JP5296734B2 - Customer management system at amusement hall - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a customer management system for warning a member of the possibility of exceeding a limit of ball storing amount when the member stops a game and stores the entire amount of his/her own balls. <P>SOLUTION: When a unit 2 receives an instruction for ejecting a member card, the unit 2 sends identification information read from a member card 1 and calculated own ball information to a server 4. When the server 4 receives these information, the server 4 retrieves stored ball information of the member based on the identification information, and the retrieved stored ball information and the received own ball information are added for comparing and determining whether an added value exceeds a limit value of stored balls. When the added value exceeds, the server 4 sends a signal for restricting ejection of the member card. When the unit 2 receives the signal for restricting ejection of the member card, the unit 2 restricts ejection of the member card 1 and announces that the limit value of stored balls are exceeded if all the amount of the own balls are stored. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  In the present invention, a game player (hereinafter sometimes referred to as a “member” in the present specification) deposits game media acquired at a game arcade at the game arcade and uses the deposited game media to play later. The present invention relates to a customer management system that warns a player that there is a possibility of exceeding the limit when there is a limit on the amount of game media to be deposited.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a system has been constructed in which a player can deposit a game medium such as a pachinko ball acquired by playing at a game hall into the game hall, and play a game with the deposited game medium at a later date (Patent Literature). 1). This deposited game medium is generally referred to as “save ball”. In this specification, unless otherwise specified, the case where the game medium is a medal is also included in the “storing ball”.

  In recent years, there is a case where there is a limit to the amount of stored balls, that is, the amount of game media that can be deposited in each game hall per member of the game hall. This is because, for example, when the amusement hall stops the operation of the savings ball system, the amount is not excessive when the savings are compensated for the members.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-68385

  However, in the technique shown in Patent Document 1, even if the ball can be stored in the game hall, the sum of the amount of game media that the member wants to store and the amount of game media that has already been stored exceeds the storage limit value. Whether or not it is not possible to know in advance. In this case, the problem will be counted when the member returns with no exchange of prizes, etc., even though the member has counted the game media that he / she owns as a result of the game. This is the case that the item was not properly processed. That is, when counted by a counter, the count result and the member's identification information are associated with each other and held in a game room computer or the like. In amusement halls, generally, processing of counting results remaining without exchanging prizes or the like on that day is performed by computer tightening processing performed on each day. At this time, generally in amusement halls, a member's counting result is automatically processed as a member's storage ball. In the case of this automatic processing, if the count result of the member is added to the amount of accumulated balls of the member, there may be a case where the accumulated ball limit value provided by the playground is exceeded. How to handle the excess in this case depends on the judgment of the amusement hall, but over the handling of this excess, it may become the basis of the dispute between the member concerned and the amusement hall at a later date.

  Therefore, the present invention considers such conventional technology, and when a member stops the game, there is a possibility that if the member stores all of his own amount of balls, the amount of storage limit will be exceeded. The purpose of this is to provide a customer management system that warns you.

Accordingly, the invention of claim 1 is a distribution medium for a player that is distributed in advance to members of a game arcade and in which predetermined information can be written, and the recording medium for a player can be inserted , and is arranged in the vicinity of the gaming machine. A recording medium processing apparatus, and a player arranged corresponding to the recording medium processing apparatus and capable of inputting a command to eject the player recording medium from the recording medium processing apparatus to the recording medium processing apparatus The game includes a recording medium discharge command means, a management device that can communicate with the recording medium processing device, and each counter that can communicate with the recording medium processing device and is arranged corresponding to each gaming machine. The player recording medium includes an identification information recording unit that records at least identification information for specifying the member, and the recording medium processing device includes a card insertion detection unit that detects insertion of the player recording medium; The player A recording medium discharge command detecting unit for detecting a command from the recording medium discharge command means, an internal storage unit for holding the ball information, a ball amount calculating unit, a writing / reading unit for the player recording medium, A communication unit that performs transmission / reception with the management device, a recording medium discharge control unit, and a notification control unit when the recording medium discharge is restricted, and the management device performs transmission / reception with each of the recording medium processing devices. A communication unit, an information storage unit that records each member's identification information and the amount of accumulated balls of the member, a stored amount calculation unit that adds up the amount of accumulated balls and the amount of possession of the member, and the total value is predetermined. A storage unit limit value comparison unit, and when the recording medium processing apparatus into which the player recording medium is inserted receives a recording medium discharge command from a corresponding player recording medium discharge command means, the recording medium Processing device is a player recording medium The identification information read from the recording medium and the ball information held by the internal storage unit at the time when the recording medium discharge command is received are transmitted to the management device. Based on the member's stored ball information, based on the sum of the retrieved stored ball information and the received ball information, a comparison is made to determine whether or not the combined value exceeds the stored ball limit value, and the stored ball limit value is exceeded. If it is determined, the recording medium discharge restriction signal is transmitted to the recording medium processing apparatus, and the recording medium processing apparatus that has received the recording medium discharge restriction signal notifies that the storage ball limit value is exceeded, and The customer management system in the game hall has a configuration in which the discharge control unit is operated so as not to perform the discharge operation of the player recording medium .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided a game hall according to the first aspect, wherein the player recording medium discharge command means is provided in a gaming machine arranged corresponding to the recording medium processing device. In the customer management system. Further, the invention of claim 3 is the customer management system in a game hall according to the invention of claim 1, wherein the player recording medium discharge command means is provided in the recording medium processing apparatus.

Further, the invention of claim 4 is the invention of any one of claims 1, 2 or 3 , wherein the total value of the holding amount and the amount of storage and the storage limit value are the number of pachinko balls of a pachinko or a medal for a slot machine. It is a customer management system in a game hall expressed by the number of cards.

Further, the invention of claim 5 is the invention according to any one of claims 1, 2, or 3 , wherein the total value of the holding amount and the amount of storage and the storage limit value are the number of pachinko balls of a pachinko and a medal for a slot machine. A customer management system in the amusement hall represented by the total number of cards.

The invention of claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1, 2, or 3 , wherein the sum of the amount of balls and the amount of accumulated balls and the limit value of the accumulated balls are equal to the number of pachinko balls of pachinko. The customer management system in the amusement hall is represented by an amount obtained by multiplying the number of medals for the slot machine by an amount obtained by multiplying the number of medals for the slot machine by the price of one medal.

The invention of claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1, 2, or 3 , wherein the sum of the amount of balls and the amount of stored balls and the limit value of the stored balls are equal to the number of pachinko balls of pachinko. And a game management customer management system expressed by the amount obtained by multiplying the number of medals for slot machines by the price of one medal.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the player finishes the game and operates the player's recording medium discharge command means, the sum of the player's stored ball amount and the amount of balls held by the game is a storage ball limit. Whether or not the value is exceeded is determined by comparison. If the value is exceeded, a notification to that effect is given in the recording medium processing apparatus, and the player recording medium is not ejected. Therefore, the player can easily understand that when the total amount of possessed balls is stored, the stored amount exceeds the storage limit value.

In the invention of claim 4 , since the number of pachinko balls or the number of medals for slot machines is compared with the storage ball limit value, it is easy to see whether the number of each game medium exceeds the storage ball limit value. Further, in the invention of claim 5 , it can be seen whether or not the sum of the number of pachinko balls and the number of medals for the slot machine exceeds the limit value for storing balls, and the possession amount of the entire game medium at the game hall is determined. whether it exceeds the貯玉limit value is likely to borrow minute. In the invention of claim 6 , it can be seen whether each of the amount of money by the pachinko ball quantity or the amount of money by the medal quantity exceeds the storage limit value. In addition, in the invention of claim 7 , it can be seen whether or not the amount of the game medium owned by itself in the game hall exceeds the amount of the storage limit value.

  In the present invention, when a unit (an example of a recording medium processing apparatus) receives a recording medium discharge command from a corresponding card return button (an example of a player's recording medium discharge command means), the unit receives a membership card (a player's recording). The identification information read from one example of the medium) and the ball information held by the internal storage unit at the time when the recording medium discharge command is received are transmitted to the server (an example of the management apparatus), and the information is received. The server searches the member's stored ball information based on the identification information, adds the searched stored ball information and the received ball information, compares and determines whether the combined value exceeds the stored ball limit value, When it is determined that the storage limit value has been exceeded, the unit that transmits the recording medium discharge restriction signal to the unit and receives the recording medium discharge restriction signal restricts discharge of the recording medium. When the lifting balls amount held to the total amount 貯玉 is configured to perform a notification to the effect that more than 貯玉 limit value, a customer management system in the gaming field.

Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of an apparatus in one game hall of the present invention.

  A member card 1 that is a player recording medium that is distributed in advance to members of the game arcade and can write predetermined information, a unit 2 into which the member card 1 can be inserted, and a unit 2 that is arranged. A card return button 2i that can input a command to eject the membership card 1 from the unit 2 to the unit 2, a server 4 that is a management device that can communicate with the unit 2, and communication with the unit 2. Each of the counters 5 arranged corresponding to each gaming machine 3 and an employee record that can be inserted into each unit 2 and distributed in advance to the game hall employees to perform maintenance operations on the units 2 The system includes an employee IC tag 6 as a medium and a POS 7 as a gift processing apparatus capable of communicating with the server 4. Each unit 2, server 4 and POS 7 are connected by a network 8. In FIG. 1, only one set is displayed for the unit 2, gaming machine 3, and each counter 5, but in practice, a large number of sets are connected to the network 8. There may be a plurality of POSs 7.

  The membership card 1 includes an identification information recording unit for recording identification information for identifying the member, and a ball amount specifying information for recording the number of game media counted by the counters 5 as the ball information of the member. The recording unit 1a includes a recording unit and a member information recording unit that records a member's name and the like, and a communication unit 1b that transmits the recorded information to the outside.

  The unit 2 includes a card insertion detection unit 2a that detects insertion of the member card 1, a member card return button detection unit 2b of the corresponding gaming machine 3, a ball amount calculation unit 2c, and the member card. 1 and a writing / reading unit 2d which is a writing / reading unit for recording information of the employee IC tag 6, a communication unit 2e which transmits / receives data to / from the server 4, a discharge control unit 2f of the membership card 1, and the membership card 1 And a notification / display control unit 2g at the time of discharge restriction. Further, an input button 2h is provided for inputting a personal identification number when the member inserts the member card 1 into the unit 2 for playing a game. The input button 2h includes a button indicating a numerical value from 0 to 9, a confirmation button for confirming the input numerical value, and a cancel button for canceling the input numerical value.

  The unit 2 includes a card return button 2i, and pressing of the card return button 2i is detected by the member card return button detection unit 2b of the unit 2. Furthermore, the identification information and the possession information regarding the member card 1 to be returned are transmitted to the server 4. The possession information at this time is the possession information held in the internal storage unit 2j of the unit 2 at that time. Furthermore, when the member card 1 is inserted into the unit 2, the unit 2 reads the identification information of the member and the ball amount specifying information and transmits it to the server 4. The server 4 uses the received information as a basis. The unit 2 returns the ball information of the member to the unit 2, and the unit 2 that receives the information holds the ball information in the internal storage unit 2 j. Further, each gaming machine 3 is provided with each counter 5 and counts the number of game media obtained as a result of the members playing in each gaming machine 1, that is, the amount of possession, and this possession information is stored in the unit. 2 to send.

  In addition, the server 4 adds the communication unit 4a that transmits / receives to / from the unit 2 and the POS 7, the member information storage unit 4b, the employee information storage unit 4c, and the received amount of accumulated balls and the amount of possession of the members. The control unit 4e includes a storage amount calculation unit 4d that compares the total value with a predetermined storage limit value and a setting unit 4f for employee information. The member information storage unit 4b is recorded on the player recording medium distributed to each member and has different identification information for each player recording medium, member information such as the member's name, and the member's storage ball. The stored ball information indicating the amount and the stored ball information indicating the amount of the member's balls are stored in association with each other. Further, in the employee information storage unit 4c, different identification information for each employee IC tag 6, employee information such as the name of the employee to whom the employee IC tag 6 has been distributed, and the employee can use it. The authority information related to the equipment in the game room is stored in association with each other.

  The employee IC tag 6 includes a recording unit 6a that records employee information such as employee identification information, employee name, and authority information of the employee, and a communication unit that communicates the information to the outside. 6b.

  The POS 7 includes a communication unit 7a that transmits and receives to and from the unit 2 and the server 4, a card insertion detection unit 7b that detects insertion of the member card 1, a writing / reading unit 7c for the member recording medium, and a prize. The exchange processing unit 7d, the amount of bead calculating unit 7e for calculating the number of balls after the prize exchange, the ball processing unit 7f for processing the number of the balls as a stored ball, and when the storage limit value is exceeded And a notification / display control unit 7g for notification.

First, pattern 1 of use in this system will be described with reference to FIG.
When a player who is a member of the game hall has finished playing the game machine 3, he / she presses a card return button 2i provided in the unit 2. The unit 2 detects pressing of the card return button 2i by the return button detection unit 2b (step S1). Then, the unit 2 sends the identification information read from the member card 1 by the writing / reading unit 2d and the ball information stored in the internal storage unit 2j when the card return button 2i is pushed down to the communication unit 2e. To the server 4 (step S2). The server 4 receiving these pieces of information searches the received identification information by searching whether there is identification information that matches the member information recorded in the member information storage unit 4b of the server 4 based on the received identification information. The member specified from the information is searched (step S3).

  If a member that matches the member specified from the received identification information cannot be found, it is processed as an error (step S4). If a matching member is found, the stored amount of balls stored in association with the member information of the member is confirmed (step S5), and the stored amount of stored balls and the received amount of held balls are added together ( Step S6), it is compared and determined whether or not the sum value exceeds the storage limit value (step S7). If it is determined that the storage ball limit value is not exceeded, an end signal is issued to the unit 2 (step S8). If it is determined that the storage limit value has been exceeded, an error signal is transmitted to the unit 2 (step S9), and the error signal is received by the communication unit 2e (step S10). The discharge of the membership card 1 is restricted in 2f (step S11), and the notification / display control unit 2g performs error notification / display. At the same time, an automatic notification is made to each employee's income (step S12).

  The player who sees or hears the error calls the employee, and the called employee performs the maintenance operation described later, whereby the membership card discharge restriction is canceled and the membership card 1 is ejected from the unit 2. . At the same time, the unit 2 performs control to stop error notification / display. Here, the employee verbally informs the player that if the player has accumulated all of the possession possessed by the player, the limit will be exceeded. In this way, by making the employee's work intervening, it is possible for the employee to make a verbal announcement reliably, and if the player accumulates all the possessed balls, the player will exceed the storage limit value. You will be able to know more reliably.

  In the maintenance operation, the employee IC tag 6 is read / written to / from the member card 1 while pressing the input button 2h determined in advance of the unit 2 where the employee is reporting / displaying the error. Separately from the writing / reading unit 2d, a writing / reading unit (not shown) provided in the lower part of the unit 2 is placed in proximity to perform employee authentication. In this authentication, employee identification information, authority information, and the like read by the writing / reading unit are sent from the unit 2 to the server 4 and collated with these pieces of information in the employee information storage unit 4c of the server 4. When the server 4 succeeds in this collation, the server 4 transmits a signal to that effect to the unit 2. The unit 2 receiving this signal switches the operation mode of the unit 2 from the normal mode to the maintenance mode. When it is detected that the member card return button 2i is pressed in the maintenance mode state, the unit 2 records the amount-of-ball specifying information on the member card 1, releases the member card discharge restriction, and discharges the member card. . Further, the unit 2 transmits the identification information / mochitama information to the server 4. The server 4 that has received the information searches the member information storage unit 4b for identification information that matches the received identification information, and updates the possessed ball information of the discovered member information to the received retained ball information.

  As for the employee authentication, the employee authentication information set in advance by the server 4 is transmitted to the unit 2 in advance, such as before the game hall is opened, and the unit 2 stores the employee authentication information in advance. In the case of employee authentication, authentication may be performed using employee authentication information stored in the unit 2.

  In this embodiment, the unit 2 is provided with the card return button 2i. However, the card return button 2i may be provided on the gaming machine 3 disposed corresponding to the unit 2. In this case, when the gaming machine 3 detects that the card return button provided in the gaming machine 3 is pressed, a card return signal is transmitted to the unit 2. When the unit 2 receives this card return signal, the unit 2 transmits the identification information and the ball information read from the member card 1 by the writing / reading unit 2d to the server 4 via the communication unit 2e. By adopting such a configuration, the present invention can also be applied to a combination of a game machine 3 called a CR machine and a unit 2 corresponding thereto.

  Further, in this embodiment, the employee IC tag 6 is used in the vicinity of a writing / reading unit (not shown) provided at the lower part of the unit 2. The information recorded on the employee IC tag 6 may be read.

  In this embodiment, the recording medium distributed in advance to the members of the game hall is a membership card. However, the recording medium may be any recording medium distributed in advance to the member, and is not limited to a card type, such as a coin type, a tag type, etc. can do. In this embodiment, the storage medium distributed in advance to the game hall employee is an IC tag. However, any recording medium distributed in advance to the employee may be used, such as a card type or a coin type. Can do.

  Further, the storage limit value may be determined by the number of game media such as the number of balls, or may be set on a monetary basis by converting into a ball value such as 1 ball = 4 yen. When configured on an amount basis, the amount of storage for each member of the server 4 is stored on an amount basis. In this case, the information transmitted from the unit 2 to the server 4 includes at least three pieces of data relating to the member identification information, the amount of possession, and the value of the ball set for the gaming machine 3. Alternatively, when the rental value for each unit 2 (1 ball = 4 yen or the like) is stored in the server 4 in advance, the information transmitted from the unit 2 to the server 4 includes the member identification information, the amount of balls, the unit 2 At least three pieces of identification information of the unit 2 assigned for each are included.

  Further, the storage limit value may be an upper limit value obtained by adding the value of the ball and the value of the medal. When this upper limit is combined, if 1 ball = 4 yen, 1 medal = 20 yen, 20,000 balls and 40,000 medals 20,000 x 4 yen + 40,000 x 20 yen = 8 10,000 yen + 800,000 yen = 880,000 yen. In addition, an upper limit value may be set for each of the ball value and the medal value. In this case, the storage limit value is set to an upper limit value for each type of ball value (1 yen, 4 yen, etc.), or to an upper limit value for each type of medal value (5 yen, 20 yen, etc.). Or may be set. If this upper limit is for each ball and medal, and for each game media rate, up to 1 million 1 yen coins, up to 250,000 4 yen coins, up to 200,000 5 yen medals, 20 Up to 50,000 yen medals are set on a number basis according to each value. On the basis of the amount, 1 yen coin, 4 yen coin, 5 yen medal and 20 yen medal are 1 million yen respectively.

  Further, in a game arcade that is not equivalent exchange, the upper limit value may be calculated based on the exchange rate amount. In this case, for example, if the exchange rate is 2.5 yen per ball, 16 yen per medal, etc., the value of the ball or medal is calculated as described above by applying this rate.

Next, pattern 2 of use in this system will be described with reference to FIG.
This pattern 2 is a pattern when a table (game machine) for playing in the same game hall is moved. The membership card 1 inserted into the unit 2 by moving the table is recorded with identification information unique to the member and ball amount specifying information. When the member card 1 is inserted, the unit 2 detects this by the card insertion detection unit 2a (step S21), reads the ball amount specific information, and stores the internal ball information specified from the ball amount specific information. Stored in the storage unit 2j (step S22). Depending on the player's game result and the payout of the ball, the amount of the ball will fluctuate, so this is calculated by the ball amount calculation unit 2c one by one, and the ball information held in the internal storage unit 2j is updated ( Step S23). Finally, when the player presses the member card return button 2i, the ball information to be transmitted to the server 4 is determined.

  When pressing of the member card return button 2i provided in the unit 2 is detected (step S1), the identification information of the member card 1 and the possession information are transmitted to the server 4 (step S2). Then, the same operation as the pattern 1 is performed.

  In the above description, the ball holding amount specifying information is recorded on the member card 1 and the server 4 specifies the holding amount of the member based on the holding amount specifying information. The information may be configured to be shared with the identification information recorded on the member card 1.

  More specifically, the membership card 1 includes only an identification information storage unit for specifying the member. In the pattern 2, the member card 1 inserted into the unit 2 by moving the table stores identification information unique to the member. When the member card 1 is inserted, the unit 2 detects this as shown in FIG. 3 by the card insertion detection unit 2a (step S21), reads the identification information from the member card 1 by the writing / reading unit 2d, Is transmitted to the server 4. The server 4 searches and identifies the received information based on the received information, and returns the member's possession information to the unit 2, and the unit 2 that has received it retains the possession information in the internal storage unit 2 j (step) S22).

  Depending on the player's game result and the payout of the ball, the amount of the ball will fluctuate, so this is calculated by the ball amount calculation unit 2c one by one, and the ball information held in the internal storage unit 2j is updated ( Step S23). Finally, when the player presses the member card return button 2i, the ball information to be transmitted to the server 4 is determined.

  When pressing of the member card return button 2i provided in the unit 2 is detected (step S1), the identification information of the member card 1 and the possession information are transmitted to the server 4 (step S2). Then, the same operation as the pattern 1 is performed.

Next, pattern 3 of use in this system will be described with reference to FIG.
In the above patterns 1 and 2, each gaming machine checks whether or not the sum of the amount of game media possessed as a result of the player's game and the amount of stored balls at the game hall exceeds the storage limit value. This is performed in the unit 2 corresponding to 3, but in the pattern 3, this is performed in the gift processing apparatus, that is, the POS 7.

  In this pattern 3, the ball amount specifying information that can specify the amount of balls that can be specified when the player who has been a member finishes the game at the gaming machine 3 is recorded on the member card 1, and this member card 1 is inserted into the POS 7 card. Insert into the part (not shown) Then, the card insertion detecting unit 7b detects the insertion of the member card 1, and the writing / reading unit 7c reads the identification information / the amount-of-ball specifying information recorded on the member card 1. Then, the read information is transmitted to the server 4, the ball information of the member is specified as described above based on the identification information / ball amount specifying information received by the server 4, and the specified ball information is Send to POS7. The POS 7 uses the received ball information to exchange prizes by the prize exchange processing unit 7d of the POS 7. Then, when the operation for exchanging the prize is completed, the number of balls used for the prize exchange is subtracted from the amount of possession by the possession amount calculation unit 7e. When the end button is pressed, the storage processing unit 7f detects this (Step S31), and the POS 7 transmits the identification information and possession information read from the member card 1 to the server 4 (Step S32).

  The server 4 identifies the member recorded in the server 4 based on the sent identification information and the like (step S33), and checks the amount of accumulated balls of the member (step S34). If the member cannot be specified in step S32, error processing is performed (step S35). The checked amount of accumulated balls and the amount of accumulated balls corresponding to the retained ball information are added together (step 36), and it is determined whether the combined value exceeds or does not exceed the stored ball limit value (step 37). If it does not exceed, the process ends as it is (step S38), and this is transmitted to the POS 7. If the stored ball limit value is exceeded in step S37, an error signal is transmitted to POS 7 (step S39). The POS 7 receives this error signal (step S40) and displays an error on the display by the notification / display control unit 7g (step S41). At the time of error display, along with the display, how much it has been exceeded, for example, “36 balls over” may be displayed. Further, when the POS 7 receives an error signal, the POS 7 may display the fact on both the customer display and the employee display.

  After that, every time the POS 7 is exchanged for one prize, the POS 7 subtracts the amount of possession and sends the possession information after the subtraction and the member identification information to the server 4, and the server 4 performs the above calculation. If the storage limit value is exceeded, an error signal is transmitted to the POS 7. This process is repeated. In addition, when the sum of the amount of balls inquired by the member and the sum of the recorded amount of storage does not exceed the storage limit, the server 4 sends an inquiry end signal to the POS 7, and the POS 7 that has received this will be able to store the ball. Or the like can be displayed on the display.

  In this way, by notifying in advance of the possibility that the storage limit limit will be exceeded even at POS7, for example, for POS7 to carry out processing at POS7 in order to exchange the ball for cigarettes, etc. It is possible to reliably notify that there is a possibility of exceeding the storage limit value when all the possession balls are stored by the notification.

  In the first embodiment, the ball holding amount specifying information is recorded on the member card 1 and the server 4 specifies the holding amount of the member based on the holding amount specifying information. Needless to say, the ball amount specifying information may be combined with the identification information recorded on the member card 1.

  Next, Example 2 using this system will be described with reference to FIG. In the first embodiment, each counter 5 is provided corresponding to each gaming machine 3, but in this embodiment, each counter 5 is not provided, for example, for each gaming machine island in the game hall. An island edge counter 9 is provided. As shown in FIG. 5, the island edge counter 9 includes a communication unit 9 a that can communicate with the server 4, a counting unit 9 b that counts game media inserted into an insertion slot (not shown), and a membership card 1. The recorded information can be read, and the writing / reading unit 9c capable of writing information to the membership card 1 and notification control for controlling notification when an error signal is received from the server 4 A part 9d, an insertion / extraction part 9e for inserting / extracting the membership card 1, an employee IC tag reading part 9f capable of reading information recorded on the employee IC tag 6, and an employee who has read the information An authority determination unit 9g that determines whether or not the IC tag 6 has the authority to use the island edge counter 9, a discharge restriction control unit 9h that limits the discharge of the member card 1 inserted into the insertion / extraction unit 9e, Member car inserted into the insertion / extraction section 9e And a discharge control unit 9i performing one of the discharge. In the first embodiment, when the card return button 2i is pressed by a member of the unit 2, the predetermined information is transmitted to the server 4. However, in the second embodiment, such processing is not performed.

  Processing in the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the part of the structure similar to Example 1 uses the same code | symbol, and abbreviate | omits description.

  When the member counts the game media owned by the member, the member card 1 is first inserted into the island edge counter 9.

  Next, when a game medium is inserted into the insertion port of the island edge counter 9, the island edge counter 9 detects the insertion of the game medium and starts counting by the counting unit 9b. When the counting by the counting unit 9b ends (step S41), the island edge counter 9 transmits the counting information indicating the counting result and the identification information read from the member card 1 by the writing / reading unit 9c via the communication unit 9a. To the server 4 (step S42).

  The server 4 that has received the count information and the identification information from the island edge counter 9 collates with the member information stored in the member information storage unit 4b based on the identification information, and associates the matching identification information with the matching identification information. The stored ball information stored is searched (step S43).

  If no matching identification information is found, it is processed as an error (step S44). When the matching identification information is found, the stored ball information associated with the identification information is confirmed (step S45), and the stored ball information and the received count information are added together (step S46). Then, a comparison is made to determine whether or not the combined value has exceeded the storage limit value (step S47). When it is determined that the storage ball limit value is not exceeded, an end signal is issued to the island edge counter 9 (step S48). Upon receiving this end signal, the island edge counter 9 operates the discharge control unit 9i to perform the operation of returning the member card 1 from the insertion / extraction unit 9e. On the other hand, if it is determined that the storage limit value has been exceeded, an error signal is transmitted to the island edge counter 9 (step S49). The island edge counter 9 that has received the error signal from the server 4 activates the discharge restriction control section 9h and performs a control not to perform the discharge operation of the member card 1 held in the island edge counter 9 (step S50). ). At the same time, the notification controller 9d notifies the error (step S51). Also, along with this, the employee's income is automatically notified (step S52).

  When discharging the membership card 1 whose discharge is restricted by the above operation from the island edge counter 9, the employee brings the employee IC tag 6 close to the employee IC tag reading unit 9 f of the island edge counter 9. . Then, the employee IC tag reading unit 9f reads the identification information and the authority information recorded on the employee IC tag 6, and the authority determination unit 9g first determines the authority. If it is determined in this determination that the employee IC tag 6 can be used by the island edge counter 9, the island edge counter 9 transmits the read identification information to the server 4 via the communication unit 9a.

  The server 4 that has received the identification information collates with the identification information stored in the employee information storage unit 4c. If there is a match in this collation, a collation end signal is transmitted to the transmitting island edge counter 9. On the other hand, if there is no match in this collation, an error signal is transmitted to the transmitting island edge counter 9.

  When the island end counter 9 receives the verification end signal, the operation of the discharge restriction control unit 9h is canceled, the member card 1 is discharged, and the error notification performed by the notification control unit 9d is released. . At this time, the employee notifies the member that if the total amount of game media is stored, the limit for the storage is exceeded. On the other hand, when the error signal is received, the error notification performed by the notification control unit 9d is continued.

  By configuring as described above, the present invention can be applied even when the island edge counter 9 is used for counting. In this embodiment, the determination of the authority of use of the island edge counter of the employee is performed by the island edge counter 9. However, the authority information read from the employee IC tag 6 is transmitted to the server 4, and the server 4 The authority may be determined on the side.

  In the first and second embodiments, the server computer is the server 4 as an example of the management device. However, the management device is configured by the server and the client computer so that the storage limit value and the like can be set from the client computer. good. In addition, the processing performed by the server 4 in the first and second embodiments may be performed by distributing the processing among a plurality of computers.

It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the system of Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of the pattern 1 using the system of Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of the pattern 2 using the system of Example 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of the pattern 3 using the system of Example 1 of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram which shows the structure of the system of Example 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart figure of the pattern using the system of Example 2 of this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Member card 1a Recording part 1b Communication part 2 Unit 2a Card insertion detection part 2b Return button detection part 2c Ball amount calculation part 2d Writing / reading part 2e Communication part 2f Ejection control part 2g Notification / display control part 3 Game machine 4 Server 4a Communication unit 4b Member information storage unit 4c Employee information storage unit 4d Saving amount calculation unit 4e Control unit 4f Employee information etc. setting unit 5 Each counter 6 Employee IC tag 6a Recording unit 6b Communication unit 7 POS 7a Communication unit 7b Card insertion detection unit 7c Write / read unit 7d Premium exchange processing unit 7e Retained ball amount calculation unit 7f Storage ball processing unit 7g Notification / display control unit 8 Network 9 Island edge counter 9a Communication unit 9b Count unit 9c Write / read unit 9d Notification control unit 9e insertion / extraction unit 9f employee IC tag reading unit 9g authority determination unit 9h discharge restriction control unit 9i discharge control unit

Claims (7)

A recording medium for a player that is distributed in advance to members of a game arcade and in which predetermined information can be written, a recording medium processing device that can be inserted in the recording medium for the player, and that is disposed in the vicinity of the gaming machine; A recording medium discharge command means for a player arranged corresponding to the recording medium processing device and capable of inputting a command to discharge the player recording medium from the recording medium processing device to the recording medium processing device; A management device communicable with the medium processing device, and communicable with the recording medium processing device, each comprising a counter counter arranged corresponding to each gaming machine,
The player recording medium includes an identification information recording unit for recording identification information for identifying at least the member,
The recording medium processing device includes a card insertion detection unit that detects insertion of the player recording medium, a recording medium discharge command detection unit that detects a command from the player recording medium discharge command unit, An internal storage unit for holding the ball, a ball amount calculation unit, a writing / reading unit for the player recording medium, a communication unit for transmitting / receiving to / from the management device, a discharge control unit for the recording medium, and the recording A notification control unit at the time of medium discharge restriction,
The management device includes a communication unit that transmits / receives data to / from each recording medium processing device, an information storage unit that records each member's identification information and the member's accumulated ball amount, and the member's accumulated ball amount and retained ball amount. A storage amount calculation unit, and a comparison unit between the total value and a predetermined storage limit value,
When the recording medium processing device into which the player recording medium is inserted receives a recording medium discharge command from the corresponding player recording medium discharge command means, the recording medium processing device reads from the player recording medium. The identification information and the ball information held by the internal storage unit at the time when the recording medium discharge command is received are transmitted to the management device, and the management device that has received these pieces of information receives the information based on the identification information. The member's stored ball information is searched, and the searched stored ball information and the received ball information are added together, and it is determined whether or not the combined value exceeds the stored ball limit value, and it is determined that the stored ball limit value is exceeded. In this case, the recording medium discharge restriction signal is transmitted to the recording medium processing apparatus, and the recording medium processing apparatus that has received the recording medium discharge restriction signal notifies that the storage limit value is exceeded, and also performs the discharge control. Part Characterized in that it is configured to control not to perform discharge operation of the actuated so the recording medium, a customer management system in the gaming field. 2. The customer management system in a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the player recording medium discharge command means is provided in a gaming machine arranged corresponding to the recording medium processing device. 2. The customer management system in a game hall according to claim 1, wherein the player recording medium discharge command means is provided in the recording medium processing apparatus . The sum of the amount of balls and the amount of accumulated balls and the limit value of accumulated balls are represented by the number of pachinko balls of a pachinko or the number of medals for a slot machine. Customer management system in amusement hall The total value of the amount of holding balls and the amount of accumulated balls and the limit value of accumulated balls are represented by the sum of the number of pachinko balls for pachinko and the number of medals for slot machines. The customer management system in the amusement hall described in 1. The combined value of the amount of balls and the amount of storage and the limit value of storage are the amount of pachinko pachinko balls multiplied by the price of one pachinko ball, or the amount of medals for slot machines multiplied by the price of one medal. The customer management system in a game hall according to claim 1, characterized in that the system is represented. The sum of the amount of balls and the amount of storage and the limit value for storage are the amount of pachinko balls multiplied by the price of one pachinko ball, and the amount of medals for slot machines multiplied by the price of one medal. The customer management system in a game hall according to claim 1, characterized in that the system is represented.

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