JP6231306B2 - Amusement park management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a game hall management system that manages the operating status of each gaming machine in a gaming hall where a plurality of types of gaming machines are installed.

  Various types of gaming machines are installed in the amusement hall, and the popularity of each model is also varied. It is necessary for the amusement hall side to analyze the popularity and fun of each model, and to make a judgment and profit plan for increasing and decreasing the number of units. Generally, as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, The popularity is grasped based on the operating rate of the model.

JP 2010-4927 A

  In general, if the operating rate is high, it can be determined that it is a popular and interesting model, but there is a situation that it is not possible to make a correct determination simply by focusing only on the operating rate. Specifically, the number of fixed customers who prefer to play the same model depending on whether the same player is playing repeatedly even if the occupancy rate is the same, or whether different players are switching and playing. There is a problem that it is difficult to grasp with high accuracy.

  The present invention has been made in view of the circumstances described above, and its purpose is to provide a management system for a game hall that can grasp the number of fixed customers of each model from a new viewpoint different from the conventional one. There is to do.

The invention described in claim 1 is a game system management system that manages the operating status of each game machine in a game room where a plurality of types of game machines are installed, and that a player has started a game in each game machine. A game start determining means, a person determining means for determining a player's person when the game start determining means determines that the player has started a game, and the game start determining means As the total number of players, the number of times the start is determined is counted as a total number of players, and the number of times determined as a new player by the person determination means as the number of actual players. , the real player counting means for counting by type of gaming machine, the number of total players in counted same type of gaming machine by the total player number counting means, in total by the real player number counting means By dividing the actual player number in have been the same kind of gaming machine, a migration count calculating means for calculating a migration count indicating the frequency of one of the player has moved in the same type of gaming machine, the migratory count Output means for outputting the number of times of travel calculated by the calculating means.

  The invention described in claim 2 is provided corresponding to each gaming machine, and comprises reading means for reading the identification information from a recording medium on which the identification information of the player is recorded, and the game start determining means is the reading means. When the player has read the identification information, it is determined that the player has started playing, and the person determination means collates the identification information read by the reading means with the identification information of each player registered in advance. Thus, the person is determined.

  The invention described in claim 3 is provided corresponding to each gaming machine, and stores face image acquisition means for acquiring a player's face image, and stores each player's face image acquired by the face image acquisition means. And the game start determination means determines that the player has started playing when the face image acquisition means acquires the player's face image, and the person determination means The person is determined by comparing the face image acquired by the face image acquisition means with the face image of each player stored in the face image storage means.

  The invention described in claim 4 includes an operating rate calculating means for calculating an operating rate indicating a ratio of the actual operating time with respect to business hours, and the output means outputs the operating rate together with the number of times of migration. It is characterized by that.

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the number of times the start of the game is determined is counted as the total number of players for each type of gaming machine, and the number of times determined as a new player is used as the number of actual players. counted by type, the number of total players in the same type of gaming machine, by dividing the actual player number in the same type of game machine, one of the player in the gaming machine of the same type (same model) Since the number of round trips indicating the frequency of movement is calculated and output, the number of fixed customers of each model can be ascertained from a new viewpoint of the round trip count. That is, the number of rounds of play is an index indicating whether or not the gaming machine selected by the player as the destination of the table movement is the same model as the gaming machine that has played before, so the number of rounds of play is large. The model is a model with a lot of fixed customers (players who have selected the same model as the previous one), and on the contrary, the model with a small number of round trips has a small number of fixed customers (lookers (players who have selected a model different from the previous one) are many) ) Can be determined to be a model. Therefore, even if the occupancy rate is similar, it can be determined that a model with a small number of rounds of play is unlikely to be interesting by the player, and the occupancy rate may decline early. It can be judged that there is. On the other hand, a model with a large number of excursions can be determined that fixed customers contribute to the operation, and it can be determined that a constant operation rate is maintained over a long period of time. In this way, by grasping the number of fixed customers of each model from a new viewpoint of the number of excursions, it is possible to judge the increase and decrease of the number of customers and to make a profit plan.

  According to the invention described in claim 2, the identification information is read from the recording medium on which the player identification information is recorded, and the read identification information is collated with the identification information of each player registered in advance. Since the person is determined, it is determined whether or not the player is a new player by reading the identification information from the recording medium owned by the player for the player who plays using the recording medium. The number of real players can be counted.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, since the face image of the player is acquired and the acquired face image is compared with the face image of each player to determine the person, the player's face By capturing an image, it can be determined whether or not the player is a new player. That is, in the configuration for determining whether or not the player is a new player based on the identification information of the recording medium owned by the player, whether or not the player who plays the game without using the recording medium is a new player. However, it is difficult to determine whether or not the player is a new player based on the player's face image. It can be determined whether or not the player is a player, and the actual number of players can be counted.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, since the operation rate indicating the ratio of the actual operation time to the business hours is also calculated and output together with the number of times of excursions, the large number of fixed customers can be operated. It can be determined in association with the rate. That is, even if the current operation rate is high, if the number of times of travel is small, it can be determined that there is a risk that the number of fixed customers will decrease and the operation rate will decrease. On the other hand, even if the current occupancy rate is low, if the number of excursions is large, there is little risk that the occupancy rate will decrease, and an increase in fixed customers can be expected, and the occupancy rate will increase. can do.

1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. Front view of pachinko machine and card unit Functional block diagram of pachinko machine and card unit Flow chart showing processing performed by card unit The figure which shows the display screen in the management device

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 schematically shows the overall configuration of a game hall management system 1. A plurality of gaming machines (pachinko gaming machines) 2 are installed in the game hall. In each gaming machine 2, a card unit 3 is installed on the side of the gaming machine 2 in a one-to-one correspondence. In this embodiment, since the gaming machine 2 is a pachinko gaming machine, the gaming value (game medium) is a ball (so-called pachinko ball). In the amusement hall, several gaming machine islands having a plurality of gaming machines 2 as a unit are formed. A plurality of gaming machines 2 belonging to the same gaming machine island are of the same model. In the present embodiment, a gaming machine island of model A, a gaming machine island of model B, and a gaming machine island of model C are illustrated. The models are classified by, for example, jackpot probability, type (max type, middle type, etc.), lending unit price (4 yen per ball, 2 yen per ball, etc.).

  A plurality of gaming machines 2 and a plurality of card units 3 belonging to the gaming machine island of model A are each connected to the relay device 7 via the LAN 4. A plurality of gaming machines 2 and a plurality of card units 3 belonging to the type B gaming machine island are each connected to the relay device 8 via the LAN 5. A plurality of gaming machines 2 and a plurality of card units 3 belonging to the gaming machine island of model C are connected to the relay device 9 via the LAN 6. The relay devices 7 to 9 are connected to a management device 11 (a circuit count calculation unit, an output unit, a face image storage unit, an operation rate calculation unit) and a prize exchange terminal (POS) 12 via a LAN 10. Although omitted in FIG. 1, several hundred gaming machines 2 are managed by the management device 11.

  The gaming machine 2 is a so-called encapsulated pachinko gaming machine in which balls are enclosed in a base and circulates internally, and as shown in FIG. 2, includes a launching handle 21, an operation button group 22 including various operation buttons, and a liquid crystal display. An information display unit 23, a speaker 24 that outputs sound such as performance sound and sound effect, and a decoration lamp 25 are provided. The gaming machine 2 also has a symbol display comprising a through-type universal (normal symbol) starting port 27, a special (special symbol) starting port 28, a special winning port 29, an out port 30, and a liquid crystal display on the gaming board surface 26. Part 31. As shown in FIG. 3, the gaming machine 2 has a main control unit 32, an I / F unit 33, a special figure display unit 34, a general map display unit 35, an effect control unit 36, and an AMP 37 as an electrical functional block configuration. , Display control section 38, liquid crystal display section 39, payout control section 40, payout mechanism section 41, special figure winning sensor 42, universal figure winning sensor 43, big prize winning sensor 44, special figure starting port SLD (solenoid) 45, big winning prize It has a mouth SLD 46, a power supply circuit unit 47, and an operation unit 48.

  The main control unit 32 is composed of a microcomputer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, and I / O. By executing a control program stored in the ROM, a gaming machine is provided in accordance with ball throwing, winning, etc. 2 operation is controlled. The I / F unit 33 transmits and receives various signals and various information to and from the card unit 3 and the management device 11. When the special command display unit 34 receives a display command signal from the main control unit 32, the special symbol display unit 31 causes the symbol display unit 31 to change the symbol of the special diagram. When the display command signal is input from the main control unit 32, the general symbol display unit 35 causes the symbol display unit 31 to perform a normal symbol variation. When the production control signal is input from the main control unit 32, the production control unit 36 outputs production sound from the speaker 24 through the AMP 37, produces production display of the decoration lamp 25, or displays the liquid crystal through the display control unit 38. The part 39 is displayed in an effect. When the payout control unit 40 receives a payout command signal from the main control unit 32, the payout mechanism unit 41 performs payout. The special figure winning sensor 42 outputs a winning detection signal to the main control unit 32 when detecting a winning at the special figure starting port 28. When the winning sign sensor 43 detects a winning at the starting opening 27, the winning sign detection signal 43 outputs a winning detection signal to the main control unit 32. The big winning sensor 44 outputs a winning detection signal to the main control unit 32 when detecting the winning in the big winning opening 29. The special figure starting port SLD 45 opens the special figure starting port 28 when an opening command signal is input from the main control unit 32. The special winning opening SLD 46 opens the special winning opening 29 when an opening command signal is input from the main control unit 32. The power supply circuit unit 47 supplies the operation power of the gaming machine 2 to each functional block via the main control unit 32. When the display finger signal is input from the main control unit 32, the information display unit 23 displays various game data such as the number of jackpots and the number of special drawing lotteries. For example, when the operation unit 48 detects an operation of the operation button group 22 by a player, the operation unit 48 outputs an operation detection signal to the main control unit 32.

The gaming machine 2 performs the following operations.
(1) When the number of possessed balls is received from the card unit 3, it becomes possible to fire balls for the number of possessed balls, and it is impossible to fire balls when the number of possessed balls reaches "0". Become. When the firing handle 21 is operated, a ball is fired onto the game board surface 26 from a launching device (not shown) disposed at the upper left of the game board surface 26.
(2) When winning a prize at the general symbol start opening 27, a general symbol lottery is executed and a symbol variation of the normal symbol is started on the symbol display unit 31. When winning in the regular drawing lottery, the electric accessory is released and the winning to the special drawing starting port 28 is facilitated.

(3) When winning the special figure starting port 28, the special figure lottery is executed and the symbol change of the special figure is started on the symbol display unit 31. When winning in the special drawing lottery, the jackpot symbol is stopped and displayed, and the normal state shifts to the jackpot state. In the big hit state, the special winning opening 29 is opened a prescribed number of times, and the winning rate is greatly improved.
(4) In the probability variation state, the winning probability of the special drawing lottery and the ordinary drawing lottery is higher than in the normal state.
(5) In accordance with the operation of the operation button group 22, various game data (out, safe, difference ball, appearance rate, start number, jackpot number, etc.) are displayed on the information display unit 23.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the card unit 3 includes a state lamp 51 for displaying an operating state, an error state, and the like, a bill insertion slot 52 for a player to insert (insert) a bill, for example, a well-known CMOS sensor or CCD sensor. A camera 53 (face image acquisition means) having an image sensor such as a display unit 54, a lending button 55, a replay button 56, a return button 57, and a card insertion slot for inserting a card 71 (recording medium). 58. As shown in FIG. 3, the card unit 3 includes a control unit 59 (game start determining means, person determining means, total player number counting means, actual player number counting means), / F unit 60, banknote processing unit 61, card processing unit 62 (reading means).

  The control unit 59 is constituted by a microcomputer having a CPU, ROM, RAM, and I / O. By executing a control program stored in the ROM, a card is inserted in accordance with the insertion of a bill or the insertion of a card 71. The operation of the unit 3 is controlled. The I / F unit 60 transmits and receives various signals and various information to and from the gaming machine 2 and the management device 11. When the player inserts a banknote into the banknote insertion slot 52, the banknote processing unit 61 detects the type and number of the inserted banknotes, and outputs the detection result to the control unit 59. The card processing unit 62 reads identification information (such as a card ID that can identify the card 71) recorded on the card 71 inserted by the player into the card insertion slot 58, and outputs the read identification information to the control unit 59. To do. When the identification information is input from the card processing unit 62, the control unit 59 causes the input identification information to be transmitted from the I / F unit 60 to the management apparatus 11. As types of the card 71, there are a general card in which a maximum of 10 cards are stocked inside the main body of the card unit 3 and a membership card possessed by a player who has registered as a member.

The card unit 3 performs the following operations.
(1) When various game signals are received from the gaming machine 2, various game data are calculated and stored based on the received various game signals, and the stored various game data are transmitted to the management device 11 one by one. .
(2) When various setting information (a gaming machine number (stand number), model name, rental unit price, etc.) of the corresponding gaming machine is received from the management device 11, the received various setting information is stored.
(3) When the addition signal or subtraction signal of the possession ball is received from the gaming machine 2, the number of possessions possessed by the player is added by the addition number specified by the received addition signal or the subtraction number specified by the subtraction signal Is calculated and stored according to.

  (4) When the player inserts the card 71 into the card insertion slot 58, the identification information stored in the inserted card 71 is read by the card processing unit 62, and the read identification information is transmitted to the management device 11. To do. If the card 71 is a membership card, the stored information stored in the management device 11 corresponding to the membership card is received from the management device 11 by transmitting the identification information to the management device 11 and received. Stores storage information.

  (5) When the player inserts a banknote into the banknote insertion slot 52, the banknote processing unit 61 detects the type and number of the inserted banknotes, specifies the amount, and adds the specified amount to the deposit balance. And remember. The upper limit of the deposit balance is, for example, 10,000 yen. When a player operates the lending button 55 in a state where a deposit balance of a certain amount (for example, 500 yen) or more is stored, the certain amount is converted into the number of balls according to the lending unit price. If the lending unit price is 4 yen per ball, for example, the deposit balance for 500 yen is converted into the number of 125 balls. When the deposit balance of a certain amount is converted into the number of balls, the amount of money converted into the number of balls is deducted from the deposit balance, and when the deposit balance is updated, the receipt balance information that can specify the updated deposit balance is managed. 11 is sent one by one.

  (6) When the player operates the return button 57 in a state where at least one of the deposit balance and the number of balls is present, the deposit balance and the number of balls are recorded on the card 71 and issued from the card insertion slot 58. In addition, issuance information that can specify the contents (card ID, issuance time, etc.) of issuing the card 71 is output to the management device 11. In this case, when the card 71 is a membership card, the possession balls recorded on the membership card are valid not only on the current day but also on the following day, and the possession balls that were not exchanged during the day are stored as storage balls and the following day Carried over to On the other hand, when the card 71 is a general card, the possession balls recorded on the ordinary card are valid only on that day, and the deposit balance that has not been refunded on that day and the possession ball that has not been exchanged for prizes become invalid.

  (7) The face of a player seated in the corresponding gaming machine 2 is captured as a still image by the camera 53 every predetermined period (for example, every 4 seconds) to acquire a face image, and the acquired face image is managed 11 to send. It should be noted that the player's face is not limited to being imaged every predetermined period, and the player's face may be continuously imaged (may continue to be imaged). Moreover, you may image the whole body (a face is included) of a player. That is, any image may be acquired as long as it is an image that can identify a player who plays with the corresponding gaming machine 2.

The gaming machine 2, the card unit 3, and peripheral devices have the following game signals as the game progresses such as the player placing a ball, winning a prize at the general start port 27, winning a special figure start port 28, etc. Send.
“Out signal”: a signal that can specify the consumption value (out) transmitted from the out BOX that collects the consumption (use, driving, collection) balls. Since one pulse is transmitted for 10 balls to be consumed, “the number of out signals × 10” is specified as “out”. A signal transmitted from the gaming machine 2 may be used. The out specified by the out signal corresponds to the game value consumed in the game.
“Safe signal”: a signal capable of specifying a prize-giving value (safe) transmitted from the gaming machine 2. Since one pulse is transmitted for 10 payout (grant) balls, “safe signal number × 10” is specified as safe. The replenishment signal transmitted from the replenishing device may be a safe signal. The safe specified by the safe signal corresponds to the game value given to the player due to the occurrence of a prize.
“Start signal”: a signal that can be transmitted from the gaming machine 2 and that can specify the execution of symbol variation.
“Big jackpot signal”: a signal that can be transmitted from the gaming machine 2 and that can specify a period of a big jackpot state.
“Lending signal”: a signal that can specify the number of balls (number of balls sold) transmitted from the card unit 3.

The management device 11 includes a main device, a monitor, a keyboard, and the like, and transmits / receives various signals and various information to / from the control unit having the CPU, ROM, RAM, and I / O, the gaming machine 2 and the card unit 3. / F part etc.
The management device 11 performs the following operation.
(1) The operation status of the gaming machine 2, the card unit 3, and the prize exchange terminal 12 is managed by transmitting and receiving various signals and various information to and from the gaming machine 2, the card unit 3, and the prize exchange terminal 12.
(2) When the card ID information is received from the card unit 3, the usage history of the card 71 in the card unit 3 is managed based on the received card ID information.
(3) When face image information is received from the card unit 3, the face image specified by the received face image information is stored (registered) as a face image for matching, and the face image for matching and game data (model) Are managed as personal data in association with each other, and the game history of the player is managed. Further, image processing such as extraction of feature points (for example, extraction of outline, shape of eyes or nose, position of eyelid) is performed on the face image specified by the face image information received from the card unit 3, and Compare the face image specified by the received face image information with the face image for collation already stored as personal data, and determine whether the face images are of the same person or not Determine based on. That is, if it is determined that the matching rate of feature points is less than a predetermined value, it is specified that the face image is not yet stored as personal data, and player personal data corresponding to the face image is newly created. On the other hand, when it is determined that the matching rate of feature points is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the face image is specified as already stored as personal data, and the player's personal data corresponding to the face image is updated.

  In the above-described configuration, the card unit 3 and the management device 11 perform the following processing in relation to the present invention in addition to the above processing. Hereinafter, processing performed by the card unit 3 and the management apparatus 11 in relation to the present invention will be described.

  The card unit 3 periodically performs the number-of-players addition process shown in FIG. 4 in relation to the present invention at a predetermined period. When the card unit 3 starts the number-of-players addition process, the card unit 3 determines whether or not the card 71 is inserted into the card insertion slot 58 (S1), and the banknote is not inserted into the card insertion slot 58. Is inserted into the bill insertion slot 52 (S2). When the card unit 3 determines that the card 71 has been inserted into the card insertion slot 58 (S1: YES), the card processing unit 62 reads the identification information stored in the inserted card 71 and is inserted this time. It is determined whether or not the card ID of the card 71 matches the card ID of the card 71 inserted last time (the previous opportunity this time) (S3).

  If it is determined that the two match (S3: YES), the card unit 3 determines that the player has resumed after the game has been interrupted (rested) instead of starting the game, and the total number of players The player number addition process is terminated without adding, and the process returns. On the other hand, if the card unit 3 determines that they do not match (S3: NO), the card unit 3 determines that the player has started playing, and adds (+1) the total number of players (S4). Next, after adding the total number of players, the card unit 3 determines whether or not the player who started the game has played on the same type of gaming machine 2 until just before that day ( S5). In this case, since the player uses the card 71, the card unit 3 uses the card ID to determine the player who started the game. That is, the card unit 3 transmits to the management device 11 card ID information that can specify its own unit ID and the card ID of the card 71 inserted this time.

  When the management device 11 receives the card ID information from the card unit 3, the management device 11 specifies the unit ID from the received card ID information to specify the model of the gaming machine 2 corresponding to the card unit 3, and from the card ID information. The card ID is specified and the card usage history of the card 71 on that day is referred to. The management device 11 refers to the card usage history, and if the game machine 2 of the same model is recorded as the gaming machine 2 that the player has played until immediately before, the game that started the game It is determined that the player is a player who has moved from the gaming machine 2 of the same model (a player who has traveled with the same model). On the other hand, if the management device 11 does not record the game machine 2 of the same model as the gaming machine 2 that the player has played until immediately before, the player who started the game plays for the first time on that day. It is determined that the player is a player or a player who has moved from a different type of gaming machine 2 (new player). And the management apparatus 11 transmits the determination result to the card unit 3 which transmitted card ID information.

  When the card unit 3 receives the determination result from the management device 11, the card unit 3 is a player who has moved from the gaming machine 2 of the same model based on the received determination result. If it is determined that the player has continued to play with the same type of gaming machine 2 (not a new player) (S5: YES), the player number addition process is terminated without adding the actual player number, and the process returns. . On the other hand, the card unit 3 is a player who has played the game for the first time on that day, or a player who has moved from a different model of the gaming machine 2, that is, the player is the same type of gaming machine. If it is determined that the game is not continued at 2 (being a new player) (S5: NO), the number of actual players is added (+1) (S6), the number-of-players addition process is terminated, and the process returns. .

  Further, when the card unit 3 determines that a bill has been inserted into the bill insertion slot 52 without the card 71 being inserted into the card insertion slot 58 (S2: YES), the card unit 3 determines that the player has started the game, The total number of players is added (S7). Next, after adding the total number of players, the card unit 3 determines whether or not the player who started the game has played on the same type of gaming machine 2 until just before that day ( S8). In this case, since the player does not use the card 71, the card unit 3 uses the face image (face authentication) to determine the player who has started the game. That is, the card unit 3 captures the player's face with the camera 53, and transmits its unit ID and face image information that can identify the captured face image to the management device 11.

  When the management device 11 receives the face image information from the card unit 3, the management device 11 specifies the unit ID from the received face image information to specify the model of the gaming machine 2 corresponding to the card unit 3, and from the face image information. The face image is specified and the game history of the player who owns the card 71 is referred to. The management device 11 refers to the game history of the player, and if the player number of the same type of gaming machine 2 is recorded as the gaming machine 2 that has played until just before that, the player who started the game Is a player who has moved from the gaming machine 2 of the same model (a player who has traveled with the same model). On the other hand, if the management device 11 does not record the game machine 2 of the same model as the gaming machine 2 that has been playing until immediately before, the player who started the game will play the game for the first time on the day, Alternatively, it is determined that the player has moved from a different type of gaming machine 2 (new player). And the management apparatus 11 transmits the determination result to the card unit 3 which transmitted card ID information.

  Also in this case, when the card unit 3 receives the determination result from the management device 11, based on the received determination result, the player continues to play with the same type of gaming machine 2 (not a new player). If it is determined (S8: YES), the number-of-players addition process is terminated without adding the number of actual players, and the process returns. On the other hand, the player does not continue to play with the same type of gaming machine 2 (new If it is determined that the player is a player (S8: NO), the actual number of players is added (S9), the number-of-players addition process is terminated, and the process returns.

  The card unit 3 performs the number-of-players addition process in this manner, so that a predetermined time elapses, for example, for the player ID addition information that can specify its own unit ID and the total number of players or the number of actual players. Each time the total number of players or the actual number of players is updated, or when the total number of players or the actual number of players reaches a predetermined number set in advance, it is transmitted to the management device 11 at a predetermined transmission timing. To do.

  Upon receiving the player number addition information from the card unit 3, the management device 11 specifies the unit ID from the received player number addition information and specifies the model of the gaming machine 2 corresponding to the card unit 3, The total number of players and the actual number of players are specified from the number-of-players addition information, and the specified total number of players and the actual number of players are added for each model of the corresponding gaming machine 2. Then, the management device 11 calculates the number of round trips for the model of the corresponding gaming machine 2 by the following arithmetic expression.

Number of rounds of play = total number of players ÷ number of real players The number of rounds of play is an index indicating the frequency at which one player has moved in the same type of gaming machine 2, and one player has the same type of gaming machine 2 If the frequency of movement is relatively high, the value is relatively large. On the other hand, if the frequency is relatively low, the value is relatively small. For example, for the model A, the management device 11 specifies the total number of players as “35” and specifies the number of actual players as “23”.
The number of round trips = 35 people / 23 people = 1.52 times.

  Moreover, the management apparatus 11 calculates the operating rate for each model, and displays the operating rate together with the number of times of excursion determined by the above-described method. For example, the management device 11 can determine whether or not each gaming machine 2 is within the business hours of the day based on the reception status of the out signal from the gaming machine 2 and the reception status of the card ID information and face image information from the corresponding card unit 3. The operating rate for each model is calculated by specifying the operating time and calculating the ratio of the average operating time of each gaming machine 2 to the business hours. For example, when the operating time is 14 hours and the average operating time of each gaming machine 2 is 7 hours, the operating rate of the model is calculated as “50%”.

  In FIG. 5, the management apparatus 11 calculates the number of excursions for model A as “1.52”, calculates the operation rate as “50%”, and calculates the number of excursions for model B as “1.04”. In addition, the operation rate is calculated as “55%”, the number of excursions for model C is calculated as “3.12”, and the operation rate is calculated as “30%” and displayed. In the example of FIG. 5, the operating rate is approximately the same between the model A and the model B, but the number of tours of the model B is less than the number of tours of the model A, and the number of players traveling in the model B is the model A. Since the number of players traveling is less than the number of players, it can be determined that model B has a risk of lowering the operating rate earlier than model A. The operating rate of model C is lower than the operating rate of model A and model B, but since the number of times of excursion of model C exceeds the number of times of excursion of model A and model B, the operation rate of model C is constant over a long period of time. It can be determined that the rate is maintained. Note that the management device 11 may calculate the number of excursions and the operating rate in units of business days, and calculate and display an average of a predetermined period such as one week or one month, for example.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the management device 11 counts the number of times the start of the game is determined as the total number of players for each model of the gaming machine 2, and is a new player of that model. The frequency at which one player moves in the same type of gaming machine 2 by counting the number of times determined as the number of actual players for each type of gaming machine 2 and dividing the total number of players by the number of actual players. Therefore, the number of fixed customers of each model can be grasped from a new viewpoint called the number of times of travel. That is, it can be determined that a model with a large number of tours is a model with many fixed customers, and a model with a small number of tours is a model with few fixed customers.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be modified or expanded as follows. A plurality of modified examples may be combined.
Although the configuration in which the card unit 3 performs the process of determining the start of the game has been illustrated, a configuration in which the management device 11 performs the processing may be used. In the management device 11, for example, the start of the game may be determined based on the reception status of the out signal from the gaming machine 2 side, the reception status of the card ID information and face image information from the corresponding card unit 3, and the like.

  Although the configuration in which the management device 11 performs the process of determining a person based on the card has been illustrated, a configuration in which the card unit 3 performs may be used. In the card unit 3, it may be determined whether or not the player is a new player by sharing the card usage history of all the card units 3 of the same model.

  Processing for determining a person based on the card 71 when the player plays using the card 71, and processing for determining a person based on a face image when the player plays without using the card 71 However, even when a player plays a game using the card 71, a process for determining a person based on a face image may be used. That is, it may be configured to preferentially perform a process of determining a person based on a face image regardless of whether or not the card 71 is used when the player starts a game. Further, when a player plays a game using the card 71, a process of determining a person based on the card 71 and a process of determining a person based on a face image may be used in combination.

  An example of a configuration in which the number of rounds indicating the frequency of movement of one player in the same type of gaming machine 2 is calculated by dividing the total number of players by the number of actual players. By calculating the number obtained by subtracting the actual number of players and dividing the total number of players by the number, an index indicating the frequency of one player not moving in the same type of gaming machine 2 (non-playing) Number of times) may be calculated. Also, by dividing the total number of players by the number of actual players and dividing it by the total number of players, the proportion of the total number of players who have played the game may be calculated. May be calculated by dividing the total number of players by the total number of players.

Although the configuration in which only a player who has continued to play with the same type of gaming machine 2 on the day is determined not to be a new player has been illustrated, after playing with one type of gaming machine 2 on the day, another type of game A player who has played with the machine 2 after playing with the machine 2 may be determined not to be a new game. That is, on the game hall side, the player who has played around may be defined and managed.
Although a sealed pachinko gaming machine is illustrated as an example of a gaming machine, a pachinko gaming machine of a type that actually pays out balls or a slot machine may be used.

  In the drawings, 1 is a management system for a game hall, 2 is a gaming machine, 11 is a management device (game number calculation means, output means, face image storage means, operation rate calculation means), 53 is a camera (face image acquisition means), 59 is a control unit (game start determination means, person determination means, total player number counting means, actual player number counting means), 62 is a card processing section (reading means), and 71 is a card (recording medium).

Claims (4)

In a management system for game halls that manages the operating status of each gaming machine in a gaming hall where multiple types of gaming machines are installed,
A game start determining means for determining that the player has started the game in each gaming machine;
Person determining means for determining the player's person when it is determined by the game start determining means that the player has started playing;
A total number of player counting means for counting the number of times the start of the game is determined by the game start determining means as the total number of players, according to the type of gaming machine;
Real player number counting means for counting the number of times determined to be a new player by the person determining means as the number of actual players for each type of gaming machine,
By dividing the total number of players in the same type of gaming machine counted by the total number of player counting means by the number of actual players in the same type of gaming machine counted by the actual player number counting means, A number-of-trips calculation means for calculating the number of rounds showing the frequency of movement of one player in the same type of gaming machine;
An amusement park management system comprising: output means for outputting the number of times of play calculated by the number of times of play calculation means. Provided corresponding to each gaming machine, comprising reading means for reading the identification information from a recording medium recording the identification information of the player,
The game start determining means determines that the player has started the game when the reading means reads the identification information;
2. The game hall according to claim 1, wherein the person determination unit determines the person by comparing the identification information read by the reading unit with the identification information of each player registered in advance. Management system. Face image acquisition means provided corresponding to each gaming machine to acquire a player's face image;
Face image storage means for storing the face image of each player acquired by the face image acquisition means,
The game start determining means determines that the player has started the game when the face image acquiring means acquires the player's face image;
The said person determination means determines a person by collating the face image acquired by the said face image acquisition means with the face image of each player memorize | stored in the said face image storage means. Item 1. A game hall management system according to item 1. It has an operation rate calculation means for calculating an operation rate indicating the ratio of the actual operation time to the business hours,
4. The game hall management system according to claim 1, wherein the output unit outputs the operation rate together with the number of times of the tour. 5.

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