JPH01134565A - Card system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the waiting time for reservation and to improve serviceability in an amusement park by using a means which stores game cards together with game reservation orders when these cards are put into a card reader. CONSTITUTION:A reservation device 1 and a ticket examination device 2 are set at the entrance of an amusement park. The front of the device 1 includes a card insertion/ejection port 4 for cards 3 which are issued to visitors at entry to the park, a reservation reception display device 5 which displays reserved time points, various messages, etc., and a reservation reception printer 6 which produces the portable guide slips of customers. When a card 3 is put into a card reading means 36, the identification data of the card 3 is read and stored successively in a reservation data memory means 36. A control means 33 calculates the reserved time point of a relevant customer based on the order of said identification data and the standard necessary unit time and also informs this calculated reserved time point to the customer via the means 5.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention provides a card suitable for use when a prepaid card is used, for example, to collect gaming machine usage fees at an amusement park or fees for visiting exhibits at an exhibition. Regarding the system.

[Conventional technology and problems] Conventionally, for example, at an amusement park, there are differences in the usage status of various gaming machines depending on the degree of usage request (popularity) of customers, so some gaming machines have a high usage rate and others have a low usage rate. This results in a low gaming machine.

As a result, long lines of customers waiting for their turn to play occur in front of gaming machines with a high usage rate, resulting in customers wasting time having to wait in the line until their turn arrives. At the same time, there is a problem of discomfort.

On the other hand, in contrast to gaming machines with a high usage rate, gaming machines with a low usage rate allow customers to use them immediately without having to wait their turn to use them. However, even if the game machine is in use, the game machine must be operated, which poses a problem in that the game machine cannot be used efficiently.

The present invention effectively solves the above-mentioned problems, and aims to provide a card system that eliminates the need for users to wait in line at commercial facilities such as entertainment facilities and exhibition facilities, and that makes efficient use of the various facilities. shall be.

[Means for Solving the Problems] The present invention is a card system configured to reserve the order of use of customers at a commercial facility, which includes a card storing identification data and reading the identification data from the card. card data reading means; reservation data storage means for storing the read identification data ranked in the order of reading; and storing the read identification data in the reservation data storage means in order of rank; , comprising a control means for calculating a reservation time based on the order of the read identification data and a preset standard unit time, and a notification means for notifying the calculated reservation time. .

[Operation] According to the present invention, when a customer inserts a card into the card data reading means, the identification data is read, ranked and stored in the reservation data storage means.

The control means calculates the reservation time of the customer based on the order of the stored identification data and the standard unit required time, and notifies the reservation time by the notification means. This makes it possible to eliminate the conventional waiting list for customers and improve customer service.

[Example] Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a reservation device for an amusement park to which the card system of this embodiment is applied, and 2 denotes a ticket gate, which is installed at the entrance of the game machine of the amusement park.

On the front of the reservation device 1, there is a card insertion/ejection port 4 for inserting/ejecting the real card 3 issued upon entering the park, a reservation acceptance display 5 for displaying reservation time, various messages, etc.
A reservation acceptance printer 6 is provided that issues guide slips for customers to carry.

When displaying the reservation time on the reservation reception display 5, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, the ID data and reservation time of each customer are ranked and displayed in the order of reservation reception. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the reservation reception printer 6 prints out a guide sheet with the customer's [D data, reservation time, and message "If you are late for the reservation time, your reservation may be cancelled." Ru.

The ticket gate device 2 is composed of a ticket gate reading device 7 and a ticket gate data display device 8. The ticket gate reading device 7 includes a card insertion slot 9 for inserting the card 3, and a card discharge port IO1 for discharging the card 3. For example, a ticket gate display 11 that displays the remaining number of cards 3, messages, etc. as shown in FIG.
A management device, which will be described later, is installed inside the door mechanism 12 and the device main body 7A.

In addition, on the front of the ticket gate data display device 8, as shown in FIG. 7, for example, there is arranged an order display 13 that displays the ID data of customers who have reserved gaming machines in the order in which reservations are received as current user guidance. .

The card 3 has an ID number 111 as shown in FIG.
An information data display section 14 in which 13A, adult/dwarf type column 3B, and remaining power count 3C are printed, and an information data storage section in which date data D1, type data D2, TD number data D3, and power count data D4 are stored. 15 are arranged.

Next, the card system will be explained in detail based on FIG.
The system consists of the above-mentioned reservation device 1, ticket gate reader 7, ticket gate data display device 8, management device 20 built into the ticket gate reader body 7Δ, and an attendant building near the gaming machine (as shown in the diagram).
It is composed of an operating device 21 installed at.

Said reservation device! , the control means 22 controls each part of the device 1, and also sends and receives data to and from the management device 20 via the interface 23. Card insertion sensor 24
detects insertion of a card into the card insertion/ejection port 4. The card insertion/ejection means 19 takes in the card 3 inserted into the card insertion/ejection port 4 and ejects the card 3 to the card insertion/ejection port 4. Card data reading means 25 reads data from card 3.

The display control means 26 controls the display of the reservation acceptance display 5.

In the ticket gate reading device 7, the card insertion sensor 27 detects insertion of a card into the card insertion slot 9.

The card data reading/writing means 28 reads/writes data to/from the card 3. The card insertion and ejection means 29 takes in the card 3 inserted into the card insertion slot 9, and ejects the card 3 from the card ejection port IO.

The display control means 30 controls the display of the ticket gate display 11.

The door opening/closing drive control means 31 controls opening/closing of the door mechanism 12 based on opening/closing instructions from the management device 20 .

In the ticket gate data display device 8, the display control means 32
controls the display of the order display 13.

In the management bag r1120, the control means 33 controls each part of the card system, and also controls the interface 34.
Book a bag through f! Sends and receives data to l1.

The setting data input means 35 is used to preset a standard unit time T s [min] required for one operation of the gaming machine. The storage means 36 has various areas and flag areas as shown in FIG. 8, and the reservation data area Ma stores ID data ranked in the order of reading, and the time area Mb stores standard unit required time Ts. [
min] is stored, the reservation time area Mc stores the reservation time, the usage frequency area Md stores usage frequency data necessary for one use of the gaming machine, and the flag area M
Upon cancellation of the customer's reservation, a reservation ignore instruction indicating that the reservation is ignored is set/reset in e.

In the operating device 21, the operation control means 37 controls the operation of the game machine, and performs the operation control in accordance with the operation of the game machine attendant. The reservation cancellation means 38 is for canceling the reservation of the customer, and outputs a reservation cancellation signal to the management device 20 in response to an operation by a gaming machine staff member.

Next, the operation of this embodiment with the above configuration will be explained by dividing it roughly into the processing of the reservation device and the processing of the management device.

■Processing of the control means of the reservation device (Fig. 9), Step S
AI: Reservation device for customers to reserve the order of gaming machines
It is determined whether the card 3 has been inserted into the card insertion/ejection port 4, that is, whether the card insertion sensor 24 has detected the card insertion. When detected, the process moves to step SA2, while
If no detection is detected, it will be in a standby state.

Step SA2: Drive the card insertion/ejection means 19 to take the card 3 into the reservation device l.

Step SA3: The card data reading means 25 reads each data DI-D4 from the card 3.

Step SA4: From the date data D1, determine whether the period has expired or not, and from the type data D2, determine whether the child is an adult or a child.
From D data D3! The D number and the remaining power are checked from the power data D4.

Step SA5: As a result of the data check, if the card is found to be an error card, the process moves to step SA6, whereas if it is not an error card, the process moves to step SA7.

Step SA6: After displaying the error message such as "Reservation cannot be accepted due to expiration date" on the reservation reception display 5, the process moves to step 5A13.

Step SA7: The control means 33 of the management device 20 sends an ID data transmission request signal indicating that the ID data is to be transmitted for the card determined to be a regular card in the above-mentioned Stesive SA5.
Send to.

Step SA8: From the control means 33 to the step S
I, which is a response to the ID data transmission request signal sent by AT, indicating that preparations for receiving ID data are complete.
Determine whether or not the D data reception request signal has been received. When received, the process moves to step SΔ9, while when not received, the process returns to step SAT. As a result, step SA7.8
These processes are repeated until the control means outputs a 0 data transmission request signal through a loop indicated by .

Step SA9: Send ID data to the control means 33.

Step 5AIO: Determine whether reservation time data has been received from the control means 33. When received, step SAI! On the other hand, if there is no reception, it becomes a standby state.

Step 5AII: Display reservation time data on the reservation acceptance display 5 in correspondence with the customer's ID data (see FIG. 4).

Step 5A12: From the reservation reception printer 6, the customer's I
A guide sheet with the reservation time data printed in correspondence with the D data is issued (see Figure 5).

Step 5A13: By driving the card insertion/ejection means 19, the card 3 is ejected to the card insertion/ejection port 4.

Similarly, the above process is performed every time a customer inserts a card. Therefore, unless the card 3 in hand is an error card, each customer can easily reserve a gaming machine by simply inserting the card 3 into the reservation bag g11.

■Processing of control means of management device (Figure 10) Step SB
I: Determine whether or not the customer has inserted the card 3 into the card insertion slot 9 of the ticket inspection device 2 in order to use the gaming machine, that is, whether or not the card insertion sensor 27 has detected the card insertion.

When it is detected, the process moves to step 5B15, whereas when it is not detected, the process moves to step 5I32.

Step 5I32: ID from the control means 22 of the reservation device 1
Determine whether a data transmission request signal has been received. When received, the process moves to step SB6, while when not received, the process moves to step SB3.

Step 5I33: When the gaming machine attendant starts operating the operating device 21, it is determined whether or not an operating signal output from the operating control means 37 has been received. When it is received, the process moves to step S1311, while when it is not received, the process moves to step SB.
Move on to 4.

Step SB4: If the customer who reserved the sound to be used this time does not appear when the game machine is operated and the number of sounds to be used does not reach the capacity of the game machine, the reservation for the operating device 21 is canceled by the game machine staff in accordance with the customer's cancellation of the reservation. By operating the means 38, it is determined whether or not a reservation cancellation signal has been received from the means 38. When received, the process moves to step SB5, while when not received, the process returns to step SB1.

Therefore, through the loop of steps 5BI-9B4, the management device 20 determines whether a card has been inserted, whether an ID data transmission request signal has been output from the reservation device ff1l, whether a driving signal has been supplied from the driving device 21, or whether the driving device 21
It constantly monitors whether a reservation cancellation signal has been supplied.

Step 5I35: By the way, when the management device 20 detects that the reservation cancellation signal has been supplied from the operating device 21 in step 5I34, it sets the reservation ignore instruction in the flag area Me, and controls the game machine regardless of the reservation customer. After enabling the use, the process returns to step S81.

Step 5I36: On the other hand, when the management device 20 receives the fD data signal from the reservation device 1 in step 5I32, first, as a response, the control device 2
An ID data reception request signal is sent to the terminal 2.

Step SB7: Determine whether or not the ID data transmitted based on step SA8.9 has been received from the control means 22 of the reservation device 1. When received, step 5I
38, if the reservation device 1 does not receive the ID data, it is in a standby state until the ID data is sent from the control means 22 of the reservation device 1.

Step S88: If the ID data is transmitted from the control means 22 of the reservation device 1 in step SB7, the ID data of the last rank stored in the reservation data area Ma is
After the D data, the ID data received in step SB7 is ranked and stored.

Step SB9: Find the rank i from the beginning of the reserved data area Ma of the ID data stored in step SB8, and also use the preset data input means 35 in the time area Mb.
The standard unit required time Ts[
min] and the above ranking i, the customer's gaming machine waiting time T
Calculate w[min] (= T sX i). Then, the waiting time Tw is added to the current time to calculate the customer's reservation time Ty (hour and minute), and the reservation time Ty is recorded in the reservation time area Me of the storage means 36 in correspondence with the ID data ↑α do.

Step S1310: After transmitting the reservation time data corresponding to the reservation time TV to the control means 22 of the reservation device 1, the process returns to step SB1.

The management device 20 executes the processing shown in steps SB6 to SB5I31G described above, thereby completing the reservation acceptance work related to the operation of continuously inserting the card 3 into the reservation device 1.

Step 5BIID Meanwhile, in Step 5I33, the game machine attendant operates the operation control means 37 of the operation device 21 to start operating the game machine, and when it is detected that the operation signal is output from the operation control means 37, Flag area M
Check whether the reservation ignore instruction for e is set. When it is set, proceed to step 5B12, while
If it has not been set, the process moves to step S B13.

Step S B12: In preparation for accepting operation of the gaming machine, reset the reservation ignoring instruction in the flag area Me.

Step S B13 + From the reservation time Ty stored in the reservation time area Me, the ID data of the customer who does not use the gaming machine even after a predetermined period of time has passed is deleted from the reservation data area Ma and the reservation time area Mc as a cancellation of the reservation, and the corresponding The ranks of the ID data remaining in the reserved data area Ma except for the deleted ID data are moved up one by one to reduce the ranks.

Step 5B14: Order display 1 on ticket gate data display device 8
13, after displaying the ID data from the beginning of the reservation data area Ma updated in step S B13 to a predetermined rank (corresponding to the capacity for reservations of the gaming machine) as a guide for the current user (reserver) ( (see Figure 7), Step S
Return to BI.

Step S B 15: Also, in connection with the operation reception of the gaming machine this time, the ticket gate reader 7 is
When the card 3 is inserted into the card insertion slot 9, the management device 20 takes the card 3 into the ticket gate reading device 7 by driving the card insertion/ejection means 29.

Step S B16: Each data DI-D4 is read from the card 3 by the card data reading/writing means 28.

Step 5B17: From the date data DI, determine whether the period has expired or not, and from the type data D2, determine whether the child is an adult or a child.
From ID data D3! It is checked from the D number and the power data D4 whether the remaining power is greater than or equal to the usable power of the gaming machine.

Step S318: As a result of the data check, if the card is found to be an error card, the process moves to step 5I328, whereas if it is not an error card, the process moves to step 5B19.

Step 5B19: Check whether the reservation ignore instruction for the flag area Me is set. When it is set, the process moves to step 5B22, while when it is not set, the process moves to step 5B20.

Step 5B20: Check whether the ID data D3 of the read card 3 corresponds to the ID data that can be accepted for the current operation displayed on the order display 13 of the ticket gate data display device 8, that is,
A search is made to see if the ID data exists within a predetermined ranking in the reservation data area Ma.

Step 5B21: When the ID data is within the predetermined order, the process moves to step 5B24, whereas when it is not within the predetermined order, the process moves to step 5B28.

Step 5R22: ID data is reserved data area M
Search to see if it exists in a.

Step 5B23: If there is ID data, step 5B
On the other hand, if there is no such information, the process moves to step 5B25.

Step 51124: Delete the [D data that was determined to be present in steps 5B21 and 23 above from the reserved data area Ma, and move up the ranks of the ID data after the deleted ID data by one to reduce the ranks.

Step 5n25: The usage frequency data of the gaming machine, which is stored in advance in the usage frequency area Md, is subtracted from the usage frequency data of the card 3 according to the customer's adult/dwarf type, and the usage frequency is updated. The updated frequency data is written on the card 3 and displayed on the ticket gate display 11 (see FIG. 6).

Step 5I426: Drive the card insertion/ejection means 29 to eject the card 3 from the card ejection port IO.

Step 5B27: After driving the door opening/closing drive control means 31 to open the door mechanism 12 and close it in response to the customer's entrance, the process returns to step SBI.

Step 5B28: However, the step S J31
When the read card 3 is determined to be an error by 8゜21, the error message "Reservation cannot be accepted due to expiration date" will be displayed on the ticket gate display 11 if the card 3 has expired, and the remaining card 3 will be displayed. When the number of prescriptions is insufficient, the error message "Unable to use due to insufficient number of prescriptions remaining" will be displayed, and based on the ID data D3 of card 3, <ID
If the number does not belong to the current user, it will say “This is not your turn.”

If you have not made a reservation, the reservation device 1 will ask you to accept the reservation and will first display 〃.

Step 5B29: Drive the card insertion/ejection means 29,
The card 3 is ejected to the card insertion slot 9, contrary to the case of normal reception shown in step 5B26.

As the management device 20 executes the processes shown in steps S n 15 to 29 described above, the ticket gate reading device 7 accepts the operation of the gaming machine this time.

Similarly, the above process is performed every time each customer inserts a card.

In addition, the following modification examples can be considered in the above embodiment.

■Although the card system is configured to be applied to an amusement park, it is not limited thereto, and can also be applied to various commercial facilities such as other entertainment facilities and exhibition facilities.

(2) Although the configuration is such that the reservation time is displayed, the present invention is not limited to this, and it may be configured to notify the reservation time using a speaker or the like, for example.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, there is provided a card storing identification data, a card data reading means for reading identification data from the card, and a ranking of the read identification data in the order of reading. a reservation data storage means for storing the read identification data in the order of ranking and storing the read identification data in the reservation data storage means, and according to the order of the read identification data and a preset standard unit required time; Since the configuration includes a control means for calculating a reservation time based on the reservation time, and a notification means for notifying the calculated reservation time, the following effects are achieved.

■Since the customer's reservation time is announced, it is possible to eliminate the wasteful waiting time that conventionally occurs at commercial facilities, and to provide psychological comfort to the customer.

This makes it possible to improve customer service.

■■ allows customers to use other facilities at commercial facilities until their reservation time arrives, allowing customers to make effective use of their waiting time, and allowing facility owners to use facilities with low utilization rates. Efficiency can be improved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

The drawings show one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1 is an external view showing the configuration of an amusement park reservation device and ticket gate device to which a card system is applied, and Fig. 2 shows the configuration of the card of this embodiment. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the card system, FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of the display of the reservation reception display of the reservation device, and FIG. 5 is a guide light printed by the reservation reception printer of the reservation device. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of the ticket gate display of the ticket gate reading device, FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a display example of the order display of the ticket gate data display device, and FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the configuration of the storage means. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing of the reservation device, and FIGS. 10(a) and (b) are flowcharts showing the processing of the ticket inspection device. 3...Card, 5...Reservation acceptance display (notification means), 25...Card data reading means, 28...Card data reading/writing means (card data reading means), 33... control means, 36.
...Storage means (reservation data storage means).

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A card system configured to reserve usage rankings for customers at a commercial facility, comprising: a card storing identification data; card data reading means for reading identification data from the card; and the reading device. a reservation data storage means for ranking and storing the read identification data in the order of reading; and a reservation data storage means for ranking and storing the read identification data in the reservation data storage means; A card system comprising: a control means for calculating a reservation time based on a preset standard unit required time; and a notification means for notifying the calculated reservation time.