure for the clerk to confirm the unauthorized use of the card at the time of closing the store.

In response to a request from the clerk, the game store management device 300 searches the biometric information database 230 for the user history of the day via the media lending management device 400 (S302). The game store management device 300 compares the face image at the time of deposit or card insertion from the user history with the face image at the time of card insertion into the payment machine 80 or the prize POS 90, and the person at the time of deposit or card insertion. And, it is determined whether the person at the time of payment or prize exchange is the same person or a different person. The game store management device 300 may request the biometric information recognition device 200 to collate the face image at the time of deposit or card insertion with the face image at the time of card insertion into the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90. .. The biological information recognition device 200 may provide the game store management device 300 with a determination result indicating whether the person is the same person or a different person, or a determination result indicating a card ID of another person, in response to a request.

The game store management device 300 displays another user screen (S306). The game store management device 300 may display a screen of a list of other people's use as shown in FIG. The clerk presses the detail button 710 to confirm the details of each card ID from the list of other people's use. When the detail button 710 is pressed, the game store management device 300 has a face image of a person at the time of depositing or inserting a card with the machine 10 for the corresponding card ID, and a person at the time of ejecting the card with the machine 10. A face image and a face image of a person at the time of payment with the payment machine 80 or at the time of prize exchange with the prize POS 90 are displayed. The game store management device 300 may display, for example, a series of facial images as shown in FIG. By checking the face image, the clerk confirms whether the person at the time of deposit or card insertion and the person at the time of payment or prize exchange are actually different people (S308).

If it is determined that the person is another person, the clerk confirms the image of the surveillance camera that captures the vicinity where the image was taken. (S310). The clerk confirms the behavior of the other person and confirms whether or not the card is illegally used by the other person (S312). If the unauthorized use of the card can be confirmed, the face image captured when the card is inserted into the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90 is registered in the biometric information database 230 as a suspicious person's face image via the biometric information recognition device 200. (S314). The clerk may register the face image of the suspicious person in the biometric information database 230 by, for example, pressing the registration button 712 corresponding to the corresponding face image on the screen for confirming another person's settlement warning shown in FIG.

In the game system 1000 according to the present embodiment, the media lending management device 400 controls the settlement of the settlement machine 80 and the exchange of prizes of the prize POS 90 in order to prevent unauthorized use of the card by a third party.

FIG. 10 shows an example of the functional block of the media lending management device 400 according to the present embodiment. The media lending management device 400 includes an acquisition unit 402, a management unit 404, an instruction unit 406, a permission unit 408, and a transmission unit 410. The medium lending management device 400 is an example of a control device that controls a settlement machine 80 that setstles valuable values such as the remaining frequency associated with the card. The indicator 406 is an example of a first indicator and a second indicator.

When the inter-machine machine 10 that rents out the game medium according to the remaining number associated with the card receives the target card to which the valuable value is associated or the currency that associates the valuable value with the target card, the acquisition unit 402 receives. The first image including the face of the person who provided the target card or money captured from the machine 10 side to the machine 10 and the image taken from the payment machine 80 side when the payment machine 80 accepts the target card. The person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person obtained by comparing the target card imaged by the device 30 with the second image including the face of the person provided to the checkout machine 80. The determination result indicating whether or not is is acquired. The acquisition unit 402 determines whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image, which are obtained as a result of collating the first image and the second image in the biological information recognition device 200, are the same person. The determination result shown may be acquired from the biological information recognition device 200. The medium lending management device 400 includes a collating unit that collates the first image with the second image, and determines by itself whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person. You may. The first image shows the table when the target card with the value associated with it is inserted into the machine 10 or when the money associated with the card with the value is deposited into the machine 10. An image captured by the image pickup device 30 from the intervening machine 10 side may be used. The first image may be an image captured by the image pickup device 30 from the side of the machine 10 when the target card inserted in the machine 10 is ejected.

The management unit 404 manages the media lending management database 430. If the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the target card, the instruction unit 406 goes to the destination of the request message requesting the permission of settlement. Instruct to send. The media lending management database 430 is an example of the first database. The medium lending management database 430 may store information for identifying the player as the player information in association with the card ID. The media lending management database 430 may store the information of the player registered as a member as the player information. The media lending management database 430 may store information provided by the player as the player information. The information provided by the player may include, as a contact, a destination such as an e-mail address that can send a message to the mobile terminal 510 owned by the player. The medium lending management database 430 may store a face image including a player's face as player information.

If such a destination is registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the card ID, the instruction unit 406 instructs the destination to send a request message requesting permission for settlement to the destination. In response to an instruction from the instruction unit 406, the transmission unit 410 transmits a request message requesting permission for settlement to the player's mobile terminal 510 via the network 500.

When the permission unit 408 receives the response message indicating the permission of the settlement in response to the request message, the authorization unit 408 permits the settlement of the valuable value associated with the first recording medium with the settlement machine 80. The transmission unit 410 may send an e-mail as a request message inquiring whether or not to allow the settlement to the mobile terminal 510 owned by the player. The mobile terminal 510 permits the settlement by the operation of replying to the received e-mail or the access destination specified by the e-mail according to the operation from the player and the operation from the access destination. You may send a response message asking if you want to.

In response to receiving the response message indicating that the settlement is not permitted in response to the request message, the instruction unit 406 instructs the biometric information database 230 to register the second image as the face image of the suspicious person. The biological information database 230 is an example of a second database.

If the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is not registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the target card, the permission unit 408 of the valuable value associated with the first recording medium. Allow settlement with the settlement machine 80.

Further, the medium lending management device 400 is an example of a control device that controls a prize POS 90 for exchanging prizes according to the number of acquired game media associated with the card.

When the inter-machine machine 10 that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the card receives the target card with which the valuable value is associated or the money that associates the valuable value with the target card, the acquisition unit 402 receives. The first image including the face of the person who provided the target card or money to the platform machine 10 and the prize POS90 were imaged from the prize POS90 side when the prize POS90 received the target card. Indicates whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person, which is obtained by comparing the target card with the second image including the face of the person who provided the prize POS90. Acquire the judgment result.

The acquisition unit 402 determines whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image, which are obtained as a result of collating the first image and the second image in the biological information recognition device 200, are the same person. The determination result shown may be acquired from the biological information recognition device 200. The medium lending management device 400 includes a collating unit that collates the first image with the second image, and determines by itself whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same person. You may.

If the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the target card, the instruction unit 406 requests permission to exchange the prize. Instruct to send to the destination. The destination may be a destination such as an e-mail address that can send a message to the mobile terminal 510 owned by the player.

When the permission unit 408 receives a response message indicating permission to exchange the prize in response to the request message, the permission unit 408 permits the exchange of the prize in the prize POS 90 according to the number of acquired game media associated with the first recording medium. To do. The transmission unit 410 may send an e-mail as a request message inquiring whether or not to permit the exchange of prizes to the mobile terminal 510 owned by the player. The mobile terminal 510 responds to the received e-mail according to the operation from the player, or accesses the access destination specified by the e-mail, and exchanges the prize by the operation from the access destination. You may send a response message asking if you want to allow.

In response to receiving the response message indicating that the settlement is not permitted in response to the request message, the instruction unit 406 instructs the biometric information database 230 to register the second image as the face image of the suspicious person.

When the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is not registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the target card, the permission unit 408 of the game medium associated with the first recording medium. Allows the exchange of prizes at the prize POS90 according to the number of prizes acquired.

FIG. 11 is an example of a functional block of the biological information recognition device 200. The biological information recognition device 200 includes a face information acquisition unit 211, a collation unit 210, a management unit 216, a transmission unit 218, an operation unit 220, and a search unit 222. The collation unit 210 collates the face image provided by the image processing unit 100 with the face image of the player stored in the biometric information database 230. The management unit 216 manages the biometric information database 230. The management unit 216 has a face image when depositing or inserting a card into the machine 10, a face image when the card is ejected from the machine 10, and a face when inserting a card provided by the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90. The image may be registered in the biometric information database 230 in association with the card ID. The transmission unit 218 transmits the determination result of the face image by the collation unit 210 to the medium lending management device 400. The operation unit 220 receives a display condition from a user such as a clerk when searching for and displaying specific information based on the player's face image. The search unit 222 searches the biometric information database 230 based on the display conditions received by the operation unit 220, and finds the face image of the player who meets the display conditions and the machine number of the game machine 20 that the player has played. , The game start time and the game end time of the player are acquired as search results and provided to the display device 250. The display device 250 displays the search result by the search unit 222.

The collation unit 210 includes a face information acquisition unit 211, a feature amount extraction unit 212, a similarity derivation unit 213, a similarity determination unit 214, a similarity determination unit 214, and a database registration unit 215. The face information acquisition unit 211 acquires the player's face image from the image processing unit 100. In addition to the face image of the player, the face information acquisition unit 211 acquires the machine number of the game table in which the player is playing, the time information in which the image was captured, and the like from the image processing unit 100 of the machine 10. You can do it.

The feature amount extraction unit 212 extracts the feature amount of the face included in the face image from the face information included in the face image. The feature amount may be information that can identify an object such as a person, and may be information on the pixel value of an image, or the distance or size of the eyes, nose, mouth of the face, skin color, hairstyle, etc. included in the image. It may be information showing the appearance characteristics of the above numerically.

The similarity derivation unit 213 derives the similarity between the facial features extracted by the feature extraction unit 212 and the facial features included in each registered image stored in the biometric information database 230. The similarity determination unit 214 determines whether or not the derived similarity is equal to or higher than the reference value and the registered image has the highest similarity. The similarity derivation unit 213 derives the similarity between the face image of the person who has deposited or inserted the card into the machine 10 and the face image of the person who provided the card inserted into the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90. Then, when the similarity is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold, the person who deposits or inserts the card into the machine 10 and the person who provides the card inserted into the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90 are the same person. It may be determined that. When the similarity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the similarity derivation unit 213 determines that the person who made the payment to the machine 10 or inserted the card and the person who provided the card inserted into the checkout machine 80 or the prize POS 90 It may be determined that the person is another person. The transmission unit 218 may transmit the determination result of the similarity determination unit 214 to the medium lending management device 400.

The database registration unit 215 updates the registered image having the derived similarity equal to or higher than the reference value and having the highest similarity by using the face image of this time provided by the image processing unit 100 of the platform machine 10. When the similarity is equal to or higher than the reference value by the similarity determination unit 214 and there is a registered image determined to have the highest similarity, the database registration unit 215 uses the face image of this time as the face image of an existing registered player. Is registered in the biometric information database 230. On the other hand, when the similarity is equal to or higher than the reference value by the similarity determination unit 214 and there is no registered image determined to have the highest similarity, the face image of this time is used as the face image of a new unregistered player for biological information. Register in database 230.

12A, 12B, 12C, and 12D are flowcharts showing an example of a processing procedure when a card is inserted into the checkout machine 80. When the card is inserted into the prize POS 90, the same processing procedure may be executed.

When the sensor or the like provided in the settlement machine 80 detects that the card has been inserted into the card insertion slot of the settlement machine 80, the image pickup device 30 provided in the settlement machine 80 detects the face of the person who inserted the card from the settlement machine 80 side. Image is taken (S402). The settlement machine 80 transmits the face image captured by the image pickup device 30 to the biometric information recognition device 200 together with the card ID as the face image at the time of inserting the card (S404). The checkout machine 80 transmits card information such as a card ID stored in the inserted card to the medium lending management device 400 (S406). The settlement machine 80 transmits a settlement processing notification to the media lending management device 400 in response to the user pressing the settlement button (S406).

The medium lending management device 400 connects the biometric information recognition device 200 with a face image at the time of depositing or inserting the card into the platform machine 10 corresponding to the corresponding card ID and a face image at the time of inserting the card into the payment machine 80. Upon requesting the collation, the acquisition unit 402 acquires the determination result by the collation from the biological information recognition device 200. The indicator unit 406 confirms whether the determination result indicates the same person or another person (S410). If they are not the same person, the instruction unit 406 refers to the media lending management database 430 and refers to the player information (S414). The instruction unit 406 identifies the player information of the player based on the card ID (S416). The instruction unit 406 refers to the specified player information and determines whether or not the corresponding player is a member (S418). If it is a member, the instruction unit 406 determines whether or not a destination such as a player's e-mail address is registered in the specified player information (S420).

If the player's destination is registered in the player information, the instruction unit 406 instructs the transmission unit 410 to send a request message requesting the permission of settlement to the registered destination. Upon receiving the instruction, the transmission unit 410 transmits the request message to the destination (S422). When the player's mobile terminal 510 receives the request message, the player's mobile terminal 510 displays the screen of the request message as shown in FIG. When permitting the settlement, the player presses the OK button 720. On the other hand, when the settlement is not permitted, the player presses the NG button 722. A response message is transmitted from the mobile terminal 510 to the media lending management device 400 in response to the pressed button. The response message indicates whether or not to allow settlement.

The permission unit 408 monitors whether or not to receive the response message from the mobile terminal 510 (S424). The permission unit 408 confirms whether or not the response message is received even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed since the request message was transmitted (S426). If the response message is not received even after the lapse of the predetermined period, the checkout machine 80 determines that the time-out has occurred, displays an error on the screen, and collects the inserted card (S428).

When the response message indicates that the settlement is permitted, the settlement machine 80 confirms the settlement process with the media lending management device 400 (S440). The settlement machine 80 receives the confirmation result from the medium lending management device 400 and confirms whether or not the settlement is possible (S442). The checkout machine 80 confirms whether the inserted card has a remaining number of points that can be settled, and whether the card is registered as an illegal card. When the checkout machine 80 determines that the inserted card cannot be settled, it displays an error on the screen and collects the inserted card (S444).

If payment is possible, the payment machine 80 confirms whether the inserted card is a card to be returned (S446). If the inserted card is a membership card, the checkout machine 80 determines that the card should be returned. If the inserted card is a one-day card and the number of remaining balls is zero, the checkout machine 80 determines that the card should be collected.

If it is determined that the card should be returned, the checkout machine 80 exposes the card from the card return port. The checkout machine 80 waits until the card is removed from the return slot (S452). If the card is not removed even after a certain period of time, the checkout machine 80 may display an error on the screen and collect the card.

After that, the settlement machine 80 executes the settlement process (S454). The settlement machine 80 ends the settlement process when valuable, that is, money is withdrawn (S456).

On the other hand, when the response message indicates that the settlement is not permitted, the settlement machine 80 executes the suspicious person registration of the settlement person (S460). The instruction unit 406 receives a response message indicating that payment is not permitted in response to the request message, and responds to the suspicious person by displaying the face image captured by the image pickup device 30 when the card is inserted into the payment machine 80. The biometric information recognition device 200 is instructed to register the face image in the biometric information database 230. Upon receiving the registration instruction, the biometric information recognition device 200 compares the face image of the suspicious person registered in the biometric information database 230 with the face image of the suspicious person to be registered, and compares the face image of the suspicious person to be registered. Is searched for whether or not is already present in the face image registered as a suspicious person (S462). When the suspicious person to be registered matches the already registered suspicious person (S464), the biometric information recognition device 200 registers the settlement person corresponding to the face image to be registered in the biometric information database 230 as a criminal addict ( S466). When the suspicious person to be registered does not match the already registered suspicious person (S464), the biometric information recognition device 200 registers the settlement person corresponding to the face image to be registered as a suspicious person in the biometric information database 230 (S468). ). When the checkout machine 80 indicates that the checkout is not permitted, the checkout machine 80 displays an error on the screen and collects the card (S470).

As described above, according to the present embodiment, in the settlement machine 80, the person who made the deposit or the card insertion in the machine 10 before the settlement is performed and the person who inserted the card in the settlement machine 80 match. Check if you want to. Further, if they do not match, and if a destination such as an e-mail address is registered in the player information registered as the owner of the card, a request for permission to settle the payment is requested from a terminal such as a mobile terminal 510. A message is sent. Depending on the response message to the request message, it is determined whether or not the settlement is possible with the settlement machine 80. Therefore, it is possible to more reliably prevent the card from being used illegally by a third party other than the owner. Further, even when a person other than the owner makes a payment with the payment machine 80, the owner himself / herself can give permission for payment as long as the person is approved by the owner. Therefore, for example, the convenience of the player can be further improved in the processing when the depositor to the card and the checkout person do not match.

Subsequently, the processing when the card is forgotten to be removed in the machine 10, the checkout machine 80, the prize POS 90, and the like will be further described.

If the player forgets to take the card in the machine 10, the checkout machine 80, the prize POS 90, or the like, the employee may collect the card. In such a case, the convenience of the player is further improved by notifying the player that he / she has forgotten to remove the card.

More specifically, when the card is removed by the stand-in machine 10, the checkout machine 80, or the prize POS 90, the person pulled out by the image pickup device 30 provided in the stand-in machine 10, the checkout machine 80, or the prize POS 90. Take a picture of the face of the person. The biological information recognition device 200 determines whether or not the extracted person is an employee by comparing the face image with the face image of the employee. When the extracted person is an employee and the destination is registered in the player information of the extracted card, the media lending management device 400 transmits a message indicating that the extracted card has been forgotten to be removed. To do.

In the medium lending management device 400, even if the extracted person is an employee and the destination is not registered in the player information of the extracted card, if the card is a membership card, the media lending management device 400 is associated with the face image of the member. Register that you forgot to remove the card. Then, when the player visits the store at a later date, if it is identified as a member who has forgotten to remove the card as a result of face matching with the biometric information recognition device 200, an imaging device that images the player. Notify the machine 10, the checkout machine 80, or the notification unit 40 of the prize POS 90 provided with the 30 that the card has been forgotten to be removed.

As described above, when the employee pulls out the forgotten card, the player is automatically notified. Therefore, the service to the player can be further improved.

The process of forgetting to remove the card will be further described using the functional block of the media lending management device 400 of FIG.

The acquisition unit 402 receives the return request of the target card accepted by the processing device that executes the processing based on the valuable value associated with the card, and when the target card is removed from the processing device, the processing device side It was obtained by comparing the first image including the face of the person who removed the target card captured by the imaging device 30 with the second image including the face of the employee registered in advance in the biometric information database 230. , Acquire the first determination result indicating whether or not the person in the first image is a pre-registered employee. The biometric information database 230 may store facial images of each employee of the amusement store. Here, the processing device may be, for example, a stand-in machine 10, a checkout machine 80, or a prize POS 90.

When the person in the first image is an employee registered in advance and the player information is registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the target card, the instruction unit 406 tells the player to forget to remove the card. Performs a predetermined process for notification. The indicator unit 406 is an example of an execution unit.

The acquisition unit 402 receives a target card or currency with which the value is associated with the target card or a target card or currency imaged from the platform 10 side when the platform machine 10 receives a target card or currency with which the value is associated with the target card. Is the person in the first image and the person in the third image the same person obtained by comparing the third image including the face of the person who provided the machine 10 with the first image? If the second determination result indicating whether or not is acquired and the second determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person, the first determination result may be acquired.

When the person in the first image is an employee registered in advance and the destination is registered in the medium lending management database 430 as player information in association with the target card, the instruction unit 406 plays a game of forgetting to remove the card. You may instruct the recipient to send a notification message to notify the person.

The biometric information database 230 may store the face image of the card owner in advance in association with the card ID. In this case, the instruction unit 406 has forgotten to remove the card when the person in the first image is an employee registered in advance and the player information is registered in the medium lending management database 430 in association with the target card. Instructs that the player is registered in the biometric information database 230 in association with the face image of the owner of the target card.

When the person in the first image is an employee registered in advance and the destination is registered in the medium lending management database 430 as player information in association with the target card, the instruction unit 406 plays a game of forgetting to remove the card. You may instruct the recipient to send a notification message to notify the person. Further, the instruction unit 406 is an employee in which the person in the first image is registered in advance, the player information is registered in the media lending management database 430 in association with the target card, and the destination is the media lending management as the player information. If it is not registered in the database 430, it may be instructed to register the player who has forgotten to take the recording medium in the biometric information database 230 in association with the face image of the owner of the target card.

The acquisition unit 402 includes a face image including the face of the first player captured from the processing device side that executes processing related to the game in response to the player's request, and the biometric information database 230 as a player who has forgotten to take the recording medium. A third determination result indicating whether or not the first player is a player who has forgotten to take the card, which is obtained by comparing with the face image of the owner of the card registered in the above, is acquired. The biometric information recognition device 200 compares the facial images sequentially provided by the processing device with the facial images of the player who has forgotten to take the card registered in the biometric information database 230, and the player who visited the store previously has the card. It may be sequentially determined whether or not the player has forgotten to take. Then, the biological information recognition device 200 may provide the determination result to the processing device that provided the face image. When the first player is a player who has forgotten to remove the card, the instruction unit 406 instructs the processing device to notify that the card has been forgotten to be removed. The processing device may be a stand-to-stand machine 10, a checkout machine 80, or a prize POS 90.

14A and 14B are flowcharts showing an example of a processing procedure when a card is ejected by the inter-unit machine 10.

When the card ejection operation is performed by the platform machine 10 (S500), that is, when the card ejection button of the platform machine 10 is pressed, the image pickup device 30 provided in the platform machine 10 captures a face image. It is done (S502). The image processing unit 100 of the platform machine 10 transmits a face image to the biometric information recognition device 200 (S504). The platform machine 10 notifies the media lending management device 400 of the card ejection process (S506).

The platform machine 10 determines whether or not the card can be ejected based on the response from the medium lending management device 400 (S508). The machine 10 displays an error on the screen without ejecting the card, assuming that the inserted card is, for example, a one-day card and cannot be ejected if there are no balls and remaining power remaining. You can do it. (S510).

If the card can be ejected, the machine 10 ejects the card from the card return port (S514). The platform machine 10 determines whether or not the card has been removed (S514). If the card is not removed even after a predetermined period of time has passed since the card was ejected, the machine 10 determines that a time-out has occurred (S516) and displays an error on the screen (S518).

When the card is removed, the face image is imaged by the image pickup device 30 provided in the platform machine 10 (S520). When the media lending management device 400 receives the card from being removed by the machine 10 and the biometric information recognition device 200 is charged or the card is inserted into the machine 10 corresponding to the corresponding card ID. The acquisition unit 402 acquires the determination result by the collation from the biological information recognition device 200 by requesting the collation between the face image of the above and the face image at the time of ejecting the card in the platform machine 10. When the determination result indicates that the person at the time of deposit or card insertion and the person at the time of ejecting the card are not the same, the indicator 406 indicates to the biometric information recognition device 200 whether the person at the time of ejection is an employee. Confirm (S526). The biometric information recognition device 200 compares the face image of the employee registered in advance in the biometric information database 230 with the face image at the time of ejecting the card to determine whether the person at the time of ejecting the card is an employee. Is determined, and the determination result is provided to the medium lending management device 400.

When the determination result indicates that the person at the time of card ejection is an employee (S528), the instruction unit 406 refers to the player information of the media lending management database 430 (S530), and the ejected card is a member. It is determined whether or not it is a card (S532). If it is a membership card and the address such as the member's e-mail address is registered in the media lending management database 430 as player information, the instruction unit 406 sends a message to notify the address of forgetting to remove the card. Instruct unit 410 (S536). For example, the transmission unit 410 transmits a card forgotten notification message as shown in FIG. 15 to the player's mobile terminal 510.

If the ejected card is a membership card, but the destination such as the member's e-mail address is not registered in the media lending management database 430 as player information, the instruction unit 406 will display the member's card ID. The management unit 404 is instructed to register the fact that the card has been forgotten in association with the owner's face image in the card forgotten history of the biometric information database 230 (S538).

The instruction unit 406 does not notify the member's address that the card has been forgotten, and if the ejected card is a member card, the card is associated with the face image of the owner of the member's card ID. It may be sufficient to instruct the management unit 404 to register the fact that the card has been forgotten to be removed in the card removal history of the biometric information database 230. Further, when the member's destination is registered in the media lending management database 430, the instruction unit 406 sends a card removal forgetting notification message to the player's mobile terminal 510, and the destination is registered in the media lending management database 430. If not, the process may be terminated without performing the card removal forgetting history registration process.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an example of a processing procedure when the card forgotten history is registered in the biometric information database 230. This processing procedure may be executed, for example, by the stand-in machine 10, the checkout machine 80, or the prize POS 90 provided with the image pickup device 30. Hereinafter, a case where the machine 10 performs this processing procedure will be described as an example.

When the platform machine 10 sits in front of the game machine 20 for the player to play a game and faces the platform machine 10 side for operations such as depositing to the platform machine 10, an image of the platform machine 10 is taken. The player's face image is imaged by the device 30 (S600). The platform machine 10 transmits the face image to the biological information recognition device 200. The biometric information recognition device 200 compares the face image transmitted from the machine 10 with the face image of the player who has forgotten to take the card registered in the biometric information database 230, and the player registers it in the forgotten history. It is determined whether or not the player is a player. The biological information recognition device 200 transmits the determination result to the machine 10. The platform machine 10 acquires the determination result from the biological information recognition device 200 (S602). Based on the determination result, the platform machine 10 determines whether or not the player is a player registered in the card forgetting history (S604).

If the player is registered in the card forgetting history, the machine 10 displays a message on the screen indicating that the card is being kept (S606). The machine 10 may display a message as shown in FIG. 15 on the screen. After confirming the identity of the player at the counter, for example, the clerk returns the forgotten card to the player if it can be confirmed that he / she is the owner of the card.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, when the employee pulls out the forgotten card, the player is automatically notified. Therefore, the service to the player can be further improved.

FIG. 17 shows an example of a computer 1200 in which a plurality of aspects of the present invention may be embodied in whole or in part. The program installed on the computer 1200 can cause the computer 1200 to function as an operation associated with the device according to an embodiment of the present invention or as one or more "parts" of the device. Alternatively, the program may cause the computer 1200 to perform the operation or the one or more "parts". The program can cause a computer 1200 to perform a process or a step of the process according to an embodiment of the present invention. Such a program may be run by the CPU 1212 to cause the computer 1200 to perform certain operations associated with some or all of the blocks in the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein.

The computer 1200 according to this embodiment includes a CPU 1212 and a RAM 1214, which are connected to each other by a host controller 1210. The computer 1200 also includes a communication interface 1222, an input / output unit, which are connected to the host controller 1210 via an input / output controller 1220. The computer 1200 also includes a ROM 1230. The CPU 1212 operates according to the programs stored in the ROM 1230 and the RAM 1214, thereby controlling each unit.

Communication interface 1222 communicates with other electronic devices via a network. The hard disk drive may store programs and data used by the CPU 1212 in the computer 1200. The ROM 1230 stores in it a boot program or the like executed by the computer 1200 at the time of activation and / or a program depending on the hardware of the computer 1200. The program is provided via a computer-readable recording medium such as a CR-ROM, USB stick or IC card or network. The program is installed in RAM 1214 or ROM 1230, which is also an example of a computer-readable recording medium, and is executed by CPU 1212. The information processing described in these programs is read by the computer 1200 and provides a link between the program and the various types of hardware resources described above. The device or method may be configured to implement the operation or processing of information according to the use of the computer 1200.

For example, when communication is executed between the computer 1200 and an external device, the CPU 1212 executes a communication program loaded in the RAM 1214, and performs communication processing on the communication interface 1222 based on the processing described in the communication program. You may order. Under the control of the CPU 1212, the communication interface 1222 reads the transmission data stored in the transmission buffer area provided in the RAM 1214 or a recording medium such as a USB memory, and transmits the read transmission data to the network, or The received data received from the network is written to the reception buffer area or the like provided on the recording medium.

Further, the CPU 1212 makes the RAM 1214 read all or necessary parts of a file or a database stored in an external recording medium such as a USB memory, and executes various types of processing on the data on the RAM 1214. Good. The CPU 1212 may then write back the processed data to an external recording medium.

Various types of information such as various types of programs, data, tables, and databases may be stored in recording media and processed. The CPU 1212 describes various types of operations, information processing, conditional judgment, conditional branching, unconditional branching, and information retrieval described in various parts of the present disclosure with respect to the data read from the RAM 1214. Various types of processing may be performed, including / replacement, etc., and the results are written back to the RAM 1214. Further, the CPU 1212 may search for information in a file, a database, or the like in the recording medium. For example, when a plurality of entries each having an attribute value of the first attribute associated with the attribute value of the second attribute are stored in the recording medium, the CPU 1212 specifies the attribute value of the first attribute. Search for an entry that matches the condition from the plurality of entries, read the attribute value of the second attribute stored in the entry, and associate it with the first attribute that satisfies the predetermined condition. The attribute value of the second attribute obtained may be acquired.

The program or software module described above may be stored on a computer 1200 or in a computer readable storage medium near the computer 1200. Also, a recording medium such as a hard disk or RAM provided in a dedicated communication network or a server system connected to the Internet can be used as a computer-readable storage medium, thereby allowing the program to be transferred to the computer 1200 over the network. provide.

Although the present invention has been described above using the embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes or improvements can be made to the above embodiments. It is clear from the description of the claims that such modified or improved forms may also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

The execution order of each process such as operation, procedure, step, and step in the device, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the specification, and the drawing is particularly "before" and "prior to". It should be noted that it can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Even if the scope of claims, the specification, and the operation flow in the drawings are explained using "first", "next", etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. It's not a thing.

10 Computer 20 Game machine 30 Imaging device 40 Notification unit 70 Counting machine 80 Settlement machine 100 Image processing unit 110 Image acquisition unit 122 Face reliability derivation unit 124 Face reliability determination unit 126 Organ reliability derivation unit 128 Organ reliability determination Unit 160 Transmission unit 200 Biometric information recognition device 210 Verification unit 211 Face information acquisition unit 212 Feature amount extraction unit 213 Similarity derivation unit 214 Similarity judgment unit 215 Database registration unit 216 Management unit 218 Transmission unit 220 Operation unit 222 Search unit 222 Living unit Information database 250 Display device 300 Game store management device 330 Game table management database 350 Display device 400 Media lending management device 402 Acquisition unit 404 Management unit 406 Instruction unit 408 Permit unit 410 Transmission unit 430 Media lending management database 450 Display device 500 Network 510 Mobile Terminal 1000 Game system 1200 Computer 1210 Host controller 1212 CPU
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1220 Input / Output Controller 1222 Communication Interface 1230 ROM

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A control device that controls a settlement machine that setstles valuable value associated with a recording medium.
When the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium to which the valuable value is associated or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium, the lending device side. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or the money to the lending device, and the first image taken from the settlement machine when the settlement machine accepts the first recording medium. The person in the first image and the person in the second image obtained by comparing the first recording medium with the second image including the face of the person provided to the checkout machine are the same person. The acquisition unit that acquires the judgment result indicating whether or not there is,
When the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, a request message requesting permission for settlement is transmitted to the destination. The first instruction unit to instruct and
A control device including a permission unit that permits settlement of valuable value associated with the first recording medium at the settlement machine when a response message indicating permission for settlement is received in response to the request message. In response to receiving a response message indicating that settlement is not permitted in response to the request message, a second instruction unit for instructing registration of the second image as a face image of a suspicious person in a second database is further provided. , The control device according to claim 1. The permission unit is associated with the first recording medium when the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is not registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium. The control device according to claim 1 or 2, which allows the settlement of valuable value with the settlement machine. It is a control device that controls a prize exchange device that exchanges prizes according to the number of acquired game media associated with the recording medium.
When the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium to which the valuable value is associated or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium, the lending device side. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or the money to the lending device, and the prize exchange device when the prize exchange device received the first recording medium, from the prize exchange device side. The person in the first image and the person in the second image obtained by comparing the imaged first recording medium with the second image including the face of the person provided to the prize exchange device are the same. And the acquisition unit that acquires the judgment result indicating whether or not the person is
When the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, a request message requesting permission to exchange the prize is sent to the destination. The first indicator that instructs transmission and
When the response message indicating the permission to exchange the prize is received in response to the request message, the exchange of the prize by the prize exchange device is permitted according to the number of acquired game media associated with the first recording medium. A control device including a permitting unit. In response to the reception of the response message indicating the disapproval of the exchange of the prize in response to the request message, the second instruction unit instructing the registration of the second image as the face image of the suspicious person in the second database is provided. The control device according to claim 4, further comprising. The permission unit is associated with the first recording medium when the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is not registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium. The control device according to claim 4 or 5, which permits the exchange of prizes in the prize exchange device according to the number of acquired game media. The control device further controls the settlement machine that accounts for the valuable value associated with the recording medium.
The acquisition unit includes the first image and the face of a person who provided the first recording medium imaged from the settlement machine side to the settlement machine when the settlement machine receives the first recording medium. A determination result indicating whether or not the person in the first image and the person in the third image are the same person, which is obtained by comparing with the third image, is acquired.
When the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, the first instruction unit requests permission for settlement. Instruct the message to be sent to the destination,
From claim 4, when the permission unit receives a response message indicating permission for settlement in response to the request message, the permission unit permits settlement of the valuable value associated with the first recording medium with the settlement machine. The control device according to any one of 6. The control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.
A recording medium management device including identification information for identifying a recording medium, valuable value, a number of acquired game media, and a management unit that associates customer information with the first database and manages the information. The recording medium management device according to claim 8 and
By comparing the first image and the image acquisition unit that acquires the second image with the first image and the second image, the person in the first image and the person in the second image are the same. A determination device having a determination unit that determines whether or not the person is a person and provides the determination result to the control device.
System with. A control method that controls a settlement machine that setstles valuable value associated with a recording medium.
When the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium to which the valuable value is associated or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium, the lending device side. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or the money to the lending device, and the first image taken from the settlement machine when the settlement machine accepts the first recording medium. The person in the first image and the person in the second image obtained by comparing the first recording medium with the second image including the face of the person provided to the checkout machine are the same person. The stage of acquiring the judgment result indicating whether or not there is,
When the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, a request message requesting permission for settlement is transmitted to the destination. The stage of instruction and
A control method comprising a step of permitting settlement of valuable value associated with the first recording medium at the settlement machine when a response message indicating permission for settlement is received in response to the request message. It is a control method for controlling a prize exchange device that exchanges prizes according to the number of acquired game media associated with the recording medium.
When the lending device that rents out the game medium according to the valuable value associated with the recording medium receives the first recording medium to which the valuable value is associated or the money that associates the valuable value with the first recording medium, the lending device side. The first image including the face of the person who provided the first recording medium or the money to the lending device, and the prize exchange device when the prize exchange device received the first recording medium, from the prize exchange device side. The person in the first image and the person in the second image obtained by comparing the imaged first recording medium with the second image including the face of the person provided to the prize exchange device are the same. At the stage of acquiring the judgment result indicating whether or not the person is
When the determination result does not indicate that the person is the same person and the destination is registered in the first database in association with the first recording medium, a request message requesting permission to exchange the prize is sent to the destination. The stage of instructing transmission and
When the response message indicating the permission to exchange the prize is received in response to the request message, the exchange of the prize by the prize exchange device is permitted according to the number of acquired game media associated with the first recording medium. A control method that includes steps to perform. A program for operating a computer as a control device according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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