JPS6384580A - Card ball rental system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Abstract] This bulletin contains application data before electronic filing, so abstract data is not recorded.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of the Invention) The present invention relates to a system for renting out pachinko balls using a card instead of cash, and particularly to a system for renting out balls using an intermittent ball rental machine.

(Summary of the Invention) In the present invention, a card reading/writing/rewriting device for reading and rewriting the number of payable balls written on the card is provided exclusively for each pachinko machine on both sides of the intermachine ball lending machine. ing.

(Background of the Invention) In this type of system, a card is issued to a customer on which the number of balls to be rented according to the payment amount is written, and pachinko balls are rented out using this card.

Generally, inter-table ball rental machines are used by customers who are playing games.
Conventionally, when using the card, the card is inserted into an intermittent ball rental machine.

The inter-machine ball rental machine is equipped with a card reader/writer that reads and rewrites the number of rental balls written on the card, and the number of rental balls on the inserted card is It is reduced by the number of pachinko balls that the machine lends out.

Here, the inter-machine ball rental machines are inserted between two pachinko machines at intervals, and are therefore shared by customers playing on the pachinko machines on both sides.

Therefore, conventionally, if one customer is playing with his or her card inserted into the inter-machine machine, the problem inevitably arises that the other customer cannot use the inter-machine machine.

(Object of the invention) The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional problems, and
The purpose is to provide this type of system that can be used freely by customers on both sides of the inter-machine rental machine.

(Structure and Effects of the Invention) In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an operating device for performing an input operation for determining the number of balls to be dispensed from an inter-machine ball rental machine, and the number of balls to be rented written on an insertion card. and a card reading/writing/rewriting device for reading and rewriting according to the input operation, and the card reading/writing/changing device is provided for each pachinko machine located on both sides of the inter-machine ball rental machine. It is characterized by

According to the present invention, since the card reader/writer is provided exclusively for each pachinko machine on both sides of the inter-machine ball lending machine, those customers can freely use the inter-machine ball lending machine, and also The customer can play games with the card inserted, thus increasing the convenience of the system.

(Description of Embodiments) Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the system according to the present invention will be described based on the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of a pachinko card system to which the present invention is applied. Ball rental machine 14 installed in card payment ti 12, numerous pachinko machines 16, pachinko machine 1
Inter-machine ball rental machines 18, terminal controllers 20. It is composed of a system management device 22 that manages the entire system, a personal computer 24 that organizes and processes various information on the system, and a ball lending operation device 26 placed on each pachinko machine 16.

Next, the card issuing machine 10, card settlement l1112, inter-machine ball lending machine 18, and ball lending machine operating device 26 will be sequentially explained.

In FIG. 1, the front panel of the card issuing machine 10 includes a coin slot 2B, a bill slot 30, an amount display 32, a driving status display 34, a card slot 36, and a coin return slot 3.
8, and an issue button 40.

The configuration of the card issuing machine 10 is shown divided into blocks in FIG. 2. In the same figure, the card issuing machine 10 includes a coin processing section 42 for processing inserted coins, a bill processing section 44 for processing inserted banknotes, and an operation section 44 for processing inserted banknotes. An operation section 46 that includes a button 40, a display control section 48 that controls the displays 32 and 34, a card transport unit 50 that takes in the inserted card or sends the card to the outside, and displays information such as the number of rental balls on the card. A card reader/writer 52 for reading from and writing to the card, a journal printer 54 for printing, and a terminal controller 2
0, and a control section 58 that performs control calculations.

In FIG. 1, the front panel of the card counter 4112 includes a card insertion slot 60 into which a card is inserted, a display 62 that displays the remaining amount of the card, an operating status display 64, a cash adjustment button 66, and a paid ball adjustment button. 68, a take-out lower 0 is provided.

The configuration of the card payment machine 12 is shown in blocks in FIG. Card reader/writer 7
2. A display control section 74 that controls the displays 62 and 64, a coin dispensing section 76 that discharges the balance to the settlement port 66, and a settlement port 68.
A ball discharging unit 78 that discharges remaining balls, a journal printer 80 that performs printing. An operation section 82 including payment buttons 66 and 68, an external transmission unit 84 for communicating with the terminal controller 20, and a control section 8 for performing control calculations.
6.

Roughly speaking, in FIG. 1, only a ball lending opening 88 is provided on the front panel of the inter-machine ball lending machine 18, and rental balls are discharged into the receiving tray.

In addition, on the front panel of the ball rental operation device 26, there is an abnormality indicator 90 with an operation switch for the pachinko machine 16, a card insertion slot 92, a card remaining amount indicator 94, and three types (100 yen, 100 yen,
Three buttons 96 for inputting ball loan amounts of 1,000 yen and 10,000 yen, their monitor lamps 98, and a card return button 100 are provided.

The configuration of the inter-machine ball lending machine 18 and the ball lending operation devices 26 on both sides thereof is shown in blocks in FIG. 1
02. The receiver of the ball lending port 88 is a ball remaining detector 103 that detects whether or not there are balls left on the tray, and an indicator 90.94
and a display control section 104 that controls the lamps 98, an external transmission unit 106 that communicates with the terminal controller 20, and a control section 108 that performs control calculations.

In addition, in the same figure, the painter rental machine operating device 26 is inserted into the insertion slot 92.
The card reader/writer 110 reads the inserted card and rewrites the number of balls to be paid written on the card, and an operating device 112, and the operating device 112 includes the above-mentioned device 96. ing. Therefore, by this operation, the number of balls to be rented from the inter-machine ball rental machine 18 can be inputted.

Next, the card issuing machine 1o, the card payment machine 12, the inter-machine ball lending machine 1!118, and the ball lending machine operating device 26 configured as above are explained.
The operations will be explained with reference to flowcharts shown in FIGS. 5, 6, and 7.

In FIG. 5, the card issuing machine 10 first determines whether or not a card has been inserted into the card insertion/ejection opening 36 (step 200). If it is impossible or invalid, it is returned (steps 202-2).
10).

Then, if the card is not inserted, or if the card can be read and its validity is confirmed, a bill is inserted from the bill insertion slot 30 or a coin is inserted from the coin insertion slot 028, and they are temporarily stored inside. (steps 212, 214>).

Generally, if the inserted banknotes or coins are not accepted, they are returned (steps 216, 218, and 220).

Furthermore, when inserting banknotes or coins, unless the issue button 4o is operated (step 222), the number of inserted coins must not exceed 3 (step 224), and the sum of the preset ball rental fee and card guarantee fee must be (Step 228.2) on the condition that the amount does not exceed three times the amount (Step 226).
3o).

If the amount exceeds the amount, the coins will be returned (
Steps 232.234).

In this way, when payment coins are accepted, issue button 4 is pressed.
0 is manipulated. - Next, the coin slot 28
and when the banknote insertion slot 3o is closed (step 236>
, the card issuance conditions are determined according to the following table (step 238).

Table 1 Step 240: Take out the card according to this judgment result
> , Including old cards for the number of rental balls (step 242), issuing cards (step 244), printing out (step 246), repeatedly issuing cards (step 248)
, and coin return (step 250) is performed.

Thereafter, after the coins are collected inside, the coin insertion slot 28 and the bill insertion slot 30 are opened (steps 252 and 254).
).

Note that if the card cannot be written to, the card is collected (steps 256, 258, 260) and another card is removed (step 240).

In FIG. 6, when a card is inserted in the card payment customer 12 (step 300), the card insertion slot 60 is closed (step 302).

Then, it is determined whether the card can be read or not and whether it is valid (steps 304 and 306), and if the card cannot be read or is invalid, it is returned (step 308). .310).

In addition, if the card can be read and its validity is confirmed, it is determined whether cash payment or paid ball payment has been selected by operating the payment button 66 or 68, and which one is selected according to the result of the determination. The payment is made, and at that time, the data on the card is also erased and collected (step 312).
~330).

Printout is then performed and the insertion port 60 is reopened (steps 332 and 334).

In FIG. 7, when a card is loaded into the ball lending machine operating device 26 (steps 400 and 402), it is determined whether the card can be read and whether it is valid (step 404. 406), and if the read is not possible or invalid, its return is made (step 408.410).

If the card can be read and its validity is confirmed, the remaining amount is confirmed (step 412), and if there is no remaining amount, the card is returned (step 414.4).
16).

Then, the number of rental balls within the remaining amount is specified by operating the button 96 (steps 418, 420, 422),
The number of rented balls stored on the card is reduced by the specified number (steps 424 and 426), and the rented balls are released (step 42).
8).

This discharge of the rented balls is performed after confirming that no rented balls remain in the tray of the ball dispensing port 88 according to the detection signal of the remaining rented balls detector 103 (Step 42B>). Once completed (step 430), the remaining amount is determined (step 432) and whether or not the return button 100 has been operated is determined (step 434).

As explained above, according to this embodiment, the inter-machine ball rental machine 18
Since a card reader/writer 110 is installed on each pachinko machine 16 on both sides of the pachinko machine 16, the customers of those pachinko machines 16 can freely share the same inter-machine ball lending machine 18, and both customers can use their own cards. It is possible to play with the card inserted into the card reader/exchanger 110, thereby making it possible to significantly improve the convenience of the system.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Figure 1 is an explanatory diagram of the overall configuration of the pachinko card system, Figure 2 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the card issuing machine, Figure 3 is an explanatory diagram of the configuration of the card payment machine, and Figure 4 is the inter-machine ball lending machine and ball lending machine. An explanatory diagram of the configuration of the operating device, Fig. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the card issuing machine, Fig. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the card payment machine, and Fig. 7 is the operation of the inter-machine ball lending machine and the ball lending machine operation. It is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the device. 16... Pachinko machine 18... Inter-machine ball lending machine 26... Ball lending machine operating device 110... Card reading/writing changer 112... Operating device Fig. 3

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) An operating device that performs an input operation to determine the number of balls to be dispensed from the inter-machine ball rental machine, and a card reader that reads the number of balls to be rented written on an insertion card and rewrites it in accordance with the input operation. A card ball lending system comprising: a card reading/writing changing device provided for each pachinko machine located on both sides of an inter-machine ball lending machine.