JP7049908B2 - Amusement park management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a playground management system.

In recent years, gambling addiction has become a major problem, and each amusement park is trying to take various measures as a countermeasure. For example, Patent Document 1 describes that a player who is absorbed in a game is detected based on the player's playing time and the degree of loss, and the player is urged to refrain from playing the game. On the other hand, as described in Patent Document 2, for example, a system is also known in which a player can arbitrarily select a lending unit price. By adopting such a system, there is an advantage that one gaming machine can provide gambling characteristics that suit each player's taste, but gambling-addicted players select only the highest lending unit price. , Has the drawback of increasing addiction.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 10-151265 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 11-090018

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object thereof is a management system for amusement parks that can contribute to addiction countermeasures while providing gambling properties that suit the tastes of each player. Is to provide.

The manager of the amusement park can confirm whether or not the member working on addiction countermeasures actually selects the loan unit price declared by himself / herself, so it is appropriate after objectively grasping the efforts of each member. Can provide support.

Overall block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention Front view of the card unit shown with the gaming machine Functional block diagram centered on the card unit Explanatory diagram showing data registered in response to a player's declaration and a supporter's application, where (a) is member attribute data and (b) is support family data. The data managed and aggregated by the management device, (a) is member ownership value data, (b) is general ownership value data, (c) is member game history data, and (d) is member game aggregation data. Explanatory drawing to show Screen when inserting a membership card on the display of the card unit Transition screen showing a message for special members The screen on the monitor of the management device, (a) is the game status display screen of the addicted player, and (b) is the selection status display screen of the rental unit price. Explanatory drawing showing screen transition in the display part of a mobile terminal Support target person's visit PUSH notification screen

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In the three game halls A, B, and C exemplified in FIG. 1, a common system (game field management system 100) for managing the game status of each player is constructed. Therefore, in the following, the game field A is used. The explanation will be centered on the configuration of.

A plurality of gaming machines 1 are installed in the game hall A, and a card unit 2 and a gaming information display device 3 are attached to each gaming machine 1. The game machine 1, the card unit 2, and the game information display device 3 are connected to the relay device 4 by two. The relay device 4 is connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5.

Further, a settlement device 7 and a prize exchange terminal (hereinafter referred to as POS) 8 are also installed in the amusement park A, and these settlement devices 7 and POS 8 are also connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5. When a general card or a membership card (indicated by reference numerals 9 and 10 in FIG. 3) is inserted into the card insertion slot 7a, the settlement device 7 reads the cards 9 and 10 with a card reader / writer (not shown) to specify the deposit balance. , The banknotes and coins corresponding to the deposit balance are refunded from the return port 7b. The POS 8 reads the cards 9 and 10 with the attached card processing machine 8a to specify the game value (number of balls held / stored balls), and performs a prize exchange process based on the game value. In addition, the possession ball is a ball counted during the day, and the stored ball is a ball counted before the previous day.

The management device 6 is installed in, for example, an office in the game hall A, and is connected to a monitor 6 m, a keyboard 6 k, and the like. The management device 6 inputs game data output from the above-mentioned various devices such as the game machine 1, the card unit 2, the game information display device 3, etc., so that the operating status of the various devices and the game medium owned by the player ( In other words, the number of balls held and the number of stored balls as the game value), the deposit balance, the game status of each member registered as a member, etc. are stored and managed. Although not shown in FIG. 1, in addition to the pachinko machine shown in the figure, for example, several hundred gaming machines 1 including so-called slot machines are managed by the management device 6.

As shown in FIG. 2, the gaming machine 1 is a so-called enclosed CR (card reader) pachinko machine. The gaming machine 1 stores the deposit balance owned by the player, the number of balls held, and the number of gaming balls converted from the number of stored balls, and is configured to consume the number of gaming balls to shoot the balls. .. That is, the internal balls can be launched onto the board 11 by the launching device on condition that the number of gaming balls stored in the gaming machine 1 remains. An operation handle 12 constituting the launching device is provided at the lower part of the game machine 1, and a game ball display unit 13 indicating the number of game balls and a game ball are converted into balls below the board surface 11. The counting button 14 is arranged side by side. The board surface 11 has a liquid crystal display unit (special figure display unit) 15, a starting port 16, and a large winning opening 17.

The gaming machine 1 operates as follows.
(1) The starting port 16 is a winning opening (so-called navel winning opening, which may be a so-called electric chew) in which the winning rate does not fluctuate, and a big hit lottery is performed according to the winning (starting winning) to the starting port 16 and the lottery result is obtained. It is notified by a symbol variation (unit game) performed on the liquid crystal display unit 15, and a big hit or a small hit is obtained according to the variation result.

(2) If a start prize is won during a symbol change, the symbol change is cumulatively suspended up to a predetermined holding upper limit value (for example, 4), and the held symbol change is started after the symbol change is completed. If the starting prize is won while the number of pending symbol fluctuations (number of pending symbols) is the upper limit, the symbol fluctuations are not suspended.

(3) The game machine set value (hereinafter, mode) is provided in 6 stages, and the winning probability (big hit probability) of the big hit lottery is set to the normal game state (normal state, normal state) and the probability fluctuation state (probability change state) by this mode. , Probability change) and can be adjusted. In addition, the probability variation rate (for example, 66%, which is common to all modes), which is the ratio of the jackpot (probability variation jackpot) that becomes the probability variation after the jackpot, is also determined. It is sufficient that at least one of the jackpot probability and the probability variation rate between normal and probability variation, the round distribution rate, and the like can be adjusted by the mode so that the jackpot probability is invariant depending on the mode and the probability variation rate can be adjusted.

(4) When a big hit occurs, the big winning opening 17 is opened by the corresponding round (R). The maximum number of winnings in 1R is 10, the maximum opening period is 30 seconds, and 1R ends when either the maximum number of winnings or the maximum opening period is satisfied. The corresponding round is also drawn in the same manner as the big hit lottery, and the distribution rate is set to, for example, 4R is 10%, 8R is 50%, and 15R is 40%.

(5) During the probability change, the jackpot probability is improved, and when the starting port 16 is an electric chew, the winning rate becomes high (time saving). In addition, when a big hit that is not a probable big hit (normal big hit) occurs, it becomes a non-probable time reduction (single time reduction) after the big hit, and the time reduction is continued until the symbol is changed for a predetermined number of time reductions (for example, 100 times) or a big hit occurs. However, if the symbol is changed for the number of times in a short time without a big hit, it returns to the normal state.

The above has been described by taking one model as an example, but the illustrated values are various values depending on the model, for example, the round distribution is different for other models, and the playability is also different.
As shown in FIG. 2, the card unit 2 is a gaming device provided corresponding to each gaming machine 1. The card unit 2 includes a status display LED 21 indicating the game state of the game machine 1, a bill insertion slot 22 into which bills are inserted, a deposit display LED 21a indicating whether or not bills can be inserted into the insertion slot 22, and a well-known CMOS sensor. A camera 23 including an image pickup element such as a CCD sensor (the camera cover 23a is shown in FIG. 2), a touch panel type liquid crystal display unit 24 that displays the deposit balance, the number of balls held, the number of stored balls, etc., and a remote control carried by employees. It has a remote control light receiving unit 25 that receives a signal from (not shown). Further, the card unit 2 has a payout button 26, a lending button 27a, and a return button 27b, and also has a card insertion slot 28 into which a general card 9 or a membership card 10 is inserted.

The functional block diagram of FIG. 3 mainly shows the configuration of the card unit 2. The control unit 20 of the card unit 2 is mainly composed of a microcomputer having a CPU 20a, a ROM 20b, a RAM 20c, an I / O 20d, and the like. Peripheral parts connected to the control unit 20 include the above-mentioned display LEDs 21 and 21a (full-color LEDs), a liquid crystal display unit 24, and buttons 26, 27a and 27b, and are located between the management device 6 and the game machine 1. I / F unit 20e for transmitting and receiving various signals and various information, a bill processing unit 22a for determining the authenticity of bills inserted in the bill insertion slot 22, a touch panel 24a provided on the liquid crystal display unit 24, and a card insertion slot 28. It includes a card RW (reader / writer) 28a for reading and writing various information stored in the cards 9 and 10 inserted into the card 9, a card stock unit 28b capable of stocking up to 10 general cards 9. On the other hand, the cameras 23 are connected to the image processing device 30 by four as shown in FIG. 1 without being connected to the control unit 20. The image processing device 30 is connected to the management device 6 via the LAN 5.

The general card 9 is a card that is valid only on the day of the event, and has a built-in IC chip 9a. The IC chip 9a stores a general ID that can identify the card, and also stores the deposit balance and the number of balls held in the card unit 2. The number of balls held by this general card 9 is valid only on the day, and the deposit balance can be used from the next day onward.

The membership card 10 is a card that is valid until a preset expiration date (for example, 3 years), and has a built-in IC chip 10a. The IC chip 10a stores member identification information (member ID) that can identify a player registered as a member, as well as a deposit balance and the number of balls held. The number of balls held and the number of stored balls corresponding to the membership card 10 are stored in the member account of the management device 6. The number of balls held, the number of stored balls, and the balance of deposits of the membership card 10 can be used from the next day onward.

The card unit 2 operates as follows.
(1) When a bill is accepted (money acceptance processing), the deposit amount (in units of 1000 yen) is stored, and the deposit amount is added to the deposit balance and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24. At this time, the number of times (500 yen) is 125 balls if the unit price (rate as a loan unit price described later) is, for example, 4 yen, so the number of game balls corresponding to the deposit balance (the number of game balls that can be rented). May be displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24.

(2) According to the operation of the lending button 27a (lending operation), it is transmitted to the game machine 1 as game ball number data (data that can specify the number of game balls) for each number of times within the range of the deposit balance, and the lending unit price. The amount of consideration according to is subtracted from the deposit balance. That is, according to the lending operation, the lending process of converting several minutes into a game ball as a lending ball is performed, and the game can be played with the game ball added by the lending process.

(3) The corresponding gaming machine 1 is a so-called enclosed type, and the balls launched on the board surface 11 circulate, and even if a prize is won, they are not paid out to the outside of the gaming machine 1. Therefore, the card unit 2 manages the number of game balls described above, that is, subtracts the number of game balls according to the launch (use) of the balls on the board 11, and adds the number of game balls according to the prize (winning process). conduct.

Further, the card unit 2 manages the number of balls held and the number of stored balls, and the balls held and stored cannot be directly used for the game, but the number of balls held or the number of stored balls (member game) can be obtained according to the pressing of the payout button 26. The conversion process (compensation granting process) for converting the number of game balls into the number of game balls once within the range of (in the case of a person) is performed, and the game ball number data is transmitted to the game machine 1. In this case, a conversion rate may be provided separately, but in this embodiment, it is set to 1: 1. The same applies to the following counting process.

(4) When the number of game balls of the game machine 1 increases according to the game, the game ball number data received from the game machine 1 in response to the pressing of the counting button 14 is converted into the number of balls possessed as the counting ball number data. (Counting process). In this case, one ball is converted according to one pressing, but if the pressed state is continued, the conversion can be performed continuously and acceleratedly. In this way, the number of game balls and the number of balls held are updated (memorized), and when the issue operation is performed by pressing the return button 27b with the deposit balance and the number of balls remaining in the card unit 2, the deposit balance and the number of balls held Is stored in the general card 9 inserted in the card insertion slot 28 and issued. Even when the membership card 10 is inserted, the deposit balance and the number of balls held are stored in the membership card 10 and issued. If none of the cards 9 and 10 are inserted into the card insertion slot 28, the general card 9 stocked in the card stock unit 28b is drawn out to the card RW28a by a recording medium moving means (not shown) and deposited in the card 9. The balance and the number of balls held are memorized and issued (issue processing).

When the card 9 of the card stock unit 28b is exhausted, the status display LED 21 indicates an error state, and when the card 9 is replenished from the insertion slot 28 by an employee, the normal state is restored.

(5) The issuance process is provided with issuance conditions according to the game ball number data in the game machine 1, and in the present embodiment, the issuance conditions are satisfied when the number of game balls is a predetermined number (0) or less, and the issuance process is possible. Will be. Therefore, communication (including information such as out and safe) is performed with the game machine 1 at regular intervals (for example, every 200 ms), and when the number of game balls becomes 0 due to use in the game or counting processing, the card unit indicates that. 2 is notified, and when the issuance condition is satisfied, the issuance process is permitted. In this case, it is sufficient to update the number of game balls by receiving the game ball number data from the game machine 1 to specify that the issuing condition is satisfied, but a signal indicating that the number of game balls has become 0 is separately provided. Other specific methods such as receiving may be adopted.

(6) When the general card 9 is inserted into the card insertion slot 28, the deposit balance and the number of balls held in the general card 9 are read out by the card RW28a and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24. When the membership card 10 is inserted, the deposit balance and the number of balls held in the membership card 10 are read out and displayed on the liquid crystal display unit 24, and the number of stored balls is managed on condition that a password is input. Receive from and display.

In addition to the above-mentioned functions, the card unit 2 has a function of transmitting the following (a) game data and (b) card data to the management device 6 via the relay device 4.
(A) Game data (data indicating the operating status of the game machine 1 including the following signals)
-Driving signal: Indicates the number of gaming balls driven into the gaming machine 1.
-Painout signal: Indicates the number of game balls paid out from the game machine 1.
-Big hit signal: Indicates that a big hit has occurred in the gaming machine 1.
-Start signal: Indicates that the electric accessory that triggers the occurrence of a big hit has been activated (design fluctuation).

(B) Card data (data related to cards 9 and 10)
-General card data: Data such as the general ID, the date and time of insertion / issuance of the card 9 at the insertion slot 28, the deposit balance, the number of balls held, and the unit lending price.
-Membership card data: Data such as the member ID, the date and time of insertion / return of the card 10 at the insertion slot 28, the deposit balance, the number of balls held, the number of stored balls, and the unit lending price.
The camera 23 of the card unit 2 captures images at predetermined intervals (for example, every 4 seconds) and transmits the captured images to the image processing device 30. The imaging field of view of the camera 23 is set to be an area including the face of the player while the player is facing the game machine 1.

The image processing device 30 captures each image transmitted from the four cameras 23 at 1-second intervals, and analyzes the captured image to determine whether or not the player's face image is present in the captured image. If it is determined that the face image exists, the face image is transmitted to the management device 6. In this regard, even if the image transmitted from the camera 23 includes a player, if the player is playing in an unnatural posture, for example, by facing an unnatural direction, the image processing device 30 will be used. Since the face image cannot be recognized, the image may not be transmitted to the management device 6.

The management device 6 that has received the face image from the image processing device 30 performs the same person determination and the attention-requiring person determination. In the same person determination, image processing such as extraction of feature points is performed on the received face image, and the face image is collated with the face image already registered in the face image database of the day to determine whether or not the person is the same person. .. If it is determined that the collated face image is a face image that has not yet been registered in the face image database (that is, a new player), a face ID is assigned and registered in the face image database of the day, and the face ID is used for the game. Store in association with data. On the other hand, if it is determined that the face image is a face image already registered in the face image database (that is, a known player), the game data associated with the face ID is updated. In the attention-requiring person determination, the face image is compared with the face image registered in the caution database, and it is determined whether or not the face image of the same person is registered in the caution database. If it is determined that the face image of the same person is registered in the caution database, the employee of the amusement park is notified that the person requiring attention has visited the store, for example, by an income.

The control unit 60 of the management device 6 shown in FIG. 3 (hereinafter, abbreviated as “management device 6” as appropriate) is mainly composed of a microcomputer and includes a storage unit 60a such as a ROM and a RAM, an I / O, and the like. , Operates according to the control program stored in the storage unit 60a. Further, the management device 6 manages various game data transmitted from various devices such as the card unit 2 described above (see FIG. 5 (c) and the like). The monitor 6m as a display means in the management device 6 (see FIG. 1) is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device capable of full-color display.

The management device 6 can be connected to the public communication line (Internet, virtual private network (VPN), etc.) 32 shown in FIG. 1, and connects the management server 31 installed in the center and the public communication line 32, etc. It is possible to communicate via. The same configuration as that of the game hall A is realized in the game halls B and C, and the management device 6 (not shown) of the game halls B and C is also connected to the public communication line 32 like the management device 6 of the game hall A. It is said that it can be connected.

Further, the mobile terminal 33 in FIG. 1 is a portable mobile terminal device such as a smartphone. The mobile terminal 33 can receive various communication services provided by the communication carrier by concluding a predetermined contract between the user and the communication carrier, and communicates with the management device 6 through the public communication line 32. It is possible. The mobile terminal 33 receives a control unit including a CPU, ROM, RAM, etc., a data communication unit connected to a public communication line 32, a microphone for inputting transmitted voice when making a call, and a touch operation on the screen (accepting input). It is provided with a liquid crystal display unit 33a or the like having a touch panel) function and a function of displaying various information.

The management server 31 is communicably connected to the management devices 6 of the amusement parks A to C via the public communication line 32. The management server 31 stores various game data in each of the amusement parks A to C, and also stores the application software described later corresponding to the OS (Operating System) of the mobile terminal 33 and the like, and the management server 31 stores the mobile terminal. You can download the application software to 33. Further, the management server 31 and the management devices 6 of the amusement parks A to C will be described below with a user account (account ID, see FIG. 4B) collated on the premise that the application software is executed on the mobile terminal 33. It also remembers the email addresses of the target person and supporters, and functions as a mail server.

By the way, as mentioned in the "conventional technology", the amusement park is also trying to take measures against the problem of gambling addiction in recent years. In this regard, if a gaming device such as the card unit 2 described above is configured to play a game using the gaming value of the rental unit price arbitrarily selected by the player, gambling that suits each player's preference. While it has the advantage of being able to provide sex, it has the disadvantage that gambling addiction players choose only the highest unit lending prices, further promoting addiction.

Therefore, the management device 6 of the present embodiment stores the unit price declared in advance by the member among the plurality of unit prices as the declared unit price associated with the member ID, and the declared unit price and the member are in the card unit 2. By collating with the actually selected unit price (selected unit price), it is determined whether or not the selected unit price conforms to the declared unit price. Then, by displaying this determination result on the monitor 6 m (see FIG. 8 described later), whether or not the manager of the amusement park A actually selects the loan unit price declared by the member working on the addiction countermeasures. Can be confirmed.

The configuration of the game hall management system 100 will be described in detail with reference to the drawings of FIGS. 4 and 4 by taking as an example a player who has registered as a member at the game hall A. Here, FIGS. 4A and 4B show data regarding members and their families registered in the management device 6.

That is, FIG. 4A shows the member attribute data of one player. The member attribute data includes the "name", "gender", "age", "occupation", "address", "email address (email address of the mobile terminal abbreviated as mobile mail address in the figure)" and "addiction" of the player who registered as a member. It includes the data of "countermeasure" and "declaration unit price", and is stored in the storage unit 60a of the management device 6 in association with the member ID "member No.". Such member attribute data is input to the management device 6 based on the member registration form (that is, self-report on a form not shown) filled out by the player when the member is registered in advance at the game hall A, for example. ..

The data of "addiction countermeasures" in the figure (a) is registered in the management device 6 as "yes" for addiction countermeasures by self-report to work on addiction countermeasures at the time of membership registration. As a result, a specific member registered as "Yes" for addiction measures is regarded as a special member, and is distinguished from a normal member for "No" for addiction measures.

In addition, the "declared unit price" is the lending unit price declared in advance by the member among a plurality of preset lending unit prices (for example, three types of "1 yen", "2 yen", and "4 yen". See Fig. 6). Therefore, it is a unit price for special members that is stored as a declaration unit price associated with the member ID according to the self-report. From the viewpoint of raising awareness of suppressing gambling, the declared unit price is usually declared as a lending unit price (1 yen and / or 2 yen) other than the highest lending unit price (4 yen), and the declared lending unit price is It is stored in the storage unit 60a, which is a declaration unit price storage means. As for the declared unit price, one or two of the loan unit prices of 1 yen, 2 yen, and 4 yen can be selected in the declaration, and in FIG. 4A, the declared unit price is "1 yen". Shows an example of selection and storage.

FIG. 4 (b) shows support family data. The support family data includes the data of the "account ID", "email address", "password", and "terminal ID" of the player's family registered as a member, and is associated with the member ID of the member in the storage unit of the management device 6. It is stored in 60a. That is, the support family data is data that is accepted when a registration application for support family data is received from the mobile terminal 33 possessed by the player's family, and the "account ID" and "password" are the authentication described later (the authentication (described later). Used for login), the "email address" and "terminal ID" are data that identify the mobile terminal 33. As described above, the support family data includes the destination information of the mobile terminal 33 owned or possessed by the player's family. In addition, since the "player's family" is a person who can be a supporter working on recovery from addiction for a player registered as a member (hereinafter referred to as "support family"), relatives of the target person or Acquaintances are also mentioned, and it is not limited to family members.

FIGS. 5A to 5D show data managed and stored by the management device 6 regarding the actual game of the player. Of these, FIG. 5A shows member ownership value data of one member. The member ownership value data includes the game value owned by the player registered as a member, that is, the data of "payment balance", "number of balls held", and "number of stored balls", and is associated with the member ID of the member of the management device 6. It is stored in the storage unit 60a.

Of this member ownership value data, the number of balls held and the number of stored balls are stored separately in the accounts for each loan unit price of "4 yen", "2 yen", and "1 yen" shown in FIG. 5A, respectively. The member ownership value data is updated by the management device 6 based on the member card data transmitted at the time of the issuance process or the like according to the game using the corresponding member card 10.

On the other hand, FIG. 5B shows general ownership value data updated (stored) by the management device 6 based on the general card data. The general possession value data includes data of "payment balance" and "number of balls held", and is stored in the storage unit 60a of the management device 6 in association with the "card No." which is the general ID of the general card 9. The number of coins held in the general ownership value data is also stored separately for each loan unit price of "4 yen", "2 yen", and "1 yen".

As will be described in detail later, a player who has not declared the declared unit price can arbitrarily select one of the above-mentioned 1 yen, 2 yen, or 4 yen lending unit price in the card unit 2 during the game. On the other hand, the special member who has declared the declared unit price selects the lending unit price on the screens 71 and 72 (see FIG. 7) to be aware of the declared unit price. In this case, the player who owns the game value as a ball (or a stored ball) in the selected lending unit price account can replay within the range of the number of balls held in the selected lending unit price account. ..

FIG. 5C shows game data showing the game result of one member (player) on one business day as member game history data associated with the member ID. The member game history data includes the "game machine No." of the game machine 1, the "rental unit price" actually selected by the member in the card unit 2 of the game machine 1, and the "usage amount" and "usage amount" of the game machine 1. Includes data on the number of balls driven, the number of balls paid out, the number of big hits, and the number of balls held. These data are stored in the storage unit 60a of the management device 6 in association with the times (game time) of "game start" and "game end" in the game machine 1.

The times of "game start" and "game end" in the figure (c) correspond to the card insertion / return times of the membership card data. Further, in the figure (c), of the game time zones [1] to [3] classified by the insertion / removal of the card 10, only the game time zone of [2] has a loan unit price of 4 yen, and other game time zones [ 1] [3] shows an example of lending processing at a lending unit price of 1 yen. In this way, the management device 6 specifies the lending unit price actually selected in the card unit 2 in each time zone [1] to [3], and corresponds to the member ID in the storage unit 60a which is the selected unit price storage means. Store as the attached selection unit price.

FIG. 5 (d) shows the member game aggregated data in which the member game history data of FIG. 5 (c) is aggregated in business day units. The management device 6 obtains each aggregated value of "amount used", "number of balls driven", "number of balls paid out", and "number of big hits" for the member game aggregated data on the business day.

The data of FIGS. 4 and 5 described above can be displayed and output to the monitor 6m and printed to a printing device (not shown) in the management device 6.
Subsequently, the operation of the above configuration will be described in the order of "1. Display processing in the card unit", "2. Display processing in the management device", and "3. Display processing in the mobile terminal" with reference to FIGS. 6 to 10. do.

<1. Display processing in the card unit>
When the cards 9 and 10 are inserted into the card insertion slot 28, the card unit 2 reads the card data of the cards 9 and 10 and transmits the card data to the management device 6. When the card data received from the card unit 2 includes the member ID, the management device 6 searches for the member ID of the registered member attribute data, and specifies the data on whether or not the member has addiction countermeasures and the declared unit price. Possible data (both data are referred to as "data related to addiction countermeasures") are returned to the card unit 2. As a result, when the card unit 2 identifies that the player who plays the game on the corresponding gaming machine 1 is registered as a normal member based on the data related to the addiction countermeasure received from the management device 6, the liquid crystal display The screen 61 of FIG. 6 is displayed on the display unit 24.

On the screen 61 when the membership card 10 is inserted, a column 61a indicating the game type (pachinko / slot) and the type (general / member) of the cards 9 and 10 being inserted, a message display area 61b, a deposit balance, and a ball possession are displayed. A column 61c representing a number is provided. Further, in the message display area 61b of the same screen 61, selection buttons 62a, 62b, 62c for selecting the lending unit price "1 yen", "2 yen", and "4 yen" are displayed, and the "lending unit price is selected". Please do. "Is displayed.

On the other hand, the card unit 2 specifies that the player who plays the game on the corresponding gaming machine 1 is registered as a special member and the declared unit price is specified based on the data related to the addiction countermeasure received from the management device 6. If so, the liquid crystal display unit 24 displays the screen 71 of FIG. 7.

On the screen 71 when the membership card 10 is inserted (only the part corresponding to the message display area 61b is shown), the selection buttons 62a, 62b, 62c of the loan unit prices "1 yen", "2 yen", and "4 yen" are specified. The loan unit price selection buttons 62b and 62c other than the declared unit price (for example, 1 yen) are grayed out (with a restraint display M), and "Please select the loan unit price! Select only 1 yen is self-reported. "Done" is displayed.

In this case, the actual lending unit price selected by the special member by touching any one of the selection buttons 62a to 62c when the special member starts the game matches the declared unit price of the special member. It is determined whether or not it is, and a display is performed based on the determination result. Specifically, for example, when the card unit 2 specifies 1 yen as the declared unit price of the special member, the selection button 62b (or 62c) of 4 yen (or 2 yen) as the actual lending unit price is touched. When the operation is performed, it is determined that the unit price does not match the declared unit price of the special member, and based on the determination result, the screen 71 in FIG. 7 transitions to the screen 72 on the right.

On this screen 72, as a screen when the judgment result indicates nonconformity of the declared unit price, as a message to that effect to the member, "" 4 yen "is different from the self-reported lending unit price, is it okay?" Is displayed, and the "YES" button 72a and the "NO" button 72b are displayed. In this case, in the card unit 2, when the YES button 72a on the screen 72 is touch-operated, the lending process at a lending unit price of 4 yen is allowed, while when the NO button 72b is touch-operated, the previous screen is displayed. Since it returns to 71, the loan unit price can be selected again.

In this way, the card unit 2 lends the declared unit price to the special member by displaying the display M according to the declared unit price and the screen 72 based on the determination result on the liquid crystal display unit 24. It is possible to raise awareness of selection as a unit price. In addition, a player other than the special member can select an arbitrary lending unit price by touching the selection buttons 62a to 62c on the screen 61 of the liquid crystal display unit 24. In this way, the lending process is performed at the lending unit price of 1 yen, 2 yen, or 4 yen selected, or the replay is performed within the range of the number of balls held (or the number of stored balls) in the account with the selected lending unit price. Is possible.

Further, in the card unit 2, a player who plays a game on the corresponding gaming machine 1 based on the data related to the addiction countermeasure received from the management device 6 and the determination result related to the declared unit price is a “non-addiction player”. It is possible to specify which of the "unit price selection non-conforming person", the "unit price selection conforming person", and the "declared unit price unset person" (see FIG. 8A described later). That is, the card unit 2 touches the YES button 72a on the screen 72 of FIG. 7 to specify a special member who has selected a loan unit price other than the declared unit price as a “unit price selection non-conforming person”, while the button representing the declared unit price. By touch operation of 62a (button without restraint display M), a special member who has selected the same lending unit price as the declared unit price is specified as a “unit price selection conforming person”. In addition, in the card unit 2, a normal member or a non-member without addiction measures is regarded as a "non-addiction player", and a special member with addiction measures and no declaration unit price is set as a "declaration unit price unset person". Identify.

As a result, the card unit 2 can display the specified non-dependent player, the unit price selection non-conforming person, the unit price selection conforming person, the declared unit price unset person, or the "non-operating" of the gaming machine 1 in full color. The display LED 21 distinguishes and displays different lighting colors. The lighting color of the status display LED 21 corresponds to the display color of the non-dependent player or the like on the monitor 6m of the management device 6 described below.

<2. Display processing in the management device>
The management device 6 displays the screen 81 of FIG. 8A and the screen 82 of FIG. 8B based on the data related to the above-mentioned addiction countermeasures and the data such as the actual lending unit price selected by the card unit 2. Display on the monitor 6m.

Here, FIG. 8A shows the game situation of each player on the layout display screen 81 showing the layout 81L of the card unit 2 in the game hall A. As illustrated in the figure, on the screen 81, the serial numbers "1" to "140" assigned to each unit 2 (each gaming machine 1) are associated with the arrangement of the card units 2 on the gaming island. Is displayed. In this case, the machine number (or the background color of the machine number) of each gaming machine 1 is, for example, white when the gaming machine 1 is "non-operating" and when the "independent player" is playing. Blue, red when the "unit price selection non-conforming person" is playing, green when the "unit price selection conforming person" is playing, orange when the "declared unit price unset person" is playing, and so on. It shall be represented by the display color.

Further, in the column 81a at the bottom of the screen 81, the number of "non-operating" and the number (number of people) of "non-dependent player" to "person whose declared unit price has not been set" are displayed by the management device 6. In addition to being displayed, each ratio of "independent player" to "person who has not set the declared unit price" to the number of players up to the "140" series is expressed as a percentage.

That is, when the declared unit price is associated with the member ID of the card 10 received by the card unit 2, the management device 6 is associated with the member ID (specific member ID). The unit price is compared with the selected unit price actually selected by the card unit 2, and it is determined whether or not the selected unit price conforms to the declared unit price. Further, as a counting means, the management device 6 uses the number of conforming members whose determination result is conforming (that is, the number of unit price selection conforming persons) and the number of nonconforming members whose determination result is nonconforming (that is, unit price selection nonconforming persons). The number) and the number of regular members and non-members without addiction measures (that is, the number of non-addicted players) and the number of special members with addiction measures and no set unit price (that is, number) The number of persons who have not set the declared unit price) and each are counted. Then, based on the counting result, the management device 6 is a unit price selection conforming person, a unit price selection nonconforming person, a non-dependent player, and a declared unit price unset person in the number of players up to the "140" series, respectively. It functions as a calculation means for calculating the ratio of the above, and the calculation result is displayed as a percentage in the column 81a on the screen 81.

Further, on the same screen 81, the determination result by the unit price determination means of the member or the player playing the game in each card unit 2 is associated with the layout 81L of each card unit 2, and the unit price selection conforming person is used. The serial number part is displayed in green, and in the case of a person who does not conform to the unit price selection, the serial number part is displayed in red. Further, on the same screen 81, if the member does not store the declared unit price in the storage unit 60a, that is, if the declared unit price has not been set, the serial number portion is orange, and if the non-dependent player, the serial number portion is blue. As such, the card unit 2 in which the corresponding player is playing is associated with the layout 81L and displayed in an identifiable manner.

On the other hand, in each card unit 2, depending on the lighting color of the status display LED 21, whether the player playing the game on the corresponding gaming machine 1 is a "non-dependent player" to a "declared unit price unset person". Can be visually recognized. Therefore, on the playground side, the employee selects the unit price by visually recognizing the lighting color of the status display LED 21 or by notifying the employee from the management device 6 via an income (not shown). You can take action to advise non-conforming individuals to choose a self-reported unit price. In addition, the employee may take measures to advise the person who has not set the declared unit price to self-declare the declared unit price.

FIG. 8B shows a layout display screen 82 which is displayed on the monitor 6m side by side with the screen 81 of FIG. 8A or is displayed as a separate screen in place of the screen 81. On this screen 82, the selection status of the lending unit price is displayed on the layout 82L of the card unit 2. At present, the unit number of each gaming machine 1 on the screen 82 is white when the gaming machine 1 is "non-operating", and the actual selection unit price selected by the corresponding card unit 2 is "1 yen". When it is blue, when it is "2 yen", it is green, when it is "4 yen", it is red, and so on.

In addition, in the column 82a at the bottom of the screen 82, the number of "non-operating" units counted by the management device 6 and the number of units by lending unit price (1 yen to 4 yen) are displayed, and the "140" unit number is displayed. The ratio of the number of units by lending unit price to the number of units in operation up to is expressed as a percentage.

As a result, the manager of the amusement park A can grasp the distribution status of the loan unit price at the present time for each unit number on the screen 82. In addition, by comparing the same screen 82 with the other screen 81, the players classified into four categories related to the declared unit price (non-dependent players to those who have not set the declared unit price) and the actual players. The selection unit price can be easily grasped. The monitor 61m for displaying the layout display screens 81 and 82 and the control unit 60 of the management device 6 correspond to the layout display means.

<3. Display processing on mobile terminals>
In order to use the addiction countermeasure service provided by the above-mentioned playground management system 100, the application software is downloaded from the management server 31 to the mobile terminal 33 to the mobile terminal 33 of the support family, and is related to the support family data. Register the information. As a result, the mobile terminal 33 executes the application software on condition that the registered account ID and password are authenticated, so that the liquid crystal display unit 33a displays the screen 91 shown in FIG.

The screen 91 of FIG. 9 represents a menu screen related to the addiction recovery support displayed on the mobile terminal 33. The menu screen 91 is provided with a "support target person registration" button 91a and a "support target person history confirmation" button 91b. Further, at the lower part of the menu screen 91, an "end" button 91d for logging out is provided.

When the "support target person registration" button 91a is touch-operated on the menu screen 91, the screen transitions to the support target person registration screen 92 on the right side in FIG. The support target person registration screen 92 is provided with a field 92a for inputting the "name", "age", and "password" of the member registered as a member at the game hall A, and a "registration" button 92b and a "back" button 92c. ing. The information input in each column 92a is the identification information of the player (target person) supported by the support family, and is transmitted from the mobile terminal 33 by the touch operation of the "registration" button 92b. The management device 6 manages the support family data associated with the member ID of the target person based on the identification information received from the mobile terminal 33 via the management server 31 (see FIG. 4B).

In this way, it is possible to perform "support target person history confirmation" with the player registered using the mobile terminal 33 as the target person. When the "back" button 92c is touch-operated on the support target person registration screen 92, the screen returns to the menu screen 91. In addition, the support family can register the target person for up to 10 target persons per support family (one mobile terminal 33).

When the "support target person history confirmation" button 91b is touch-operated on the menu screen 91, the screen transitions to the support target person history confirmation screen 93 on the lower right side in FIG. On the support target person history confirmation screen 93, when the above identification information is registered for a plurality of target persons, the game history of the target person selected from the target person list (not shown) for the past year. Represents. This game history is displayed in the column 93a including items such as "date", "time", "usage amount", and "balance" as the history of the game data of the target person.

In addition, when the "next page" button 93b is touch-operated on the support target person history confirmation screen 93, the game history column 93a after April 1 is displayed, and the "back" button 93c is touch-operated. Then, the game history column 93a before February 4 is displayed (or returns to the menu screen 91).

In this way, the support family can register the target person and confirm the game history on his / her mobile terminal 33. On the other hand, when the target person visits the game hall A and inserts the membership card 10 into the insertion slot 28 at the card unit 2, the management device 6 corresponds to the member ID of the card 10 transmitted from the card unit 2. The attached support family data is searched, and the mobile terminal 33 of the support family is notified of the visit of the target person via the public communication line 32.

This notification is a so-called PUSH notification automatically made to the mobile terminal 33 in real time, and is sent to the mobile terminal 33 by the management device 6 via the management server 31. In this way, when the mobile terminal 33 receives the information notified by the push, the mobile terminal 33 is made to display, for example, the screen 101 of FIG. As shown in the figure, on the store visit notification screen 101, the target person's "name", the "date" and "time" in which the card 10 is inserted, and the "model name" and "unit" of the gaming machine 1 that started the game. Since the "number" is displayed and the actual "lending unit price (selected unit price)" selected by the target person in the card unit 2 is also displayed, the game status of the target person can be grasped. When the "confirmation" button 101a at the bottom of the screen 101 is touch-operated, the screen returns to the screen before the screen 101 is displayed (or transitions to the menu screen 91).

The game field management system 100 of the present embodiment has been described mainly for the players registered as members in the game field A, but the players registered as members in the other game fields B and C are also the same as in the game field A. It goes without saying that the support family using the mobile terminal 33 or the like can set the setting information and notify the store visit.

As described above, in the playground management system 100 of the present embodiment, the manager of the playground A monitors 6 m whether or not the member working on the addiction countermeasure actually selects the loan unit price declared by himself / herself. Since it can be confirmed on the screen 81 of the above, it is possible to objectively grasp the efforts of each member and provide appropriate support.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and may be modified or expanded as described below, each modification may be combined with the above-described embodiment, or each modification may be combined.

The number of balls held and the number of stored balls are stored separately for each account for each loan unit price (see FIGS. 5 (a) and 5 (b)), and the number of balls held and the number of stored balls in the account that matches the loan unit price selected in the card unit 2 Although replay is possible within the range, the number of balls held and the number of stored balls with a loan unit price different from the selected loan unit price may be used for the game. Specifically, when a loan unit price of 1 yen is selected, it is converted into the number of balls multiplied by (user unit price (for example, 4 yen)) / (user unit price (for example, 1 yen)) to be 4 yen. If you have 1000 coins in your account and you want to use the coins at a lending unit price of 1 yen, you can convert them to 4000 and enable replay.

Although three types of amounts of 1, 2, and 4 yen are exemplified as the loan unit price, the loan unit price is not limited to this, and any two or more types can be set.
In the game hall management system 100, the declared unit price based on the declaration of the player himself / herself can be set, but the declared unit price based on the request from the support family may be set. For example, by transmitting the lending unit price selected on the screen (not shown) of the mobile terminal 33 to the management device 6 by the function of the application software, it can be stored in the storage unit 60a as the declared unit price.

When the management device 6 determines that the frequency of the determination result regarding the declared unit price for the special member has reached a predetermined standard, the card unit 2 has the card unit 2 other than the declared unit price. The selection of the loan unit price may be prohibited.

Specifically, for example, the management device 6 totals the number of days or the number of times specified as a unit price selection nonconforming person by operating the YES button 72a (see FIG. 7) on the screen 72 of the card unit 2 for each special member. When it is determined that the aggregated value has reached a predetermined standard, a prohibition mark is attached to the loan unit price selection buttons 62b and 62c other than the declared unit price (for example, 1 yen) on the screen 71 when the card 10 is inserted (grayout display M). (Displays a mark different from the above), and may be configured as a selection prohibiting means that prevents the input operation of the selection buttons 62b and 62c from being accepted.

The member game aggregation data shown in FIG. 5D is aggregated on a business day basis, but the aggregation period of each data is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to aggregate each data for an appropriate period such as one week, one month, and one year.
The type of data calculated on the management device 6 side is not limited to this embodiment, and various types of data can be obtained based on the data received from the gaming machine 1 and the card unit 2. ..

The data during use of the membership card 10 is stored as member data, but even during the period when the membership card 10 is not used, for example, for the period during which it can be determined from the face image that the member is a specific member. , The data associated with the member ID may be stored as in the case of using the member card 10.
Alternatively, a complete card-type gaming machine that cannot play a game unless the membership card is inserted into the insertion slot 28 may be adopted. In this case, all the players can be completely identified by the membership card 10, and all the game data can be treated as addiction countermeasure data.

Although the camera 23 is provided integrally with the card unit 2, the position of the camera 23 may be any position as long as the player's face can be imaged, and it is not necessary to be integrated with the card unit 2.
Although one relay device 4 is provided for each of the two gaming machines 1, the correspondence between the relay device 4 and the gaming machine 1 is not limited to this. The ratio of the number of relay devices 4 to the number of gaming machines 1 may be 3: 1 or 4: 1. Similarly, the image processing device 30 is not limited to one corresponding to each of the four cameras 23.

Although the pachinko machine is exemplified as the game machine 1, it may be a slot machine or a ball game machine.
Each of the above numerical values is an example, and it goes without saying that any numerical value may be adopted. Further, the "memory" and "registration" in the above description can be grasped as having the same meaning, for example, "memory" in the storage unit 60a of the management device 6 is referred to as "registration". can.

In the drawing, 2 is a card unit (game device), 6 is a management device, 60 is a control unit (declaration unit price storage means, selection unit price storage means, unit price determination means, counting means, calculation means, layout display means), and 60a is storage. A unit (declaration unit price storage means, selective unit price storage means), 60 m is a monitor (display means, layout display means), and 100 is a playground management system.

Claims (4)

A game device configured to play a game using a game value of a unit price arbitrarily selected by the player from a plurality of preset unit prices.
In a game hall management system provided with a management device that manages the game value owned by a player registered as a member and game data indicating the game result of the player in association with member identification information.
The management device is
A declared unit price storage means for storing a unit price previously declared by the member among the plurality of unit prices as a declared unit price associated with the member identification information.
A selection unit price storage means for specifying a unit price actually selected by the member in the gaming device and storing it as a selection unit price associated with the member identification information.
A unit price determination means for collating the declared unit price associated with specific member identification information with the selected unit price and determining whether or not the selected unit price matches the declared unit price.
A management system for amusement parks, which comprises a display means for displaying a determination result by the unit price determination means. The management device is
A counting means for counting the number of conforming members whose determination result by the unit price determination means is conforming and the number of nonconforming members whose determination result is nonconforming, respectively.
The management system for amusement park according to claim 1, further comprising a calculation means for calculating the ratio of each of the conforming member and the non-conforming member based on the counting result by the counting means.
The management device is a layout that displays the determination result of the member playing a game in each game device by the unit price determination means in association with each game device on the layout display screen showing the layout of the game device in the game hall. The management system for amusement parks according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the display means is provided. The third aspect of the present invention is characterized in that the layout display means is capable of identifiablely displaying a gaming device in which a member who does not store the declared unit price in the declared unit price storage means is playing on the layout display screen. Management system for amusement parks.

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