JPH03139787A - Display system in use of prepaid card - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To sufficiently display an advertizing function by providing a means to display the content of advertizement by reading advertizing information from a prepaid card at a game machine. CONSTITUTION:In the prepaid card 16, the surface of the card is designated as a printing plane 17, and a magnetic recording plane 18 consisting of a mag netic film is provided on the back plane, and a character or a pattern for adver tizement, etc., is printed on the printing plane 17 in addition to necessary infor mation. When such prepaid card 16 is accepted at a card handling port 8 with the game machine, the content of advertizement is displayed on a display 4. A card owner can pay attention by observing such display, and also, the adver tizement is performed even when the card 16 is fetched in the game machine. Thereby, the advertizing function sufficiently is displayed.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a technology related to a prepaid card that is given a value according to the amount paid in advance. The present invention relates to a display system using a prepaid card applied to a gaming machine such as an operating slot machine.

<Prior Art> Prepaid cards are currently used for various purposes such as telephone cards. For example, when a telephone card is inserted into a public phone, a call can be made depending on the monetary value (remaining number of cards) at that time.

Usually, this type of card has a printed surface on the front and a magnetic recording surface made of a magnetic coating on the back, and in addition to the necessary information, the printed side has advertising characters and designs of the company printed on it. .

<Problems to be solved by the invention> However, with such printed advertisements, the advertisement on the card surface is only visible when the cardholder uses the card, so there is no function to draw the cardholder's attention. Moreover, after being inserted into a public telephone, the card is taken into the machine, so the advertising function is not performed at all.

Incidentally, in recent years, a game system has been proposed that allows games to be played by inserting a prepaid card into a game machine such as a slot machine. The problem is that it is not fully demonstrated.

This invention was made with attention to the above problem, and provides a display system for use of prepaid cards with excellent advertising functions by recording advertising information on a prepaid card and displaying the advertisement when the card is used. With the goal.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention provides a prepaid card to which a monetary value has been assigned, a game machine that operates according to the monetary value of the card,
and a display device connected to the game machine, the prepaid card is provided with an information recording section in which advertisement information regarding advertisement display and monetary information regarding monetary value are recorded, and the game machine includes: A card handling slot for accepting and returning a prepaid card, an information reading means for reading advertisement information and amount information from an information recording section of the prepaid card, and a predetermined advertisement display on the display device based on the advertisement information. A display control means for changing the monetary value according to the execution of the game, a monetary value changing means for changing the monetary value according to the execution of the game, and an information rewriting means for rewriting the monetary value information of the prepaid card with the current monetary value based on a payment instruction. There is.

<Operation> When a prepaid card is accepted at a card handling slot of a game machine, advertisement information is read from the information recording section of the prepaid card, and the contents of the advertisement are displayed on the display.

This display calls the cardholder's attention, and the advertisement continues even after the card is inserted into the gaming machine.
The advertising function is fully utilized.

<Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows a slot machine according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The illustrated slot machine has three slots la to IC, and on the front of the machine body 2 is a display 4°, a symbol display section 31, a frequency display 5. Game button switch 6, payment switch 7, start lever 9. Three stop button switches 10. Card handling port 8.
A payment slip tray 12 and the like are provided.

The display 4 is for displaying advertisements, which will be described later.In addition to using a CRT as in this embodiment, an electric display board 4' having light emitting diodes lined up as shown in FIG. 2 may also be used. .

The symbol display section 3 is a section for displaying the symbols on the circumferential surface of each reel 1a to IC in alignment along a predetermined stop line 11, and displays the rotational state of each reel when the reels are in operation, and each symbol when the reels are stopped. You can check the symbols for each of the three pieces on the reels.

The frequency display 5 is for displaying the remaining number of points, and each time the number of bets is set by the game button switch 6 when playing a game, and each time a payout is received in a winning game, the number of bets and the payout are displayed. The frequency is subtracted or added depending on the number.

The game button switch 6 is used to instruct the number of bets by pressing the button at the start of each game.

The payment switch 7 is pressed to end the game midway through, and the card handling slot 8 is used to insert and return prepaid cards. The starting lever 9 is operated after the game button switch 6 is operated, and the operation of the starting lever 9 causes the three reels 1a to IC to rotate simultaneously. The three stop button switches 10 are for stopping the rotation of each reel, and the payment slip receiver 12 is a part that releases the payment slip at the time of payment.

3 and 4 show the configuration of the prepaid card 16 used in this embodiment.

The illustrated prepaid card 16 has a printed surface 17 on its front surface, and a magnetic recording surface 18 made of a magnetic coating on its back surface. In addition to necessary information, characters and designs for advertisement of the business are printed on the printing surface 17. This printing surface 17
is provided with a perforation recording section 19 in which the remaining monetary value (in this example, the frequency) is visually recorded, and a code recording section 20 in which advertisement information regarding advertisement display is recorded. A hole 21 is formed at a position indicating the remaining power.

In this embodiment, the code recording unit 20 is configured by pasting an adhesive sheet on which a barcode is printed, and the barcode is used to specify the content of advertisement display.

For example, advertisement displays for Company A, Company B, and Company C are prepared in advance, and the display data is stored in each slot machine, and which advertisement is to be displayed in the code recording section 20 of each prepaid card 16 is determined using a bar code. Record it.

Of course, in addition to the amount information (remaining card count), various information necessary for card transactions is recorded on the magnetic recording surface 18 by a magnetic method.

Returning to FIG. 1, a card processing mechanism 22 as shown in FIG. 5 is provided inside the machine body 2 at a position inside the card handling opening 8. As shown in FIG.

The illustrated card processing mechanism 22 includes upper and lower conveyor belts 23
．． It is equipped with a card conveyance system that carries in and out the prepaid card 16 while holding it between rollers 24, and conveyance healds 23 and 24 are installed between rollers 25 and 26 and between rollers 27 and 28, respectively, and the roller 26 is driven by the heald. Transport motor 2 for
It is connected to 9.

A magnetic head 30, two optical heads 31 and 32, three position sensors 33 to 35, and a punching mechanism 36 are arranged along this conveyance path.

A magnetic head 30 is for reading amount information and other transaction information from the magnetic recording surface 18, and a first optical head 31
The second optical head 32 is for reading advertisement information based on a barcode from the code recording section 20, and the second optical head 32 is for reading amount information by punching from the punching recording section 19.

The first position sensor 33 detects insertion and return of a prepaid card. The second position sensor 34 detects the arrival of the prepaid card to the head group. The third position sensor 35 detects the arrival of the prepaid card at the punching mechanism 36.

The perforation mechanism 36 is for perforating a predetermined position in the perforation recording section 19, and a solenoid serves as a driving source for the perforation mechanism 36.

In the figure, numeral 37 indicates a collection unit that collects the prepaid cards 16 whose monetary value has disappeared.

FIG. 6 shows the structure of the payment slip processing mechanism 38 provided inside the payment slip receiving tray 12 inside the machine body 2. As shown in FIG.

The illustrated example of the payment slip processing mechanism 38 includes a paper feeding section 39 for feeding roll paper, an issuing section 40 for printing the supplied paper and cutting it into predetermined dimensions to issue a payment slip, and It consists of a conveying section 42 that conveys to a discharge port 41,
In this embodiment, a magnetic head 43 is arranged on the transport path of the transport section 42.

The paper feed section 39 includes a roll paper 44 wound with paper whose back surface is coated with a magnetic film, and a feeding mechanism 4 for feeding the roll paper.
5, and the issuing unit 42 includes a thermal head 46 for printing on the roll paper, a cutter mechanism 47 for cutting the roll paper into a predetermined size, and a cutter mechanism 47 for intermittent feeding of the roll paper during printing and for processing the payment slip. A sending mechanism 48 for sending out to the transport section 42 is provided.

FIGS. 7 and 8 show specific examples of the payment slip 52 issued by the issuing unit 40. The front surface of the payment slip 52 is a printing surface 53, and the back surface is a magnetic recording surface 54. On this printing surface 53, the payment frequency 1 date, current time 2 machine number 1 issue number, etc. are printed, and on the magnetic recording surface 54, the transport unit 42
This printed content is encoded as magnetic information by a magnetic head 43 provided in the magnetic head 43 .

0 The conveyance unit 42 transfers the payment slip 5 between the upper and lower conveyor belts 4950.
2 is clamped and carried out to the discharge port 41.
A photoelectric sensor 51 that detects the arrival of the payment slip is located in front of the
is in place.

FIG. 9 shows components particularly related to the present invention among the circuit configurations of the slot machine.

In the figure, a sensor control circuit 55 is a position sensor 33 to 35.5 provided in the card processing mechanism 22 or the payment slip processing mechanism 38.
Controls the operation of 1. The magnetic head control circuit 56 and the two optical head control circuits 57 and 58 are the card processing mechanism 22.
The magnetic head control circuit 59 controls each operation of the magnetic head 30 and optical heads 31 and 32 in the payment slip processing mechanism 3.
8 respectively.

The frequency display control circuit 60 controls the display operation of the frequency display 5.
Further, the switch control circuit 61 controls the operation of the game button switch 6, the payment switch 7, and the like.

Card transport system control circuit 62 and punching mechanism control circuit 63
controls the driving of the card transport system and punching mechanism 36 in the card processing mechanism 22.

The payment slip conveyance system control circuit 64 controls the driving of the transport section 42 and the feeding mechanism 48 in the payment slip processing mechanism 38, and the payment slip issuing mechanism control circuit 65 controls the driving of the thermal head 46 and the cutter mechanism 47. The display control circuit 66 controls the display operation of the display 4.

These input/output sections are electrically connected to a control circuit section 67 consisting of a microcomputer. This control circuit unit 67 has a CPU 68 as its main control unit, and a ROM 69 and a RAM 7.
The CPU 68 decodes and executes programs stored in the ROM 69, reads and writes data to and from the RAM 70, and executes various calculations and processes related to the progress of the game.

The RAM 70 is provided with a storage area for counting the number of points and storing the current remaining number of points, and when a game is executed, the number of points and the number of 1 payout in a winning game are added or subtracted to the bet.

FIG. 10 shows a specific circuit configuration of the display control circuit 66.
A ROM 69 in which programs are stored and a RAM 70 as a work area are connected, and the display 4 made of a CRT is also connected via a CRT interface 72.

This display control circuit 66 includes a plurality of video memories 73 storing display data for displaying advertisements of various companies;
A graphics controller processor 74 for executing drawing processing on the display device 4 at high speed is included. The graphics controller processor 74 reads advertisement display data from the video memory 73 corresponding to the code read from the code recording section 20 of the prepaid card 16, and sends it to the display device 4 via the CRT interface 72. Draw advertising content on.

FIG. 11 shows the control procedure by CPU 6B. are doing.

When the prepaid card 16 is inserted into the card handling slot 8, the position sensor 33 in the card processing mechanism 22 detects this, and the determination in step 1 (not shown by rsTIJ in the figure) in the figure becomes "YES". In the next step 2, the transport motor 29 rotates normally, and the card is carried in by the card transport system (step 2). While this card travels along the conveyance path, the magnetic head 30 receives amount information and other transaction information from the magnetic recording surface 18, the optical head 31 receives advertisement information (code) from the coat recording section 20, and the optical head 32 receives information from the perforation recording section. The amount information is read from 19 and provided to the CPU 68 (step 3).

After storing this input information in the RAM 70, the CPU 68 determines the authenticity of the card based on the transaction information, and if the card is proper, step 4 will be YES''.
U6 B determines the remaining balance of the card from the amount information,
If the remaining number of degrees is not zero, step 5 becomes "YES" and the process proceeds to the next four steps 6.

If the determination in either step 4 or 5 is "No", the process advances to step 48, where the transport motor 29 is reversed and the card transport system returns the card 16 taken in. In step 49, it is determined based on the output of the position sensor 33 whether or not the prepaid card has been returned to the card handling slot 8. If the determination becomes "YES", the transport motor 29 is stopped and the contents of the RAM 70 are cleared. (Step 50.5
1).

In step 6.7, it is determined which advertisement information is based on the read code. For example, if the code specifies the advertisement display of company A, step 6 becomes "YES", and the graphic controller processor 72 reads the display data from the corresponding video memory 73 and displays a predetermined advertisement on the display 4 (step 8).

If the reading code specifies advertisement display for company B, step 7 is “YES”, and if the reading code specifies advertisement display for company 0, steps 7 and 8 are both “N”.
Similarly, the graphics controller processor 72 reads out the display data from the corresponding video memory 73 and displays a predetermined advertisement on the display 4 (step 910).

When the prepaid card is thus conveyed to a predetermined position, the position sensor 35 detects this and steps 1 are carried out.
1 becomes “YES”, and in step 12 the transport motor 2
9 stops driving and the carrying-in operation is completed, and in the next step 13, the read current remaining power is displayed on the power display 5, and the game waits for the start of the game.

When the game button switch 6 is pressed a predetermined number of times, the number of bets corresponding to the number of operations is set, and the CPU 6
8 is RAM70 by subtracting the number of bets from the current number of remaining reserves.
After rewriting the stored contents, the displayed contents of the frequency display 60 are updated (steps 14 to 16).

Next, when the starting lever 9 is operated, step 17 is executed.
Y ES ” and 3 glues la.

5 1b and lc are started all at once and the game begins (step 18). Then, by pressing the three stop button switches 10, the corresponding reels la and Ib are activated.

When the 1c stops one after another, the outcome of the game is determined by the combination of symbols arranged and displayed along the stop line 11.

In step 19, it is determined whether the game is a winning game for the player, and in step 20, it is determined whether it is a specific winning game among the winning games. If the player wins the game and the winning game is specific, step 19.
20 are both "YES", the CPU 6 B erases the advertisement display from the display 4 and causes the display 4 to newly display characters etc. informing that it is a specific winning game (step 21). Next, CPU 6 B adds the number of payouts of the winning game to the current remaining number of points, and uses the added value to store RAM 70.
After rewriting the memory contents of (step 22), display 4
Then, the display of the winning game is erased, the advertisement is displayed on the display 4 again, and the display contents of the frequency display 5 are updated with the added value (step 23.25).

Note that if the winning game is not a specific one, step 20
"No," and in this case, the CPU 68 does not change the content displayed on the display 4, but adds the payout number of the winning game to the current remaining number of points, and rewrites the memory content of the RAM 70 with the added value (step 24 ).

Further, if the result of the game is not a winning game for the player, the determination in step 19 is "NO", and steps 21 to 25 are skipped.

In the next step 26, it is determined whether or not the remaining number of cards at this point is zero. If the determination is "YES", the process proceeds to step 28, and the transport motor 29 of the card processing mechanism 22 is operated normally for a certain period of time. Collect the prepaid card by turning it over to Department 3
7, the stored contents of the RAM 70 are cleared in step 29, and the display on the display 4 is cleared in step 30.

If the determination in step 26 is "NO", then in step 27 it is determined whether or not the payment switch 7 has been pressed. If the game button switch 6 is pressed at this stage, step 27 will be "NO", step 14 will be "YES", and the next game will proceed.
If the payment switch 7 is pressed, the step 27 will be “Y”.
ES'' and the process proceeds to step 31, where the remaining power at this point is compared with the initial value at the time of card insertion.

If the remaining power is less than the initial value, step 31 returns “Y”.
ES'', and in step 32, the punching mechanism 36 of the card processing mechanism 22 is operated as necessary to perform punching on the card, and then in the next step 33, the transport motor 29 is reversed to return the prepaid card. During the transportation, the magnetic head 30 rewrites the contents of the magnetic recording surface 18 of the prepaid card 16 with the current remaining power.Then, when the prepaid card is returned to the card handling slot 8,
Step 35 becomes "YES", and the transport motor 29 is stopped and the clearing process is performed (Step 3
6,29°30).

If it is determined in step 31 that the remaining power is greater than the initial value, in step 37 the cpU 6s calculates the number of settlements by subtracting the initial value from the remaining power, and in steps 38 to
At step 40, the conveyance motor 29 is reversed to first return the prepaid card, and then the process proceeds to the payment system issuing process at step 41 and subsequent steps.

First, the CPU 6 B is the payout mechanism 45 of the settlement system processing mechanism 38.
is activated to feed out the roll paper (step 41). Next, in the issuing unit 40, the feeding mechanism 48 intermittently feeds the roll paper and the thermal head 46 prints the remaining power and other necessary data on the roll paper, and then the cutter mechanism 47 operates to cut the roll paper into a predetermined size. It disconnects and issues a settlement system (steps 42 and 43).

Next, the transport section 42 operates to transport the payment system 52 to the discharge port 41, but during the transport, the magnetic head 43
The data of the print content is magnetically recorded on the magnetic recording surface 54 of No. 2 (steps 44 and 45).

In this way, when the payment system 52 passes through the photoelectric sensor 5I and is discharged to the discharge port 41, the step 4G is "Y".
After the transfer operation is stopped, clearing processing is performed (steps 47, 29, and 30).

The player brings this payment system to a prize exchange office and exchanges it for a prize according to the number of points, but the staff member confirms the contents printed on the payment system before accepting the exchange for a prize.

Furthermore, if an automatic prize exchange machine is installed at the prize exchange place, the player can insert the payment system 52 into the payment slot of the automatic exchange machine, and the number of degrees recorded on the magnetic recording surface 54 will be read. Automatic prize exchange processing will be performed.

In this embodiment, the amount information on the prepaid card is rewritten only when the number of remaining points is less than the initial value, but it is of course possible to rewrite the amount information on the prepaid card regardless of the number of remaining points. There is no need to issue a settlement system.

In addition, in the case of this embodiment, the prepaid card 16 records a code for specifying the contents of advertisement display, but the present invention is not limited to this.
8 may be used to directly record display data.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, the present invention provides a display system using a prepaid card to which a monetary value has been assigned, a gaming machine that operates according to the monetary value of the card, and a display connected to the gaming machine. The prepaid card records advertisement information related to advertisement display in addition to amount information, and the game machine is equipped with means for reading advertisement information from the prepaid card and displaying the advertisement content. The advertisement display attracts the cardholder's attention, and since the advertisement is carried out even when the card is taken into the machine, the advertisement function is fully utilized, and the purpose of the invention is achieved.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the appearance of a slot machine to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a front view showing the appearance of another second embodiment, and FIG. 3 is a plan view showing the printed surface of a prepaid cart. Figure 4 is a sectional view taken along line ■■ in Figure 3, Figure 5 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the card processing mechanism, Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram showing the configuration of the payment slip processing mechanism, and Figure 7 is the payment slip. 8 is a sectional view taken along the line ■-■ in FIG. 7, FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the slot machine, and FIG. 10 is an example of the configuration of the display control circuit. The block diagram and FIG. 11 are flowcharts showing the control procedure of the CPU. 1...Medal lending machine 4.4'...Display 8
... Card handling port 16 ... Prepaid card 20 ... Code recording section 30 ... Magnetic head 31 ... Optical head 66 ... Display control circuit 68 ... CPU 70
...RAM

Claims (1)

[Claims] A system comprising a prepaid card to which a monetary value has been assigned, a game machine that operates according to the monetary value of the card, and a display connected to the game machine, the system comprising: The gaming machine is provided with an information recording section in which advertisement information regarding advertisement display and monetary information regarding monetary value are recorded, and the gaming machine has a card handling slot for accepting and returning prepaid cards, and a prepaid card information recording section. information reading means for reading advertisement information and price information from the controller; display control means for causing the display device to display a predetermined advertisement based on the advertisement information; and a display control means for changing the monetary value according to the execution of the game. A display system for use of a prepaid card, comprising a monetary value changing means and an information rewriting means for rewriting the monetary value information of the prepaid card with the current monetary value based on a settlement instruction.