JPH0938326A - Valuable value adding apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To insure higher security by a method wherein a game information medium verifies the body of a device while the body of the device verifies the game information medium to add a valuable value to the game information medium based on the mutual verification. SOLUTION: A first verifying means 1C is provided to make a game information medium (hereafter called 'card') 1B of such as IC card verify whether the body 1A of a device is justified or not based on information received from the body 1A of the device. A second verifying means 1D is provided to make the body 1A of the device verify whether the card 1B is justified or not based on the information received from the card 1B. After mutual verification by both verifying actions, a valuable value invested to the body 1A of the device is recognized by a vested valuable value means 1E and a desired valuable value M selected to be added to the card 1B within the range of the invested valuable value is recognized by an added valuable value recognition means 1F. The card 1B with the desired valuable value M added thereto is discharged from the body 1A of the device.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a valuable value adding apparatus for adding valuable value to a game information medium (for example, an IC card) mounted on the main body of the apparatus and then transferring the valuable value to the game information medium.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a desired amount of money is exchanged for a game ball or a game medal within a range of amount data stored in an IC card to play a game, and a game ball or a game medal obtained as a result of the game is again reproduced. A game system has been proposed in which the game data of the IC card is updated by reflecting it on the IC card. In such a game system, the player has an IC
Immediately after purchasing the card or when it is desired to add a new amount to the IC card, the IC card is attached to the amount adding device, and the desired amount is added through a predetermined procedure. By the way, the IC card used for the above-mentioned application usually has a built-in one-chip microcomputer in which a memory and a CPU are integrally formed into a single member.
Since it is almost impossible to forge a card or falsify written data, the security of data becomes extremely high.
By adopting this IC card, the reliability of the game system as a whole is improved, and the reliability and safety of the amount addition process in the amount addition device are secured to a certain level.

[0003]

However, in the above-described monetary amount adding device, since the monetary amount is added only by the high security of the IC card, a defect occurs in either the IC card or the monetary amount adding device. However, there is a possibility that trouble may occur because it does not have a function to check it, and there is a limit in ensuring reliability in a system that adds money depending only on the high security of the IC card. I understand. On the other hand, the amount-adding device is placed under the control of a management computer that supervises the entire game store, or is placed under the control of a management computer dedicated to this device, and the security check of the mounted IC card is performed by this management computer. Such a system has also been proposed. In this check system, even if the IC card or the amount-adding device has a defect, the defect can be surely checked, and the reliability can be sufficiently ensured.

However, in the check system using the above management computer, an IC with high security is provided.
There is a tendency for the card to be overly managed, and it cannot be said that the check system is appropriate for the use of the IC card. Moreover, not only between the IC card and the amount addition apparatus, but also the management computer. Since it was necessary to exchange information between them, it took time before the amount was added. As described above, in the check system using the management computer, it cannot be said that the advantage of high security of the IC card is fully utilized.
There was room for improvement. In addition, since it took time to add the amount of money, the service cannot be said to be sufficient for the player who wants to start the game promptly.

[0005] The present invention has been proposed in view of the above,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a valuable value adding device that can appropriately add a valuable value while performing appropriate management corresponding to the use of a game information medium having high security.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a valuable value adding device of the present invention is a valuable value adding device for adding a valuable value to a game information medium mounted in a main body of the device, First authentication means for performing a first authentication as to whether the device body is valid based on the information received from the device body by the information medium, and information received by the device body from the game information medium. Based on the second authentication means for performing the second authentication as to whether the game information medium is valid or not based on the above, and the mutual authentication by the first authentication and the second authentication, the device main body is provided. An input valuable value recognition means for recognizing an input valuable value, and an additional valuable value recognition means for recognizing a desired valuable value selected to be added to the game information medium within the range of the input valuable value,
Valuable value adding means for adding the desired valuable value to the game information medium, and ejection command means for instructing the ejection of the gaming information medium to which the desired valuable value is added from the device body,
Was prepared.

[0007]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of the valuable value adding device of the present invention. In FIG. 1, the valuable-value adding device of the present invention is based on the information received by the game information medium 1B from the device main body 1A.
The first authentication means 1C for performing the first authentication as to whether or not A is valid, and the device body 1A are the game information medium 1B.
The second authentication means 1D for performing the second authentication as to whether the game information medium 1B is valid based on the information received from the above, and the mutual authentication by the first authentication and the second authentication. After that, the input valuable value recognition means 1E for recognizing the input valuable value that has been input to the device body 1A, and the desired valuable value M selected to be added to the game information medium 1B within the range of the input valuable value are shown. The additional valuable value recognizing means 1F for recognizing the desired valuable value M and the game information medium 1
A valuable value adding means 1G to be added to B and a discharge command means 1H to command the discharge of the game information medium 1B to which the desired valuable value M is added from the apparatus main body 1A are provided.

According to the above-mentioned valuable value adding device, the game information medium 1B originally has high security, and the game information medium 1B authenticates the device main body 1A and the device main body 1
A authenticates the game information medium 1B, authenticates each other, and then adds a valuable value M to the game information medium 1B. This mutual authentication can be easily performed because it is sufficient to collate the information received from each other and only between the device main body 1A and the game information medium 1B. Since it can be authenticated, the security of the system is highly maintained. Also,
Since the third party device does not intervene in the mutual authentication, information can be exchanged promptly.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data communication system between a game shop and a card company in a communication system to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, a management analysis device 71 and a management device 72 installed in a game shop 70 are connected to an ATM switch 73 similarly installed in the shop by an optical fiber transmission line 70a, and the entire game shop 70 is shown. In addition to other various devices installed in the store (Fig. 3),
ATM (as
A network for communication is configured.

In addition, the management analysis device 71 and the management device 7
2 is a card company 74 outside the store via the ATM exchange 73.
To the telephone line 70b. This telephone line 70b
For example, a broadband ISDN digital line is used. The card company 74 is connected not only to the amusement store 70 but also to another amusement store 75 through a telephone line 70b through an ATM exchange, and a plurality of amusement stores 70 and 75 are networked by ATM communication.

The above-mentioned ATM communication is a communication system that has been introduced and is becoming widespread as a basic technology of wideband ISDN. It is composed of packet switching capable of efficiently using the line band and circuit switching (time division multiplexing) capable of high-speed switching. With the advantages of both, the information to be sent is digitized and divided into short fixed-length blocks (cells), and a header indicating the destination etc. is attached to the beginning of the blocks and sent out sequentially. ATM above
The exchange 73 refers to the header of the sent cell and distributes the cell at high speed to deliver it to each destination.
In this ATM communication, since the unit of information handling is fixed length and the protocol processing in the network is simplified, 155 Mb
High-speed, wideband communication such as ps is possible, and all media such as voice, data, and images can be exchanged / transferred as the same type of cell.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data communication system in the game shop. As described above, the entire inside of the amusement store 70 is ATM.
The ATM exchange 73 is connected to a network, and a prize POS (point of sales) 76 and an optical repeater 90 are connected to the ATM exchange 73 by an optical fiber transmission line 70a, respectively. is there.

In the optical repeater 90, two optical repeaters 91 and 92 are arranged at a position where optical communication is possible and at a position corresponding to the second layer with respect to the optical repeater 90.
The entire area of the game shop 70 can be covered by optical communication. The optical repeater 90 can transmit to the optical repeater 91,
The optical repeater 91 can transmit to the optical repeater 92, and the optical repeater 92 can transmit to the optical repeater 90. That is, the information is transmitted in one direction of the optical repeater 90 → optical repeater 91 → optical repeater 92 → optical repeater 90. In this way, by using the token ring, transmission control between the optical repeaters 90, 91, 92 can be performed, and an opportunity to transmit data is guaranteed within a certain period, so that reliable data transmission is performed. It will be.

In the optical repeater 91, a large amount of money addition machine (value added device) 1, an updating machine 85 and a card issuing machine 86 are arranged below the optical repeater 91 so that they can be transmitted and received by optical communication. , One optical repeater 92 is provided below each of the gaming machines 82 provided in the island facility 80 and one end side of the island facility 80 at a position where the optical repeater 92 can similarly transmit and receive each other by optical communication. A decorative lamp 83 is arranged. This decoration lamp 83 is for increasing the interest of the game by blinking when a big hit occurs in the game with the game machines 82 ... In the island facility 80.

Therefore, the large amount of money adding machine 1 and the updating machine 8
5 and the card issuer 86, for example, when transmitting information to the management device 72, the information is sent in the order of optical repeater 91 → optical repeater 92 → optical repeater 90 → ATM switch 73.
On the contrary, when the information is received from the management device, the information is sent in the order of ATM switch 73 → optical repeater 90 → optical repeater 91.

Further, when the gaming machines 82 ... Of the island equipment 80 transmit information to the management device 72, the information is the optical repeater 9
When the data is sent in the order of 2 → optical repeater 90 → ATM switch 73, and conversely is received from the management device, the information is in the order of ATM switch 73 → optical repeater 90 → optical repeater 91 → optical repeater 92. Will be sent. The above-mentioned optical communication is, for example, infrared optical communication, and the infrared transmission / reception is performed by the optical transmission / reception unit 9 provided on the lower end side of each of the optical repeaters 90, 91 and 92.
0a, 91a, 92a, and the optical transceivers 1a, 85a, 86a and 82a provided on the upper ends of the large-amount money adding machine 1, the updating machine 85, the card issuing machine 86, the gaming machine 82 ...
Is done via

The above-mentioned devices in the amusement store 70 can access each other via the ATM exchange 73, and also can access the card company 74 outside the amusement store 70 by using the telephone line 70b. Become.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the entire communication system to which the present invention is applied. In this communication system, high speed and wide band communication is possible in the game shop 70 by using optical ATM communication.
Between the exchange 73 and the management device 72 or the optical repeater 90,
Communication of a large amount of information of 155 Mbps is possible via the optical fiber transmission line 70a, and the ATM switch 7
3 between the management analysis device 71 and the prize POS 76 is 10
An information amount of 0 Mbps can be communicated via the optical fiber transmission line 70a. Furthermore, the optical repeater 90 and the optical repeater 91 or the optical repeater 92 at a position corresponding to the second layer.
And the optical repeaters 91 and 92 and the devices at the lowest layer such as the large-sized money addition machine 1 similarly communicate the information amount of 1 Mbps by the optical signal. It is configured to be possible.

In the communication system constructed as described above, between the card company 74 and the game store 70, and also between the game store 7
Various devices associated with the use of a game card, which will be described later, and game information of the gaming machine 82, etc. can be transmitted and received at high speed in real time between the devices within 0, and information is closely communicated between the devices. Has been done in.

In the communication system shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the card company 74 issues a game card (for example, an IC card) C (FIG. 9) as an example of the game information medium 1B to the game store 70. It is a thing and a card company 7
The operator No. 4 delivers the game card C to the game store 70 and loads it into the card tank (not shown) of the card issuing machine 86. In the memory portion of the game card C delivered by the card company 74, as will be described later, various programs describing the control processing procedure of the game card C, the issue number of the game card C, the security code, the temporary card issuing machine. An identification number, encryption information (encryption key), etc. are stored in advance.

A card issuing machine 8 installed in the amusement store 70
6 is for issuing the game card C to a player who does not have the game card C, and when the player inserts a predetermined amount of money into the card issuing machine 86 to purchase the game card C, the card The issuing machine 86 takes out one game card C from the card tank, issues it to the player after a predetermined procedure described later.

The large amount of money adding machine 1 is for adding a desired amount of money to the game card C purchased by the player,
When the player mounts the game card C on the large-sized amount adding machine 1, the player selects the amount of money selected within the range of the amount inserted by the player, adds it to the game card C, and returns the game card C to the player. Details of the large-sized money adding machine 1 will be described later.

The game machine 82 is a pachinko machine using a pachinko ball as a game medium or a pachi-slot machine using a medal as a game medium. When the player mounts the game card C on the game machine 82, the game card C stores it. It reads a certain valuable value and causes the player to play a predetermined game based on the game medium obtained by converting within the range of the valuable value.
The game medium acquired as a result of the game is stored in the game card C as the number of balls held. Here, the valuable value is, for example, a ball lending amount or a stored amount, and the ball lending amount is the amount added to the game card C using the large-sized amount adding machine 1 and not converted into the game medium. The stored amount of money refers to a desired amount of game media converted from the number of balls held. The game card C stores and displays the ball lending amount, the stored ball amount, and the number of balls held, as described later.

Each of the gaming machines 82 ... Is provided with an inter-mounting amount adding machine 26 (FIG. 3) between adjacent gaming machines. C
By mounting, the desired amount of money can be added to the game card C, and the amount of money can be easily added on the spot without going to the large amount of money adding machine 1 during the game. Note that due to the installation space and the like, the currency that can be used by the inter-mounting amount adding machine 26 is limited to 1,000 yen bills.

The prize POS 76 is arranged at the counter of the game store 70 and converts the game medium into cash or a prize based on the number-of-balls possessed stored in the game card C, or collects balls at a predetermined exchange rate. The operation of converting into the amount of money is performed according to the player's request.

The update machine 85 is used to replace the game card C that has passed a predetermined expiration date (for example, one year) with a new game card in order to use the game card C without any trouble. When a game card C to be updated is inserted into 85, a new game card C is automatically issued after determining that the game card C is a valid one. As a result, it is possible to prevent troubles caused by the deterioration of the function of the game card C, and it is possible to maintain high security of the game card C.

As shown in FIG. 2, the management device 72 is composed of a computer, a display, a keyboard, a printer, a mass storage device, etc., and manages and monitors each of the above devices in the game store 70. is there. For example, necessary data is collected from a large number of gaming machines 82, data in various gaming states is organized, and the operating states of the gaming machines 82 are managed and monitored.

The management device 72 receives the identification numbers of the card issuing machine 86, the large amount of money adding machine 1, the gaming machine 82 ..., the prize POS 76, and the updating machine 85 from the card company 74 via the telephone line 70b. , Receives the security code of the game card C, encrypted information, etc., and transmits these information as initial data to the card issuing machine 86 via the optical repeater 90 and the optical repeater 91. Further, the identification number of the device, the security code of the game card C, and the encryption information are transmitted to other devices as initial data. In this case, of the initial data transmitted to the card issuing machine 86, the card issuing machine identification number which is the identification number of itself is treated as a temporary card issuing machine identification number at this point.

The card issuing machine 86 issues the game card C through the following processing with the attached game card C. That is, first, the user's own temporary card issuing machine identification number sent from the management device 72 and stored is sent to the game card C. In the gaming card C, the sent temporary card issuing machine identification number is collated with the temporary card issuing machine identification number stored in advance in the gaming card C, and if they match, the card issuing machine 86 is valid. It authenticates that there is, and this time sends his security code to the card issuing machine 86. In the card issuing machine 86, the transmitted security code is collated with the security code of the gaming card C sent from the management device 72 and stored, and if they match, the gaming card C is authenticated as authentic. To do. The card issuing machine 86 performs mutual authentication with such a game card C, and then writes the above-mentioned initial data including the identification number of each device into the game card C. At that time, the provisional card issuing machine identification number previously written in the game card C at the time of delivery by the card company 74 is also overwritten to become the true card issuing machine identification number.

After that, when the player uses the game card C and mounts it on the large-sized amount addition machine 1, the game machine 82, ... Other devices, the game card C has initial data including an identification number of each device. Since the security code of the gaming card C is stored and each device stores its own identification number and the security code of the gaming card C as initial data, even between the gaming card C and each device thereof. Mutual authentication is performed using such information, and after the mutual authentication, the game card C and the respective devices are transmitted and received. Mutual authentication between the game card C and each device will be described later in detail by taking mutual authentication between the game card C and the large amount of money addition machine 1 as an example.

Like the management device 72, the management analysis device 71 is composed of a computer, a display, a keyboard, a printer, a mass storage device, etc., and obtains total operation data based on the data collected from the gaming machines 82. In addition, processing for calculating exchange information of prizes, management information, etc. is executed.

Next, the construction of a large-value money adding machine as an example of the valuable value adding apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the structure of the front operation panel of the large amount money adding machine, and FIG. 6 is a view showing the internal structure thereof. The large-sized amount adding machine 1 includes a stand box type casing 100 in which main devices described later are housed.
A front operation panel 101 is attached to one side edge of the front surface so as to be opened and closed.

The front operation panel 101 has a shape that is generally curved in the front direction.
A player (user) who stands and operates in front of the front operation panel 101 is easy to operate.

Speakers 121 and C are provided at the center of the upper portion of the front operation panel 101, which is just above the eye level of the player.
A guidance unit 102 including an RT display screen 122 is provided. A card insertion opening 106 for inserting the game card C is provided in the lower center of the guidance unit 102, and 1,000 yen and 5 yen are provided on the lower right side of the guidance unit 102.
Banknote insertion slot 10 for inserting 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen banknotes
8 is a hundred yen on the lower left side of the guidance unit 102,
Coin slot 107 for inserting each coin of 5 hundred yen is provided. A return lever 105 is provided slightly above the coin slot 107. These card insertion slot 106, bill insertion slot 108 and coin slot 1
07 is placed at a height corresponding to the player's shoulder or chest so that the player can insert or insert the game card, bills, and coins while checking.

On the left side of the bill insertion slot 108, a cancel switch 35, a 10,000 yen addition switch 36 for adding 10,000 yen to the game card C, and 5 for adding 5,000 yen toward the lower left direction. Thousand yen addition switch 37 and 3,000 yen addition switch 38 for adding 3,000 yen are arranged in order. These various switches 35 and the like are arranged at positions where the player can continue to press the switches when he or she inserts bills or coins, and at positions where the switches can be pressed while looking at the guidance screen on the CRT display screen 122. Also, a touch sensor that is turned on by touching the touch plate is used. When a player touches the touch plate, the switches 35, 36, 3
Check lamp 3 so that the area around 7, 38 emits bright light
5a, 36a, 37a, 38a are provided, and the player can confirm the ON state by turning on the confirmation lamp 35a or the like.

A bill outlet 113 is arranged on the right side, and a coin outlet 114 is arranged on the left side, which is slightly below the center of the front operation panel 101. Each of these take-out ports 113 and 114 is arranged at a position where the player can easily take out the bills and coins that have been paid out if the player extends his or her hand a little.

When the player rotates the return lever 105, the inserted coins are paid out to the coin outlet 114. Further, when the player turns on the cancel switch 35, the player pays out to the above-mentioned banknote take-out port 113 and coin take-out port 114 the amount equivalent to the total amount of the bills and coins inserted so far, and the game card. C is also discharged from the card insertion slot 106 and returned to the player.

As shown in FIG. 6, the inside of the casing 100 is roughly framed into three stages using a machine frame 100a, and each stage corresponds to each of the above-mentioned operation parts arranged on the front operation panel 101. Various devices are stored so that That is, the CR is displayed at the position corresponding to the CRT display screen 122 in the upper stage.
An image display control device 24 that controls the guidance image and the image of the premium game displayed on the T display screen 122, and below the image display control device 24 is a card R / W2.
1 is arranged, and the card R / W 21 has a built-in card R / W control device 13 for controlling the reading / writing operation of the gaming card C inserted into the card insertion opening 106, the ejection operation from the card insertion opening 106, and the like. I am doing it. The card R / W 21 is mounted on the slide table 21a, and can be slid and pulled out from the housing 100 when performing maintenance or when trouble occurs. A power switch 21b for the card R / W is provided on one side of the card R / W 21. The power switch 21b is provided in the main controller 1 in consideration of operability.
It is also provided on the upper end surface of M.

On the right side of the middle of the machine frame 100a, there is arranged a bill device 54 for reading and paying out bills inserted from the bill insertion slot 108, storing and collecting bills for change. Like the above card R / W 21, this banknote device 54 is also mounted on the slide table 54a, and can be slid out and pulled out from the housing 100 during maintenance or when trouble occurs. ing.

On the left side of the middle of the machine frame 100a, there is arranged a coin device 55 for reading and paying out coins inserted from the coin slot 107, storing and recovering coins for change. This coin device 55 is a machine frame 100a
It is attached to the door 110, which is pivotally attached to one side edge of the front face, by screwing.

The bill device 54 is provided with a guide passage 108a leading to the bill insertion port 108 at its upper end and a guide passage 113a leading to the bill taking port 113 at its lower end. On the other hand, in the coin device 55 as well, a guide passage 107a leading to the coin slot 107 is similarly provided on the upper end surface thereof.
However, guide passages 114a leading to the coin outlet 114 are provided on the lower end surfaces thereof. Coin device 55
In addition to the above guide passage 107a, a lever detection switch 105a for electrically detecting the rotation of the return lever 105 is provided on the upper end surface of the.

Door 110 to which the above coin device 55 is attached
A small input device 23 is provided on the back side of the. This small-sized input device 23 is a data terminal dedicated to the large-sized money addition machine 1 and is connected to the main controller 1M by a connection cord (not shown). When the door 110 is opened by the handle 110a, the door 1
It can be taken out from the back side of 10 and used.

This small-sized input device 23 is provided with an input key (not shown) and a 16-digit LCD display (not shown). For example, when the "sales" key assigned to the input key is pressed, a large amount of money is added. The sales total of the machine 1 is displayed on its LCD display, and this small input device 23
By using, it is possible to easily perform sales totals and change input management in the large-sized money addition machine 1, and also to use as an error monitor.

An uninterruptible power supply 18 for temporarily supplying electric power at the time of power failure is installed on the lower side of the machine casing 100a.
A power switch 18a is attached to the front of the uninterruptible power supply 18. On the upper end surface of the uninterruptible power supply 18, a main controller 1 for controlling the operation of the large-sized money addition machine 1 as a whole
M is mounted. A power switch 25a and a reset switch 22 are attached to the front surface of the main controller 1M. In addition, the casing 10 is provided at the top of the machine casing 100a.
The communication control device 42 is housed in the space formed between 0 and the large amount of money addition machine 1 via the communication control device 42 and the optical transmission / reception unit 1a provided at the upper end of the housing 100. Then, information is transmitted / received to / from other devices such as the management device 72.

A door switch 111 which is turned on / off in response to opening / closing of the front operation panel 101 is provided at one side edge of the front surface of the housing 100.
Is provided so that it can be monitored that the large amount money adding machine 1 is illegally opened.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the overall structure of the control mechanism 1R for controlling the operation of the large amount money adding machine. In the figure, a control mechanism 1R for controlling the operation of the large amount money adding machine 1
The main controller 1M as a main part, and the above card R / W
The control device 13 and other various devices are configured as peripheral terminals.

The main controller 1M is mainly composed of a CPU 6 built in the microcomputer chip 5.
In addition to the CPU 6, the interrupt controller 7, the timer 8,
Various peripherals such as PIO (parallel input / output port) 9 and SIO (serial input / output port) 10 are built in. The CPU 6 receives the reference clock signal from the clock 19 and the interrupt signal from the interrupt controller 7, and sequentially executes a predetermined program based on the input timing of these control signals. Write and read. The CPU 6 and other parts (parts having a memory function, an interface function, etc.) are connected to each other via a system bus 27 including a data bus, an address bus, and a control bus, and via the system bus 27. The necessary information is transferred to each other.

When the power is turned on or the CPU 6 is reset, the CPU 6 appropriately reads a program from the ROM 3 storing a predetermined program, and also reads information necessary for control from the EEPROM 33 to perform a predetermined initialization process. Also, various peripherals of the microcomputer chip 5 are initialized.

The input valuable value recognizing means, the additional valuable value recognizing means, the second authenticating means and the like according to the present invention are configured as functions of software executed by the CPU 6 in accordance with the program in the ROM 3.

An uninterruptible power supply unit 18 is connected to the main control unit 1M centering on the microcomputer chip 5 through a power supply circuit 25, and the power supply circuit 18 is turned on to turn on the power supply circuit. 25 is powered,
A predetermined control voltage (for example, 5 V, 1
2V, 24V) is applied to the microcomputer chip 5 and the like. When a power failure occurs, an interrupt signal is output to the microcomputer chip 5 and the uninterruptible power supply 18 operates to temporarily supply power to save various data to be stored in the EEPROM 2.
Backup to 3 and save.

Various devices are connected to the microcomputer chip 5 through an interface. That is, the reset switch 22 is connected to the microcomputer chip 5 via the reset generation circuit 15, and as described above, the main controller 1M is reset to the initial state by turning on the reset switch 22. In addition, the small input device 23 via the RS-422 driver / receiver 16 and the image display control device 2 via the image display interface 17.
4 is connected so that information can be transmitted and received between the CPU 6 and the small input device 23 or the image display control device 24.

The L board 4 is connected to the system bus 27 of the main controller 1M. The L board 4 functions as a communication interface together with the L board 135 provided on the card R / W control device 13 side, and the CPU 6 and the card R / W control device 13 are connected to each other by the L board 135.
Information is mutually transmitted and received via the boards 4 and 135. This card R / W controller 13 is a card R
It is built in / W21, and as described later, card R / W
It controls a writing operation, a reading operation, a monetary amount adding operation, and the like to the game card C mounted on the card 21.

The system bus 27 has a PIO.
28 and the touch circuit 29, a 10,000 yen additional switch 36, a 5,000 yen additional switch 37, a 3,000 yen additional switch 3
8 and the cancel switch 35 are connected, and an ON signal when the switches 35 and the like are turned on is the touch circuit 2
9 and PIO 28 to the CPU 6. In addition, PIO 28 and driver 30
Via the confirmation lamps 35a, 36a, 37a, 38
a, the operable LED 40 and the decorative lamp 83 are connected, and these confirmation lamps 35a and the like blink in accordance with a command signal from the CPU 6.

The PIO 28 has a door switch 111.
Also, the power switch 21b of the card R / W 21 is connected, and ON / OFF signals of these door switches 111 and the like are sent to the CPU 6 via the PIO 28.

In addition to the above, the communication control device 42, the real time clock 34, and the dual port R are also connected to the system bus 27.
The AM 11 and the counting device 12 are connected. The communication control device 42 transfers information to and from the CPU 6 via the system bus 27, and controls communication performed by the optical transceiver 1a. The optical transmission / reception unit 1a is arranged on the upper portion of the large-sized money addition device 1 as described above, and performs infrared communication for data transfer with the optical repeater 91. And a light receiving unit for receiving. The communication control device 42 is, for example, a communication interface circuit,
Communication driver / receiver, communication controller, memory,
It is configured to have a microprocessor, a clock circuit, a memory, and a dual port RAM (bidirectional memory), and temporarily stores in the memory the information transmitted from the external device such as the management device 72 to the optical transmission / reception unit 1a. By reading the stored information and writing it in the dual port RAM, or by reading the information written by the CPU 6 in the dual port RAM and storing it in the memory, that is, the large-sized money addition machine 1 and the external device through the dual port RAM. By enabling the writing of information from both sides, information can be transferred smoothly without being restricted by the timing of communication (optical transmission).

The real-time clock 34 notifies the CPU 6 of accurate time for time management.

The dual port RAM 11 has one terminal connected to the system bus 27 and the other terminal connected to the money amount apparatus interface 20 (FIG. 8), and the money amount apparatus interface 20 is further provided with a bill device 54 and a coin device 55. Is connected.

As shown in FIG. 8, the money amount apparatus interface 20 is mainly composed of a CPU 45 built in a microcomputer chip 44, and the microcomputer chip 44 has SIO 46, PIO 47, timer 48, etc. built in in addition to the CPU 45. The CPU 45 receives the reference clock signal from the clock 49, sequentially executes a predetermined program stored in the ROM 52 on the basis of the input timing of the reference clock signal, and at the time of execution thereof, the RAM 5 is provided as needed.
Information is written in or read from Further, the microcomputer chip 44 and the banknote device 54 and the coin device 55 are connected via a bus 50 and a PIO 51, and a CPU
The 44, the banknote device 54, and the coin device 55 can exchange signals with each other.

This money amount apparatus interface 20 accesses the dual port RAM 11 to write and read information, while the CPU 6 of the main control unit 1M also
The same dual port RAM 11 is accessed and information is similarly written or read. That is, information is transmitted and received between the main control device 1M, the banknote device 54, and the coin device 55 through the dual port RAM 11.

The counting device 12 is connected to the inter-mounting amount adding machine 26 ... Arranged in the island facility 80 by a cable, and the count signal of the 1,000-yen bill inserted into the inter-mounting amount adding machine 26. The data is sent to the CPU 6 of the main controller 1M via the counting device 12 and the system bus 27. Receiving the count signal, the CPU 6 totals the sales by the machine-to-machine amount adding machine 26 ....

Next, the structure and operation of the game card C and the card R / W control device 13 will be described with reference to FIG.
FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a game card and a card R / W control device. In the figure, the game card C is
CPU 213, ROM 214, RAM 215, EEPR
The IC card is configured as an IC card having a built-in memory of the OM216 and having a data storage and data processing function. For example, since it is integrally formed in a thin plastic card, data security is extremely high. . Note that the game card C is not an IC card,
Similarly, an optical card with sufficient security protection may be used. In that case, the card R /
The necessary parts such as the W controller are those corresponding to the optical card.

The ROM 214 stores various programs which describe a predetermined control processing procedure and an encryption program.

Non-volatile and rewritable EEPROM 2
16 can retain data even when the power supply is cut off,
In the EEPROM 216, the security code of the game card C, the ball lending amount, the stored amount of money, the number of balls held, the identification number of each terminal device (for example, the card issuing machine 86, the large amount of money addition machine 1, the gaming machine 82 ..., The prize POS 76). , And each identification number of the update machine 85), and various information that needs to be stored, such as encrypted information.

When the game card C operates independently,
The CPU 213 receives the reference clock signal from the clock 206 via the clock switching circuit 207 and, based on the input timing of the reference clock signal, the ROM 21.
4 executes a predetermined program stored. RAM 215 and EEPROM as needed during execution
Information is written to and read from the 216.

The first authenticating means according to the present invention is configured as a function of software executed by the CPU 213 according to the program in the ROM 214.

The CPU 213 allows the player to operate the key switch 21.
When the ON signal when 7 is turned on is detected, the LCD
LCD (liquid crystal display) 2 via driver 211
Predetermined information is displayed at 12. For example, key switch 2
When the first ON signal is detected from 17, the ball lending amount (remaining amount) is displayed, the number of balls held is displayed with the next ON signal, and the ON signal is detected with the next ON signal displaying the stored amount. The displayed contents are changed each time. LCD212
Is a small and slender liquid crystal display, which is a monochrome type that can display the necessary information (eg, ball lending amount, number of balls held, amount of stored balls, etc.) in one line using multiple numbers and symbols. Used. A color type liquid crystal display may be used.

The solar cell 209 receives external sunlight or indoor light to generate DC power, and supplies the power necessary for the game card C to operate independently to each part, so that a higher control voltage is applied. The LCD 212 requires a booster circuit 2 in particular.
The voltage is once boosted at 10 and then supplied through the LCD driver 211.

When the gaming card C is inserted into the card insertion slot 106 (card R / W21), the transmitting / receiving plane coil 201 of the gaming card C is electromagnetically coupled by electromagnetic waves to the card R.
/ W sends and receives signals to and from the controller 13,
Power is supplied from the card R / W control device 13, and a current based on the electromagnetic wave is output to the clock extraction circuit 202, the DC conversion circuit 203, and the demodulation circuit 205. The clock extraction circuit 202 extracts a reference clock signal from a signal included in an electromagnetic wave from the card R / W control device 13 captured via the transmission / reception plane coil 201, and a clock switching circuit for operating the CPU 213 with the reference clock signal. Causes 207 to switch the clock signal.

Further, the DC conversion circuit 203 extracts electromagnetic energy from the electromagnetic waves from the card R / W control device 13 captured via the transmission / reception plane coil 201, which becomes electric power to be supplied to the game card C, converts it into DC, and switches the electric power. Circuit 208
And to the transmission circuit 204. Power switching circuit 208
Is for switching the power supply to the game card C to the direct current circuit 203 or the solar cell 209, and the game card C is inserted into the card R / W 21 to transmit and receive the planar coil 131.
And the circuit 201 are electromagnetically coupled, the DC circuit 20
The DC power from the solar cell 209 is supplied to the CPU 213 and the like, while the DC power from the solar cell 209 is supplied to the CPU 213 and the like when the card R / W 21 is not inserted and operates independently.
The transmission circuit 204 consumes the DC power supplied from the DC conversion circuit 203 based on the output signal of the CPU 213, thereby indirectly transmitting the signal from the game card C to the card R / W control device 13 side. The demodulation circuit 205 demodulates the signal contained in the electromagnetic wave from the card R / W control device 13 captured via the transmission / reception plane coil 201 to extract necessary data, and the extracted data is stored in the CPU 2
13 is output.

The card R / W controller 13 has a CPU 13
4, a modulation circuit 133, a reception circuit 132, a transmission / reception plane coil 131, and an L board 135. CPU1
34 performs data processing required for reading data from the game card C and writing data to the game card C, and controls the operation of the card R / W control device 13 (card R / W 21).

The modulation circuit 133 is a transmission / reception plane coil 131.
A control signal and data are superimposed on the power supply signal, and a modulation signal is sent to the power supply signal based on the output signal of the CPU 134. That is, the power supply for operating the game card C, the transmission of the control signal such as the reference clock signal, and the data transmission are performed by amplifying the power amplifier (not shown) incorporated therein.

The transmitting / receiving plane coil 131 is a modulation circuit 133.
It is driven based on the output of the game card C, and the operating power, the control signal and the data of the game card C are transmitted to the transmission / reception plane coil 201 on the game card C side by electromagnetic coupling. Receiver circuit 1
32 is how the output of the modulation circuit 133 supplied toward the transmission / reception plane coil 131 changes, that is, between the transmission / reception plane coil 131 and the transmission / reception plane coil 201 that are electromagnetically coupled, the transmission circuit 204 of the gaming card C.
Since the electromagnetic field changes according to the data to be transmitted, by monitoring how the output voltage waveform of the modulation circuit 133 changes correspondingly, the data from the game card C is indirectly supported. Detect signal changes. The detection of this signal change corresponds to receiving the data from the game card C. The attached L board 135 supplies power to the card R / W control device 13 and also transfers data with the CPU 134.

In the configuration consisting of the game card C and the card R / W control device 13 described above, when data is transferred from the main control device 1M to the game card C, the main control device 1M first sets the main control device 1M side. The data is written in the dual port RAM (not shown) in the L board 4 of the above. The data is transferred between the L boards 135 on the card R / W control device 13 side and written in a dual port RAM (not shown) in the L board 135, so that the card R
The CPU 134 of the / W control device 13 reads the data and outputs it to the game card C side via the modulation circuit 133 and the transmission / reception plane coil 131.

On the contrary, when transferring data from the game card C to the main controller 1M, the CPU 213 first transmits the data to the transmitting circuit 204 and the transmitting / receiving plane coil 201.
It is output to the card R / W control device 13 via. Card R
In the / W control device 13, the receiving circuit 132 detects a signal change corresponding to the data as corresponding to the data from the game card C and sends it to the CPU 134. When the CPU 134 writes the data to the dual port RAM in the L board 135, the data is transferred between the L boards 4 on the main controller 1M side and the dual port RA in the L board 4 is transferred.
Written in M, main controller 1M reads the data.

The transmitting and receiving plane coils 131 and 201 are electromagnetically coupled, and the gaming card C can send and receive information to and from the card R / W control device 13 in a non-contact manner. It is possible to prevent damage due to contact with the R / W control device 13 and prevent malfunctions due to static electricity, thereby improving the reliability of the gaming card C.

When the player inserts the game card C purchased by the card issuing machine 86 into the card insertion slot 106 of the large amount money adding machine 1, the game card C and the main controller 1M have the above structure. Information is transmitted and received, but mutual authentication is performed to recognize the validity of the other party when transmitting and receiving the information. This mutual authentication includes a mutual authentication at the start of transmission / reception, which is performed at the start of transmission / reception for the first time after the card is inserted, and a mutual authentication at normal time, which is performed at each transmission / reception of each information during the subsequent normal transmission / reception. Next, this mutual authentication will be described with reference to FIGS.

At this stage, as described above, the game card C has its own security code and the identification number of each device written therein, and the main control device 1M on the one hand identifies the large amount addition device 1 concerned. The number and the security code of the game card C are written.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of mutual authentication at the start of transmission / reception, which is performed between the game card and the main control unit of the large amount of money addition machine. When the game card C is inserted and attached to the card R / W control device 13, a notification that the game card C is attached to the card R / W control device 13 is sent to the main control device 1M. At that time, the main control device 1M transmits to the game card C a request command for the identification number of the large-sized money addition machine 1 and the security code of the game card C as shown in the figure.

In the gaming card C, the identification number of the large amount addition machine 1 stored in advance is collated (checked) with the identification number sent from the main controller 1M, and when they match, the opponent's large amount addition machine 1 No. 1 authenticates that it is valid, and sends its own security code to main controller 1M in response to the received request command.

In the main controller 1M, the security code of the game card C stored in advance is collated with the security code sent from the game card C, and when they match, it is authenticated that the game card C of the other party is valid. Then, the following information is transmitted to the game card C. That is, when the gaming card C is inserted into the large-sized money addition machine 1, mutual authentication at the start of transmission / reception for mutually authenticating the legitimacy of the other party is performed. I'm trying to send and receive the following.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of the normal mutual authentication performed between the game card and the main control unit of the large amount of money addition machine. After the above-mentioned mutual authentication at the start of transmission / reception, normal transmission / reception is performed thereafter, but mutual authentication is also performed each time each piece of information is transmitted / received. For example, when the main controller 1M reads the data A stored in the gaming card C, as shown in the figure, first, the main controller 1M is directed to the gaming card C, and the identification number of the large-sized amount addition machine 1, And an A read command requesting reading of data A is transmitted.

In the gaming card C, the identification number of the large amount addition machine 1 stored in advance is collated with the identification number sent from the main control unit 1M, and when they match, the opponent large amount addition machine 1 is legitimate. Then, it transmits its own security code and the data A corresponding to the received A read command to main controller 1M.

In the main controller 1M, the security code of the game card C stored in advance is compared with the security code sent from the game card C, and when they match, it is authenticated that the partner game card C is valid. Then, the received data A is used as valid data. In this way, the mutual authentication at normal time is performed every time each piece of information is transmitted and received, and the information received after the mutual authentication at normal time is used as being valid.

Next, the main controller 1M and the game card C in the above mutual authentication at the start of transmission and reception and the mutual authentication at normal time.
A case where information is transmitted / received to / from the mobile terminal based on encryption and decryption processing will be described with reference to FIGS. 12 and 13. FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram when performing the mutual authentication at the start of transmission / reception in FIG. 10 based on the encryption and decryption processing. First, the main controller 1M transmits to the game card C the command for requesting the identification number of the large-sized amount addition machine 1 and the security code of the game card C by a predetermined algorithm on the basis of the encryption information.

In the game card C, the received information (identification number and request command) is decrypted and analyzed by a predetermined algorithm based on the encrypted information, and the identification number and the decryption number of the large amount addition machine 1 stored in advance are decrypted. When it matches, it verifies that the other large amount of money addition machine 1 is legitimate, and responds to the request command by encrypting its own security code with a predetermined algorithm based on the encryption information. It is transmitted to the control device 1M.

In the main controller 1M, the received information (security code) is decrypted and analyzed by a predetermined algorithm based on the encrypted information, and the security code of the game card C stored in advance and the decrypted security code are stored. When the two match, the game card C of the other party is authenticated as valid and the following information is transmitted to the game card C.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram when the normal mutual authentication of FIG. 11 is performed based on the encryption and decryption processing.
First, the main controller 1M sends to the game card C an A read command requesting to read the identification number of the large-sized amount addition machine 1 and the data A, encrypted with a predetermined algorithm based on the encrypted information, and transmitted. In game card C,
The received information (identification number and A read command) is decrypted and analyzed by a predetermined algorithm based on the encrypted information, and the prestored identification number of the large-price adder 1 and the decrypted identification number are collated. When they match, the other large amount of money addition machine 1 authenticates that it is valid, and this time encrypts its own security code and the data A corresponding to the received A read command with a predetermined algorithm based on the encryption information. Transmit to main controller 1M. Main controller 1M
Then, the received information (security code and data A) is decrypted and analyzed by a predetermined algorithm based on the encrypted information, and the security code of the gaming card C stored in advance is compared with the decrypted security code, When they match, the opponent game card C is authenticated as valid, and the decrypted data A is used as a valid one.

In the encryption process and the decryption process shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, when the exclusive OR operation is used as the predetermined algorithm, for example, the transmission information and the encryption information (encryption key) are used when transmitting. When the encrypted information is created and transmitted by obtaining the exclusive OR of and, when the encrypted information is received, the original transmission is performed by obtaining the exclusive OR of the encrypted information and the encrypted information and decrypting it. Get informed. When the exclusive OR operation is used as the algorithm, the encryption and the decryption can be performed with a simple configuration, but a higher-level algorithm may be used depending on the required degree of security and reliability.

As described above, in this embodiment, the game card C authenticates the large amount of money addition machine 1, the large amount of money addition machine 1 authenticates the game card C, and the other party is authenticated. Send and receive information to and from. This mutual certification is
Information can be sent and received only between the large-sized money addition machine 1 and the game card C, and the information received from the other party can be compared, so that it can be easily performed, but even if it is simple, both parties can reliably authenticate the other party. Therefore, in combination with the high security of the gaming card C, the security of the system can be highly maintained, and the reliability of the large-sized amount addition machine 1 can be improved. Further, since the mutual authentication is performed based on the code, it is almost impossible to forge the game card C or falsify the written data, and from this point as well, the reliability of the large money amount addition machine 1 is further improved. You can

In the mutual authentication, the management device 72
Since there is no third-party device like this, information can be sent and received promptly, and the player using this large amount-of-money addition machine 1 can also receive the amount of money added to the game card C promptly. You can

Next, the control contents of both when the game card C is attached to the large amount of money addition machine 1 will be described. It should be noted that between the game card C and the large amount of money addition machine 1, when transmitting / receiving the information, the transmission information may be encrypted and the reception information may be decrypted, but this is particularly the case in the following description. It is assumed that the encryption process when transmitting information between both parties and the decryption process when receiving information are performed without describing.

The control contents executed by the game card C are shown in FIG.
4 and the flow chart of FIG.
14 and 15 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure in the game card. In the figure, the gaming card C first receives a power supply signal (supply of electromagnetic waves) in step S1.
It is determined whether or not Power supply signal is game card C
When the card is mounted on the card R / W 21 of the large-sized money adding machine 1, the card R / W control device 13 supplies the data wirelessly.

When it is determined in step S1 that there is a power supply signal, it means that the game card C is mounted on the card R / W 21, and in this case, the card R / W is first.
A process of receiving information from the control device 13 is performed (step S2), and then a process of confirming the identification number from the large amount money adding machine 1 is performed (step S3). This is to confirm whether or not the identification number of the large amount money adding machine 1 is valid. Subsequently, in step S4, it is determined whether or not the identification number is OK, and if it is not OK, the process returns to step S1 and repeats the process. If the identification number is OK, the security code request is issued from the large amount money addition machine 1. It is determined whether or not there is (step S5). If there is a request for a security code, the security code is transmitted to the large amount money adding machine 1, and the process returns to step S1. This allows
Mutual authentication is performed between the gaming card C and the large amount of money addition machine 1.

When the mutual authentication is completed, the determination result in step S5 is NO, so the flow proceeds to step S6, it is determined whether or not there is a request to write information from the large amount money adding machine 1, and if there is a write request. Information is written (step S9), and the process returns to step S1. This allows
Information from the large amount money adding machine 1 is written in the game card C. If there is no write request in step S6, the process proceeds to step S7, it is determined whether or not there is a read request for the information stored in the game card C, and if there is a read request,
Perform processing to transmit the requested information (step S1
0), and returns to step S1. As a result, the requested information is transmitted to the large amount money adding machine 1.

On the other hand, in step S1, when the power supply signal does not exist, it means that the gaming card C operates alone. First, it is determined whether or not the key switch 217 is turned on (step S13), and the key switch is operated. If 217 is not turned on, the process waits in step S13, and if it is turned on, the number of times the on signal is counted up (step S13).
14), if the count value becomes the maximum, the count value is cleared (steps S15, S16); otherwise, depending on the count value, if it is "0", the LCD 21
The ball loan amount (remaining amount) is displayed in 2, the number of balls held is displayed if it is "1", and the amount of savings is displayed if it is "2".
If it is "3", the balance status corresponding to the player's today's game result is displayed, and if it is "4", the expiration date of the game card C is displayed.
The display content is changed according to the ON signal of No. 7 (steps S17 to S26).

Next, the control contents executed by the main controller 1M of the large amount money adding machine 1 will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 16 and 17 are flowcharts showing the procedure of the main processing in the main control device of the large amount money adding machine. This main processing is started at the same time when the power of the large amount money adding machine 1 is turned on.

When the main processing is started, first, step S
At 31, the CPU 6 of the large amount money adding machine 1 is initialized. This is to initialize the CPU 6 and reset the flag. Next, in step S32, it is determined whether or not the power is restored. This is to determine whether or not to restore the data because the data is temporarily saved in the memory when there is a power failure. If the power is restored, the process proceeds to step S33 to perform the power restoration process.
As a result, the data saved in the memory is restored and processing can be performed based on the data before the power failure. On the other hand, if the power is not recovered, step S33 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S34.

In step S34, network initialization is performed. This is an initialization process for enabling network communication, and initializes the communication control device 42. next,
In step S35, it is determined whether or not a network line test has been received. This is to determine whether or not a line test packet has been received from the management device 72 that manages the network. If the line test has not been received, the process stands by in step S35. When the line test is received, the process proceeds to step S36 to perform the line test process. This is to return an ACK of OK from the large amount money addition machine 1 to the management device 72 when the line is connected.

Succeedingly, in a step S37, it is determined whether or not an initial value (initial data) is received. As an initial value,
For example, the identification number of the large-sized amount addition machine 1 for allowing the game card C to recognize the large-sized amount addition machine 1, the security code used to recognize the game card C, the encryption information, and the maximum amount of money that can be added as the upper limit of the amount of money added. , There is a probability value of "hit" in a premium game, and the number of premium balls as a service. If the initial value has not been received, the process stands by in step S37, and when the initial value is received, step S3
The process proceeds to step 8 to perform initial value processing. This is to write the received initial value in the memory of the large amount money adding machine 1.

Next, in step S39, the operation data is transmitted to the management device 72. This is to write the operating data of the large-sized money addition machine 1 to the dual port RAM of the communication control device 42, and transmit it to the management device 72 by infrared communication via the optical transmission / reception unit 1a. Then
In step S40, it is determined whether a store opening instruction (for example, a store opening packet) has been received. If the store opening instruction has not been received, the process waits in step S40, and if the store opening instruction is received, the process proceeds to step S41.

In step S41, the banknote device 54 and the coin device 55 are initialized, and the card R / W controller 13 is further initialized.
Are initialized (step S42). Then, in the next step S43, the power re-input flag (step S8 in FIG.
It is determined whether or not 3) is “1”. If it is “1”, it indicates that the card R / W control device 13 has just been turned off and the power has been turned on again. The W controller 13 is initialized (step S44).

Next, at step S45, the power failure flag (see FIG.
Of step S64) of the power supply is monitored to determine whether there is a power outage. If the power outage flag is "1", it means that there is a power outage.
Backup processing to save to 6 is performed (step S4
8) Then, the main process is terminated as it is. On the other hand, if the power failure flag is "0", it means that the power is being supplied normally, not the power failure, so the following steps are executed and whether the game card C is inserted and the card insertion flag is "1" (ON). Whether or not it is determined (step S46), and if it is on, the amount addition processing subroutine is executed (step S47). At this time, an amount of money is added to the game card C, for example, up to 20,000 yen. After execution of the amount-adding processing subroutine, or when the card insertion flag is not on and the gaming card C is not inserted in step S46, it is determined whether or not a store closing signal is received from the management device 72 (step S4).
9) If the store closing signal is received, the store closing process is performed, and if not, the process returns to step S43 (step S50).
Note that the amount addition processing subroutine of step S47 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

Next, the interrupt processing executed by interrupting the above main processing routine will be described with reference to FIGS. 18 to 32. This interrupt process is a power failure detection process, 2
5.6 μs timer interrupt processing, 500 ms timer interrupt processing, 16 ms timer interrupt processing, optical reception processing,
These are the money amount device interface reception process and the small input device reception process.

FIG. 18 is a flow chart showing the power failure detection as the interrupt processing. When a power failure is detected, this power failure detection process is started by an interrupt regardless of the main process. When a power failure is detected, first the card R / W
It is determined whether or not the power supply for the control device 13 is turned off (step S61), and if the power supply is not turned off, it is continuously determined whether or not there is a power failure in the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) 18 ( In step S63), if there is no power failure in the uninterruptible power supply 18, the process ends.

On the other hand, when the power supply for the card R / W control device 13 is turned off, the power supply off flag is set to "1" (step S62), and the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) 18 is out of power, that is, uninterrupted. If there is a power failure of the commercial power input to the power supply device 18, the power failure flag is set to "1" and the power failure detection is ended (step S64).

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of the 25.6 μs timer process. This timer process is executed by a timer interrupt every 25.6 μs with respect to the main process routine. In this interrupt process, the image display controller 2
4 generates a random number to be used when determining whether or not the premium game executed by No. 4 is in the "winning" mode (step S71). This random number is generated by sequentially adding "1" to the previous random number in the range of, for example, "0" to "199" every 25.6 μs, and will be described later with reference to FIG.
It is used in the process of 3.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of the 500 ms timer process. This timer process is executed by a timer interrupt every 500 ms with respect to the main process routine. In this interrupt process, first in step S81 a door state confirmation process is performed to confirm that the door is closed, and then Cumulative processing of the number of bills inserted into the machine-to-machine amount adding machine 26 is performed (step S82), and then the power-off flag (step S62 of FIG. 18) is "1".
When the power is turned on again for the card R / W control device 13, the power-on flag is set to "1" when the power is turned on again (step S83), and the elapsed time for 20 seconds is monitored for 20 seconds. When has passed, operation data setting processing is performed (steps S84, S855). This is because the data in the buffer is set as operation data and is transmitted to the management device 72 in the subsequent steps.

Next, an optical transmission process for transmitting data to the management device 72 via the communication control device 42 is performed (step S86). This is because the operation data of the large-sized money addition machine 1 is written in the dual port RAM of the communication control device 42, and the management device 72 receives the regular data (operation data) every 20 seconds by infrared communication via the optical transceiver 1a. Is to be sent as. Subsequently, a confirmation process of whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the uninterruptible power supply 18 (step S8
7) The confirmation processing (step S88) is performed to determine whether or not an abnormality has occurred in the bill collecting device of the inter-dollar amount adding machine 26, and the 500 ms timer processing is ended.

21 and 22 are flowcharts of the 16 ms timer process. This timer processing is executed by a timer interrupt every 16 ms with respect to the main processing routine. In this interrupt processing, first, in step S
At 91, a command (occurred in an amount addition processing subroutine described later) and various data described in a display area allocated in the RAM 2 for information related to display processing of the image display control device 24 is read and edited.

Then, it is judged whether or not there is an "ordinary operation command" for setting the waiting state for the customer in the display area (step S92), and if there is the "ordinary operation command", the mode 01 for display. The data stored in advance corresponding to the number and the display mode number "01" are sent to the image display control device 24, and the interrupt process is terminated as it is (step S110). Image display control device 2
In 4, the corresponding image and sound are output as described later. On the other hand, if there is no "normal operation command" in step S92, the process proceeds to the next step S93, it is determined whether or not there is a "card OK command" indicating that the gaming card C is valid, and the "card OK command" is determined. Is present, the mode number of mode 02 and its corresponding data are sent to the image display control device 24 (step S1).
11).

Similarly, if there is a "card NG command" indicating that the gaming card C is not valid, mode 0
3 and its corresponding data are transmitted (steps S94, S11
2) If there is a “money injection promotion command” for prompting the payment of money, mode 04 and its corresponding data are transmitted (step S
95, S113), if there is an "additional switch selection command" requesting selection of any one of the additional switches such as the 10,000 yen additional switch 36, the mode 05 and corresponding data are transmitted (steps S96, S114), and the amount of money is sent. If there is a "cancel command" to cancel the addition, mode 07 and its corresponding data are transmitted (steps S97, S115), 5
If there is a "premium command" for executing a premium game to be executed when adding an amount of 1,000 yen or more, mode 08 and corresponding data are transmitted (steps S98, S11).
6) If there is a "card write command" for writing the additional amount or the like to the game card C, the mode 09 and its corresponding data are transmitted (steps S99, S117).

Further, if there is an "additional switch determination command", mode 06 and its corresponding data are sent out (steps S100, S118), and "card writing completion" when the writing of the amount addition to the gaming card C is completed. If there is a "command", the mode 0B and its corresponding data are sent (steps S101 and S119). If there is a "store opening preparation command", the mode 0C and its corresponding data are sent (steps S102 and S120), and a "close command". Is present, the mode 0D and its corresponding data are transmitted (step S103,
S121), mode 10 if there is a "trouble command"
And the corresponding data are transmitted (steps S104, S12
2) If there is an "additional NG command" indicating that the amount addition cannot be performed, the mode 11 and corresponding data are transmitted (steps S105, S123), and the cancel switch 35, the 10,000 yen addition switch 36, etc. If there is a "lighting command" for each confirmation lamp 35a, 36a, etc., a predetermined lighting process is instructed to the corresponding confirmation lamp 35a, 36a, etc. (steps S106, S124).

23, 24 and 25 are flowcharts of the optical receiving process. This optical reception processing is performed by the management device 7
When an external device such as 2 sends information to the optical transmission / reception unit 1a of the large-sized money addition machine 1, the communication control device 42 writes the information in the dual port RAM. At that time, the main control device 1M reads the information. The process is performed by interrupting the main process routine.

In this interrupt processing, first, in step S1
At 30, the interrupt code is analyzed. This analyzes whether the interrupt code is a packet, a status or a command as shown in the following steps.
The packet is data from the management device 72, and the status and command are data from the communication control device 42.

In step S131, it is judged from the analysis result of the interrupt code (same in the following steps) whether or not it is a packet code. If it is a packet code, the process proceeds to step S132 to check the reception status. this is,
The reliability of the data received from the management device 72 is confirmed. For example, the communication control device 42 performs a CRC check and writes "OK" or "NG" data in the internal dual port RAM, so that the data is confirmed.

Next, the source terminal is confirmed (step S133). For example, if the transmission source of the data is the management device 72, the packet data is analyzed and confirmed as such. Subsequently, the received packet is analyzed (step S13
4) It is determined whether the packet is an ACK packet (step S135). This ACK packet is
This is confirmation information for notifying the large amount adding machine 1 that the managing device 72 has normally received the data when the data is sent from the large amount adding machine 1 to the managing device 72.

If the packet is an ACK packet, it is first determined whether or not it is operation data ACK (step S136). If it is operation data ACK, operation data A
The CK reception flag is set (step S140), and if not, it is determined whether or not it is additional data ACK (step S137). If it is the additional data ACK, the additional data ACK reception flag is set (step S14).
1) If not, it is determined whether or not it is an error occurrence ACK (step S138). If it is an error occurrence ACK, the error occurrence ACK reception flag is set (step S142). If not, the received ACK packet corresponds to undefined data that is not defined between the systems, so the undefined data reception process is performed. (Step S13
9) After that, this optical receiving process is terminated. When this undefined data reception process is executed a predetermined number of times, it is treated as an error occurrence in the communication line or the like.

On the other hand, in the above step S135,
If the received packet is not an ACK packet, it is first determined whether or not the packet is a line test packet (step S150). If the packet is a line test packet, the information described in the line test packet is received (step S157). ), Otherwise, it is determined whether the packet is an initial value packet (step S150),
If it is an initial value packet, the information described in the initial value packet is received (step S158), and if not, it is determined whether or not the packet is an opening packet (step S152).

If the received packet is the opening packet in step S152, the information described in the opening packet is received (step S159). If not, it is determined whether or not the packet is the closing packet (step S159). In step S153), if the packet is a closed packet, the information described in the closed packet is received (step S1).
60), otherwise, it is determined whether or not the packet is an addition stop packet (step S154).

In step S154, if the received packet is an addition stop packet, the receiving process of the information described in the addition stop packet is performed (step S161). If not, it is determined whether the packet is an addition restart packet. It is determined (step S155), if it is an addition restart packet, the information described in the addition restart packet is received (step S162), and if it is not any of the above packets, the packet corresponds to undefined data. Undefined data reception processing is performed (step S15).
6) After that, this optical receiving process is ended. Even in this case, when the undefined data reception process is executed a predetermined number of times, it is treated as an error occurrence.

In step S131 described above,
If it is determined that the interrupt code is not a packet code,
The process branches to step S170, and it is determined whether or not it is a status code. Branching to step S170 corresponds to the case of status code or command, and these status code and command are the communication control device 42.
Data from. If it is a status code, the status is analyzed (step S171). Then, from the analysis result, the following steps S173, S174, S17
At 5, the status code is determined.

In step S172, it is determined from the analysis result of the status code whether the status is the transmission status.
If it is the transmission status, the transmission status process is performed in step S179, and the optical reception process is ended. The transmission status reception processing is performed by the optical transmission processing first by the communication control device 4.
When the packet written in the dual port RAM 2 of 2 cannot be transmitted to the management device 72 by infrared communication via the optical transmission / reception unit 1a, this is a process performed by interrupting the transmission status from the communication control device 42. A flag corresponding to the status is set and used for retransmitting based on the flag in the optical transmission process.

In step S173, it is determined from the analysis result of the status code whether it is the board status. If it is the board status, the board status receiving process is performed in step S180, and the optical receiving process is ended. In the board status reception processing, reception for confirming initialization of the communication control device 42 is performed when the power is turned on.

In step S174, it is determined from the analysis result of the status code whether it is the line result status. If it is the line result status, the line result status receiving process is performed in step S181, and the optical receiving process is ended. In the line result status reception processing, the line result status is received as one of confirmation of the initialization of the communication control device 42. If the status is not one of the above statuses, the status corresponds to undefined data, so undefined data reception processing is performed (step S175), and then this optical reception processing ends. Also in this case, when the undefined data reception process is executed a predetermined number of times, it is treated as an error occurrence.

On the other hand, in the above step S170,
When it is determined that the interrupt code is not the status code, it is determined whether or not the interrupt code is the command code from the communication control device 42 (step S176), and if it is the command code, it is transmitted from the communication control device 42. A command reception process for acquiring the destination (packet) address is performed (step S177), if it is not a command code, an undefined data reception process is performed (step S178), and then this optical reception process is ended. In this case as well, when the undefined data reception process is executed a predetermined number of times, it is treated as an error occurrence.

26, 27 and 28 are flowcharts of the L board reception process. This L-board receiving process is a process performed by the main controller 1M reading the information from the card R / W controller 13 written in the dual port RAM of the L-board 4, and is executed by interrupting the main processing routine. It

In this interrupt processing, first, in step S1
At 90, it is determined whether or not there is R / W status information (dual port RAM clear information, R / W status address information, connection information, etc.) from the card R / W controller 13, and the R / W status information is read. If there is, the status reception process is executed (step S191), and then the card R / W control device 1
It is determined whether or not there is packet data from No. 3 (step S192). When there is no R / W status information, step S191 is skipped and it is directly determined whether or not there is packet data in step S192.

In step S192, if there is no packet data, the L-board receiving process is terminated as it is, and if packet data is present, the packet data is analyzed (step S193), and the packet is tested by the line test A.
It is determined whether or not it is CK (step S194). This line test ACK is sent from the main controller 1M to the card R /
This is confirmation information for notifying the main controller 1M that the card R / W controller 13 normally received the line test packet when the line test packet was sent to the W controller 13. If the packet is a line test ACK, a line test ACK reception process is performed, and a flag corresponding to the line test ACK reception is set and used for other processes (step S199). Packet is a line test ACK
If not, it is determined whether or not it is an opening ACK (step S195).

Similarly, if the store ACK is received, the store ACK reception process is performed (step S200), and if not, it is determined whether or not the store ACK is received (step S).
196). If the store ACK is received, the store ACK reception process is performed (step S201), and if not, the power failure recovery AC
It is determined whether it is K (step S197), if it is a power failure recovery ACK, power failure recovery ACK reception processing is performed (step S202), and if not, it is determined whether it is a power failure save ACK (step S198). ).

In step S198, if the received packet is a power failure save ACK, a power failure save ACK reception process is performed (step S203).
It is determined whether or not it is K (step S204). If it is an opening preparation ACK, the opening preparation ACK reception process is performed (step S212), and if not, an EJECTACK
It is determined whether or not (the state where the head of the game card C is exposed) (step S205).

If the received packet is EJECT ACK in the above step S205, EJECT ACK reception processing is performed (step S213), and if not, it is determined whether or not it is a card data write ACK (step S20).
6), if the card data write ACK, write ACK
Reception processing is performed (step S214), and if not, it is determined whether or not it is a card data read ACK (step S207).

If the card data read ACK, read ACK reception processing is performed (step S215), and if not, it is determined whether or not there is an EJECT response (state in which the player has removed the game card C) (step S20).
8) If it is an EJECT response, EJECT response reception processing is performed (step S216), and if not, it is determined whether or not it is a card IN (a state in which the game card C is inserted) (step S209). Card in
If so, card IN reception processing is performed (step S21
7) Otherwise, it is determined whether or not it is an error packet (a state in which an error such as a card jam has occurred) (step S210).

If the received packet is an error packet in the above step S210, error packet reception processing is performed (step S218), and if not, R / W status (current status report of card R / W21: for example, gaming card It is determined whether or not the information of C is being read, the game card C is being conveyed, etc. (step S211, R / W).
If it is a status, R / W status reception processing is performed (step S219), and if not, a card data write response (writing end response to the gaming card C)
It is determined whether or not (step S220). If it is a card data write response, card data write response reception processing is performed (step S225), and if not, a card data read response (gaming card C
It is determined whether or not it is the information (content) read from (step S221). If it is a card data read response, a card data read response reception process is performed (step S226). In this card data read response reception processing, the received information is written in the memory and used for other processing. If the packet is not a card data read response, it is determined whether it is an ID check request (step S222).

If it is an ID check request, an ID check request reception process is performed (step S226). In this ID check request reception process, a security code or the like is received from the game card C and written in the memory for use in other processes such as an authentication process. If the packet is not an ID check request, the received packet corresponds to undefined data.
Undefined data reception processing is performed (step S223), and then it is determined again whether or not there is packet data (step S224). If there is no packet data, this L
When the board reception process is completed and packet data exists, the process returns to step S194.

In the steps S199 to S203, the steps S212 to S219, and the steps S225 to S227, the determination process of the step S224 is performed after the respective processes are performed. When the undefined data reception process of step S223 is executed a predetermined number of times, it is treated as an error occurrence.

29 and 30 are flowcharts of the money amount apparatus interface reception processing. The money amount apparatus interface receiving process is a process performed by the main control device 1M by reading the information written in the dual port RAM 11 by the money amount device interface 20, and is executed by interrupting the main processing routine.

In this interrupt processing, first, step S2
30, CR from the money amount device interface 20
It is determined whether a C error has been issued, and if a CRC error has been issued, a NACK command is transmitted to the money amount apparatus interface 20 (step S240). The NACK command is information for confirmation to notify the partner device that the data could not be received normally.

In step S230, when the CRC error is not issued, the received data is analyzed (step S231), and whether or not the reception is an initialization command which is an initialization request from the money amount apparatus interface 20 is judged. A determination is made (step S231). If the received command is an initialization command, the money amount device interface 20
Initialization processing is instructed (step S240), and if not, it is determined whether or not the received command is a NACK command (step S233). If the received command is a NACK command, NACK processing is performed (step S242), and if not, it is determined whether or not the received command is a banknote device command indicating that it is from the banknote device 54 (step S242). S234). If the received command is a banknote device command, the command is analyzed (step S235), and it is determined whether or not the command is "banknote insertion" (step S23).
6). If the command is "banknote insertion", banknote insertion processing is performed (step S243), and if not, it is determined whether or not the command is "payout end" (step S237). If the command is "payout end", the payout end process is performed (step S244), and if not, it is determined whether or not the command is "banknote receipt" (step S238). If the command is "receipt of bill", bill receipt processing is performed (step S24).
5) If not, it is determined whether or not the command is the "banknote device state" indicating the shortage state of banknotes (step S239). If the command is "banknote device state", a banknote device state process of setting a banknote shortage flag is performed (step S246), and then this money amount device interface reception process is ended. Further, even when it is not in the "banknote device state", this money amount device interface reception processing is ended.

On the other hand, in the above step S234,
If the received command is not a banknote device command, step S
Skipping to 247, it is determined whether or not the received command is a coin device command indicating that the received command is from the coin device 55. If the received command is a coin device command, the command is analyzed (step S248),
It is determined whether or not the command is “insert coin” (step S249). If the command is "coin insertion", a coin insertion process is performed (step S253), and if not, it is determined whether or not the command is "payment end" (step S250). If the command is “payout end”, the payout end processing is performed (step S
254), otherwise, it is determined whether or not the command is the "coin device state" indicating the shortage state of coins (step S251). If the command is "coin device state", the coin device state process of setting the coin shortage flag is performed (step S255), and if not, the lever detection switch 105a that electrically detects the rotation of the return lever 105 It is determined whether or not it is "return lever on" indicating that it is turned on (step S25).
2). If the command is "return lever on", the return flag is set (step S256), and then this money amount apparatus interface reception processing is ended. Also, when the "return lever is not turned on", this money amount apparatus interface reception processing is ended.

31 and 32 are flowcharts of the small input device reception processing. This small input device reception process is a process performed by the main control device 1M reading information from the small input device 23, and is executed by interrupting the main processing routine.

In this interrupt processing, first, in step S2
At 60, it is determined whether or not there is a line test flag. When the line test flag is present, a line test reception process, that is, a line test between the small-sized input device 23 and the large-sized money addition machine 1 is performed (step S268). ). When there is no line test flag, it is determined whether there is a change flag (step S261), and when there is a change flag, change input processing is performed (step S269). In this change input process, the number of replenished changes is input from the small input device 23. If there is no change flag in step S261, it is determined whether or not there is an error list flag (step S262). The error list flag is an error list request from the small input device 23,
This is the flag that is set in step S274. If there is an error list flag, error display processing for displaying the error list on the small input device 23 is performed (step S27).
0), if there is no error list flag, the received data is analyzed (step S263). In the steps below,
Processing is performed according to the analysis result of the received data.

First, in step S264, it is determined whether or not the received data is "line test code reception". If the received data is "line test code reception", the line test flag is set (step S271), If not, it is determined whether or not the received data is "press" sales "" indicating that the "sales" key of the input keys of the small-sized input device 23 has been pressed (step S265).
If the received data is "press sales", small input device 2
The large amount addition machine sales total display processing for displaying the total sales of the large amount addition machine 1 on the LCD display 3 is performed (step S272). Otherwise, the received data is the input key of the small input device 23. It is determined whether or not it is "pressing" selling between units "" indicating that the "selling between units" key has been pressed (step S266).

If the received data in the above step S266 is "press between units", the LCD of the small input device 23.
The inter-unit amount addition machine sales total display process for displaying the total amount of sales of the inter-unit amount addition machine 26 on the display is performed (step S27).
3), otherwise the received data is the small input device 23
It is determined whether or not it is "press" error list "" indicating that the "error list" key of the input keys of "is pressed" (step S267). If the received data is "press" error list "", the error list flag is set (step S274), otherwise, the received data is
It is determined whether or not the "change 100" key indicating that the "change 100" key of the input keys of the small-sized input device 23 is pressed is determined (step S275). If the received data is "press" change 100 "", the 100-yen change flag is set (step S279). If not, the received data is "change 500" out of the input keys of the small input device 23. It is determined whether or not the “press change 500” is pressed to indicate the fact (step S276).

If the received data is "press" change 500 "" in step S276, the 500 yen change flag is set (step S280). If not, the received data is the input key of the small input device 23. Indicates that the "Change 1000" key has been pressed "" Change 1
000 "is pressed" is determined (step S
277). If the received data is "press" change 1000 "", the 1000 yen change flag is set (step S
281), otherwise, it is determined whether or not the received data is “press“ C ”” indicating that the “C” key of the input keys of the small input device 23 has been pressed (step S278). . If the received data is "press" C "", the display on the LCD display of the small input device 23 is cleared (step S282), and then the small input device reception process is terminated. Also, when the received data is not "press" C "", the reception of this small-sized input device is terminated.

FIG. 33 to FIG. 52 are diagrams showing an amount addition processing subroutine. It should be noted that this money amount addition processing subroutine is performed in step S47 (see FIG.
This is the routine executed in 7).

This amount-adding processing subroutine is executed when the card insertion flag is turned on (set) in step S46 (FIG. 17) in the main processing routine, and first in step S300 in FIG. 33, an ID counter (FIG. 34) is cleared, and then the display of the lamp being added is instructed (step S301). Then card R
The power supply for the / W control device 13 is turned on again (step S83
It is determined whether or not the power-on flag in FIG. 20 is "1" (step S302). If it is not power-on, it is determined whether or not a communication system error has occurred (step S302). (S304), if no communication error has occurred, security code (ID) request processing is executed (step S305).

In this security code (ID) request processing, as shown in FIG. 34, it is first determined whether or not the count value of the ID counter is greater than 3 (step S
320), if the count value is 3 or less, L board 4
The security code (I
D) The request command and the identification number of the large amount money addition machine 1 are written (step S321), and 1 is added to the count value of the ID counter (step S322). Note that this L
Writing to the dual port RAM of board 4 is RA
This is done by writing to the L transmission area in M2.
On the other hand, when the count value of the ID counter is greater than 3 in step S320, it is determined that there is no normal response from the game card C, and the IDNG flag is set to "1" (step S323).

Returning to FIG. 33, when the security code (ID) request processing in step S305 is executed, this time the security code (ID) request command and the identification number of the large-sized money addition machine 1 are normally received. As a result, it is determined whether or not the security code is sent from the gaming card C (step S306), and if the security code is sent, the security code is read, and then the IDNG flag is cleared ( (Step S307), the process proceeds to the next step S308.

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S306 that the security code has not been sent from the game card C, it is determined whether or not the above IDNG flag is on (step S313), and the IDNG flag is on. If so, the IDNG flag is cleared (step S3
After 14), the process returns to step S547 (FIG. 51) to perform card return processing and the like, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended. On the other hand, if the IDNG flag is not turned on in step S313, the process returns to step S302.

In step S308, the L board 4
It is determined whether or not a fatal inoperable error has occurred in the amount-adding operation that makes it impossible to communicate with (step S308), and if the inoperable error has not occurred, the bill shortage flag is on. Whether or not it is determined (step S3
09), if the bill shortage flag is not turned on, it has been set as a large amount of money until then, the "normal operation" is canceled (step S310), and subsequently "card inserted" is newly set as the large amount of money. (Step S31
1)), and proceeds to the next step S330.

On the other hand, in step S302, the card R
/ W power is turned on again, a communication system error occurs in step S303, a memory error occurs in step S304, an inoperable error occurs in step S308, and the banknote shortage flag is turned on in step S309. When that flag is cleared in (step S31
2) In any of the above cases, since the amount of money cannot be normally added to the game card C, the process returns to step S547 (FIG. 51) to perform the card return process and the like, and the amount of money addition process subroutine is finished.

In step S330 (FIG. 35), the read security code is collated with the security code stored in advance, and whether or not the security code is abnormal is determined in order from the top address, and it is determined as abnormal. If so, skip to step S550 (FIG. 52) and determine that there is an abnormality on the game card C side.
Will be returned.

On the other hand, the security code is sequentially discriminated from the head address, and the entire 8 bytes are confirmed. If no abnormality is found (step S331), the card R
It is determined whether or not the power for the / W control device 13 has been turned on again (step S332).
47 (FIG. 51) is skipped, the card return processing and the like are performed, and this money amount addition processing subroutine is ended. If it is not reloaded, card reading processing is performed in the next step S333 (see FIG. 3).
6, FIG. 37).

In this card reading process, as shown in FIG. 36, the NACK counter is first cleared (step S3).
40), and then a card data read command for instructing the reading of predetermined data in the game card C is written in the dual port RAM of the L board 4 (step S34).
1). Writing to the dual port RAM of the L board 4 is performed by writing to the L transmission area in the RAM 2.

Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the read ACK flag is on (step S342), and the read ACK
When the flag is on, that is, when it is confirmed that the gaming card C has normally received the card data read command, the flag is cleared (step S348),
Next, it is determined whether an error has occurred (step S34
9) If an error occurs, "card error" is set (step S366, FIG. 37). If no error occurs, it is determined whether or not a response corresponding to the card data read command has been received (step S350). If no response has been received, the process returns to step S349, and if a response has been received, step S360 (see FIG. 37)
Proceed to.

In step S360, it is determined whether or not the card is abnormal. If the card is abnormal, the "card error" setting is performed and the voice data 01 (FIG. 56), that is, "the card is abnormal" is stored in a predetermined area of the RAM 2. Write data for causing the speaker 21 to perform the "Ans." (Step S363). If the card is not abnormal, the process proceeds to step S361. .

In step S361, it is determined whether or not the game card C has expired. If the game card C has expired, a "card error" setting is made so that the game card C is returned, and a voice is recorded in a predetermined area of the RAM2. Write the data 02 (FIG. 56), that is, the data for causing the speaker 21 to perform the anance "The card has expired" (step S36).
4) If not expired, the process proceeds to step S362. In this way, since the handling of the expired game card C is prohibited, deterioration of the function of the game card C can be prevented and the safety can be highly maintained.

In step S362, it is determined whether or not the game card C is not the upper limit of the ball lending, and if it is the upper limit of the ball lending, "card error" is set and the voice data 03 (FIG. 56), that is, in a predetermined area of the RAM 2, that is, Write the data for causing the speaker 21 to make an announcing that "the amount cannot be added" and end this card reading process (step S365). If the ball lending limit is not reached, the response from the gaming card C is normally received. This card reading process ends.

That is, the maximum amount of money that can be added to the game card C is set in advance in the large amount of money adding machine 1, and when the minimum amount of additional money of 3,000 yen is added to the mounted game card C, the game is added. The limit check of the additional amount is performed so that the ball lending amount as the remaining amount of the card C does not exceed the maximum addable amount and does not reach the upper limit of the ball lending amount. Therefore, for example, if the maximum amount that can be added is 20,000 yen and the read ball lending amount of the game card C is 18,000 yen, if the amount is added to this, even if the minimum amount is 3,000 yen, 2
Since it exceeds 10,000 yen, in such a case, the game card C is returned to the player as a "card error" without allowing the addition of the amount.

On the other hand, in the above step S342,
When the read ACK flag is not on, that is, when it cannot be confirmed that the gaming card C has normally received the card data read command, it is monitored in the next step S343 whether 1 second has passed in that state, and 1 second has passed. At this time, 1 is added to the count value of the NACK counter (step S344), and it is determined whether or not the count value exceeds 3 (step S345). If the count value does not exceed 3, the process returns to step S341, and if the count value exceeds 3, it is possible that the line with the card R / W control device 13 side is cut off, so wait-over setting is performed (step S346). ), Waiting for line connection (step S34)
7) and returns to step S340.

Returning to FIG. 35, when the card reading process in step S333 is completed, it is determined in the next step S334 whether or not an error has occurred. If an error occurs, the error is a "card error". It is determined whether or not (step S335). If a "card error" occurs, skip to step S550 (Fig. 52),
It is determined that there is an abnormality on the gaming card C side, "card NG command" and the corresponding voice data 03 "Cannot add amount" (Fig. 56) are written in the display area in RAM2, and card return processing is performed (step S551), and then Then, it is confirmed that the gaming card C is reliably taken out (step S552), and then step S523 (FIG. 50).
Skip to.

In step S523, it is determined whether or not the bill shortage flag is ON. If it is ON, the bill is insufficient. Therefore, a "trouble command" is written in the display area in the RAM 2 (step S524). Is cleared (step S525), and subsequently, "card IN cancellation", "card ejection cancellation" and "cancel cancellation" are set in the large amount state (steps S526, S52).
7, S528), the card insertion flag is cleared (step S529), the "normal operation command" is written in the display area of the RAM 2 (step S530), and the LED 40 indicating that the operation is normally performed is operated using the LED 40. (Step S531), and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended. In addition, the above step S523
If the bill shortage flag is not turned on in step S52
4 and step S525 are skipped, steps S526 to S531 are directly executed, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

On the other hand, if the "card error" does not occur in the above step S335, the initialization processing of the card R / W control device 13 (step S336) is performed and the game card C is executed.
After discharging, it is determined again whether an error has occurred (step S337). Here, if an error occurs, it is determined that it is an error at the time of initialization of the card R / W control device 13, and the process returns to step S336. If no error occurs, the process skips to step S523 (FIG. 50), and steps S523 to The step S531 is executed, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

In step S334 above,
If no error occurs, the process proceeds to step S370 (FIG. 38), and the "card OK command" is displayed in the display area of the RAM2.
And the data in the game card C that has received the response. The data to be written in this display area is the ball lending amount (remaining amount) of the game card C, the number of balls held, and the amount of stored balls, and is used when displaying on the CRT display screen 122.

Next, it is determined whether or not the door (front operation panel 101) is open (step S371),
After confirming that the door is closed, "large amount of money state" is set as the large amount state (step S372), and subsequently, the deposit over flag is cleared (step S37).
3), clear the overpayment confirmation flag (step S3
74), and issues a permission instruction to input the amount of money (step S37).
5) The pressing of the additional switch for selecting the additional amount such as the 10,000 yen additional switch 36 is permitted (step S376).

Then, it is judged whether or not the power supply for the card R / W control device 13 is turned on again (step S380,
39), if it is re-input, step S547 (FIG. 51)
Skip to step S54, the card return processing is performed in step S547, and after confirming that the gaming card C has been reliably removed in step S548, the above step S523 to step S531 are executed to execute the amount addition processing. Finish the subroutine.

If the power supply for the card R / W control device 13 is not turned on again, the cancel switch 35 is pressed to determine whether or not a cancel selection has been made (step S381).
If the cancel is not selected, it is determined whether or not the amount of money has been input (step S382). If the amount of money has not been input, the process returns to step S380, and if the amount of money has been input, the process proceeds to next step S383.

On the other hand, in the above step S381,
If the cancellation is selected, step S5
40 (FIG. 51), the confirmation lamp 35a for confirming the cancellation is turned on (step S54).
0), "Cancel command" is written in the display area in the RAM 2 (step S541), and then "large amount of money state" is set to "cancel the amount being released" and "cancel" (steps S542 and S543). Further, the input amount is calculated and the input amount is returned (steps S544 and S545). Then, it is determined whether or not the input amount has been returned (step S546), and after confirming that the input amount has been returned, the above card return processing (step S547) and card removal confirmation (step S548) are performed. , Step S52 described above
3 to step S531 are executed, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

Returning to FIG. 39, in step S383 after the amount of money has been inserted, "amount of money promoting command", a ball lending amount (remaining amount), a stored amount of money, an inserted amount of money and a holding ball are displayed in the display area of the RAM2. The number is written, and then it is determined whether or not the power supply for the card R / W control device 13 is turned on again (step S384). If the power is turned on again, the process returns to step S547 (FIG. 51) and the card return process is executed. Then, the amount addition processing subroutine is ended. If it is not turned on again, the cancel switch 35 is pressed to determine whether or not a cancel selection has been made (step S38).
5) If the cancellation is not selected, it is determined whether or not the effective amount has been input (step S38).
6). If the effective amount has not been input, it is determined whether or not the return flag is on (step S387), and if not, the process returns to step S384.

If cancellation is selected in step S385, or if the return flag is on in step S387 and the return flag is cleared in step S388, the return flag is cleared in step S5.
40 (FIG. 51) and step S54 described above.
The steps from 0 to step S548 and step S523 to step S531 are executed, card return processing is performed, and then the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

On the other hand, when the effective amount of money is input in step S386, it is determined whether or not the amount of deposit is 10,000 yen or more (step S389), and the amount of deposit exceeds 10,000 yen. If so, the deposit over flag is set and the process proceeds to step S391 (FIG. 40). If the deposit amount does not exceed 10,000 yen, step S390 is skipped and the process directly proceeds to step S391.

In step S391, the "additional switch selection command", the ball lending amount (remaining amount), the stored amount, the thrown amount and the number of balls held are written in the display area of the RAM 2, and then the card R / W control device. It is determined whether or not the power supply for 13 is turned on again (step S392), and if it is turned on again, the process returns to step S547 (FIG. 51) to perform card return processing and the like, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended. If it is not re-input, it is determined whether or not the deposit over flag is on (step S393). When the deposit over flag is on, it is determined whether or not the deposit over confirmation flag is on (step S394), and deposit is performed. If the over confirmation flag is on, step S408 (see FIG. 4).
When skipping to 1) and executing each step after step S408 described later, and the deposit overconfirmation flag is not turned on, the large amount of money "discharging" is released (step S395), and "Over deposit"
Is set (step S396), the "banknote / coin insertion prohibition command" is written to the dual port RAM 11 (step S397), and the deposit overconfirmation flag is set (step S398).
Proceed to 400 (FIG. 41). In addition, the above step S39
Even when the deposit over flag is not turned on in step 3, step S4
Go to 00.

In step S400, it is determined whether or not the thousand-yen bills are full, and if the thousand-yen bills are full, "thousand-yen bill insertion prohibition" is set and the process proceeds to the next step S402 (step S401). ), And when the 1,000-yen bill is not full, step S401 is skipped and the process proceeds to step S402. In step S402, it is determined whether or not the 5,000 yen bill is full, and if the 5,000 yen bill is full, the setting of "prohibition of insertion of 5,000 yen bill" is made and the process proceeds to the next step S404 (step S403). ) If the 5,000 yen bill is not full, step S403 is skipped and step S404 is executed.
Proceed to.

In step S404, it is determined whether or not the 10,000-yen bill is full, and if the 10,000-yen bill is full, "prohibition of insertion of 10,000-yen bill" is set and the next step S
When the 10,000-yen bill is not full, the process proceeds to step 406 (step S405), skips step S405, and proceeds to step S406. In step S406, it is determined whether or not the coin is full, and if the coin is full, the setting of "prohibition of coin insertion" is performed and the process proceeds to the next step S408 (step S407). If the coin is not full, the step is performed. S
407 is skipped and it progresses to step S408.

In step S408, it is determined whether or not the door (front operation panel 101) is open, and after it is confirmed that the door is closed, it is determined whether or not the return flag is on. If the return flag is not turned on (step S410), the additional switch such as 10,000 yen additional switch 36 is pressed to determine whether the additional amount has been selected (step S411), and the additional switch is still selected. If not, step S392 above.
When the selection by the additional switch is completed, the selection type of the additional switch is stored in the RAM 2 (step S412). After that, it is determined whether or not the cancel selection is made by pressing the cancel switch 35 (step S413), and if the cancel selection is not made, "additional switch pressing prohibition" is set to prohibit the input from the additional switch. (Step S414) Subsequently, it is determined whether or not the amount of money selected by the additional switch has exceeded the amount of money to be inserted (step S415). If the amount of money has been exceeded, the process returns to step S391, and the amount of money has not been exceeded. At this time, the deposit over flag and the deposit over confirmation flag are cleared (step S416), and step S416.
Proceed to 420 (FIG. 43).

If the return flag is on in step S410, the return flag is cleared (step S417), and if cancellation is selected in step S413, step S5 is performed.
40 (FIG. 51) and step S54 described above.
0 to step S548, step S523 to step S
531 is executed, card return processing is performed, and then the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

In step S420, the "per game" is cleared, then the random number generated in step S71 (FIG. 19) is read (step S421), and the random number is equal to or more than the preset minimum value S1 of the hit range. Maximum value S
Whether it is 2 or less, that is, whether the random number is a numerical value included in the hit range is determined (steps S422, S
423), if the random number is a numerical value included in the hit range, after setting “per game” (step S424), the process proceeds to step S425. If the random number is not included in the hit range, skip step S424 and directly. It proceeds to step S425.

At step S425, the "large amount of money state" is set to "release of inserted amount", then the "banknote / coin insertion prohibition command" is written to the dual port RAM 11 (step S426), and step S412.
In step S427, the selection type of the additional switch stored in RAM 2 is read (step S427). If 3,000 yen is selected, "3,000 yen value" is set. If 5,000 yen is selected, "5,000 yen value" is set. If 10,000 yen is selected, "10,000 yen value" is set (steps S428 to S430, S43).
6, S437), and then proceeds to step S431.

In step S431, the ball lending amount transmitted from the game card C and stored in the RAM 2 is read, and the ball lending amount after the addition is made by adding the above-mentioned additional amount of 3,000 yen or the like to the ball lending amount. Calculate the amount of money (step S43
1) Further, the total additional amount for each type is calculated (step S4).
32) Next, the total sum of the additional amounts is calculated (step S43).
3) Then, calculate the change to be returned (step S4)
34), and the addition count is updated (step S43).
5) and proceeds to the next step S440 (FIG. 44). In addition,
The total amount of money for each type, the total sum of the additional amount of money, and the number of times of addition are used as operation data of the large amount of money adding machine 1.

In step S440, it is determined whether or not the door (front operation panel 101) is open, it is confirmed that the door is closed, and whether or not the selection is 3,000 yen. When it is determined (step S441) that 3,000 yen is selected, the 3,000 yen additional switch confirmation lamp 38a is turned on (step S465 in FIG. 45), and the "additional switch determination command" is displayed in the display area in the RAM2. And the ball lending amount (remaining amount), the stored amount, the thrown amount and the number of balls held, and the process proceeds to step S470 (FIG. 46).

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S441 that 3,000 yen is not selected, the amount of money added is 5,000 yen or more, and the right to play the premium game as a service is generated. After setting (step S442), it is determined in the next step S443 whether or not 5,000 yen is selected, and if 5,000 yen is selected, when the premium game when 5,000 yen is selected is a player The number of service balls to be provided as a service is set (step S451), and 10,000 yen is selected when 5,000 yen is not selected, so a premium game when 10,000 yen is selected is provided as a service to the player. The number of service balls is set (step S444), and then the number of premium games is updated so that it can be used as operation data (step S44). ), Further premium game makes a decision as to whether or not a "per game" (step S4
46).

If the premium game is "per game", the number of additional balls as a premium is updated so that it can be used as operation data (step S447).
The number of service balls is added to the number of balls owned (step S44
8), "Premium command" and service ball count data are written in the display area in the RAM 2 (step S4).
49), a 35 second delay (step S45) in order to secure the execution time of the premium game which is "per game".
After performing 0), the process proceeds to step S460 (FIG. 45).

On the other hand, if the premium game is not "per game" in step S446, the set service ball count is cleared (step S452), and "premium command" and service ball count = 0 are written in the display area in the RAM2. (Step S454), after a delay of 23 seconds (step S455), the process proceeds to step S460 (FIG. 45).

In step S460, it is determined whether or not the door (front operation panel 101) is open, and it is confirmed that the door is closed. If 5,000 yen is selected, 5,000 yen is selected. Turn on the additional switch confirmation lamp 37a,
If 10,000 yen is selected, the confirmation lamp 36a of the 10,000 yen additional switch is turned on (step S461), and then it is determined whether or not the premium game is "per game" (step S446).

If the premium game is not "per game", the time T2 is set to the writing display time on the game card C (step S463). If "per game", the amount of information written to the game card C is slightly increased. Therefore, the writing display time T is slightly longer than the above time T2.
1 is set (step S467), and then the "card writing command", the ball lending amount (remaining amount), the stored amount, the inserted amount and the number of balls held are written in the display area in the RAM 2 (step S464). It proceeds to step S470 (FIG. 46).

In step S470, the "in-game" state of the large amount is released, and the "card writing" is performed in the large amount state.
Is set (step S471), and then it is determined whether or not the power supply for the card R / W control device 13 is turned on again (step S472). If it is turned on again, skip to step S542 (FIG. 51). The amount of money input and the card return process are performed, and the amount addition process subroutine ends.
If the power is not turned on again, the power failure flag in step S64 (FIG. 18) is checked to determine whether the power failure is detected (step S473). If the power failure is not detected, the data writing process (FIGS. 47 and 48) is performed. )I do.

In the data writing process, as shown in FIG. 47, the NACK counter is first cleared (step S49).
0), and then write a card data write command for instructing the writing of predetermined data to the game card C to the dual port RAM of the L board 4 (step S491),
Then, in the dual port RAM, "ball lending amount",
"Number of balls in possession", "hall name", "hall number", and "use date" are written (steps S492, S
493, S494, S495, S496). In addition, writing to the dual port RAM of this L board 4 is
This is done by writing to the L transmission area in AM2. Further, the writing of the “ball number” in step S493 is performed only when the service ball is generated “per game”.

Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the write ACK flag is on (step S497), and the write ACK
If the flag is on, the process proceeds to step S503 in FIG. 48 to clear the write ACK flag, and then it is determined whether or not an error has occurred (step S504). If no error has occurred, the card data write command is handled. It is determined whether or not a response to be received has been received (step S5
05), if the response has not been received, step S50
Returning to step 4, when the response is received, this data writing process is ended. If an error has occurred, "card error" is set (step S506), and this data writing process ends.

Meanwhile, returning to FIG. 47, the above step S4 is performed.
If the write ACK flag is not turned on in 97, that is, if it cannot be confirmed that the gaming card C has normally received the card data write command, the next step S49.
In step 8, it is monitored whether 1 second has passed in that state, and when 1 second has passed, 1 is added to the count value of the NACK counter (step S499), and it is determined whether or not the count value exceeds 3 (step S499). Step S500). If the count value does not exceed 3, the process returns to step S491. If the count value exceeds 3, it is possible that the line with the card R / W control device 13 side is cut off, so wait over setting is performed (step S501). ), Waiting for line connection (step S5)
02), and returns to step S490.

After the above-mentioned data writing processing is completed, returning to FIG. 46, the flow proceeds to the next step S479 to determine whether or not an error has occurred. If no error has occurred, skip to step S510 in FIG. It is determined whether or not the timer is being measured. The timer measurement here is step S46.
3, a measurement for monitoring whether or not the writing display times T1 and T2 to the game card C set in S467 are up. If the time is not up, the process waits until the time is up, and when the time is up, the process proceeds to the next step S511.

In step S511, "card writing" in the large amount state is canceled, and then the door (front operation panel 101)
Is determined to be open (step S5
12), RAM2 after confirming that the door is closed
A "card writing completion command" is written in the display area inside (step S513), then it is determined whether or not the change is required to be returned (step S514), and if the change is to be returned, the change return processing is performed. Do (Step S
518), after confirming that the change has been returned (step S519), the process proceeds to step S515 and thereafter to return the game card C. On the other hand, if it is unnecessary to return the change, the process directly proceeds to step S515. in this way,
When there is change, it is arranged to return the game card C to the player after confirming that the player has taken out the change (banknotes) and the banknotes have been taken out, so preventing the change from being forgotten Therefore, financial trouble can be surely prevented. If the game card C is returned first, a player who is absorbed in playing the game tends to forget to receive the change, and such forgetting can be prevented.

In step S515, it is determined whether or not the power failure save flag (step S474) is on, and if not, card return processing is performed (step S51).
6) Next, it is confirmed that the gaming card C has been reliably taken out (step S517), and then the occurrence time (time when the amount of money is added to the gaming card C) is set based on the real-time clock (step S520, Figure 50).

Further, the occurrence time is written in the dual port RAM of the communication control device 42 (step S52).
1) and the dual port RA of the communication control device 42
The data such as the “ball lending amount”, the “number of balls held”, and the “hole name” written in the game card C in the data writing process and various data such as the additional amount are written in M (step S522), and the management device Used for transmission to the 72 side. In addition,
Writing to the dual port RAM of the communication control device 42 is performed by writing to the optical transmission area in the RAM 2. After that, the above-mentioned step S523 to step S531 are executed, and this money amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

On the other hand, in step S515, if the power failure save flag is turned on at the stage when the change processing is finished, the above steps S523 to S531 are executed without executing steps S516 to S522. , This money amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

Returning to step S479,
If an error occurs at the stage where the data writing process is completed, RA
A "trouble command" is written in the display area in M2 (step S480), and it is determined whether a "card error" has occurred (step S481). If no "card error" has occurred, card R / W control is performed. Initialize the device 13 and eject the game card C (step S48).
2) After that, it is judged again whether or not an error has occurred (step S483). If an error has occurred, the card R /
It is assumed that there is an error during initialization of the W control device 13, the process returns to step S482, the card R / W control device 13 is initialized again, and it is confirmed that no error has occurred, and then the process proceeds to step S484. In step S484, the "additional NG command" is written in the display area in the RAM 2, the write error is recovered (step S485), the amount of money paid is calculated (step S486), and the amount of money paid is returned (step S487). After that, the above-mentioned step S523-
The step S531 is executed, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

On the other hand, when a "card error" occurs in the above step S481, the process skips to step S553 in FIG. 52 to cancel the "card writing" in the large amount state, calculate the amount to be inserted, and return the amount to be inserted. Yes (step S55
4, S555). Then, it is determined whether or not the input amount has been returned (step S556), and the card return processing is performed after confirming that the input amount has been returned (step S556).
557), and further, it is confirmed that the game card C has been reliably taken out (step S558), and then the above-mentioned steps S523 to S531 are executed and this amount-addition processing subroutine is ended.

When a power failure is detected in step S473, the power failure save flag is set (step S474), and the EEPR of the data that needs to be saved is set.
10 ms is secured as a time for saving to the OM 33 (step S475), and subsequently, a power failure saving process is performed to discharge the game card C during the amount addition process (step S475).
476), and then it is determined whether or not an error has occurred (step S477).

If an error occurs, the above-mentioned step S5
23 to step S531 are executed to end the amount addition processing subroutine, and if no error occurs, the above-described steps S510 to S515 (step S515
Power failure evacuation flag is ON and the process proceeds to step S523),
Then, steps S523 to S531 are executed, and the amount addition processing subroutine is ended.

Next, the contents of control processing performed by the image display control device 24 will be described with reference to FIGS. 53, 54, 55 and 56. 53, 54, and 55 are views showing flowcharts of image control processing performed by the image display control device,
Further, FIG. 56 is a diagram showing a voice data number and an example of the announcement when the image display control device provides voice guidance.

The image display control device 24 receives the information transmitted from the main control device 1M via the image display interface 17, and according to the information, the CRT display screen 12 is displayed.
2 and the operation of the speaker 121 are controlled to provide guidance by screen display and voice guidance. That is, the main controller 1M transmits various mode numbers and the corresponding display data and audio data to the image display controller 2 in the 16 ms timer process shown in FIG. Receive the data and perform the following steps.

First, after performing initialization processing in step S570, it is determined in step S571 whether or not mode 01 is received. When mode 01 is received, normal moving image display processing and The corresponding voice data 04, that is, the data output for performing the anance of "A premium game can be played for \ 5000 or more." Is output (step S576), and if mode 01 is not received, is mode 02 received? It is determined whether or not (step S572).

When mode 02 is received, card O
The display processing of the K moving image and the corresponding audio data 05, that is, the data output for performing the announcing "Welcome." Is performed (step S576). When mode 02 is not received, mode 04 is received. It is determined whether or not there is (step S573). Mode 0
When receiving 4, the display process of the money insertion promotion video and the corresponding audio data 06, that is, "Please insert money. Premium game can be played for ¥ 5000 or more." Output is performed (step S578), and when mode 04 is not received, it is determined whether or not mode 05 is received (step S574).

When the mode 05 is received, the processing for displaying the additional switch selection moving image and the corresponding audio data 07, that is, the data output for making the anance "Please select the additional amount." S5
79), mode 06 when mode 05 is not received
Is received (step S57).
5). When mode 06 is received, additional switch decision moving image display processing and corresponding audio data 08, that is, data output to perform the anance of "I added \ 3000 to the card." (Step S
580), mode 0 when mode 06 is not received
It is determined whether or not 8 has been received (step S59).
0).

When the mode 08 is received, it is determined whether the service sphere data is "0" (step S595), and when the service sphere is "0" (that is, the premium game is out), the premium is set. Out of game video display processing and corresponding audio data 0A, that is, "Premium game start. If it hits, it is a service of 50 balls. Sorry, please try again." Data output to perform anance ( Step S60
1). On the other hand, when the service ball is not “0” (that is, the premium game is hit), the display processing of the video per premium game and the corresponding audio data 09, that is, “premium game start.
Individual service. I did it. Get 50 balls. Data is output to perform the anance "(step S596). Next, when mode 08 is not received in step S590, it is determined whether or not mode 09 is received (step S591).

[0206] When mode 09 is received, to display the card writing video display process and the corresponding audio data 0B, that is, "I added \ *** to the card. Thank you." Data is output (step S597). If the premium game is a win, the voice data output will be "I added ¥ ***, 50 balls to the card. Thank you." On the other hand, when the mode 09 is not received, it is determined whether or not the mode 10 is received (step S592). When mode 10 is received, trouble video display processing is performed (step S59).
8) If the mode 10 is not received, it is determined whether or not the mode 11 is received (step S593),
When the mode 11 is received, the additional NG moving image display processing is performed (step S599). Then, when the mode 11 is not received, it is determined whether or not the mode 0B is received (step S594).

When the mode 0B is received, the card writing completion moving image display process and the corresponding audio data 0
C, that is, data output for making an announcing "Do your best." Is performed (step S600), and when mode 0B is not received, it is determined whether or not mode 07 is received (step S610). Mode 07
Is received (step S612), and if mode 07 is not received, it is determined whether or not mode 03 is received (step S611).

When the mode 03 is received, it is determined whether or not the voice data 01 is present (step S61).
3) If the voice data 01 is received, the voice data 01, that is, data output for causing an announcing "card abnormal." Is performed (step S617),
Audio data 02 when audio data 01 is not received
Is received (step S61).
4). When the voice data 02 is received, the voice data 02, that is, the data output for performing the anance "The card has expired." Is output (step S618), and the voice data 02 is not received. Determines whether or not the voice data 03 has been received (step S615). If the voice data 03 has been received, the data output for making the voice data 03, that is, the amount of money cannot be added, is output (step S619). When the voice data 03 is not received, the card NG video Display processing is performed (step S61).
6) After that, the process returns to step S571. In addition, even if the mode 03 is not received in step S611,
Return to 571.

As described above, in this embodiment, the game card C authenticates the large amount of money addition machine 1, the large amount of money addition machine 1 authenticates the game card C, and the other party is authenticated. It is possible to add and receive information to and from the gaming card C to add the amount of money. This mutual authentication can be easily performed because it is sufficient to collate the information received from each other and only between the large amount of money addition machine 1 and the game card C. However, even if it is simple, both parties can secure the other party. Therefore, the amount of money added to the game card C can be extremely safely combined with the high security peculiar to the game card C. Further, the security of the money amount adding system can be maintained at a high level, and the reliability of the large money amount adding machine 1 becomes extremely high.

Further, in the mutual authentication, the management device 72
Since there is no third-party device like this, information can be sent and received promptly, and the player using this large amount-of-money addition machine 1 can also receive the amount of money added to the game card C promptly. You can

Furthermore, since mutual authentication and transmission / reception of information between the game card C and the large amount of money addition machine 1 are performed based on encryption, it is almost impossible to forge the game card C or falsify the written data. From this point, it is possible to safely add the amount of money to the game card C, and the reliability of the large amount of money adding machine 1 can be further improved.

Since mutual authentication is performed every time information is sent and received, the security of the information itself can be maintained at a high level. For example, even if the communication is crossed for some reason, it is possible to reliably prevent the amount of money from being added based on the information from another device, and the reliability of the information becomes extremely high.

Also, if there is change, it is arranged to return the game card C to the player after confirming that the player has taken out the change (banknote) and the bill has been taken out. Forgetting can be prevented, and financial trouble can be surely prevented. If the game card C is returned first, a player who is absorbed in playing the game tends to forget to receive the change, and such forgetting can be prevented.

Further, since the upper limit is set for the amount of money that can be added to the game card C, the game with the game card C can be within a moderate range.

Also, since the management device 72 is connected to the large amount of money adding machine 1 and the additional amount of money in the large amount of money adding machine 1 is transmitted to the managing device 1 at any time, the managing device 1 side adds the large amount of money in real time. The operation status of the machine 1 can be grasped, and appropriate management measures can be taken immediately.

Furthermore, since the inter-unit amount of money adding machine 26 is connected to the large amount of money adding machine 1, the large amount of money adding machine 1 can aggregate the added amount of money in the entire gaming shop 70 in a unified manner. The cumulative total can be immediately grasped.

Further, since the handling of the expired game card C is prohibited, it is possible to prevent the deterioration of the function of the game card C and to maintain a high level of safety. .

[0218]

As described above, according to the valuable added device of the present invention, the game information medium originally has high security, the game information medium authenticates the device body, and the device body plays the game. After authenticating the information medium and mutually authenticating each other, a valuable value is added to the game information medium. This mutual authentication can be easily performed because it is sufficient to collate the information received from each other only between the device main body and the game information medium, but even if it is simple, both can surely authenticate the other party. Therefore, in combination with high security peculiar to the game information medium, the amount of money can be added to the game information medium very safely. In addition, it is possible to maintain a high level of security as a monetary addition system,
The reliability of the value added device is also extremely high.

In addition, since the third party device such as the management device does not intervene in the mutual authentication, information can be transmitted and received promptly, and the player who uses this valuable value adding device can also play the game information. The amount of money added to the medium can be promptly received.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the principle of a valuable value adding device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a data communication system between a game shop and a card company in a communication system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a data communication system in a game store.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an entire communication system to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a front operation panel of the large amount money adding machine.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an internal configuration of a large amount of money adding machine.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of a control mechanism that controls the operation of the large-sized money adding machine.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a money amount apparatus interface.

FIG. 9: Game card, card R / W and card R / W
It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a control apparatus.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram of mutual authentication at the time of starting transmission / reception, which is performed between the game card and the main control device of the large amount of money addition machine.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram of normal mutual authentication that is performed between the game card and the main control device of the large amount of money addition machine.

12 is an explanatory diagram when performing mutual authentication at the start of transmission and reception of FIG. 10 based on encryption.

FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram when the normal mutual authentication of FIG. 11 is performed based on encryption.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a game card.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure in a game card.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing a procedure of main processing in a main control device of the large amount money adding machine.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing a procedure of main processing in a main control device of the large amount money adding machine.

FIG. 18 is a flowchart showing a power failure detection as interrupt processing.

FIG. 19 is a flowchart of a 25.6 μs timer process.

FIG. 20 is a flowchart of a 500 ms timer process.

FIG. 21 is a flowchart of 16 ms timer processing.

FIG. 22 is a flowchart of 16 ms timer processing.

FIG. 23 is a flowchart of an optical reception process.

FIG. 24 is a flowchart of an optical reception process.

FIG. 25 is a flowchart of an optical reception process.

FIG. 26 is a flowchart of an L board reception process.

FIG. 27 is a flowchart of an L board reception process.

FIG. 28 is a flowchart of an L board reception process.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart of a money amount apparatus interface reception process.

FIG. 30 is a flowchart of a money amount device interface reception process.

FIG. 31 is a flowchart of a small input device reception process.

FIG. 32 is a flowchart of a small input device reception process.

FIG. 33 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 36 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 37 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 43 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 48 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 49 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 50 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing an amount addition processing subroutine.

FIG. 53 is a flowchart showing image control processing performed by the image display control device.

FIG. 54 is a flowchart of image control processing performed by the image display control device.

FIG. 55 is a flowchart of image control processing performed by the image display control device.

[Fig. 56] Fig. 56 is a diagram illustrating a voice data number and an example of an announcement when the image display control device provides voice guidance.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A Valuable value adding device main body 1B Game information medium 1C First authentication means 1D Second authenticating means 1E Input valuable value recognizing means 1F Additional valuable value recognizing means 1G Valuable value adding means 1H Ejecting means 1 Large amount money adding machine 1a, 82a , 85a, 86a, 90a, 91a, 92
a Optical transceiver 1M Main controller 1R Control mechanism of main controller 2 RAM 3 ROM 4 L board 5 Microcomputer chip 6 CPU 7 Interrupt controller 8 Timer 9 PIO 10 SIO 11 Dual port RAM 12 Counter 13 Card R / W controller 15 reset generation circuit 16 RS-422 driver / receiver 17 image display interface 18 uninterruptible power supply 19 clock 20 money amount device interface 21 card R / W 21b card R / W power switch 22 reset switch 23 small input device 24 image display control Device 25 Power circuit 25a Main controller power switch 26 Unit-to-unit price addition machine 27 System bus 28 PIO 29 Touch circuit 30 Driver 33 EEPROM 34 Real-time clock 35 Cancel Switch 36 10,000 yen additional switch 37 5,000 yen additional switch 38 3,000 yen additional switch 35a, 36a, 37a, 38a Confirmation lamp 40 Operable LED 42 Communication control device 45 CPU 51 PIO 52 ROM 53 RAM 54 Banknote device 55 Coin Equipment 70,75 Game shop 70a Optical fiber transmission line 70b Telephone line 71 Business analysis equipment 72 Management equipment 73 ATM switch 74 Card company 76 Gifts POS 80 Island equipment 82 Gaming machine 83 Decorative lamp 85 Update machine 86 Card issuer 90, 91, 92 Optical repeater 100 Housing 100a Machine frame 101 Front operation panel 102 Guidance section 105 Return lever 106 Card insertion slot 107 Coin insertion slot 108 Banknote insertion slot 113 Banknote ejection slot 114 Coin ejection slot 121 Speaker 122 CRT display image 132 reception circuit 133 modulation circuit 135 L board 201 transmission / reception plane coil of game card 202 clock extraction circuit 203 DC conversion circuit 204 transmission circuit 205 demodulation circuit 205 206 clock 207 clock switching circuit 208 power switching circuit 211 card R / W transmission / reception planar coil 212 LCD 213 CPU 214 ROM 215 RAM 216 EEPROM 217 Key switch 219 Solar cell C Game card

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A valuable value adding device for adding a valuable value to a game information medium mounted on the device body, wherein the device body is valid based on the information received from the device information medium by the game information medium. A first authenticating means for performing a first authentication as to whether or not the game information medium is valid based on the information received by the device body from the game information medium;
Second authentication means for performing the above authentication, input investment value recognition means for recognizing input investment value that has been input to the apparatus body after mutual authentication by the first authentication and the second authentication, and the input An additional valuable value recognition means for recognizing a desired valuable value selected to be added to the game information medium within the range of the valuable value; a valuable value adding means for adding the desired valuable value to the game information medium; A value-added device, comprising: a discharge command means for commanding discharge from the main body of the game information medium to which the valuable value is added. 2. An information transmission and request means for transmitting device identification information from the main body of the device to the game information medium and at the same time requesting transmission of various information stored in the game information medium. The valuable value adding device according to claim 1. 3. The information transmitting / requesting means first transmits the device identification information to the game information medium, and at the same time, transmits the security information stored in the game information medium, and the first authenticating means. The device identification information stored in advance in the game information medium and the device identification information from the device body are collated to perform the first authentication, and as a result of the first authentication, the device body is legitimate. When determined, the security information is transmitted to the device body in response to the transmission request, and the second authentication means compares the security information stored in advance with the security information from the game information medium to perform the second authentication. The valuable value adding device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by performing. 4. Information transfer between the main body of the device and the game information medium is performed via an encryption process or a decryption process based on predetermined encrypted information.
5. The valuable added device according to any one of 3 to 3. 5. The valuable value according to claim 1, wherein the first authentication and the second authentication are performed each time information is exchanged between the device body and the game information medium. Addition device. 6. A value-value settlement means for paying out the amount not reached when the value added to the game information medium by the above-mentioned value-adding means does not reach the upper limit of the input valuable value. The valuable value adding device according to any one of claims 1 to 5. 7. The discharge command means does not issue a discharge command for the game information medium until a player obtains a valuable value when the valuable value settlement means has a valuable value to be paid out. The valuable value adding device according to claim 6. 8. The game information medium transmits its own valuable value information to the device main body in response to the transmission request from the information transmission and request means, and the device main body changes to the game information medium based on the valuable value information. On the other hand, it is determined whether or not the desired valuable value can be further added, and when it is determined that the desired valuable value cannot be added, a command to return the input valuable value and to discharge the mounted game information medium is instructed. Item 8. The valuable added device according to any one of items 2 to 7. 9. The game information medium transmits its own expiration date information to the device body in response to the transmission request from the information transmission and request means, and the device body concerned based on the expiration date information. 9. The valuable according to any one of claims 2 to 8, wherein it is determined whether or not the expiration date has passed, and when it is determined that the expiration date has passed, an instruction to eject the mounted game information medium is issued. Value-adding device. 10. An additional valuable that makes the device main body and a management device that collects the operating status of the device main body electrically connectable, and transmits the valuable value added to the game information medium by the device main body to the management device. The valuable value adding device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising a value transmitting means. 11. An externally-added valuable resource that allows the device main body and a simple valuable-value adding device provided side by side with a gaming machine to be electrically connected to each other and totals the valuable value added to the game information medium in the simple valuable-value adding device. 11. The valuable value adding apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a value totaling means.