JP3664764B2 - Game card vending machine - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to a gaming card vending machine that sells valued (prepaid) gaming cards, and in particular, a prepaid gaming card used when lending pachinko balls or medals used in pachinko halls. It relates to the improvement of vending machines.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In the lending of game media, a form of issuing a prepaid card is widely performed. Usually, such a card can be used in common for both medal lending machines and pachinko ball lending machines, and the frequency in units of 100 yen is recorded in the magnetic part. Therefore, a card of 1000 yen records 10 degrees. Then, when the card is inserted into each game medium lending machine, for example, 25 pachinko balls and 4 medals are lent out.
[0003]
Conventionally, as a card vending machine that can add a specific service used in a pachinko hall, there is one disclosed in JP-A-63-318976. This card vending machine is a so-called on-value system that writes card value information at the time of card sales, and a service corresponding to the amount can be freely set for each store at the time of card sales. In such a card vending machine, in order to promote the sale of a large amount of cards that are advantageous to the store, for a card of a certain amount or more, for example, 5,000 yen or more, the card itself has benefits such as two pachinko pachinko machines, It is possible to write such as adding the number of pachinko balls.
[0004]
However, in such a conventional gaming card vending machine, since it is an on-value method in which value is given at the time of card sales, it is possible to freely set the service contents for each store, but on the other hand, the card is different from store to store However, when selling on the premise that it is valid, it is impossible to provide a unique service for each store. As is well known, telephone cards and orange cards are expensive, a certain frequency or ticket purchase amount is added at the time of sale, but this method must compete for each store in terms of service content Not suitable for the gaming industry.
Under these circumstances, a game card vending machine that issues prepaid cards as a new service for promoting card sales includes several game media at the same time as paying out a card to a card purchaser of a predetermined amount or more. Has been proposed that has the function of throwing out the service as a service. In such a game card vending machine, it is possible to collect customers by changing the quantity of game media to be thrown out as a service, differentiating the service from other stores.
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, since there are two types of pachinko balls and medals as game media, the card vending machine is equipped with a ball throwing unit for throwing pachinko balls as a game media and a medal throwing unit for throwing medals. It is necessary to keep. Since the media handled by this medal throwing unit and ball throwing unit are different from those of medal and pachinko balls, there is no type of card vending machine equipped with both units. It was necessary to prepare two types of card machines for medals and pachinko machines.
[0006]
In addition, the ratio of the number of pachinko games to the number of medal machines may change during in-store remodeling, which is often done at pachinko stores, etc., and card sales machines equipped with conventional medal dispensing units are equipped with pachinko ball throwing units. Even if the owner wanted to use a card vending machine, he had to replace the card vending machine itself. For this reason, the burden of expenses on the store side has become large.
[0007]
In addition, even if the original card sale is possible, if it is not possible to pay out the service medium due to a failure of the device, etc., the card vending machine must be suspended as a device abnormality despite the card sale possible, There was a problem that the store was crowded and the sales declined because the customer gave up and went home.
[0008]
Accordingly, the present invention provides a card vending machine that can set a store-specific service when issuing a common card and can change the ratio of pachinko gaming machines and medal gaming machines at the time of refurbishment at a minimum cost. It is an object of the present invention to provide a card vending machine that does not cause a pause even if a part of the apparatus breaks down.
[0009]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
According to a first aspect of the invention,
A money handling means for accepting money and performing identification processing of its authenticity, amount, etc .;
Within the amount accepted by the money handling means, a card designating means for designating a pre-valued game card type,
Card dispensing means for dispensing the gaming card designated by the card designating means;
In a gaming card vending machine provided with a gaming medium dispensing means for dispensing a gaming medium for service for card purchase of a predetermined amount or more,
A receiving mechanism provided in a housing of the gaming card vending machine, and accepting either one of a pachinko ball throwing means and a medal throwing means as game medium throwing means in a replaceable manner;
Setting input means for setting and inputting which of the pachinko ball throwing machine and the medal throwing machine is mounted;
The setting according to the setting input means performs control according to the type of the game medium throwing means installed, and when an abnormality occurs in the game medium throwing means received by the receiving mechanism, or the setting input Control means for performing control so as not to throw out service game media when none of the game media throwing means is set and inputted by the means;
It is characterized by comprising.
[0010]
According to a second aspect of the invention,
Banknote processing means for accepting banknotes and performing identification processing such as true / false amount,
A coin processing means for accepting a coin and performing identification processing such as its authenticity / amount;
Card designation means for designating a type of gaming card valued in advance at least within the amount accepted by the banknote handling means;
Card dispensing means for throwing out the designated gaming card designated by the card designating means;
Game medium throwing means for throwing out game media;
When normal, a card of a predetermined amount or more is designated by the card designating means, and when a banknote of the predetermined amount or more is inserted into the bill processing means, the card dispensing means causes the game card to be thrown out. Causing the game medium throwing means to throw out a game medium for service, and if coins are thrown into the coin processing means, causing the game medium to be thrown out;
When an abnormality occurs in the coin processing means, the coin processing means cannot accept coins, and when an abnormality occurs in the medium ejecting means, the coin processing means cannot accept coins and is accompanied by a service. Let the reduced operation to stop selling cards,
Control means for automatically recovering when the abnormality is released; and
It is provided with.
[0011]
[Action]
According to the first aspect of the present invention, the shape of both the throwing units can be interchanged so that the medal throwing unit and the pachinko ball throwing unit can be commonly attached to the gaming card vending machine. A receiving mechanism is provided in the housing of the machine for commonly receiving the dispensing unit. For this reason, setting means for inputting and setting which throwing unit is mounted can be provided, and appropriate control for the recognized unit can be performed. This makes it easy to change a game card vending machine equipped with a medal throwing unit to a game card vending machine equipped with a pachinko ball throwing unit, or vice versa. It can be dealt with only by unit replacement. Further, when an abnormality occurs in the game medium dispensing means, or when the game medium dispensing means is not set, control is performed so that the service game medium is not dispensed.
[0012]
Further, according to the second aspect of the present invention, even when the coin processing unit fails, lending of medals or pachinko balls (game media handled by the throwing unit) is stopped, but normal card sales can be continued with banknotes. . Further, even if the service medium dispensing unit breaks down, it is possible to sell a low-priced game card and continue the game card only by not being able to sell a high-priced card and making it impossible to lend out game media with coins. Further, even when both the coin processing unit and the service medium dispensing unit become abnormal, it is possible to continue selling game cards with only banknotes and not service service media. Furthermore, when there is no longer any throw-out medium, the sale of the game card of 5,000 yen and 10,000 yen is stopped, and the game medium lending by coins is stopped, but the cancellation is canceled if there is automatic replenishment. In this way, even if some kind of abnormality occurs, the degenerate operation of continuing the service as much as possible is performed, so that it is possible to avoid a decrease in service to customers.
[0013]
【Example】
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0014]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the present invention.
[0015]
Various elements are connected to the control unit 10 for controlling the entire apparatus via input / output units 11 and 12. That is, the banknote accepting means 21 that accumulates after the inserted banknotes are taken and discriminates the denomination and denomination and banknotes that cannot be determinable of denominations, the banknotes returned when the card purchase is stopped, and banknote returns that return banknotes as change A bill processing unit 20 including means 22; similarly, a coin processing unit 30 including a coin receiving means 31 for taking in coins and discriminating between correctness and denomination in order to lend game media of the mounted medium dispensing unit; Purchase from a return button 41 pressed when returning money, an operator operation unit 60 including a display means 61 and an input means 62 for an operator to operate, a display means 43 for displaying to a customer, and a plurality of types of cards A card selection button 44 for selecting a card, a cancel button 45 pressed when canceling the card purchase, a card dispensing means (unit) 46 for throwing out the purchased card, When the card is issued, the service media setting means 47 for operation by a clerk for setting the number of game media to be thrown out as a service is connected. The control unit 10 and the input / output units 11 and 12 are configured as a control board unit.
[0016]
The card dispensing unit 46 has already been valued and contains gaming cards in which amounts of 10,000 yen, 5,000 yen, 3000 yen, 2000 yen, and 1000 yen have been written. When the banknote accepting unit 21 is used to deposit the card face or more, and the card selection button 44 for the desired face value is pressed, one card is drawn out from the storage unit for the corresponding amount, and the contents of the magnetic stripe are read by the card reading unit 42. After confirming the amount of money, it is released.
[0017]
Further, either the pachinko ball throwing means 48 or the medal throwing means 49 is connected via the interface means 13.
[0018]
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of an example of a card issuing device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The card issuing device 50 has a card selection button 44 with a built-in light emitting body such as an LED at the upper part on the front panel of the housing, and a card ejection port 52 below it, a display for displaying the inserted amount and various errors. 43, a coin insertion slot 32, a bill insertion slot 23 in the center below it, a cancel button 45 for instructing to stop the purchase below it, a game media outlet 53 below the right side, A bill return port 24 is provided at the lower center, and a coin return port 33 is provided on the right side thereof.
[0019]
FIG. 3 is a perspective view schematically showing a state in which the front door 54 is opened.
[0020]
Various units are mounted in the housing body 55. For example, a card dispensing unit 46 is mounted on the upper left side. Moreover, the banknote processing unit 20 and the coin processing unit 30 are mounted in a substantially central portion, and a control unit 70 including various control units and a power supply unit is mounted in the lower portion.
[0021]
As described above, the space on the bill and coin processing unit is provided with a necessary space so that the pachinko ball throwing means 48 or the medal throwing means 49 can be mounted. The pachinko ball throwing means 48 or the medal throwing means 49 is incorporated. For this incorporation, a receiving mechanism is provided on the apparatus side so that the unit can be attached. In this receiving mechanism, at least signals are exchanged with the control unit with the minimum number of wires, so the shape of the connector and the terminal arrangement are the same, and the electrical interface is common. In addition, the medium outlet of these units and the medium outlet of the apparatus can be connected.
[0022]
In addition, an clerk operation unit 60 for the clerk to perform various settings is provided on the upper back side of the door 54. The clerk operation unit 60 includes a display unit 61 for displaying setting contents and the like, and an input unit 62 having a numeric keypad, various input buttons, switches, and the like. This input means includes an operation unit 621 for normal operation and a setting unit 622 for degenerate operation to be described later.
[0023]
The details of a part of the staff operating unit 60 are shown in FIGS. FIG. 4 shows the upper side of the clerk operation unit, and the upper side is a display unit 61. “Card jam” indicating the occurrence of card jam, “Card” indicating that there is no card to be issued in the apparatus. "Cut", "Card relationship" indicating a card-related failure, "Bill acceptance relationship" indicating a bill-receiving failure, "Bill release relationship" indicating a bank-release failure, control A monitor lamp 611, a 7-segment 4-digit number display 612, an operation guidance, etc. composed of LEDs indicating “control related” indicating a system failure, “ball related” indicating a failure related to a pachinko ball A liquid crystal display window 613 shown in FIG.
[0024]
An operation unit 621 is provided below the display unit, and function setting switches for two rows are arranged above it. The setting content is engraved on the surface of each function setting switch, and an LED that lights up when pressed is embedded. Among these switches, switches related to the present invention include “premium” that is pushed when setting service balls and the like, “price setting” for setting the price of one ball, and the like.
[0025]
The lower half of the operation unit 621 has a clear (C) key for correcting input data, a reset key for canceling a failure, a numeric keypad for data input, an “end” key for ending each operation, "Print" key to instruct data printing, "+" key to increase the entered numbers and contents, "-" key to decrease the entered numbers and contents, confirmation that the mode has been switched to, and storage A “setting” key is provided for use when performing the above.
[0026]
In addition, a key-format data clear key 63 is provided at the upper right of the display unit 61, and a reset position for clearing the fixed position, daily and monthly sales data, and a sampling position for sampling and summing up. Have.
[0027]
FIG. 5 shows details of the setting unit 622 for setting the operation mode of the card issuing machine. The setting unit 622 is composed of seven toggle switches, and corresponds to 7 bits from the lower 0 bits to 6 bits of 8-bit data defining the degenerate operation. The switch of bit 0 is used for setting a medal throwing unit, and the upper position indicates “medal throwing unit present”. Bit 1 is presence / absence of a ball throwing unit, bit 2 is spare, bit 3 is presence / absence of operation of the coin processing device, bit 4 is presence / absence of premium setting, and bits 5 and 6 are spare. Of these, the medal throwing unit and the ball throwing unit may be set according to the actually mounted unit, but if both are set, the mounted unit is automatically identified and The corresponding control is performed. The setting unit 622 is housed inside the panel so that it cannot be changed easily.
[0028]
In the gaming card vending machine according to the embodiment, the following modes can be set.
Mode 0 All bits are turned off, and only game cards are sold without premium.
Mode 1 Bits 1 and 4 are turned on, and the sale of a card that throws a ball as a premium is accepted only by banknote.
Mode 2 When the bits 1 and 3 are turned on, card sales without a premium are accepted even with coins.
Mode 3 This is a case where bits 1, 3, and 4 are turned on to accept the sale of a card that throws a ball as a premium even with a coin.
Mode 4 In this case, bits 0 and 4 are turned on, and the sale of a card for throwing out a medal as a premium is accepted only with bills.
Mode 5 When bits 0 and 3 are turned on, card sales without premiums are accepted even with coins.
Mode 6 This is a case where bits 0, 3, and 4 are turned on and the sale of a card that throws out medals as a premium is accepted even in coins.
[0029]
In relation to these modes, optimal data allocation is performed at the I / O port. For example, when a ball throwing unit is connected to a certain bit at a certain address, a ball counting signal is inputted, but when a medal throwing unit is connected, a medal counting signal is inputted. When a ball throwing unit is connected to a bit at another address, a ball remaining amount signal is input, but when a medal throwing unit is connected, a medal remaining amount signal is input. Assigned as follows. In this way, the operation is determined to achieve the optimum operation by the setting in the setting unit.
[0030]
The operation of the card vending machine as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Here, the case of the above-described mode 1 in which a pachinko ball throwing unit is connected, a card can be purchased only with a banknote, and a premium is attached to a card purchase of 5000 yen or more will be described.
[0031]
First, when a banknote is inserted through the banknote insertion slot 23 and there is a deposit (step S101), the banknote accepting means 21 determines whether the banknote is correct, the amount of money, etc., is displayed on the display unit 43, and can be sold 44 is turned on to prompt the customer to select a card type (step S102). Here, there are five types of cards that can be issued by this issuing device: 1000 yen, 2000 yen, 3000 yen, 5000 yen, and 10000 yen. If the deposit is 5000 yen, 1000 yen, 2000 yen, 3000 yen. The LEDs in the four types of selection buttons 44 of 5000 yen will blink.
[0032]
If any of the card selection buttons 44 is pressed in response to this blinking (step S103), the control unit determines that the selected card amount is within the range of the inserted amount (step S104). If it is, it is further determined whether the card is a certain amount or more (step S105). The fixed amount is, for example, 5000 yen or more, and if it is more than this amount, a service ball separately set by the pachinko ball dispensing means 48 is thrown out as a premium from the ball outlet 53 (step S106).
[0033]
The premium setting range is 1 or 2 times for 5000 yen, and 1 to 5 degrees for 10,000 yen. This 1 degree means 25 for pachinko balls and 4 for medals. This premium can be set arbitrarily according to the service policy of the pachinko parlor, and for this setting, this apparatus is provided with service ball number setting means 47. This setting will be described later.
[0034]
The purchased card is thrown into the card outlet 52 by the card dispensing means 46 (step S107). It is checked whether there is a lot of deposits on the selected card and whether or not change is necessary (step S108), and when necessary, change is thrown into the coin return slot 58 or banknote dispensing slot 59 (step S109). .
[0035]
Next, setting of service balls (premium) will be described.
[0036]
In order to perform the premium setting, the user can enter the premium setting mode by pressing the “premium” key in the operation unit 621 in the clerk operation unit 60 on the back side of the door, and perform the setting by inputting a necessary setting value from the numeric keypad. it can. In this case, a desired frequency can be set for the card to be sold.
[0037]
Next, a case where the pachinko ball throwing means 48 and the medal throwing means 49 are exchanged will be described. Examples of such a need include when the installed projecting means breaks down and when remodeling the store. In the former case, the resting state can be avoided by replacing the units, and in the latter case. Changing the ratio between the number of pachinko gaming machines and the number of medal gaming machines, etc. can be achieved without changing the card vending machine itself by simply changing to a medal throwing unit and a pachinko ball throwing unit.
[0038]
When switching from such a ball throwing unit to a medal throwing unit, turn the toggle switch corresponding to the medal throwing unit upward to set it to ON, and set the toggle switch corresponding to the ball throwing unit to ON. Tilt down to set off. When the ball throwing unit is mounted again, these switch settings may be reversed.
[0039]
The control unit reads the state of the switch of the mode setting unit after the initial process, and determines whether to control the ball throwing unit or the medal throwing unit.
[0040]
This will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
[0041]
When the power is turned on or a forced reset operation is performed, the entire apparatus is initialized according to the initialization routine program (step S201).
[0042]
Next, the setting contents of the switch of the mode setting unit are read, and this mode setting data is stored in an area named SETMODE in the memory in the control unit 10 (step S202). Among the contents of the mode setting section, it is checked whether or not the setting of the medal throwing unit is turned on (step S203), and if not, it is checked whether or not the setting of the ball throwing unit is turned on (step S203). Step S204). When this is off, the premium cannot be set at all, and the card is only sold, so this corresponds to the operation mode 0, and the operation mode 0 is stored in the mode storage unit of the memory (step S205).
[0043]
When the setting of the ball throwing unit is on, it is checked whether the setting of the coin processor is on (step S211), and when this is not set and the premium setting is on (step S212). ) Since this corresponds to the operation mode 1 described above, this mode is stored in the mode setting unit (step S213).
[0044]
When the setting of the coin processor is turned on in step S211, it is checked whether the premium setting is turned on (step S221). When the setting is off, the operation mode 2 is stored in the mode storage unit (step S221). S222) When the premium setting is ON, the operation mode 3 is stored in the mode storage unit (step S223).
[0045]
When the setting of the medal throwing unit is turned on in step S203, the setting of the ball throwing unit is confirmed (step S231), and when this is turned on, the throwing unit cannot be determined. The operation mode 0 is stored with bit 1 set to “0” in the set content data (step S205).
[0046]
When the setting of the ball throwing unit is off, the setting of the coin processor is off (step S232), and when the premium setting is on (step S233), the operation mode 4 is stored in the mode storage unit. (Step S234). When this premium setting is off, there is a contradiction, and the operation mode is set to 0.
[0047]
If the coin processor setting is turned on in step S232, the premium setting is checked (step S241), and if there is no premium setting, the operation mode 5 is stored in the mode storage unit (step S242). When there is a setting, the operation mode 6 is stored in the mode storage unit (step S2431).
[0048]
Next, the degenerate operation will be described. In this case, when the scheduled operation is impossible for some reason, the operation is limited to the possible range.
[0049]
FIG. 10 to FIG. 12 are flowcharts showing the degenerate operation processing performed during normal operation.
[0050]
First, the contents of the mode storage unit are copied to UTTLMOD, which is a flag register indicating the usable state in consideration of the state of the device (step S301). This register indicates that it can be used when it is “1” and cannot be used when it is “0”.
[0051]
Next, it is checked whether or not bit 0 is “1” in the copied flag register ERFLG to check whether or not a medal throwing unit is designated (step S302). If no medal throwing unit is designated, the process jumps to step S310.
[0052]
When a medal throwing unit is specified, the past error occurrence status is checked by checking whether the error flag bit is on (step S303). If no error has occurred in the past, Proceeding to the step, the current state of the medal throwing unit is checked (step S304). If it is determined that there is an abnormality as a result of this check (step S305), bit 0 of error flag ERFLG is displayed as “1” (step S306), and bit 0 of UTLTMOD flag is set to “0”. The dispensing unit is disconnected (step S307). Even when an error occurs in step S303, the medal throwing unit is disconnected.
[0053]
If there is no abnormality in step S305, it is confirmed whether or not the medal in the medal throwing unit is empty (step S308), and if it is empty, an empty display indicating that the medal has expired is performed (step S309). The medal throwing unit is separated (step S307).
[0054]
If the medal throwing unit is not designated in step S302, if the medal throwing unit is disconnected in step S307, or if it is empty in step S308, the process proceeds to the next step, and the ball throwing unit is designated. It is checked by checking whether bit 1 of the UTLMOD register is on (step S310).
[0055]
When a ball throwing unit is specified, the past error occurrence status is checked by checking whether bit 1 of the error flag is on (step S311). If no error has occurred in the past, The current state of the ball throwing unit is checked (step S312). As a result of this check, when it is determined that there is an abnormality (step S313), bit 1 of the error flag ERFLG is displayed as “1” (step S314), bit 0 of the UTLMOD flag is set to “0”, and the medal The dispensing unit is disconnected (step S315). Even when an error occurs in step S311, the ball throwing unit is disconnected.
[0056]
When there is no abnormality in step S313, it is confirmed whether or not the ball in the ball throwing unit is empty (step S316), and when it is empty, an empty display that indicates that the ball is out is performed (step S317). The ball throwing unit is separated (step S307).
[0057]
If a ball throwing unit is not specified in step S310, if a ball throwing unit is disconnected in step S311, or if it is empty in step S316, the process proceeds to the next step, and a coin processing unit is designated. Whether or not bit 3 of the UTLMOD register is turned on is checked (step S318).
[0058]
When the coin processing unit is designated and usable, the past error occurrence state is checked by checking whether bit 1 of the error flag is on (step S319), and when no error has occurred in the past. The process proceeds to the next step, and the current state of the coin processing unit is checked (step S320). As a result of this check, if it is determined that there is an abnormality (step S321), bit 3 of the error flag ERFLG is set to “1” to display the abnormal error code of the coin processing unit (step S322), and bit 3 of the UTTLMOD flag is set. Set to “0” to disable the coin processing unit (step S323). Even when an error occurs in step S319, the coin processing unit is disabled.
[0059]
If a coin processing unit is not specified in step S318 and if no abnormality occurs in step S321, it is checked by checking that bit 4 of the UTTLMOD register is turned on to see if a premium is set. (Step S324). When premium is set, check whether both the 0 and 1 bits of the UTLMOD register are “0” to determine whether both the medal throwing unit and the ball throwing unit are disabled. Confirmation is made (step S325). If both are "0", the premium is not allowed and bit 4 of the UTTLMOD register is set to "0" (step S326).
[0060]
When the premium is not set, and when either the medal throwing unit or the ball throwing unit is usable, it returns.
[0061]
Next, the banknote-related degeneration operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0062]
First, it is checked whether or not the 1,000 yen stacker in the banknote processing unit is full (step S401), and when it is full, a message is displayed on the clerk operation unit to prohibit the use of the thousand yen bill. Then, the 1000 yen full flag is set, and the 1000 yen empty flag is reset (step S402). When the thousand yen stacker is not full, it is checked whether the thousand yen is empty (step S403), and when it is empty, change cannot be made, so use of 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills is prohibited. Then, the 1000 yen full flag is reset, and the 1000 yen empty flag is set (step S404). At this time, it will shift to a degenerate operation that can only be purchased for a thousand yen.
[0063]
If the thousand yen is not empty in step S403, the purchase is possible without any problem, but the thousand yen full flag and the thousand yen empty flag are reset (step S405).
[0064]
Following each of steps S402, S404, and S405, it is checked whether or not the five thousand yen stacker is full (step S406). A message is displayed on the operation unit, and a 5,000 yen full flag is set (step S407). If the 5,000 yen stacker is not full, the 5,000 yen full flag is reset (step S408).
[0065]
Following steps S407 and S408, a check is made to see if the 10,000 yen stacker is full (step S409). If the stacker is full, a message is sent to the staff member to prohibit the use of the 10,000 yen bill. And a 10,000 yen full flag is set (step S410). If the 10,000 yen stacker is not full, the 10,000 yen full flag is reset (step S411).
[0066]
In this way, an operation that enables purchase within a possible range is performed according to the state of each stacker.
[0067]
FIG. 14 is a flowchart comprehensively showing the degenerate operation described so far, and shows a process of determining an operation that can actually be sold.
[0068]
First, the flag SALEFLG indicating the handling amount that can be sold is cleared (step S501). The 0 bit of this flag corresponds to 1,000 yen, 3 bits to 5,000 yen, and 4 bits to 10,000 yen.
[0069]
Next, it is checked whether or not a premium is set in the handling mode register UTLMOD described above (step S502). If it is set, it is confirmed that a medal throwing unit or a ball throwing unit is set ( In step S503), if set, it is possible to sell a card with a premium, so that the 3rd and 4th bits of SALEFLG are turned on, and the card can be purchased with 5,000 yen bills and 10,000 yen bills (step S504). .
[0070]
If there is no premium setting in step S502 and no medal or ball throwing unit is set in step S503, it is confirmed that the 10,000 yen stacker is full (step S505). If so, purchase with a 10,000 yen bill is prohibited (step S506), and then it is confirmed that the stacker for 5,000 yen is full (step S507). The corresponding bit of SALEFLG is set so as to prohibit the purchase of (step S508).
[0071]
Following steps S504 and S508, it is checked whether the thousand yen stacker is full (step S509), and if it is full, SALEFLG is set so as to prohibit the purchase with the thousand yen bill (step S510). . If the thousand-yen stacker is not full, the empty of the thousand-yen bill is checked (step S511), and if it is empty, purchase with a 5,000-yen or 10,000-yen bill is also prohibited without change (step S512). .
[0072]
Subsequent to steps S510 and S512, the set SALEFLG is compared with the flag CARDFLG indicating the available card stored in the card vending machine (step S513), and “sold out” is displayed for cards that cannot be purchased. Canceling sales and invalidating the input of these specified keys.
[0073]
As described above, this card vending machine can replace the ball throwing unit and the medal throwing unit, and it can be operated in a reduced manner depending on the status of each unit in the card vending machine. Therefore, even if an abnormality occurs in the unit, the operation can be continued without causing the card vending machine to stop.
[0074]
【The invention's effect】
As explained above, the pachinko ball throwing unit and the medal throwing unit can be switched, so if you change the layout in the pachinko hall, etc. The type of game media to be put out can be easily changed. As a result, the store capital investment can be saved.
[0075]
Even if it is not possible to throw out game media for service to be released along with card sales, it is possible to perform a degenerate operation of canceling the sale of cards of the corresponding amount and canceling the lending of game media with coins, By continuing to sell other cards, it is possible to sell cards without affecting customers and stores. Further, in the case of automatic recovery, the degenerate operation is canceled immediately, so that the operation efficiency is good.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a gaming card vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a gaming card vending machine.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a state where a front door of a gaming card vending machine is opened.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing details of a part of the clerk operation unit provided on the back of the door.
FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing details of other parts of the clerk operation unit.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the card vending machine according to the present invention.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a state of mode setting by a mode setting switch.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a state of mode setting by a mode setting switch.
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the mode setting by the mode setting switch.
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a state of degenerate operation.
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a state of degenerate operation.
FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the state of degenerate operation.
FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing a degenerate operation related to banknotes.
FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing a state of comprehensive degenerate operation.
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Control unit
11 Input / output section
12 Input / output section
13 Interface means
20 banknote processing unit
21 Bill acceptance means
22 Bill return means
23 bill insertion slot
30 coin handling unit
31 Coin receiving means
32 Coin slot
33 Coin return slot
41 Return button
43 Display means
44 Card selection button
45 Cancel button
46 Card throwing means
47 Service number setting means
48 Ball throwing means
49 Medal throwing means
51 Card exit indicator lamp
52 Card Exit
53 Ball Exit
60 staff member
61 Display
62 Input means

Claims (2)

A money handling means for accepting money and performing identification processing of its authenticity, amount, etc .;
Within the amount accepted by the money handling means, a card designating means for designating a pre-valued game card type,
Card dispensing means for dispensing the gaming card designated by the card designating means;
In a gaming card vending machine provided with a gaming medium dispensing means for dispensing a gaming medium for service for card purchase of a predetermined amount or more,
A receiving mechanism provided in a housing of the gaming card vending machine, and accepting either one of a pachinko ball throwing means and a medal throwing means as game medium throwing means in a replaceable manner;
Setting input means for setting and inputting which of the pachinko ball throwing machine and the medal throwing machine is mounted;
The setting according to the setting input means performs control according to the type of the game medium throwing means installed, and when an abnormality occurs in the game medium throwing means received by the receiving mechanism, or the setting input A gaming card vending machine comprising control means for performing control so as not to throw out service game media when none of the game media dispensing means is set and inputted by the means. Banknote processing means for accepting banknotes and performing identification processing such as true / false amount,
A coin processing means for accepting a coin and performing identification processing such as its authenticity / amount;
Card designation means for designating a type of gaming card valued in advance at least within the amount accepted by the banknote handling means;
Card dispensing means for throwing out the designated gaming card designated by the card designating means;
Game medium throwing means for throwing out game media;
When normal, a card of a predetermined amount or more is designated by the card designating means, and when a banknote of the predetermined amount or more is inserted into the bill processing means, the card dispensing means causes the game card to be thrown out. Causing the game medium throwing means to throw out a game medium for service, and if coins are thrown into the coin processing means, causing the game medium to be thrown out;
When an abnormality occurs in the coin processing means, the coin processing means cannot accept coins, and when an abnormality occurs in the medium ejecting means, the coin processing means cannot accept coins and is accompanied by a service. Let the reduced operation to stop selling cards,
Control means for automatically recovering when the abnormality is released; and
Game card vending machine equipped with.

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