JPH08224348A - Monitoring device for playing table - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To make easy monitoring in a monitor room which has been performed manually in a conventional arrangement and take in easily the data of the combination of figures, numerals, etc., at the time of so-called fever. CONSTITUTION: Above game playing tables, a monitor camera 5a is installed to cover one or more tables, and a reflection board 23 for monitoring the service condition of the game table 1a in a monitor room or monitoring the condition of the game table is opposingly installed above aslant, and the image given by this reflection board 23 is taken in by the camera 5 located opposingly to the reflection board 23 to serve for monitoring.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game table monitoring device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Pachinko has been popular as an easy pastime for the general public for quite some time. Although gaming machines such as this pachinko machine were also hand-operated in the past, they have been automated in the era of high-tech equipment with the development of electronics technology, and due to the flow of the times, so-called fever 6 to 2500 depending on model
The number of 000 shots has come out at once, and the number of thrown balls has increased dramatically.

For this reason, if the player is a so-called goto master (illegal user), a large number of balls are illegally taken out, and some measures are required.

[0004]

Conventionally, as a countermeasure against this, an employee of the amusement arcade regularly walks around the passages between the islands to check whether there are any illegal users. There is a problem that it is very complicated and labor-intensive. Also, from the manager's side, it is convenient to, for example, when designing a new model, to understand what kind of patterns, numbers, etc. of the drum part in the center of the pachinko machine have a lot of fever.

The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and an object thereof is to easily perform monitoring in a monitoring room that relies on human hands, and to design so-called fever patterns and numbers. Another object of the present invention is to provide a monitoring device for a game table, which can easily obtain data of a combination such as.

[0006]

According to the present invention, a monitoring camera 5 for monitoring at least one or more gaming tables 1 is provided above the gaming table 1 and the usage state of the gaming table is monitored in a monitoring room. The above objectives are achieved by monitoring from almost directly above. Further, a monitoring camera 5 for monitoring at least one or more gaming tables 1 is provided above the gaming table 1, and a reflecting plate 23 for monitoring the operating state of the gaming table itself is arranged above the slant to face each other. The above-described object is achieved by capturing an image from the reflection plate 23 by the surveillance camera 5a provided for the reflection plate 23. Further, the reflecting plate 23 for monitoring the operating state of the gaming table itself is arranged facing the upper part of the slant, and the image from the reflecting plate 23 is captured by the monitoring camera 5a provided for the reflecting plate 23 to achieve the above object. Has achieved.

[0007]

Since the monitoring camera 5 for monitoring the behavior of the player is provided above the game table, the player's fraud can be easily detected in the monitoring room. It is difficult to detect fraud by using a surveillance camera to look at the player from the upper rear side thereof. However, in the present invention, since the surveillance camera 5 is provided almost directly above, the handle of the pachinko machine 1a and the game are played. You can see the person's hands directly.

Also, the operating condition of the game table itself is reflected by the reflection plate 2
3. By monitoring with the monitoring camera 5a, it is possible to grasp various operating states of the gaming table itself.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows the basic configuration of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a game table such as a pachinko machine 1a, 2 is a ball lending machine provided between two pachinko machines, and these are arranged in a predetermined number in a horizontal row to form one island 3. There is.

Further, 4 is a curtain plate provided above the pachinko machine, and this curtain board 4 is usually provided, for example, for each pachinko machine or for every two machines.

Reference numeral 5 denotes a surveillance camera provided inside the curtain plate 4. It is preferable to use any CCD color camera system as the surveillance camera 5. That is, wiring can be performed with one coaxial cable, and the image quality itself is very clear by employing, for example, a 410,000-pixel CCD.
This is because the type that has a monitor output terminal on the main body allows you to check the image at the installation site during installation adjustment work.

As shown in detail in FIG. 2, reference numeral 6 denotes an image receiving portion of a flexible surveillance camera, which is constructed by providing a wide-angle lens 6a at the tip of an optical fiber cable, and this lens 6a is the lower portion of the curtain plate 4. The hole is formed in the hole 4a formed in the above so that the player of the lower pachinko machine 1a can be monitored. As for the range of this monitoring, it is preferable that the two pachinko machines 1a can be monitored as shown by the imaginary line arrow in FIG. Of course, you may set so that three pachinko machines can be monitored. Alternatively, it may be set for each unit.

Reference numeral 7 denotes a guide rail on which the surveillance camera 5 is movably mounted, which is provided along the length direction of the island 3 and on which the surveillance cameras 5 are provided at appropriate intervals.

Note that FIG. 2 is a schematic cross section taken along the line AA in FIG. The upper part 4b of the curtain plate 4 projects in an arc shape, the lower part 4c projects in an eaves shape, and the lens 6a of the surveillance camera 5 is directed downward from the hole 4a as described above. The curtain plate 4 may have another shape.

In addition, in FIG. 2, 8 is a ball guide gutter provided in the ball lending machine 2, 9 is a chute, and 10 is a ball lending machine 2.
A ball take-out opening provided on the lower front side of the
12 is a discriminator and 13 is a counter.

FIG. 3 shows a state where the curtain plate 4 is viewed from the inside to the outside, and a monitoring camera 5 is movably mounted on a rail 7. In this case, as shown in FIG. 4, for example, the rail 7 has a substantially U-shaped configuration including a bent flange 7a and a flat plate portion 7b, and the flat plate portion 7b has a width substantially equal to that of the surveillance camera 5. If the surveillance camera 5 is placed on it, it can be prevented from falling by the bent flange 7a, and the position of the surveillance camera 5 can be easily adjusted by pushing it by hand.

In use, the monitor camera 5 is attached at a predetermined position, the pachinko machine 1a is monitored as shown in FIG. 1, and the monitor state is displayed on a monitor television (not shown) for displaying images in a plurality of divisions in the monitor room. ), It is possible for the employee to easily and accurately monitor the player's movements, hands, etc. without walking around the islands (3). Since the lens 6a of the surveillance camera 5 is only looking through the hole 4a, the player does not notice the presence of the surveillance camera 5. In addition, if the monitoring camera 5 can be zoomed up or the angle can be changed by remote control in the monitoring room by a well-known technique, the player's hand or face can be improved. it can. Alternatively, a necessary part may be enlarged and displayed on the screen by a known digital technique in the monitoring room.

FIG. 5 shows an application example of the present invention. This example
As shown in FIG. 6, a combination of numbers or patterns at the time of fever of the drum portion 1b at the center of the main body of the pachinko machine 1a can be viewed and accumulated as data. That is, in FIG. 5, a reflection plate 23 having a substantially triangular longitudinal section including a transmission plate 20, a mirror 21 and a prism 22 is placed above the slant of the pachinko machine 1a, and as shown in FIG. What is reflected by the mirror 21 arranged to face the drum portion 1b is taken into the monitoring camera 5a by the prism 22 arranged obliquely below the mirror 21 via the transmission plate 20 arranged above the prism 24. (See FIG. 7). The video signal from the surveillance camera 5a is sent to the surveillance room for information processing.

Reference numeral 24 denotes a support member, which is the support member 2
4 is a mounting portion 24a of the surveillance camera 5a, and the surveillance camera 5a
And a concealing plate 24b that is bent to prevent it from being seen from the outside, and the reflecting plate 23 is provided at the tip of the concealing plate 24b.
Is provided. The shape of the support member 24 is not limited to that shown in the figure. Further, the base end side of the support member 24 is appropriately fixed to the ceiling of the hall or an island on the opposite side of the pachinko board side where the mirror 21 is projected.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention. In this example, the surveillance camera 5 is directly attached above the front surface of the pachinko machine through appropriate attachment means. The surveillance camera 5c may be attached in this manner without being limited to the inside of the curtain plate 4. Further, the surveillance camera 5c may be covered with, for example, a box-shaped case (not shown) so that it cannot be directly seen from the outside. Although the pachinko machine 1a is described as an example of the game machine 1 in the above embodiment, it goes without saying that it can be applied to a throttle machine or the like. Further, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, only the reflecting plate 23 and the surveillance camera 5 for this reflecting plate 23 are set on the pachinko machine 1a.
The player monitoring camera of a may be omitted.

[0021]

As described above, according to the present invention, the monitoring cameras 5 and 5c are provided above the pachinko machine 1a to monitor at least one or more pachinko machines 1a and the player in front of them. It is possible to easily monitor the usage state of the pachinko machine 1a in the monitoring room without manual labor.

Further, if the reflecting plate 23 is provided, the data of the drum portion 1b at the center of the pachinko machine 1a can be easily collected.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a vertical cross-sectional view taken along the line AA in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory view of a state inside the curtain plate viewed from the direction of the central arrow A in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an example of the installation state of the surveillance camera according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an application example of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front view of an example of a pachinko machine.

FIG. 7 is an operation explanatory diagram of a reflector in an application example.

FIG. 8 shows another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Gaming table 1a Pachinko machine 2 Ball rental machine 3 Island 4 Curtain board 5 Surveillance camera 6 Image receiving part 6a Lens 7 Rail 7a Flange 7b Flat plate part 8 Guide gutter 9 Chute 10 Ball pick-up port 11 Coin slot 12 Discriminator 13 Counter 20 Transmission Plate 21 Mirror 22 Prism 23 Reflection Plate 24 Supporting Member

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A monitoring camera (5) for monitoring at least one or more game stands (1) is provided above the game stand (1), and the usage state of the game stand (1) in the monitoring room. A monitoring device for a game table, which is characterized by observing from almost right above. 2. A reflection camera for observing at least one or more gaming tables (1) provided above the gaming table (1) and monitoring the operating state of the gaming table itself. A game stand monitoring device characterized in that (23) is arranged above the slanted face so that an image from the reflecting plate (23) is captured by a monitoring camera (5a) provided for the reflecting plate (23). 3. A surveillance camera in which a reflector (23) for monitoring the operating state of the gaming table itself is disposed above the slant to oppose and an image from the reflector (23) is provided on the reflector (23). A game stand monitoring device characterized by being taken in (5a).