JPH02255172A - Common card type game system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To facilitate the movement of a game machine or the settlement of account of a game medium by storing the game medium used for a game and the game medium obtained as a result of game in a card, respectively. CONSTITUTION:A card issue center 1 issues a card 2 in which negotiable data, etc., are stored, and sells the card concerned 2 to a game person by a card vending machine 3. The game person uses the card 2, and executes a game by a pinball machine 4. In the case when the game is ended, and the number of obtained pinballs is stored in the card 2, the settlement of account is executed by inserting the card 2 into a card account settling machine 5. The card vending machine 3, pinball machine 4 and card account settling machine 5 are connected electrically to a managing device 6 in a store through an in-store transmission line 7, therefore, in this managing device 6, these operation states are monitored, and sales data is calculated and stored. Also, the managing device 6 is connected electrically to the card issue center 1 through an out-store transmission line 8 such as a telephone line, etc., and the card issue center 1 counts up and calculates card prices whose settlement of account is requested from each retail store and game house and executes the settlement of account.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a common card type game system that allows games to be played using common cards.

<Prior Art> To play a game on a conventional gaming machine, first purchase gaming media and play the game by inserting the gaming media into the gaming machine. Furthermore, in a card-type gaming machine, a player purchases a card and plays a game within the range of valuable data stored on the card.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> However, in the conventional gaming machines described above, when a player changes gaming machines or makes payment, he or she must carry the gaming media he or she has acquired. Since this game medium is usually made of metal balls, coins, etc., it becomes bulky and heavy when the amount of acquired game medium is large.

Also, if you run out of gaming media during a game, each time,
New game media must be purchased by inserting money into a game media vending machine.

Therefore, it is necessary to always carry cash such as small change.

Furthermore, the game must be interrupted to replenish the game media, making the player feel impatient.

Furthermore, cards that can be used in card-type gaming machines are valid only on the same day at the gaming parlor. Therefore, even if there is a balance on the card, it cannot be used at other stores and can only be used on the day of purchase.

Furthermore, in card-type gaming machines, the game media used for games are supplied by subtracting from the range of valuable data of the card, and some game media obtained as a result of games cannot be used for games. Therefore, even if the player has acquired game media, if he continues playing the game, the valuable data on the card will decrease for a while, resulting in a wasteful investment for the player.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and provides a card having at least a valuable data storage area, a security storage area, and an acquired game media number storage area, and a card for issuing and managing the above card. an issuing center, a card sales means for selling the above-mentioned cards, a gaming machine for causing a game to be played by inserting the above-mentioned card, and for updating and storing valuable data and the number of acquired game media for the above-mentioned card at the end of the game; A game consisting of a payment machine that performs payment according to the number of acquired game media stored in the card by inserting a card, and a management device that is electrically connected to the card sales means, gaming machine, and payment machine and controls them. In the system, the storage area for the number of acquired gaming media of the card stores at least the number of acquired gaming media, the store code and date information where the gaming media were acquired, and the gaming machine stores the valuable data stored in the card. , a card reader/writer for reading out and updating and storing the security data and the number of acquired game media, and the payment machine is provided with a card reader/writer for reading and updating and storing the valuable data, security data, and the number of acquired game media stored in the card. The above-mentioned management device shall be provided with:
A card sales means calculation storage area that calculates and stores the card issuing status of the card sales means, a gaming machine calculation storage area that calculates and stores the gaming status of the game machine, and a payment machine calculation storage area that calculates and stores the payment status of the payment machine. has
In the gaming machine mentioned above, if the number of acquired game media is stored in the card, the game is played within the range of the number of acquired game media, and if the number of acquired game media is not stored in the card, or if the number of acquired game media is not stored in the card, the game When the number of media is used up, the game is played within the range of the valuable data stored on the card, and when the game ends, the used valuable data is subtracted, and the balance of the number of acquired game media is added or subtracted and the card is stored. The above payment machine checks the store code and date information stored in the storage area for the number of acquired game media, performs payment only for legitimate payment requests, and calculates the card sales method in the management device. Storage area, gaming machine calculation storage area,
The present invention is characterized in that a payment request is made to a card issuing center based on the data stored in the payment machine calculation storage area.

(Function) A player purchases a card storing valuable data, etc. through a card sales means. Then, the player inserts this card into a gaming machine and plays a game within the range of valuable data stored on the card.

When the game in the game machine is finished, the game machine subtracts the valuable data used in the game, and if there are game media acquired, the number of game media acquired is stored in the card.

If the player wants to continue playing the game at another gaming machine, when the card is inserted into the gaming machine, the gaming machine will first enter the number of acquired gaming media within the range of the stored number of acquired gaming media, if the number of acquired gaming media is stored. If the number of game media used in the game is subtracted from the number of game media to be used for the game, and if the number of acquired game media is not stored or if the acquired game media are used up, the game media to be used for the game from within the range of valuable data. Convert and subtract numbers and have them play a game.

When ending the game, valuable data etc. are updated and stored on the card in the same manner as above.

To make a payment, the card is inserted into the payment machine, and the payment machine reads the data stored on the card, such as the number of acquired gaming media and security data, and stores the store court and year stored in the storage area for the number of acquired gaming media. Determine the month and date information,
Payment is made only on the day the game medium is acquired and when a payment request is made at the store where the game medium was acquired.

The management device monitors and stores the operating status of each card sales means, gaming machine, and settlement machine, and requests the card issuing center to settle the card price due to card sales and use of the card in the gaming machine.

The card issuing center determines the validity of the payment request from each game parlor and then settles the card price.

<Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a conceptual diagram of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

A card issuing center 1 issues a card 2 (Fig. 2) storing valuable data, etc., and sells the card 2 directly to a retail store or a card vending machine 3 as a card issuing means installed in a retail store or an amusement arcade. sold to players by

A player uses this card 2 to play a game in a pachinko machine 4 serving as a gaming machine.

When the game is finished and the number of pachinko balls as acquired game media is stored in the card 2, the card 2 is inserted into a card adjustment machine 5 as a payment machine to perform payment.

The above-mentioned card vending machine 3, pachinko machine 4, and card payment machine 5 are electrically connected via an in-store transmission line 7 to a management device 6 installed at an appropriate location in the store. This management device 6
, the operating status of the card vending machine 3, pachinko machine 4, and card payment machine 5 is monitored, and sales data is calculated and stored.

The above-mentioned management device 6 is electrically connected to the card issuing center 1 via an external transmission line 8 such as a telephone line.

The card issuing center 1 calculates the total amount of card fees requested by each retail store or game store, and settles the card fee to the retail store or game store.

Note that this settlement may be performed through a third party such as a financial institution.

FIG. 2 shows a card 2 issued at the card issuing center 1 described above.

This card 2 is a thin plate made of paper, synthetic resin, etc., and has a balance display section 9 and an issue display section 10 on the upper part of the longitudinal direction, and the sales amount and effective amount on the lower part of the longitudinal direction. Amount display section 11. A security storage section 12 for storing security data is provided.

The balance display section 9 displays the approximate balance of the card 2 using punch holes, markings, etc., so that the card user can know the balance of the card 2.

The issuance display section 10 is for preventing double issuance of the card 2, and when the card vending machine 3 issues the card, it indicates that the card has already been issued by means of punch holes, markings, etc.

The sales amount of the card 2 is displayed on the amount display section 11,
When selling the card 2 with a premium added, the effective amount obtained by adding the premium to the sales amount is also displayed. This premium makes the effective amount of Card 2 higher than the actual selling price and provides the difference to the player.
A 0 yen card costs 40 yen, a 2000 yen card costs 100 yen, a 3000 yen card costs 200 yen, a 5000 yen card costs 400 yen, and a 10,000 yen card costs 800 yen.

The security storage section 12 is provided to prevent counterfeiting of the card 2, and stores the same security data stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 provided on the back of the card as a valuable data storage area by optical means. The data is stored using magnetic means or the like, and the data is stored in a hidden state so that it cannot be read from the outside.

On the back of the card, a magnetic data storage section 13 is provided as a valuable data storage area at the lower part in the longitudinal direction, and an issue number display section 14 and an issue date display section 15 are provided below the magnetic data storage section 13.

The magnetic data storage unit 13 stores amount data representing the effective amount of the card 2, card type data representing the issued amount of the card 2, and security data to prevent forgery of the card 2. The number of acquired game media, store code, and date information are stored in the pachinko machine 4. The effective amount of the card 2 is stored in the amount data when the card is manufactured, and when the card 2 is used in the pachinko machine 4, the amount used is subtracted and stored again. The issued amount of Card 2 is stored in the card type data at the time of manufacture, and when the Card 2 is sold at the card vending machine 3, the amount data and the card type data are checked to see if they match or not. Issuance is prevented. The security data includes the security storage section 12 mentioned above at the time of card manufacture.
The same data as that stored in is stored,
Both data are compared, and if the data do not match, the card is treated as an invalid card.

Stolen cards can be detected by displaying a series of serial numbers that do not overlap with each other on the issue number display section 14, and if a lottery is conducted using these numbers, it is possible for players to collect invalid cards with no balance. Since you don't have to throw it away inside the arcade, you can contribute to the beautification of the arcade.

In addition, an arrow is displayed on the surface of the card 2 to indicate the insertion direction to make it easier to understand the direction in which the card 2 is inserted.In order to prevent mistakes in the insertion direction, one corner of the tip of the card is pre-slanted. The card may be cut, or an advertisement display section 16 may be provided in the margin of the card to display an advertisement, or an instruction manual section 17 may be provided to display instructions on how to handle the card 2.

The pachinko Ia4 described above is shown in FIGS. 3 to 6.

This pachinko machine 4 is provided with a display section 19, a ball launch operation section 20, etc. on the surface of a picture frame-like front frame 18, and
A game board 21 is provided so as to cover the area from the rear. In addition, a box-shaped control unit 2 is installed on the top of the pachinko machine 4 main body.
2 is a provision.

The display section 19 is a hollow member protruding from the front frame 18, and has an amount display 23 at approximately the center of the upper surface that displays the balance of valuable data on the card 2, and an amount display 23 that displays the balance of valuable data on the card 2 and converts the balance of valuable data on the card 2 into man-hours. A number-of-invested-balls display 24 to display, and a number-of-acquired balls display 25 to display the number of balls acquired due to winnings are arranged side by side,
An end switch 26 for instructing the end of the game is provided on the right side of the upper surface, and a game in progress indicator 27 is provided on the front surface for indicating that the game is in progress. Further, inside the display section 19, a local control device 28 having an interface function for input/output components of the pachinko machine 4 is provided. Then, when the player operates the firing operation section 20 to play the game,
If there is no number of balls acquired, the amount corresponding to the number of balls used for the game is displayed on the amount display 23, and the number of balls is displayed on the number of invested balls display 24.
will be subtracted from the displayed value, and if there is a number of balls acquired,
The number of balls played in the game is subtracted from the display value of the number of balls acquired display 25 and displayed. Further, as a result of the game, if there is a winning ball as a prize ball, the number of winning balls is added to the display value of the winning ball number display 25 and displayed.

The control unit 22 has a display operation section 30 provided approximately in the center of the front surface of the box body 29, a card insertion slot 31 on the right side of the display operation section 30, and a card 4 can be accepted at the bottom of the card insertion slot 31. A reception ready indicator 32 is provided to indicate that
A card reader/writer 33 is provided inside the box 29 at a position communicating with the card insertion slot 31, and the card reader/writer 33 is used to detect balls in the pachinko machine 4, calculate man-hours,
A main control device 34 for controlling data communication with the management device 6 is provided.

The display operation section 30 includes an analog display 3 that displays the number of acquired balls in an analog manner by sequentially lighting up a plurality of light emitting sections.
5, and a winning indicator 36 that lights up when a game ball wins a prize.
, a call switch 37 for calling an attendant, and a call indicator 3 that lights up when the call switch 37 is pressed.
8 is provided.

The ball launcher 39 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

The firing section 39 includes a firing rail 40 that slopes upward toward the game board 21 , a ball supply port 41 that is located near the lower end of the firing rail 40 and supplies balls to the firing rail 40 , and a firing rail 40 .
A firing rod 42 located at the lower end of the firing rod 40 and a firing sensor 43 consisting of a reflective sensor or the like located in the middle of the firing rail 40
Consisting of Further, a foul ball collecting section 44 is provided on the upper end side of the firing rail 40 to collect foul balls.

Therefore, when the player operates the firing operation section 20, the balls supplied from the ball supply port 44 onto the firing rail 40 are fired into the game board 21 by the firing rod 42. At this time, the ball may not reach the game board 21 and become a foul ball. The foul ball collecting section 44 installed on the upper end side of the firing rail 40 is set at 6 digits.The foul ball collecting section 44 collects the ball that has been fired up to the upper part. However, the foul balls that do not reach the foul ball collecting section 44 and return to the firing rod 42 return to the firing rod 42. The ball fired by the firing rod 42 is detected by the firing sensor 43,
In the above case, both the hit ball and the foul ball will be detected by the firing sensor 43. Therefore, the detection of the ball by the launch sensor 43 takes advantage of the fact that the speed at which the ball returns as a foul ball is slower than the velocity at which the ball is launched toward the game board 21, and the ball detection pulse from the launch sensor 43 is If it is shorter than a predetermined time, for example 3 msec, it is recognized as a shot ball, and if it is longer than 3 msec, it is recognized as a foul ball. Although a reflection type sensor is used as the firing sensor 43 in this embodiment, it may be of any type, such as a light transmission type sensor or a proximity type sensor, as long as it can detect the passing speed of the ball.

FIG. 6 shows the enclosed sphere circulation device 45.

This enclosed ball circulation device 45 includes a ball storage section 46 that slopes downward toward the ball supply port 41, and is located at the lower end of the ball storage section 46 and is driven by a driving source such as a solenoid. It consists of a ball supply device 47 that supplies balls to the ball. Also,
Upstream of the ball storage section 46, a foul ball flow lower path 48, an out ball flow lower path 49, and a first safe ball flow lower path 50,
Collected ball downstream path 52 that merges with the second secondary ball downstream path 51
or are communicating.

The foul ball sensor 53 for detecting a foul ball is installed in the foul ball flow path 48, and the out ball sensor 54 is installed in the out ball flow path 49 for detecting an out ball. 50 is provided with a first safe ball sensor 55, and the second safe ball flow path 51 is provided with a second safe ball sensor 56, respectively. This first safe ball flow down path 50 is for the safe balls that have won into the safe opening of the first system to flow down, and when the first safe ball sensor 55 detects a ball, for example, 13 prize balls are flown down. It is discharged.

In addition, the second safe ball flow down path 51 is for the safe balls that have won into the safe opening of the second system to flow down, and when the second safe ball sensor 56 detects a ball, for example, seven prize balls are flown down. It is discharged.

The above-mentioned card reader/writer 33 is shown in FIG.

This card reader/writer 33 is a device for reproducing and updating the magnetic data stored in the card 2, reading security data, and marking the remaining balance.The card reader/writer 33 is a device for reproducing and updating the magnetic data stored in the card 2, reading security data, and marking the balance. ,
A first card driven by a transport motor 59 is placed on the card transport path 58.
A conveyance roller 60 and a second conveyance roller 61 are provided, the first conveyance roller 60 faces the card insertion slot 57, an insertion detection sensor 62 is provided on the card insertion slot 57 side of the first conveyance roller 60, and the first conveyance roller 60 A security reading sensor 63, a read/write head 64, and a marking device 65 are provided in the middle of the second conveyance roller 61, and the card conveyance path 58
A reversal position detection sensor 66 is provided near the terminal end of the transport motor 59, and an encoder 68 that rotates simultaneously with the transport motor 59 is attached to the shaft 67 of the transport motor 59. A positioning sensor 69 is placed facing the encoder 68. motor 5
9, insertion detection sensor 62, security reading sensor 63, read/write head 64, marking device 65
is connected to the main control device 34.

The transport motor 59 is a motor capable of forward and reverse rotation for driving a roller that transports the card 2, and is a motor that can rotate in forward and reverse directions.
, and a second conveyance roller 61 via a conveyance belt 7°. The insertion detection sensor 62 is a detector for detecting the insertion of the card 2 and driving the transport motor 59 in normal rotation.When the card 2 is no longer at this sensor position during card ejection, the transport motor 59 is activated. to stop. The security reading sensor 63 is a sensor for reading data hidden in the security storage section 12 of the card 2, and corresponds to the storage method of the security storage section 12. Consists of optical sensors, magnetic sensors, etc.

The read/write head 64 is a head for reading information stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 of the card 2 and for updating valuable data and the like.

It consists of a magnetic head, etc. The marking device 65 is a device for displaying the balance on the balance display section 9 of the card 2, and consists of a hole punch, a printed stamp, etc., depending on the balance display method. The encoder 68 is.

Card 2 magnetic data storage fJ1:I data reading position and update position/position, security data reading position,
This is a device for generating a positioning signal for determining the position of markings on the balance display section 9, and is made of a slit disk or the like. The positioning sensor 69 is a sensor that detects the positioning signal of the encoder 68 and determines each reading position, etc. When the encoder 68 is composed of a slit disk, it optically detects the opening/closing status of the slit and detects this. is converted into a pulse train and sent to the main control device 34. The reversal position detection sensor 66 is a sensor for determining the stop position of the card 2 and the reverse position of the transport motor 59, and is a sensor for detecting the leading edge of the card 2 and determining the reverse position.

A block diagram of the control device in the pachinko machine 4 described above is shown in FIG.

This control device consists of a main control device 34 that performs control regarding card issuance, and a local control device 28 that performs other controls. The control device was separated into two parts.
The specifications of the card 2 are kept secret to prevent counterfeiting of the card 2 and the amount of data stored on the card 2.

The main control device 34 includes an arithmetic control circuit 71 and a ROM 7
2. CPU with RAM 73 and transmission control circuit 74
75, and this CPU 75 has a card reader/writer 3.
3 is electrically connected to the machine number setter 77 which generates a machine number unique to the pachinko machine via the receiver 76, and receives the signal from the call switch 37. , analog display 35, call display 3
8. Sends a drive signal to the winning display 36 and communicates with the local control device 28 via the multiplex transmission controller 79a and the photoelectric conversion circuit 80a. In addition, the CPU 75 is connected to the in-store transmission line 7 via a level conversion circuit 81 for shaping the waveform of received data and increasing the drive capability of the transmitted data, and a branching circuit 82 for branching and combining the transmitted signal and the received signal. It is electrically connected to the management device 6.

The multiplex transmission controller 79a described above converts a plurality of input signals into serial signals and outputs them to the other party, and converts the serial signals input from the other party into parallel output signals. This multiplex transmission controller 79a can reduce the amount of interconnections between devices. A playing signal, an amount signal, an investment ball number signal, an acquired ball number signal, a motor opening/closing signal, etc. are transmitted from the CPU 75 to the multiplex transmission controller 79a.
To, the firing signal, foul signal, first safe signal, second
A safe signal, an out signal, an end signal, etc. are transmitted.

The photoelectric conversion circuit 80a described above converts transmitted data into an optical signal, and converts received optical data into an electrical signal. Optical insulation can prevent mutual interference due to noise or the like in adjacent data transmission paths.

On the other hand, the local control device 28 controls the games of the pachinko machine 4, and communicates with the main control device 75 via a photoelectric conversion circuit 80b and a multiplex transmission controller 79b.

The multiplex transmission controller 79b has a firing sensor 43, a foul ball sensor 53,
First safe ball sensor 55, second safe ball sensor 56
, out ball sensor 54, and termination switch 26 are electrically connected to receive signals from each sensor, and
Via the driver 84, the in-game display 27, the amount display 23, the number of invested balls display 24, and the number of acquired balls display 25 are electrically connected, and a drive signal is sent to these.

Further, a motor opening/closing circuit 85 is electrically connected to the driver 84 . When the player operates the operation dial 20a of the firing operation section 20, the motor opening/closing circuit 85 receives signals from the touch circuit 86 and the dial operation detector 87, and controls the firing motor 88.

Further, power is supplied to the main control device 34 and the local control device 28 described above through power supply circuits 89a and 89b.

The flowchart of the processing in pachinko machine 4 described above is shown in FIG.
The figure is shown in FIG.

When the power is turned on in the pachinko machine 4, the RAM area 73 of the main control device 34 is cleared, the I10 board is initialized, and the machine number is read from the machine number setting device 77. Upon receiving the opening command signal from the management device 6, the reception setting value is stored and a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6. Next, 1 interrupt processing is permitted, and if the game flag is set, the process moves to the game process, and if the abort flag is set, the process moves to the abort process. If neither the game flag nor the stop flag is set, the acceptability indicator 32 is lit and the card 2
When detected, the process shifts to game start processing.

When the card 2 is not detected and a closing command signal is received, the acceptance display 32 is turned off, the analog display 35 is turned off, interrupt processing is prohibited, and the processing is ended.

In the above-mentioned cancellation processing, upon receiving the cancellation cancellation command signal from the management device 6, the analog display 35 is turned off, the cancellation flag is cleared, the cancellation calculation register is cleared, and the game flag is determined. Return to

On the other hand, if the cancellation cancellation command signal is not received from the management device 6, the process moves to the reception determination process of the closing designation signal.

In the game start process described above, the acceptance display 32 is turned off, the card 2 is transported into the card reader/writer 33, the data in the magnetic data storage section 13 and the security storage section 12 are read, and the amount data is stored in the card amount register. The obtained game media number data is stored in the card ball number register. The read magnetic data storage unit 13 is compared with the security data in the security storage unit 12, and if they do not match, the card 2 is determined to be an invalid card, and the card 2 is transported outside the card reader/writer 33 and the card is removed. The amount register and the number of cards register are cleared, the acceptability indicator 32 is turned on, and the process returns to the game flag determination process.

On the other hand, if both security data match, it is determined that the card 2 is a proper card. Then, the store code representing each game store and the year, month, and day information, which is the date information of the game, are compared with the store code and year, month, and day information stored in the car 12, and if they do not match, the stored The acquired game media number data is determined to be invalid, and the card ball number register is cleared. On the other hand, if both data match, refer to the man-hour memory value and set the man-hour memory value to "0".
If the amount stored value is also "0", the card 2 is transported from inside the card reader/writer 33 to the outside, the card amount register and the card number register are cleared, and the acceptability indicator 32 is cleared.
is turned on and the process returns to the game flag determination process. On the other hand, if the man-hour memory value is "1" or more, or if the man-hour memory value is "0" but the amount memory value is "1" or more, the amount in the card amount register is stored in the amount register, and the amount value is It is converted into man-hours according to the conversion rate and stored in the investment register, and the ball value in the card ball number register is stored in the acquisition register. Then, set the game flag, turn on the game display 27, turn on the motor open/close signal, and send the machine number, start code, amount register value, and acquisition register value to the management device 6 as game start data. Send.

In the game processing described above, the state of the end switch 26 is first determined, and if the end switch 26 is on, the game end processing is performed. On the other hand, when the termination switch 26 is off, the acquisition register is referred to, and if the acquired sister value is "0" and the investment register value is also "0", the motor opening/closing signal is turned off and the timer Set the monitoring flag with the function.

Then, when a predetermined period of time, for example 10 seconds, elapses or when the firing counter value becomes "0", the game transitions to a game end process. If a ball is hit or a prize is won in the winning slot within this predetermined period of time, and the winning register value becomes equal to or higher than rlJ, the motor opening/closing signal is turned on, the monitoring flag is cleared, and the game is restarted.

Further, after determining the state of the end switch 26, if the acquired register value is "1" or more, the stop calculation register value is compared with a predetermined stop value, and the stop calculation register value or the stop value is compared. If the game exceeds the limit, a stop flag is set, all the displays on the analog display 35 are turned on to visually indicate that the game has been stopped, and the process proceeds to the game end process.

In the game ending process described above, the motor opening/closing signal is turned off and a monitoring flag functioning as a timer is set. Then, when a predetermined period of time, for example 10 seconds, elapses or the firing counter value becomes "0", the game flag is cleared, the amount data in the card amount register is updated to the amount register value, and the amount of money in the card amount register is updated to the amount register value. Write the acquired register value, store code, date information, card amount register value,
The data of the card number register value is recorded on the card 2, marked on the balance display section 9 of the card 2, and the card 2 is transported from inside the card reader/writer 33 to the outside. If the discontinuation flag is set here, the machine number, discontinuation code, amount register value, acquisition register value, - usage amount register value which is data from the start to the end of the game,
The section ball output register value, section collection register value, and section difference number register value are transmitted to the management device 6 as stop data.

In addition, if the stop flag is not set, the machine number, end code, amount register value, acquisition register value, - usage amount register value which is data from the start of the game to the end, and the interval output. The ball register value, section collection register value, and section difference number register value are transmitted to the management device 6 as game end data. Then, clear the amount register, investment register, acquisition register, amount used register, section ball output register, section collection register, section difference number register, card amount register, number of card balls register, firing counter, and monitoring flag, and display during playing. The device 27 is turned off and the game ending process is ended.

In addition, in the processing in the pachinko machine 4, interrupt processing is performed at fixed time intervals for signal processing from each sensor.

In this interrupt processing, when the game flag is set, firing processing is performed when the firing sensor 43 is turned on, foul processing is performed when the foul ball sensor 53 is turned on, and safe ball sensors 55 and 56 are turned on. When this happens, a safe process is performed, and when the out ball sensor 54 is turned on, an out process is performed. Further, if the game flag is not set, the above process is skipped and the process moves to the next process.

In the firing process, the pulse width is observed, and as described above, a fired ball and a foul ball are determined based on whether the pulse width is larger or smaller than 3 ms. If the pulse width is greater than 3 ms, it is determined that it is a foul ball and the acquisition register value is set to ``1''.
” is added and “1” is subtracted from the firing counter value. On the other hand, if the pulse width is less than or equal to 3 ms, it is determined that the ball is a shot ball. Here, the acquired register value is "1"
In the above case, since there is an acquired ball, "1" is subtracted from the acquired register value and "1" is added to the firing counter value. On the other hand, if the acquired register value is "0", there are no acquired balls, so rlJ is subtracted from the investment register value in order to supply the balls used for the game from the range of valuable data,
The conversion rate is subtracted from the amount register, the conversion rate is added to the usage amount register, the conversion rate is added to the sales register, and "1" is added to the firing counter value.

In the foul process, "1" is added to the acquisition register value and "1" is subtracted from the firing counter value.

In the safe process, if the first safe ball sensor 55 is turned on, the number of main prize balls, the number of main prize balls, and the number of balls to be won are stored in the acquisition register, ball output register, section ball output register, and stop calculation register, respectively.
For example, if "13" is added and the second safe ball sensor 56 is turned on, the acquisition register, excavation register,
The number of sub-prize balls, for example "7", is added to the section ball output register and stop calculation register, respectively. Then, "1" is subtracted from the firing counter value, "1" is added to the collection register value, "1" is added to the section collection register value, and "1" is subtracted from the stop calculation register value.

In the out processing, rlJ is subtracted from the firing counter value,
rlJ is added to the collection register value, "1" is added to the section collection register value, and "1" is subtracted from the stop calculation register value.

After performing the above processing, the ball output register value is subtracted from the collection register value and stored in the difference number register, and the section ball output register value is subtracted from the section collection register value and stored in the section difference number register. Here, the processing that was skipped without the game flag being set is merged, the amount register value is displayed on the amount display 23, and the investment register value is displayed on the investment ball number display 2.
4, the obtained register value is displayed on the obtained ball number display 25, and the obtained register value is level-converted and displayed on the analog display 35.

If the call switch 37 is turned on and the call preg is not set, the call indicator 38 is lit and a call flag is set. On the other hand, if the call flag is set, the call indicator 38 is turned off and the call flag is cleared. That is, each time the call switch 37 is pressed,
The call display 38 repeatedly turns on and off.

Then, when the scheduled transmission timer is updated and a predetermined period of time, for example, 1 minute has elapsed, the machine number, scheduled transmission code,
The sales register value, the ball output register value, the collection register value, the difference register value, the amount register value, the investment register value, and the acquisition register value are sent to the management device 6 as regular data, and the sales register, ball output register, collection register, Clear the difference register. If the monitoring flag is set, the monitoring timer is updated and the process returns to the main routine.

The above-mentioned card vending machine is shown in FIG.

This card vending machine 3 has a front part 9 that can be opened and closed in a box body 90.
1 is provided, and a card issuing port 92 is provided approximately in the middle of the front part 91.
... are arranged side by side on the left and right, and a window 93 for viewing the remaining amount of the card is provided at the top of the card issuing port 92..., respectively, and a card amount specification is provided at the bottom of the card issuing port 92... A balance display 95 indicating the balance of the card 2 is provided below the leftmost card amount designation switch 94, and a card insertion slot 9 is provided below the balance display 95.
6 is opened, and an amount display 97 for displaying the amount of inserted banknotes is provided below the rightmost card amount designation switch 94, and a bill insertion slot 98 is provided at the bottom of the amount display 97. A banknote dispensing port 99 is provided below between the banknote insertion port 96 and the banknote insertion port 98.

Further, on the upper part of the front part 91, there is an on-sale display 100 indicating that the card 2 is on sale, a discontinued display 101 indicating that the sale of the card 2 has been discontinued, and a discontinued display 101 that indicates that the card 2 is discontinued. A machine number plate 102 is provided.

The card insertion slot 96 is provided in the card vending machine 3 so that the player can use the card 2 in the card insertion slot 96 when the player wants to know the exact balance of the card 2 he/she is keeping. By inserting the balance, the balance is displayed on the balance display 95.

Inside the box body 90, when the front part 91 is closed, a card issuing device 103 is installed at a position communicating with the card issuing port 92, and a card issuing device 103 is installed at a position communicating with the card insertion port 96. A bill dispenser 106 is disposed at a position where the reader 104 communicates with the bill insertion slot 98 and a bill validator 105 is communicated with the bill dispensing port 99, respectively. Further, a main control device 107 for controlling card-related processing is provided on the left side of the card issuing device row, and a machine number setting switch 108 for defining the transmission address of the card vending machine 3 is provided above the main control device 107. A local control device 1 is provided between the card reader 104 and the bill dispenser 106 to perform processes other than those related to the card 2.
A local monitor display 111 is provided above the local control device 110 to display the status of the device controlled by the local control device 110, and a power supply device 112 is provided below the card reader 104.

In the banknote validator 105 described above, the player can use the banknote insertion slot 9
The local control device 1 takes in the banknote inserted from 8 and determines the authenticity of the banknote, and also determines the type of banknote.
10, and if the bill is determined to be inappropriate, it is returned to the player. On the other hand, when the banknote validator 105 determines that the banknote is a suitable banknote and also determines the type of banknote, the amount display 97 receives a signal from the local controller 110.
The amount of the banknote is displayed. For example, bill insertion slot 98
If you insert a 10,000 yen bill, it will be r-io, ooo yen," for a 5,000 yen bill, it will be rs, ooo yen, and for a 1,000 yen bill, it will be rl, 0.
00 yen” is displayed. In this state, when the player selects the desired amount to be used for the game by operating the card amount designation switch 94, the card vending machine 3 operates the card issuing device 103 corresponding to the selected amount, and the valuable data etc. A card 2 with the information memorized thereon is issued.

The above-mentioned card issuing device 103 is shown in FIG.

This card issuing device 103 has a horizontal U-shaped card transport path 1 at the bottom of a card tank 113 that stores cards 2.
14, and toward the back of the card conveyance path 114, a take-out device 115 for taking out the cards 2 one by one from the card tank 113, and an authentication device 116 for judging the authenticity of the cards 2 to be issued are provided. A transfer device 117 for inverting and conveying the card 2 is provided at a bent portion of the conveyance path 114,
A switching device 11 that switches the conveyance path for proper cards and improper cards from the transfer device 11'7 toward the card issuing port 92.
8. A dispensing device 119 is provided for dispensing a valid card to the card issuing port 92. The switching device 118 is provided with an inappropriate card conveyance path 120 branched from the guard conveyance path 114,
A confiscation tank 121 is provided at a position communicating with the incorrect card transport path 120. Further, at the bottom of the card tank 113 there is a first card sensor 122 that detects the presence or absence of the card 2 in the card tank 113, and in the confiscation tank 121 there is a second card sensor 123 that detects the amount of cards stored in the confiscation tank 121. An issuance control device 124 that controls issuance of the card 2 based on an issuance command from the main control device 107 is provided below the transfer device 117. At the front of the card issuing device 103, a card issuing port 92 is provided at the exit of the card transport path 114. A monitor display 125 is provided to display card full information, and a window 128 is formed on the front surface of the card tank 113 so that the remaining amount of cards can be checked from the outside.

The above-mentioned card issuing device 103 includes the main control device 10
Upon receiving the card issuing command from 7, the card tank 11
3, the cards 2 are taken out one by one by a take-out device 115, guided onto a card conveyance path 114, and conveyed to an authentication device 116. The appraisal device 116 reads the magnetic data, security data, issuance display, card type data, card size, etc. of the card 2 to be issued and determines whether the card is suitable for use. The conditions for a suitable card are that the amount data representing the valid amount of card 2 is equal to the card type data representing the issued amount of card 2, and that the security data in the magnetic data storage section 13 and the security data in the security storage section 12 are equal. This includes that there is no issuance hole in the issuance display section 11 indicating that the card has already occurred, that the card size is a regular size, and that the amount selected and specified by the player is equal to the card type data. The card 2 that has been authenticated by the authentication device 116 and conveyed toward the back of the card issuing device 103 is changed in conveyance direction by the transfer device 117 and conveyed toward the front of the card issuing device 103. When the card 2 reaches the switching device 118, the authentication device 11
Based on the appraisal result in step 6, the appropriate card is sent to the deriving device 119.
Inappropriate cards are transported to the confiscation tank 121. Then, the proper card is sent to the card issuing port 92 by the extracting device 119.
and the invalid cards are stored in the confiscation tank 121. When the first card sensor 122 detects that the card tank 113 is missing card 2, or when the second card sensor 123 detects that the confiscated tank 121 is full of invalid cards, the monitor display 125 displays these cards. Display.

The block diagram of the control device of the card vending machine 3 described above is shown in the first diagram.
It is shown in Figure 6.

This control device consists of a main control device 107 that performs control regarding the issuance of cards 2, and a local control device 110 that performs other controls. The reason why the control device is separated into two is to keep the specifications of the card 2 secret and to prevent counterfeiting of the card 2 and the amount of data stored in the card 2.

The main control device 107 includes a card issuing device 103...
・Issuance control device 124..., machine number setting switch 1
08, the card reader 104, the balance display 95, and the restart switch 109 are electrically connected, and in addition to controlling these, the transmission line connector terminal 127 is electrically connected to the management device 6 via the in-store transmission line 7. ing.

Further, in each card issuing device 103, an issuing control device 124, an ejecting device 115, an appraisal device 116, a transfer device 117, . It is electrically connected to the switching device 118, the lead-out device 119, the monitor display 125, the first card sensor 122, and the second card sensor 123, and controls these.

The local control device 110 is the main control device 10 described above.
7, and is also electrically connected to the banknote validator 105.
, a bill dispenser 106, a card amount designation switch 94, an on-sale indicator 100, a discontinued-sale indicator 101, a local monitor indicator 111, and an amount indicator 97, and controls them.

Various signals are exchanged between the main control device 107 and the local control device 110.
A ready signal indicating that the management device side 6 is ready and an issuance completion signal indicating that card issuance has been completed are sent to the local control device 110 from the local control device 110 to the main control device 107. To,
An issuance command signal that indicates that the desired amount has been determined by the card amount specification switch 94, an amount specification signal that indicates the amount of the card 2 to be issued, and a local control device 110.
An alarm signal informing that an abnormality has occurred, a monitor signal informing the details of the abnormality, a received amount signal, and a disbursed amount signal are transmitted.

Flowcharts of the processing in the card vending machine 3 described above are shown in FIGS. 17 to 19.

When the power is turned on in the main control device 107, R
The AM area is cleared, the I10 boat is initialized, and the machine number is read from the machine number setting switch 108. Here, when receiving the opening command signal from the management device 6, the received set values such as the conversion rate of the ball are stored, and a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6.

Then, check the monitoring factors of the card issuing device 103,
Check the monitor factor of card reader 104.

If there is an abnormality, the monitor factor is displayed on the monitor display 125, the monitor occurrence factor is set in the monitor information, the monitor information is sent to the management device 6, and the local control device 110
Turn off the ready signal for the restart switch 1
09 is pressed. When the cause of the abnormality is removed and the restart switch 109 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is sent to the management device 6, and the monitor display 1
25 is turned off, the ready signal for the local control device 110 is turned on, and the process returns to the monitoring factor confirmation process. Furthermore, even when there is an abnormality in the local control device 110, the same abnormality recovery process as described above is performed. On the other hand, if there is no abnormality factor in either re-control device, the local control device 110 transmits a hereday signal.

When receiving the issuing command signal from the local control device 110, the amount designation signal, the accepted amount signal, and the paid out amount signal are read, and the corresponding card 2 is taken out from the card issuing device 103. If there is an abnormality in the extraction process, the above-mentioned abnormality recovery process is performed. If there is no abnormality, the appraisal device 116 checks the magnetic data, security data, data on the balance display section 9,
Read the data on the issuance display section 10, check whether the security data stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 and the security storage section 12 match, check the correspondence between the card type and the amount stored in the card 2, and check the card type. Check the correspondence between the amount specified by the player and confirm that the amount is not displayed on the balance display section 9 and the issue display section 10. If there is no abnormality in the appraisal by the appraisal device 116, the card 2 is marked with an issuance indication and is conveyed to the card issuance port 92. On the other hand, if there is an abnormality in the appraisal, the card 2 is transported to the confiscation tank 121. If there is an abnormality in the transport process, the above-described abnormality recovery process is performed. When the issuance of the card 2 is completed normally, an issuance completion signal is sent to the local control device 110, and the device number, card type, accepted amount, etc.
Data such as the payout amount and the number of confiscated cards are processed using encryption and sent to the management device 2 as sales data.

When the card 2 is inserted into the card reader 104 and the card 2 is detected, the card 2 is conveyed into the card reader 104. If there is an abnormality in the conveyance, the above-mentioned abnormality recovery process is performed. When transported normally, the magnetic data and security data are read, and the security data stored in the magnetic data storage unit 13 and the security data stored in the security storage unit 1 are read.
The security data stored in the card 2 is compared, and if both data match, the amount stored in the magnetic data storage unit 13 is displayed on the balance display 95, and the card 2 is transported to the card insertion slot 96. . If the security data do not match, the card 2 is transported to the card insertion slot 96 without performing display processing. Here, if there is an abnormality in the conveyance, the above-mentioned abnormality recovery process is performed. When the store is transported normally, the display on the balance display 95 is turned off, and when a closing command signal is received, the ready signal to the local control device 110 is turned off and the process ends.

When the power is turned on in the local control device 110,
The RAM area is cleared and the I10 boat is initialized.

Upon receiving the ready signal from the main control device 107,
Turn off the alarm signal and turn off the local monitor display 111.
is turned off, the on-sale indicator 100 is turned on, and the sale discontinued indicator 111 is turned off. On the other hand, if the ready signal is not received, the sales stop indicator 111 is turned on, the on sale indicators 10 are turned off, and the process returns to the state of waiting for the ready signal to be received.

Then, the monitoring factor of the banknote validator 105 is confirmed, and the monitoring factor of the banknote dispenser 105 is confirmed. If there is an abnormality, the alarm signal is turned on, the monitor factor is output as a monitor signal, and the monitor factor is displayed on the local monitor display 111. On the other hand, if there is no abnormality, the process moves to bill acceptance processing.

In the banknote acceptance process, when a banknote is accepted, the banknote is appraised and the received amount is displayed on the amount display 97. When the card amount designation switch 94 is pressed and the amount of the inserted bill matches the selected amount, the issuance command signal is turned on, and the amount designation signal, the received amount signal, and the disbursed amount signal are sent to the main control device 107. Send. Then, when an issuance monitoring timer is set and an issuance completion signal indicating that card issuance is completed is received from the main control device 107 within a predetermined period of time, change is paid out, the issuance command signal is turned off, and the amount is displayed. The controller 97 is turned off and the process returns to the ready signal determination process. On the other hand, if an issuance completion signal indicating that card issuance is completed within a predetermined period of time is not received, the receiver returns the banknotes.

The above-described card payment machine 5 is shown in FIG.

This card payment machine 5 has a payment amount display 129 and a payment ball number display 130 on the left side of the center of the top surface of the box 128.
A pair of payment display sections 131 having the following functions are arranged vertically in parallel, and a display clear switch 132 for clearing the display of the payment display section 131 is provided on the left side of the payment display section 131 on the rear side. On the left side, a payment cancellation display 133 and a payment in progress display 134 are arranged vertically in parallel. Further, a receipt issuing port 135 is provided near the front on the right side of the center of the top surface, and a card insertion port 136 is provided near the upper right end of the front surface of the box body 128. Inside the box body 128, a receipt printer 13 is installed at a position communicating with the receipt issuing port 135.
7, a card reader/writer 138 is provided at a position communicating with the card insertion slot 136. A card confiscation tank 139 is connected to the lower part of the card reader/writer 138. Further, a control device 140 is provided inside the box 128, and a beam start switch 141 is provided on the front surface of this control device 140.

The above-mentioned card reader/writer 138 has a card confiscation tank 139 provided at the back of the card conveyance path 58 of the card reader/writer 33 in the card vending machine 3 shown in FIG. Since it is the same as , the explanation will be omitted.

The block diagram of the control device of the card payment machine 5 described above is shown in the second figure.
Shown in Figure 1.

This control device 140 includes an arithmetic control circuit 142, a ROM 14
3, a RAM 144, and a CPU 146 having a transmission control circuit 145.

This CPU 146 includes a receipt printer 137 for printing the number of settled balls on the receipt, a machine number setting device 147 for defining the address of the own station, a card reader/writer 138, and generating the date and time to be printed on the receipt. A calendar circuit 148 is electrically connected to control these. The transmission control circuit 145 is connected to an in-store transmission line via a level conversion circuit 149 for shaping the waveform of the received data and increasing the drive capability of the transmitted data, and a branching circuit 150 for branching and combining the transmitted signal and the received signal. It is electrically connected to the management device 6 by 7.

Further, a restart switch 141 and a display clear switch 132 are electrically connected to the CPU 146 via a receiver 151, and transmit a restart signal and a display clear signal to the CPU 145.
Via the settlement ball number display 130, settlement in progress display 134,
The payment cancellation display 133 and the payment amount display 129 are electrically connected to control their driving.

Flowcharts of the processing in the card payment machine 5 described above are shown in FIGS. 22 and 23.

When the power is turned on in the card payment machine 5, the RAM area is cleared, the I10 port is initialized, the machine number is read from the machine number setting device 147, and a store opening command signal from the management device 6 is waited for.

Upon receiving the opening command signal from the management device 6, the received setting value is stored and a response signal is transmitted to the management device 6. Then, the remaining amount of receipts in the receipt printer 137 is checked to see if there is any abnormality.

If there is an abnormality, an abnormality recovery process is performed, and if there is no abnormality, the payment stop indicator 133 is turned off, the payment in progress indicator 134 is turned on, and the process proceeds to card 2 detection processing.

In the abnormality recovery process, the monitor factor is set in the monitor information, the monitor information is sent to the management device 6, and the payment cancellation display 1 is displayed.
33 is turned on, the payment in progress display 134 is turned off, and the process waits for the restart switch 141 to be pressed. When the restart switch 141 is pressed, the monitor information is reset, the monitor information is sent to the management device 6, and the process returns to the abnormality confirmation process.

In the card 2 detection process, when the card 2 is detected, the display on the payment amount display 129 and the payment ball number display 130 is cleared, and the card 2 is transported into the card reader/writer 138.
The data stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 and security body storage section 12 is read. Then, the data in the amount storage area is stored in the amount register, and the data in the man-hour storage area is stored in the man-hour register. The security data stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 and the security data stored in the security storage section 12 are compared, and the security data stored in the RAM area 1 is
The store code stored in 44 and the store code stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 are compared, and the date data generated by the calendar circuit 148 and the date data stored in the magnetic data storage section 13 are compared. Then, the man-hour memory is checked, and if the above-mentioned data match and there is a man-hour memory, the process moves to settlement processing. On the other hand, if the respective data do not match or if the man-hours are not stored, the card 2 is transported from inside the card reader/writer 138 to the outside, the amount register and the man-hours register are cleared, and the settlement process is skipped.

In the settlement process, the read amount is displayed on the settlement amount display 129, the read man-hours are displayed on the settlement ball number display 130, the date and time are read from the calendar circuit 148, and the date, time, and settlement are displayed on the receipt printer 137. The number of balls and the store code are output, the man-hour register is cleared, and the memory data of the amount register and the man-hour register are recorded on the card 2.

If the amount is not stored, the card 2 is transported to the card confiscation tank 139 and confiscated, and if the amount is stored, the card 2 is transported from the card reader/writer 138 to the outside and returned to the player. .

Thereafter, the machine number, the number of settled balls, and the number of confiscated cards are processed using cryptography and sent as settlement data to the management device 6, and the amount register is cleared. Here, display clear switch 1
When 32 is pressed, the display on the payment amount display 129 and the number of payment balls display 130 is cleared, and when the closing command signal is received from the management device 6, the payment cancellation display 133 is turned on, and the payment in progress display 134 is turned off. Then, the processing at the card payment machine 5 ends.

The above-mentioned management device 6 is shown in FIG.

This management device 6 includes a central processing unit 153, a main storage device 154, an auxiliary storage device 155, a calendar 156,
It consists of a keyboard 157, a display device 158 made of a cathode ray tube or the like, a printer 159, a first transmission control device 160, and a second transmission control device 161, which are electrically connected. Further, power is supplied to the management device 6 via an auxiliary power supply device 162 and a power supply device 163.

The central processing unit 153 is a device for comprehensively managing each control device in the management device 6, and performs data reception and transfer between each device, data arithmetic processing, and the like.

The main storage device 154 includes a pachinko machine file that stores sales data of each pachinko machine 4, a vending machine file that stores sales data of each card vending machine 3, and a payment machine file that stores sales data of each card payment machine 5. It has a machine file and a common file that aggregates data in these files, and when the power is turned on, the central processing unit 153
A processing program is stored.

The auxiliary storage device 155 is made up of, for example, a hard disk, and stores unique data such as the processing program of the central processing unit 153 and a store number used to identify the card issuing center 1 or each game store. Stores each sales data.

The calendar 156 is for setting the year, month, day, time, etc. The year, month, and day information is used to store each sales data in the auxiliary storage device 1.
55 and when transmitting each sales data to the card issuing center 1. Time data is used when storing sales data from the pachinko machine 4 in the main storage device 154.

The keyboard 157 is a command panel for the central processing unit 153, and as shown in FIG. 25, there are key switches 164, an open switch 165, a close switch 166, and
A transmission switch 167, a file switch 168, a display switch 169, a print switch 170, a cancellation release switch 171, a setting update switch 172, a numeric keypad 173, etc. are provided.

The key switches 164 include an opening switch 165, a closing switch 166, a sending switch 167, and a file switch 1.
This is a switch to prevent erroneous operation of the 68, and each switch will not operate unless the switch is turned on.

The opening switch 165 is a switch for permitting the pachinko machine 4 to accept cards, permitting the card vending machine 3 to sell cards, and permitting the card payment machine 5 to perform payment.By operating this switch, the pachinko machine 4.
. . . together with the start command, the number of shots stopped, the conversion rate, and the number of prize balls, a sales permission command to the card vending machine 3 . . . , and a settlement permission command to the card payment machine 5 . Also, when a start command is sent to the pachinko machine 4...
. . . starts sending regular data to the management device 6.

The closing switch 166 is a switch for ending card acceptance at the pachinko machine 4, prohibiting card sales at the card vending machine 3, and commanding the end of payment at the card payment machine 5. By operating this switch,
A command to end card acceptance to the pachinko machine 4 and a command to end transmission of regular data to the management device 6, or a command to stop card sales to the card vending machine 3, are sent to the card payment machine 5.
A command to cancel payment is sent to...

The transmission switch 167 is a command switch for transmitting the total sales data of each terminal to the card issuing center 1. Incidentally, in the case where the total sales data, etc. are automatically transmitted in response to a command from the card issuing center 1, this transmission switch 167 is not necessary.

The file switch 168 is a switch for storing the total sales data of each terminal in the auxiliary storage device 155.

The display switch 169 is a command switch for displaying each sales data on the display device 158.

The print switch 170 outputs each sales data to the printer 159.
This is a command switch for printing.

The stop release switch 171 is a switch for instructing release of the stop table.

The setting change switch 172 is a switch for updating the set values of the number of batted balls and the number of prize balls.

The numeric keypad 173 is a switch for inputting numbers when specifying the machine number of each terminal.

The printer 159 is a device for printing sales and the like on each terminal.

The first transmission control device 160 is a device for establishing transmission/reception rights on the in-store transmission line 7 in the gaming parlor, standardizing the transmission/reception data, and managing the transmission/reception of data required by the central processing unit 153.

The second transmission control device 161 is a device for establishing transmission and reception rights on the outside transmission path 8 between the gaming parlor and the card issuing center 1 and standardizing the transmission and reception data.

The power supply device 163 is a device for supplying power to each control device, and the auxiliary power supply device 162 is a backup power source in the event of a power outage to prevent sales data etc. stored in the main storage device 154 from being lost due to a power outage. This is a device installed to prevent this.

The flowchart of the processing of the management device 6 described above is shown in the 26th page.
It is shown in FIG. 29 from the figure.

When the power is turned on to the management device 6, the pachinko machine file, vending machine file, payment machine file, and common file are cleared.

From the card issuing center, conversion rate, encryption code,
When setting values such as store codes are received, the conversion rate, encryption code, and store code are stored in the common file, the date is read from the calendar 155 and stored in the common file, and the data is stored in each pachinko machine 4 from the auxiliary storage device 155. The number of hits and the number of prize balls are read out and stored in the pachinko machine file.

When the setting update switch 172 is pressed, the numeric keypad 173
Read the designated machine number, number of hits, and number of prize pitches.

The number of hits and the number of prize balls for the corresponding machine number in the auxiliary storage device 155 and the pachinko machine file are changed, and the process waits for the opening switch 165 to be pressed.

When the store opening switch 165 is pressed, the card vending machine 3 and
A store opening command signal and setting values are transmitted to the pachinko machine 4 and the card payment machine 5. The setting values to be sent differ depending on each device, and the encryption code is sent to the card vending machine 3, and the encryption code is sent to the pachinko machine 4.
Number of hits, main award pitch count, sub award pitch count, conversion rate,
The code code, store code, and date information are sent to the card payment machine 5 along with the code code and store code. After transmitting the above-mentioned signals, it waits for a response signal from each device for a certain period of time.

If a response signal is not received, set communication error in the monitor information of the corresponding machine number in each file, and display the abnormal device name, abnormal machine number, and
Outputs the cause of the abnormality and informs staff of the equipment in which the abnormality occurred. On the other hand, when the process of receiving response signals from all devices is completed, the store opening command signal and the code are sent again to the device in which the communication abnormality has occurred, and the device waits for a response for a certain period of time. When the response signal is received, the communication abnormality in the monitor information of the sales file is reset, and the process moves to abnormality confirmation processing of the card vending machine 3. On the other hand, if a response signal is not received after a certain period of time has elapsed, the equipment whose abnormality has not been recovered will stop operating.

In the abnormality confirmation process of the card vending machine 3, the reception of monitor information from the card vending machine 3 is confirmed, and when monitor information is received, the corresponding machine number in the vending machine sales file is searched,
The reception monitor information is read, and if an error occurs, the display device 158 and printer 159 display the error machine number,
Outputs the cause of the abnormality and moves on to sales data reception processing.

On the other hand, if the monitor information is not received or if no abnormality has occurred, the above-described abnormality confirmation process is skipped.

In the sales data reception process, when sales data is received from the card vending machine 3, the corresponding machine number in the vending machine sales file is searched, and the sales and the corresponding card are stored in each storage area in the vending machine sales file based on the received card type. Add up the number of cards issued, number of cards confiscated, and add up the amount received and the amount paid out.

In addition, the total vending machine sales, total number of cards issued, total number of applicable cards, and sales calculation value in the common file are updated.
The process moves to abnormality confirmation processing of the card payment machine 5. On the other hand, if sales data is not received from the card vending machine 3, the sales data reception process described above is skipped.

In the abnormality confirmation process of the card payment machine 5, reception of monitor information from the card payment machine 5 is confirmed, and when monitor information is received, the corresponding machine number is searched for in the payment machine file, the received monitor information is read, If an abnormality has occurred, the abnormal machine number and the cause of the abnormality are output to the display device 158 and printer 159, and the process moves to receiving payment data. On the other hand, if monitor information is not received or if no abnormality has occurred, the above-described abnormality confirmation process is skipped.

In the payment data reception process, when payment data is received from the card payment machine 5, the corresponding machine number is searched for in the payment machine file, the received number of payment balls is added to the file, and "1" is added to the number of payments. If there are any confiscated cards, rlJ is added to the number of confiscated cards, the total number of settled balls and the total number of settlements on the common file are updated, and the process moves to cancellation cancellation processing. On the other hand, if the payment data is not received from the card payment machine 5, the payment data reception process described above is skipped.

In the stop canceling process, when the stop cancel switch 171 is pressed, the stop machine is searched for from the monitor information of the pachinko machine file, the stop machine number is displayed on the display device 158, and the stop cancel designated machine is selected using the numeric keypad 173. The number is read, a cancellation cancellation command signal is sent to the specified pachinko machine 4, the cancellation flag in the monitor information of the specified machine number in the pachinko machine file is cleared, a blank flag is set, and the pachinko machine 4 The process moves to the game start data reception process. On the other hand, if the cancellation release switch is not pressed, the above-described cancellation cancellation process is skipped.

In the game start data reception process of Pachinko 1!4, when game start data is received from Pachinko 41!4, the corresponding machine number in the Pachinko machine file is searched, the time is read from the calendar 156, the received amount, the number of acquired balls, The time is memorized, the game-in-progress flag of the monitor information is set, the blank flag is cleared, "1" is added to the customer value, and the process moves to the game end data reception process of the pachinko machine 4. On the other hand, if the game start data is not received from the pachinko machine 4, the game start data reception process described above is skipped.

In the game end data reception process of the pachinko machine 4, when the game end data is received from the pachinko machine 4, the corresponding machine number in the pachinko machine file is searched, the time is read from the calendar 156, and the time, the received amount, the number of acquired balls, amount used,
The number of balls put out in the section, the number of balls collected in the section, and the number of differences in the section are stored, the in-game flag of the monitor information is cleared, a blank flag is set, and the process moves to the termination data reception process. On the other hand, pachinko machine 4
If the game end data is not received, the game end data receiving process described above is skipped.

In the stoppage data reception process, when stoppage data is received from the pachinko machine 4, the corresponding machine number in the pachinko machine file is searched, the time is read from the calendar 156, and the time, amount received, number of balls won, amount used, period The number of balls put out, the number of balls collected in the section, and the number of differences in the section are memorized, the in-game flag in the monitor information is cleared, the stop flag is set, "1" is added to the number of stops, and the process moves to regular data reception processing. do. On the other hand, if no stop data is received from the pachinko machine 4, the above-described stop data reception process is skipped.

In the regular data reception process, when regular data is received from the pachinko machine 4, the corresponding machine number in the pachinko machine file is searched, the received value is added to the sales amount, the number of balls played, the number of balls collected, and the number of differences, and the received value is The amount displayed, the number of invested balls displayed, and the number of balls acquired are updated, and the common file pachinko machine sales total, total number of balls played, total number of balls collected, total number of differences, and divisor calculation are updated and displayed. , move on to print processing. On the other hand, if scheduled data is not received from the pachinko machine 4, the above-described scheduled data reception process is skipped.

In display and print processing, when the display switch 169 or the print switch 170 is pressed, the data in the file designated by the table 4-173 is output to the display device 158 and printer 159.

When the closing switch 166 is pressed, closing processing is performed.

In the closing process, a closing command signal is sent to the pachinko @ 4, the card vending machine 3, and the card payment machine 5.

When the transmission switch 167 is pressed, the sales data in the common file is read out, the transmission data is processed using encryption, and the processed sales data is sent to the card issuing center 1. Here, without providing the transmission switch 167, the sales data may be transmitted to the card issuing center 1 at the same time as the closing switch 166 is pressed, or based on a transmission request command from the card issuing center 1.

When the file switch 168 is pressed, the vending machine file, pachinko machine file, payment machine file, and common file are stored in the auxiliary storage device 155 along with the date information, and the processing in the management device 6 is ended. Here, each file may be stored in the auxiliary storage device 155 at the same time as the closing switch 166 is pressed without providing the file switch 168.

Upon receiving the sales data, the card issuing center 1 audits the sales data and issues a payment instruction to the financial institution only when payment is properly requested. Note that payment may be made directly without going through a financial institution.

An outline of each file in the management device 6 described above is shown in FIGS. 30 to 33.

FIG. 30 is an outline of a pachinko machine file.

This pachinko machine file is a collection of data for each pachinko machine 4!14, and the file for each pachinko machine 4 consists of a setting value area, a monitor area, a regular data area, and a game data area.

The set value area is stored in the auxiliary storage device 155, and is the number of hits sent to each pachinko machine 4 at the same time as the opening of the parlor, and the number of prize balls when the first safe ball sensor 55 detects a winning ball. The number of prize balls consists of the main prize ball number and the sub prize ball number which is the number of prize balls when the second safe ball sensor 56 detects a winning ball.

The monitor area is "1" when receiving monitor information and game end data.
The number of customers is added by ``1'', and when the game completion data is received, ``1'' is added.
It consists of the number of stops added in increments of . The above-mentioned monitor information consists of 8 bits, 4 bits representing communication abnormality, blank, playing, and discontinued, respectively, and 4 unused bits, and is updated by the management device 6.

The regular data area is where regular data is added and stored when regular data is received, including sales amount, number of balls released, number of balls collected, number of differences,
It consists of the amount displayed, the number of balls invested, and the number of balls acquired. The displayed value of the amount of money, the displayed value of the number of invested balls, and the displayed value of the number of acquired balls are the current values at the time of regular data transmission. The regular data mentioned above consists of the machine number, regular court, sales amount, number of balls issued, number of balls collected, number of differences, amount displayed, number of invested balls displayed, and number of balls acquired, which are sent at one-minute intervals. . Furthermore, the sales amount, number of balls put out, number of balls collected, and number of differences are data for one minute, and these data are cleared at the same time as transmission, and new data is stored.

One game data area is data for a game unit from the start to the end of the game, and consists of game start data and game end data.

The game start data is stored when the game start data is received, and includes the start time when the game start data was received,
It consists of the amount of money stored on the card 2 at the start of the game and the number of acquired balls stored on the card 2 at the start of the game. The game start data described above is transmitted every time a game is started after the card 2 is placed in the receiver, and consists of the machine number, start code, amount of money, and number of acquired balls.

The game end data is stored when the game end data is received, and includes the end time when the game end data was received,
The amount of money stored on the card 2 at the end of the game, the number of acquired balls stored on the card 2 at the end of the game, the amount used, the number of balls in the section,
It consists of the number of balls collected in the section and the number of differences in the section. The amount used, the number of balls in each section, the number of balls collected in each section, and the number of differences in each section are values from the start of the game to the end of the game in one game unit. The above-mentioned game end data is transmitted every time the card 2 is ejected and the game ends, including machine number, end code, stop code, amount of money, number of balls acquired, amount of money used, number of balls played in the section, number of balls collected in the section, It consists of the number of interval differences.

FIG. 31 is an outline of the vending machine file.

This vending machine file is a collection of data for each card vending machine 3, and consists of sales, number of cards issued, number of cards of each price, number of confiscated cards, total amount accepted, total amount paid out, and monitor information.

Each of the above data is stored based on sales transmission data transmitted from the card vending machine 3. This sales transmission data is transmitted every time a card 2 is issued, and includes the machine number, card type, amount received by the bill validator 105, and bill dispenser 1.
■It consists of the payout amount from and the number of confiscated cards. Further, the monitor information transmission data is transmitted when an abnormality occurs and when the abnormality is recovered, and consists of a machine number and monitor information. To recover from an abnormality, use the restart switch 10 by the staff.
It is recognized by the operation in step 9. The above monitor information is 1
Consisting of 6 bits, sales discontinued, communication abnormality, abnormality of each card issuing device 103, no information on each card for each amount, abnormality of card adjustment machine 104 for balance inquiry, local abnormality, banknote full information of banknote validator 105, banknote payout. It consists of each bit representing the banknote non-information of the device 106.

FIG. 32 is an outline of the payment machine file.

This payment machine file is a collection of data for each card payment machine 5, and includes the number of coins paid, the number of payments made, the number of confiscated cards, and monitor information.

Each of the above-mentioned data is stored based on the payment transmission data transmitted from the card payment machine 5. This settlement transmission data is transmitted every time a card is settled, and consists of the machine number, the number of coins settled, and the number of confiscated guard coins. Further, the monitor information transmission data is transmitted when an abnormality occurs and when the abnormality is recovered, and consists of a machine number and monitor information. Recovery from an abnormality is recognized by the operation of the restart switch 141 by the staff member. The above-mentioned monitor information consists of 8 bits, each bit representing payment cancellation, communication abnormality, and no receipt information, and 5 unused bits.

FIG. 33 is an outline of the common file.

This common file contains the total pachinko machine sales amount, total number of balls played, total number of balls collected,
Total number of differences, total number of customers, percentage, total vending machine sales amount corresponding to the vending machine file, total number of cards issued, total number of issued cards for each amount card, total number of balls paid, and settlement corresponding to the payment machine file. It consists of the total number of times, conversion rate, encryption code, store code, date, and working area, and is updated when each file is updated. Each of the above-mentioned data is transmitted to the card issuing center 1 and used as materials for payment, and the conversion rate, encryption code, and store code are received from the card issuing center 1.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, by storing the game media used in games and the game media acquired as a result of games in the card, it is possible to change the game machine or make payment. Since there is no need to carry the game media when playing, it is easy to move the game machine or pay for the game media.

In addition, the game media lending machine is not located at a location separate from the gaming machine, but by inserting a card into the gaming machine, the game can be played within the range of acquired gaming media or valuable data stored on the card. Therefore, there is no need to interrupt the game and leave the game in order to purchase additional game media during the game. Furthermore, since the game media or valuable data used in the game are stored on the card, there is no need to carry cash such as coins.

In addition, when playing a game, if the number of acquired game media is stored on the card, the player must first play the game from the stored acquired game media and continue playing even though there are acquired game media. Therefore, players are not forced to make unnecessary investments, such as a temporary decrease in valuable data.

Further, since the card according to the present invention can be used commonly at each gaming parlor, it provides an advantageous gaming environment for players.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of a common card game system, FIG. 2A is a front view of a card, FIG. 2B is a back view of a card, and FIG. A perspective view of the Pachinko machine, Figure 4 is a perspective view of the ejecting unit attached to the Pachinko machine, Figure 5 is a perspective view of the ejecting unit, Figure 6 is a perspective view of the enclosed ball circulation device, and Figure 7 is a card A side view showing the inside of the reader/writer, FIG. 8 is a block diagram of the control device of the pachinko machine, FIGS. 9 to 13 are flowcharts of processing in the pachinko machine, FIG. 14 is a front view of the card vending machine, and FIG.
Figure A is a front view of the card issuing device, Figure 15B is a side view showing the inside of the card issuing device, Figure 16 is a block diagram of the control device of the card issuing device, and Figures 17 to 19 are card vending machines. 20 is a perspective view of the card payment machine, Figure 21 is a block diagram of the control device of the card payment machine, Figures 22 to 23 are flowcharts of the processing in the card payment machine, and Figure 24 is a flowchart of the processing in the card payment machine. A block diagram of the management device, FIG. 25 is an explanatory diagram of the keyboard, FIGS. 26 to 29 are flowcharts of processing in the management device, FIG. 30 is a schematic diagram of a pachinko machine file, and FIG. 31 is a schematic diagram of a vending machine file. Figure 32 is a schematic diagram of the payment machine file, and Figure 33 is a schematic diagram of the common file. In the figure, l...Card issuing center, 2...Card. 3...Card vending machine, 4...Pachinko machine, 5...
Card payment machine, 6... Management device, 12... Security storage section, 13... Magnetic data storage section. Engraving of the Rope L'#I De Equipment Drawing Figure 17 Engraving of the Main Grooming Equipment Drawing 77/I, '#l Engraving of the Trapping Equipment Drawing Figure 18) Engraving of the Mu Baiyang Eating Drawing No. 23 Engraving of drawings Engraving of drawings Engraving of drawings/7 procedural amendments = Heavy K (Method) 1. Indication of the case Japanese Patent Application No. 1-74937 2. Name of the invention Common card game system

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] A card having at least a valuable data storage area, a security storage area, and an acquired game media number storage area; a card issuing center that issues and manages the card; a card sales means that sells the card; A gaming machine that allows a game to be played by inserting a card, and updates and stores valuable data and the number of acquired gaming media for the card at the end of the game, and a game machine that updates and stores valuable data and the number of acquired gaming media stored in the card by inserting the card. In a gaming system consisting of a payment machine that performs payment using the card, and a management device that is electrically connected to and controls the card sales means, gaming machine, and payment machine, the storage area for the number of acquired gaming media of the card includes at least The gaming machine has a card reader that stores the number of acquired gaming media, the store code and date information where the gaming media were acquired, and reads and updates the valuable data, security data, and the number of acquired gaming media stored in the card. The payment machine is equipped with a card reader/writer that reads and updates the valuable data, security data, and the number of acquired game media stored in the card, and the management device is equipped with a card reader/writer that reads and updates the valuable data, security data, and number of acquired game media stored in the card, and the management device is equipped with a card reader/writer that reads and updates and stores valuable data, security data, and the number of acquired game media stored in the card. The gaming machine has a card vending means calculation storage area for calculating and storing, a gaming machine calculation storage area for calculating and storing the gaming status in the gaming machine, and a payment machine calculation storage area for calculating and storing the payment status in the payment machine, If the number of acquired gaming media is stored on the card, the game is played within the range of the acquired gaming media, but if the number of acquired gaming media is not stored on the card, or the stored number of gaming media is used up. In such cases, the game is played within the range of the valuable data stored on the card, and when the game ends, the valuable data used is subtracted, the balance of the number of gaming media acquired is added or subtracted, and the above is stored on the card. The payment machine checks the store code and date information stored in the storage area for the number of acquired game media, and performs payment only for legitimate payment requests. A common card game system characterized by requesting a card issuing center to make a payment based on data stored in a calculation storage area and a payment machine calculation storage area.