JPH08229218A - Portable managing device for game shop - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the game data of a required game machine at a required place in an off-line operation. CONSTITUTION: Every kind of data from a hall computer 1 is taken out and written on a managing data writing device 3 connected to the hall computer 1 by inserting a flexible disk 6 into a flexible magnetic disk device 5. The data stored in the flexible disk 6 is read by inserting into the flexible magnetic disk device 8 of a portable off-line display 7. Each of required weekly data screen, data display screen classified by every island (specification), situation graph(one day) display screen, situation graph (seven days) display screen and needle adjusting screen is selected by a function key displayed on the display part of the off-line display 7.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a portable management device for a game arcade. In particular, the present invention relates to a portable management device that can display data necessary for nail adjustment, repair, etc. offline in a game arcade.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Computers installed in pachinko halls are used not only for labor saving in stores but also for various purposes as the times pass. It is used for nail adjustment, data management, money management, financial management, personnel management, chain store management, etc. However, in order to perform fine data management and nail adjustment for each gaming machine, it is not possible to deal with it only by operating a data management computer installed at the head office or hall office.

In particular, various kinds of data necessary for the current nail adjustment are printed out from a computer on a paper, and the paper is carried around to adjust the nail position and the like of each gaming machine. Since there are many amusement machines, it is a great effort to carry around this paper and search for the necessary data. Even when a game machine is out of order, since each data of the game machine is looked at, this measure is similarly difficult. Further, in recent years, gaming machines have become more technologically sophisticated, and customers' demands have also become more sophisticated, which may require disclosure of gaming machine data.

At some halls, as much as possible to meet the demands of these customers, there is a movement to disclose the data required by the customers such as the number of special prizes for each gaming machine and the payout rate. In the conventional system, it is physically impossible to meet these demands for the same reason as described above.

[0005]

The present invention has been invented in the above technical background, and achieves the following objects.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a portable management device for a game arcade which can provide necessary data of a game machine at a necessary place at any time.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a portable management device for a game arcade which can provide necessary data of a game machine offline at any time.

[0008]

The present invention adopts the following means in order to achieve the above object.

That is, the portable management device for a game arcade of the present invention is provided with a storage medium in which data indicating the operating status of the gaming machine is stored, a portable main body, and the main body, and stores data from at least the storage medium. Storage medium mounting means for mounting the storage medium for inputting, display means provided in the main body and capable of displaying the data in accordance with various display forms, and provided in the main body, the display means And display selection means for selecting the display form to be displayed.

By the selection of the display selection means, the display means may selectively display the data of only the gaming machine necessary for adjusting the nails of the gaming machine.

Further, the display selection means may be a touch panel which is a pressure sensitive element provided in the display means.

[0012]

Function: The storage medium stores data indicating the operating status of the gaming machine and the like. The storage medium is mounted on the storage medium mounting means of the main body of the portable management device which is portable. The storage medium loading means reads data from the storage medium and displays the data on the display means in various necessary display formats.
The display content displayed on the display means is selected by the display selection means.

At the time of nail adjustment, the data of only the gaming machine necessary for nail adjustment is selected by the display selection means and displayed on the display means. When the display selection means is a touch panel which is a pressure sensitive element, it suffices to push the display means with a finger or the like.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing a system example of a hall computer and an offline display. The hall computer 1 is installed in an office of the hall and is connected to each gaming machine (not shown), an inter-mountain ball lending machine, a ball counting machine, a money changing machine, a prepaid card issuing machine, and the like by wiring. The hall computer 1 online manages various data from sensors arranged in the gaming machine, the count amount of the ball counting machine, and the prepaid card issuance amount.

The CRT 2 is a display device for the hall computer 1. A dedicated management data writing device 3 is connected to the hall computer 1. The management data writing device 3 is provided exclusively for extracting and writing various data from the hall computer 1 to the flexible disk 6. An operation panel 4 including a key switch is arranged on the front surface of the management data writing device 3, and the management data writing device 3 is operated by the keys of the operation panel 4.
To operate.

The offline display 7 is for displaying the data of the gaming machine written in the flexible disk 6. In the management data writing device 3,
A flexible magnetic disk device 5 for recording and reading data on the flexible disk 6 is built in. The flexible disk 6 may be replaced by another known recording medium such as an IC card memory, a CD or a magneto-optical recording medium. The offline display 7
It is a portable display device for displaying data recorded on the flexible disk 6.

FIG. 1B is a block diagram showing another system example of a hall computer and an offline display. Flexible magnetic disk device 8 for inputting / outputting programs, data, etc. to the hall computer 1
It is a type with. Flexible disk unit 8
Using, it is possible to record and read game machine data such as nail adjustment data on the flexible disk 6.

FIG. 2A shows an off-line of the first embodiment.
It is a top view of a display. FIG. 2B is a side view of the offline display with the opening / closing lid open. The opening / closing lid 10 is swingably provided on the end of the offline display body 11 by means of a shaft (not shown). A locking tool 12 is provided at the other end of the opening / closing lid 10. When the opening / closing lid 10 is closed, the locking tool 12 is
To stop the offline display main body 11.

A handle 13 is provided on the side surface of the offline display body 11. The handle 13 is for gripping with the hand when carrying the offline display 7 for carrying out nail adjustment or the like. A flexible magnetic disk device 1 is provided in the offline display body 11.
4 is arranged, and the flexible disk 6 is inserted and removed from the side surface of the offline display body 11. The structure and function of the flexible disk device 14 are well known, and the description thereof is omitted here.

An information changeover switch 15 is arranged on the side surface of the offline display body 11. The information changeover switch 15 is to be selected when displaying data used for nail adjustment or displaying data to be shown to the customer as a service. This is to prevent the data from being leaked easily, and normally this key is carried by only a specific person.

A display unit 18, which is a liquid crystal display, is arranged on the surface of the opening / closing lid 10. The display unit 18 is for displaying various data. A power switch 19 is arranged below the display unit 18. Power switch 19
Turns the offline display 7 on and off
It is for doing. A known touch panel 20 made of a transparent conductive pattern is arranged on the front surface of the display unit 18, and a terminal input device for inputting by touching the displayed input guidance screen with a finger or the like is arranged. When operating, the touch panel 20 is touched with a finger, which is detected and the display content is changed by the built-in software.

Configuration of Offline Display 7 FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the offline display 7. The display control means 21 is composed of, for example, a graphics processing computer, a central processing unit of a personal computer, a display control program, and the like. The display control means 21 includes a main memory 22 and a display memory 2.
3, the flexible magnetic disk device 14, the touch panel 20, the display pattern storage means 25, etc. are connected.

The display control means 21 has a bitmap structure,
Display memory 23 having a configuration such as a packed pixel configuration
The screen of the display unit 18 is divided by rewriting the contents of the above into desired data, and various information is displayed in each display window. A display signal conversion circuit 24 is connected to the display memory 23. The display signal conversion circuit 24 converts the contents of the display memory 23 into display signals, which are then displayed on the display unit 18.

The plurality of screen display patterns are stored in the display pattern storage means 25. The display control means 21 is
The data of the screen display pattern is read from the display pattern storage means 25 in response to the selection signal from the touch panel 20, and the contents of the display memory 23 are rewritten according to the data so that the display of the display unit 18 becomes the selected screen.
The contents of the data display screen will be described below.

Data Display Screen FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a main menu screen displayed on the display unit. When the power switch 19 is pressed and turned on, the menu screen 30 is first displayed. On the menu screen 30, "weekly data display" 31, "island (species)"
Separate data display ”32,“ Status graph (1 day) display ”3
3, "Status graph (7 days) display" 34, "Read data"
35, "Calculator" 36, "Option" 37, "End"
38 characters and the like are displayed together with the frame. The display contents will be described below.

The "weekly data display" 31 is for displaying one week of data for each gaming machine. When the area in which the “weekly data display” 31 is displayed is pressed, this pressing is detected by the touch panel 20. Display control means 21
By this detection, is read from the display pattern storage means 25, and the contents of the display memory 23 are rewritten as shown in FIG. 5 so that the display of the display unit 18 becomes the selected screen according to the data.

The screen shown in FIG. 5 is a weekly data display screen for displaying one week's worth of data for each gaming machine on a daily basis. The “cumulative out” 41 of the weekly data screen 40 means the total number of balls hit (balls hit by the player). The “difference number” 42 means the number of difference balls obtained by subtracting the number of replenishment balls (the number of balls replenished from the gaming island to the gaming machine) from the driving balls. The “ball output%” 43 means the ball output rate = (number of replenished balls / number of driven balls) × 100 (%). The “base out” 44 is the number of hit balls excluding during the special prize.

The "difference number" 45 is obtained by removing the special difference from the "difference number" 42 and is represented by the following equation.

Difference number = (number of balls to be hit-number of balls to be hit during special prize)-
(Number of Replenished Balls-Number of Replenished Balls during Special Award) The “ball-out%” 46 is obtained by removing the “ball-out%” 43 from the above-mentioned “ball-out%” 43 by the following formula.

Delivered% = (number of replenished balls-number of replenished balls in special prize) ÷
(Number of hit balls-number of hit balls in the special prize) x 100 (%) "Special out" 47 is the special prize 1 of the number of balls hit during the special prize.
It refers to the average value per time, and is represented by special out = (number of balls in special prize / number of special prize).

The "difference number" 48 refers to the average value of the number of balls obtained by the player by the special prize per one special prize, and the difference number =
It is represented by [(number of replenishment balls in special prize-number of balls in special prize) / number of special prize].

The "ball payout%" 49 indicates the average value of the ball payout rate in the special prize state, and represents the ball payout rate = the number of replenishment balls during the prize / the number of balls hit during the prize × 100 (%).

The "winning times" 50 is effectively used for the number of effective starting times per day (of the starting winnings, the variable display device is variably displayed and the variable winning ball device is opened and closed. The number of starting prizes).

The "winning rate" 50 is an effective starting winning rate, which is a value calculated by winning rate = effective starting times / number of hit balls.

The "special prize number" 51 means the number of times of a big hit (special prize state) during the operating time. "Probability" 52
Represents the occurrence rate of the prize state, and is a value calculated by the following formula: probability of prize = number of effective starting times / number of prizes. The “earning rate” 53 means the actual operation rate (%) of the gaming machine during business hours. The occupancy rate checks how much the installed gaming machine is operating, and is calculated by the following formula.

The game machine is simply operated, that is, it is checked at regular time intervals and it is judged whether or not it is being used at that time, and when the operation rate is judged by the number of hit balls per hour.
There are types, and either one is displayed.

Operating rate (by machine) = cumulative operating platform data ÷
(Number of islands or models x number of checks per hour of operation) x 100
(%) Operating rate (hours) (per hour) = number of shots / number of shot balls per minute (99) / 60 (minutes) / business hours x 100 (%) "Sell x 100" 54 Representation: Sales = Sales amount of inter-mountain ball rental machine / 100 (about 100 is to reduce the displayed digit). The "division number" 55 is the relationship between the number of sold balls and the number of difference balls expressed in (%), and the number of divisions = (number of sold balls-number of difference balls) / number of sold balls x 100
It is a value calculated by (%).

"Yu%" 56 is the ratio of the rental balls occupied by the in-applied balls in terms of the play rate, and shows the sales efficiency during operation.

The rate of play = 100 × number of rented balls / number of struck-in balls (%). Instead of the play rate or in addition to the play rate, a ball unit price represented by sales / number of balls (yen) may be displayed. As a result, the sales per hit ball can be known, and the sales efficiency can be grasped in the same manner as the play rate. The “record” 57 is a display unit of the previous nail adjustment data.

At the bottom of the weekly data display screen 40, function keys "Week" 60, "By Island" 61,
"Graph 1" 62, "Graph 7" 63, "MENU" 6
4, "UP" 65, "DOWN" 66, "nail adjustment" 67
Is displayed. By pressing these keys, each required screen can be selected. For “weekly” 60, the weekly data display screen 40 is selected. The “island” 61 is a function of selecting the same screen as the “island (species) -specific data display” 32 of the menu screen 30.

Similarly, "graph 1" 62, "graph 7"
Reference numeral 63 is a function for selecting the same display screens as the “display of status graph (1 day)” 33 and the “display of status graph (7 days)” 34 of the menu screen 30. The “MENU” 64 is a function of selecting the menu screen 30. "UP" 65 is
These keys are used to scroll up the screen and to advance to the next screen. "DOWN" 66 is a key for scrolling the screen downward and returning to the previous screen. The "nail adjustment" 67 is a key for selecting a display screen for displaying only the data of the gaming machine that needs nail adjustment, as described later.

Next, when selecting "island (species) -specific data display" 32 from the menu screen 30 or another screen, an island (species) -specific data display screen 70 shown in FIG. 6 is displayed. The data display screen 70 for each island (type) displays a list of data on the current day (designated day) of each gaming machine for each island. The content of the data is substantially the same as the weekly data display screen 40.

Next, when "Display status graph (1 day)" 33 is selected from the menu screen 30 or another screen, a status graph (1 day) display screen 75 shown in FIG. 7 is displayed. A polygonal line 76 of the situation graph (1 day) display screen 75 shows the amount of balls coming out in a time series from the opening time to the closing time. A plus of the payout means that the number of hit balls of the customer exceeds the number of hit balls, and a minus of the ball means that the number of hit balls of the customer exceeds the hit number of hit balls. You can clearly see the appearance of balls for each gaming machine.

"Base out" 76, "difference number" 77,
The “% out” 78 is the “base out” 44,
It has the same meaning as "difference number" 45 and "ball yield%" 46, and 1
It is the date data. “Special prize number” 79 means the number of special prizes per day. "Occupancy rate%" 80 is the above-mentioned "earning rate" 5
The same as 3, and means the actual operation rate (%) of the gaming machine during the business hours of one day.

"Prize / minute" 81 means the number of effective start-ups per minute (the number of operations of the variable display device and the variable prize-winning ball device associated with the start-up prize). Number of inserted balls-number of balls hit during special prize)] x number of shots per minute (99). “Special prize / hour” 82 means the number of special prizes per hour. The “probability” 83 means the average of the number of effective starts spent for the generation of the prize state, and is a value calculated by the average probability = the number of effective starts / the number of prizes. The "special prize ball average" 84 means the average number of payout balls in one special prize, and is calculated by the following: the average number of payout balls during the special prize = (the number of replenishment balls during the special prize-the number of balls hit during the special prize) / the number of special prizes It is a value.

Next, when the "display status graph (7 days)" 34 is selected from the menu screen 30 or another screen, the status graph (7 days) display screen 90 shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. A polygonal line 91 shown for each day of the week on the status graph (7th) display screen 90 shows the amount of balls from the opening time to the closing time in time series.

Base rate% 92 is in special prize (big hit)
It shows the ratio of replenishment at normal times excluding the number of replenishment balls, and is calculated by the following formula.

Base rate% = (number of replenished balls-number of replenished balls in special prize) / (number of driven balls-number of driven balls in special prize) × number of fired balls per minute (99)) Minutes 94 means the number of effective starts per minute. “Special prize / hour” 95 means the number of special prizes per hour. The “probability” 96 means the average of the number of effective starting times spent for generating the prize state, and is a value calculated by the following: average = number of effective starting times / number of special prizes. “Special prize average” 97 means the average number of balls in the special prize, and is the value calculated by the average number of special prize balls = (number of supplementary balls during special prize−number of balls hit during special prize) ÷ number of special prizes. . The meaning and calculation method of these values are as follows: “Proportion%” 78, “Winning” / minute ”8 in FIG.
1, "special prize / hour" 82, "probability" 83, "special prize average"
Similar to 84, and will be represented as an average for 7 days in FIG.

The function of "read data" 35 of the menu screen 30 is a function of reading data from the flexible disk 6. To select this function, the flexible disk 6 is first inserted into the flexible disk device 14. After that, the area where "read data" 30 of the display unit 18 is displayed is pressed. This press is touch panel 2
0 is detected, and the display control means 21 issues a data read command to the flexible disk device 14 by this detection.

When the reading of the above-mentioned respective data from the flexible disk 6 into the main memory 22 is completed, a completion signal is issued, the reading of the data is completed, and the data can be displayed on the respective display screens described above. Next, when the “nail adjustment” 67 is selected from the above-mentioned screens, the nail adjustment screen 100 shown in FIG. 9 is displayed. The nail adjustment screen 100 is basically the same screen as the island (type) data display screen 70 shown in FIG. 6, but the data of only a specific gaming machine is displayed.

The gaming machine displayed on the nail adjusting screen 100 is
They are selected based on the criteria input in advance, and only those that require nail adjustment. The selection criteria vary depending on the pachinko hall's management policy. For example, the number of winnings to the starting opening is very low, or the number of winnings is very high. . Note that data necessary for nail adjustment includes “cumulative out” 41, “difference number” 42, “ball out%” 46, “special prize out” 47, “special prize time” 51, “winning number” 50 and the like. The nail adjustment work can be efficiently performed by selectively displaying the data necessary for the nail adjustment among the data managed by the hall computer.

The "calculator" 36 of the menu screen 30 is a function to be used as a desktop calculator when adjusting nails or the like. When this is selected, the same display as the electric desk calculator is displayed, and the necessary calculation can be performed by pressing the ten keys on this display. "Option" 37 of menu screen 30
Is a function key for the user to use the software that he or she wants to use, and inputs the desired software to use. “End” 38 of the menu screen 30 is a function key used when ending the operation, and when this is pressed, all display programs are ended.

How to use The flexible disk 6 is inserted into the flexible magnetic disk device 5 in the dedicated management data writing device 3 connected to the hall computer 1, and various data from the hall computer 1 are taken out and written. The flexible disk 6 is inserted into the flexible magnetic disk 14 of the offline display 7, and the game data stored in it is read.

"Week" 60, "By Island" 61, "Graph 1" which are the function keys displayed on the display section 18
62, "Graph 7" 63, "MENU" 64, "UP"
65, “DOWN” 66, and “nail adjustment” 67 are displayed. By pressing these keys, the required weekly data screen 40, island (species) -specific data display screen 70, status graph (1 day) display screen 75, status graph (7 days) display screen 90, nail adjustment screen 100 are displayed. Select each screen.

[Second Embodiment] FIG. 10A is a plan view of an off-line display according to the second embodiment. Figure 10
(B) is a side view showing a state where the opening / closing lid of the offline display is opened. Opening / closing lid 10, offline display main body 11, handle 13, information changeover switch 15,
The configurations of the display unit 18, the power switch 19 and the like are the same as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof will be omitted.

An IC card device 101 is arranged in the offline display body 11, and the IC card 102 is inserted and removed from the side surface of the offline display body 11. IC card device 101, IC card 10
The structure and function of No. 2 are publicly known and will not be described here.

In the first embodiment, the touch panel 20 made of a transparent conductive pattern is arranged on the front surface of the display section 18. The touch panel 20 is not provided in the third embodiment.
The operation buttons 103 and 104 are arranged. Further, the trackball 105 is arranged, and the cursor is moved by the trackball 105 to operate the operation buttons 103, 1
Select the required screen by clicking 04.

[Third Embodiment] FIG. 11A is a plan view of an off-line display according to a third embodiment. Figure 11
(B) is a side view showing a state where the opening / closing lid of the offline display is opened. The third embodiment differs from the second embodiment in that the second embodiment is provided with a ten-key pad 110 and a function key 111. Each of the weekly data screen 40, the island (species) data display screen 70, the status graph (1 day) display screen 75, the status graph (7 days) display screen 90, and the nail adjustment screen 100 are selected by the function key 111. To do. The ten-key pad 110 is a key to be used when the calculator 36 is used.

[Other Embodiments] In the above embodiments, the flexible disk device 14 is used as the external storage device. However, a hard disk may be used instead of the flexible disk device 14. In this case, the flexible disk 6 need not be used. In the above embodiment, the necessary data is input from the flexible disk 6, but a modem is connected to the display control means 21 so that the data can be obtained from a hall computer or a host computer in a remote place through a public line. Is also good.

In the above embodiment, the data on the flexible disk 6 is once read into the main memory 22, but when the storage capacity of the main memory 22 is small, it is read from the flexible disk 6 each time the display screen is selected. It may be one.

[0061]

As described above in detail, the portable management device for a game arcade according to the present invention can obtain detailed operation information of each game machine required off-line, so that it is possible to manage a fine game machine. Further, since necessary data can be carried around, there is an advantage that it can be promptly dealt with at the time of nail adjustment, repair and the like.
Further, by providing these data, the service to customers is also improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1A is a block diagram showing a system example of a hall computer and an offline display. Figure 1 (b) shows a hall computer and offline
It is a block diagram which shows the other system example of a display.

FIG. 2 (a) is a plan view of the off-line display of the first embodiment. 2 (b) is offline
It is a side view in the state where the opening-and-closing lid of the display was opened.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram showing a configuration of an offline display.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a main menu screen displayed on a display unit.

FIG. 5 is a weekly data display screen for showing data for one week on a daily basis for each gaming machine.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an island (species) -specific data display screen.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a status graph (1 day) display screen.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a status graph (7th) display screen.

FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a nail adjustment screen.

FIG. 10A is an off-line diagram of the second embodiment.
It is a top view of a display. FIG. 10B is a side view showing a state where the open / close lid of the offline display is opened.

FIG. 11A is an off-line diagram of the third embodiment.
It is a top view of a display. FIG. 11B is a side view of the offline display with the opening / closing lid open.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 ... Hall computer 3 ... Management data writing device 5,8,14 ... Flexible magnetic disk device 6 ... Flexible disk 7 ... Offline display 11 ... Offline display body 21 ... Display control means 22 ... Main memory 23 ... Display Memory 20 ... Touch panel 20 25 ... Display pattern storage means

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A storage medium in which data indicating the operating status of a gaming machine is stored, a portable main body, a main body provided in the main body, and at least the storage medium is mounted for inputting data from the storage medium. Storage medium loading means, display means provided in the main body for displaying the data in accordance with various display forms, and display selection provided in the main body for selecting the display form to be displayed on the display means A portable management device for a game hall comprising means. 2. A portable game center according to claim 1, wherein the display means selectively displays the data of only the gaming machine necessary for adjusting the nails of the gaming machine by the selection of the display selecting means. Management device. 3. The portable management device for a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the display selection means is a touch panel which is a pressure-sensitive element provided on the display means.