JP6387784B2 - Free gift exchange reception device, stand machine and free gift exchange reception system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a prize exchange receiving device, a pedestal machine, and a prize exchange receiving system.

Patent Document 1 discloses a wagon service providing system that enables exchange of stored balls when the number of stored balls corresponding to the value of the prize indicated by the exchanged prize information is smaller than the number of stored balls indicated by the stored ball information.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-298435

  In the exchange of prizes using game media such as a wagon service provided at an amusement store or the like, it is desired to improve convenience.

  In the prize exchange receiving device according to one aspect of the present invention, when a prize exchange using a game medium owned by the first player is requested, the requester who has requested the prize exchange is the first player or the first player. A requester specifying unit for specifying that the player is a second player associated in advance with one player, and the requester is owned by the first player when the requester is the first player or the second player. And an exchange permission unit that permits the prize exchange using the game medium.

  When the requester is the first player, the prize exchange acceptance device has a game medium stored in a game medium management organization as a game medium used for the prize exchange, and the game medium. The apparatus further includes a selection unit that allows the requester to select any one of the game media that are not stored in the management institution, and the exchange permission unit includes the first player selected by the requester. The prize exchange using the stored game media or possessed game media may be permitted.

  In the prize exchange accepting apparatus, when the requester is the second player, the exchange permission unit may authorize the prize exchange using the stored game medium owned by the first player.

  When the requester is the first player, the prize exchange accepting apparatus displays a selection screen for causing the requester to select either a stored game medium or a portable game medium on the display unit. A part may be further provided.

  The interstage machine according to one aspect of the present invention includes a prize exchange receiving device.

  A prize exchange acceptance system according to an aspect of the present invention includes the prize exchange acceptance apparatus and a face authentication apparatus, and the face authentication apparatus stores a face image and group information in association with each of a plurality of players. The face image storage unit and the captured image captured by the requester are compared with the face image, so that the requester is the first player or the first player belonging to the same group as the first player. A determination unit that determines whether the player is a player other than the first player and the second player, and the requester specifying unit determines whether the requester is based on a determination result by the determination unit. Is identified as the first player or the second player.

  In the prize exchange receiving system, the prize exchange accepting apparatus receives the face image of the first player stored in the face image storage unit and the face image of the requester stored in the face image storage unit as a prize. You may further provide the display command part which instruct | indicates displaying on a provider's display terminal.

  The summary of the invention does not enumerate all the features of the present invention. In addition, a sub-combination of these feature groups can also be an invention.

It is a figure which shows an example of the system block diagram of the game media management system which concerns on this embodiment. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a game media management apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the external appearance perspective view of a base machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a machine between machines. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a face authentication apparatus. It is a figure which shows an example of the table which shows the information regarding the member stored in a face image storage part. It is a figure which shows an example of the functional block of a display terminal. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure of the wagon service in an inter-vehicle machine. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a pedestrian machine during the process of a wagon service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a pedestrian machine during the process of a wagon service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a pedestrian machine during the process of a wagon service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a pedestrian machine during the process of a wagon service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a pedestrian machine during the process of a wagon service. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process sequence of the group determination which a face authentication apparatus performs according to the authentication request | requirement from a machine between machines. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the processing procedure of a wagon service when the inserted member card is a requester's own member card. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a pedestrian machine during the process of a wagon service. It is a flowchart which shows an example of the process procedure of the wagon service in a display terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a display terminal during the process of a wagon service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a display terminal during the process of a wagon service. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the display part of a display terminal during the process of a wagon service.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described through embodiments of the invention, but the following embodiments do not limit the invention according to the claims. In addition, not all the combinations of features described in the embodiments are essential for the solving means of the invention.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an example of a system configuration diagram of a game medium management system according to the present embodiment. The game medium management system includes a plurality of intermediary machines 100, a game medium management apparatus 200, a terminal control apparatus 300, a radio base station 310, a face authentication apparatus 320, a plurality of display terminals 400, and a game medium management organization 500.

  The pedestal machine 100 is attached to the game machine. A game machine is a device on which a player plays a game, such as a pachinko machine or a pachislot machine. The pedestal machine 100 accepts the frequency, amount, etc. designated by the player with a valuable value recording medium such as a membership card, prepaid card, or cash when the player plays on the game table, and the received frequency, amount It is a medium lending machine that lends game media such as balls or medals according to the number of games.

  The intermediary machine 100 supplies information on the number of rented game media to the game media management device 200. The pedestal machine 100 further receives a prize exchange request for exchanging game media owned by the player for a prize from the player. The intermediary machine 100 instructs the terminal control device 300 to notify the clerk of the amusement shop that is the prize provider via the display terminal 400 of the prize exchange request. The clerk refers to the information related to the prize exchange displayed on the display terminal 400 and provides the prize to the player who requested the prize exchange.

  Here, the prize is a so-called general prize and is an article having a monetary value corresponding to the number of game media acquired by the player through the game. The prize that can be exchanged with the game medium via the inter-machine 100 is, for example, a food or drink provided by a wagon service or a luxury item.

  Among the game media owned by the player, there are game media such as stored balls and stored medals, and game media such as held balls and held medals. The stored game medium is, for example, a game medium deposited in a game medium management institution 500 that operates the game medium in accordance with a third-party savings guarantee management system. The game media management organization 500 may be an organization independent of the game store. The held game medium is, for example, a game medium that is not entrusted to the game medium management organization 500. The portable game medium may be a game medium that can be used within a predetermined period such as one day. Further, the stored game medium may be a game medium that can be used after a predetermined period. Further, the organization or the like where the stored game media is deposited may be other than the game media management organization 500.

  Normally, a player can exchange prizes using game media owned by himself / herself, and cannot exchange prizes using game media owned by persons other than himself / herself. However, if the prize can be exchanged using a game medium owned by a specific other player such as a player's family, the convenience of the player is improved. Therefore, the inter-machine 100 according to the present embodiment uses game media owned by other players in the same group such as a family previously associated with the player in addition to the game media owned by the player. Configure to be able to exchange prizes. Thereby, the convenience of prize exchange using game media can be improved.

  In addition to the stored game media owned by the player, it is preferable that portable media owned by the player can be used for the prize exchange. However, for example, some game machines include a so-called enclosed game machine in which a player cannot touch game media. In such a game machine, since there is no game medium at hand of the player, there is a case where prize exchange such as a wagon service cannot be immediately performed using the game medium.

  Further, for example, when a player plays a game, the stored game medium may be exchanged for a portable game medium. When exchanging from stored game media to portable game media, the number of stored game media corresponding to the exchange fee is often deducted from the stored game media owned by the player. On the other hand, when exchanging premiums using game media, there is usually no exchange fee. However, there is a case where a fee is charged for exchanging prizes using the game media without distinguishing between the exchange from the stored game medium to the portable game medium and the exchange from the saved game medium to the prize.

  In view of this, the table machine 100 according to the present embodiment is configured so that the player can easily select not only the stored game media owned by the player but also the game media necessary for the prize exchange. Thereby, the convenience of the player at the time of prize exchange can be improved. For example, when a player uses a wagon service, it is possible to prevent a fee that is not originally required to be deducted, and to prevent a player from being disadvantaged.

  The game medium management device 200 manages information on the number of rented game media together with information such as the received cash, the remaining number of membership cards or prepaid cards. The game medium management device 200 has, for each player, the number of stored game media that are stored in the game medium management organization 500 and the game media that are game media that are not stored in the game media management organization 500. Manage the number of each.

  The game media management device 200 periodically provides the game media management organization 500 with the number of game media stored for each player. For example, after the game store is closed, the game medium management device 200 provides the game medium management organization 500 with the number of stored game media for each player managed by the game store. The game media management institution 500 provides the game media management device 200 with the number of stored game media for each player managed by the game store, for example, before the game store is opened.

  The terminal control device 300 provides information via the wireless base station 310 to the display terminal 400 held by the store clerk of the amusement store in response to an instruction from the intermediary machine 100. The radio base station 310 is a so-called access point, and communicates with the display terminal 400 via radio. The display terminal 400 notifies the store clerk that, for example, a player has requested a prize exchange.

  The face authentication device 320 performs player face authentication. The face authentication device 320, for example, based on a comparison between a face image of a player sitting on a gaming table and a face image associated in advance with a membership number of a membership card used by the player. Authenticates that is a person registered on the membership card.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the game medium management device 200. The game medium management device 200 includes a game medium information storage unit 202, a game medium information provision unit 204, and a game medium information update unit 206. The game medium information storage unit 202 stores game medium information indicating the number of stored game media and the number of possessed game media for each player. The game medium information storage unit 202 may store the number of stored game media and the number of portable game media in association with the membership number of the player. The game media information providing unit 204 provides the game machine information including the number of stored game media and the number of game media of the designated player to the machine 100 in response to a request from the machine 100. The game medium information providing unit 204 may provide the game medium management organization 500 with game medium information including the number of stored game media for each player on a regular basis, for example, on a daily basis.

  The game medium information update unit 206 includes a number of game media stored in the game medium information storage unit 202 and a number of game media stored in the game medium information storage unit 202 in response to a request from the inter-vehicle machine 100. Update media information. The game medium information update unit 206 is periodically based on game medium information including the number of stored game media for each player provided from the game medium management organization 500, for example, on a daily basis. The number of stored game media for each player stored in 202 may be updated.

  FIG. 3 is an example of an external perspective view of the inter-station machine 100. The inter-station machine 100 includes a card insertion unit 102, a display unit 106, and an imaging unit 130. The card insertion part 102 is an insertion slot into which a member card or a prepaid card owned by a player is inserted. The display unit 106 displays information to be provided to the player. The display unit 106 includes a touch panel type liquid crystal panel that receives instructions from the player. The display unit 106 displays information related to prize exchange such as a wagon service, for example. The display unit 106 receives a request for prize exchange such as a wagon service from a player. The imaging unit 130 captures an image including the face of the player sitting on the gaming table provided in the inter-table machine 100.

  FIG. 4 is an example of functional blocks of the inter-station machine 100. The pedestal machine 100 includes a card insertion unit 102, a card information acquisition unit 104, a display unit 106, a game processing unit 108, a prize exchange receiving unit 110, an imaging unit 130, and an image processing unit 132. The gift exchange acceptance unit 110 is an example of a gift exchange acceptance device. The card information acquisition unit 104 acquires card information such as a membership number stored in the card inserted in the card insertion unit 102. The game processing unit 108 executes a game process corresponding to a game using the player's game table. The game processing unit 108, for example, in accordance with a medium exchange request indicating a request for exchange from a stored game medium to a portable game medium from the player via the display unit 106, the requested number of game media from the stored medium to the portable medium. The game medium management device 200 is instructed to exchange it. The game media management device 200 updates the number of stored game media and possessed game media owned by the corresponding player in response to the media exchange request.

  The image processing unit 132 extracts a face image including a face from the image captured by the imaging unit 130. The image processing unit 132 may extract a face image including a face from the image by using a pattern such as an arrangement of parts constituting the face. The image processing unit 132 may derive a facial feature amount included in the face image. The feature amount may be any information that can identify an object such as a person, such as pixel value information of the image, or the distance or size of the face eyes, nose, mouth included in the image, skin color, hairstyle, etc. It may be information indicating the appearance feature of the numerical value. The image processing unit 132 provides the face image and the feature amount to the face authentication device 320. The face authentication device 320 performs the face authentication of the player using the face image and the feature amount provided from the image processing unit 132.

  In response to receiving a prize exchange request from the player via the display unit 106, the prize exchange accepting unit 110 notifies the store clerk that the player has requested a prize exchange. Notify

  The prize exchange acceptance unit 110 includes a game medium information acquisition unit 112, a display control unit 114, a selection unit 116, a processing command unit 118, a display command unit 120, a requester specifying unit 122, and an exchange permission unit 124. The game medium information acquisition unit 112 acquires the player's game medium information from the game medium management device 200. The game medium information acquisition unit 112 may acquire the player's game medium information corresponding to the membership number acquired by the card information acquisition unit 104 from the game medium management device 200.

  The requester specifying unit 122, when a prize exchange using a game medium owned by the first player is requested, the requester who has requested the prize exchange is associated with the first player or the first player in advance. 2 Identify the player. When requester exchange using a game medium owned by a member specified by the member card inserted in the card insertion unit 102 is requested, the requester specifying unit 122 requests that the requester requesting the gift exchange It may be specified that the member is another member who belongs to the same group as the member. The requester specifying unit 122 is a second player in which the requester who requested the prize exchange is associated with the first player or the first player in advance based on the result of the face authentication of the player of the face authentication device 320. You may specify that there is.

  When the requester is the first player or the second player associated in advance with the first player, the exchange permission unit 124 permits the prize exchange using the game medium owned by the first player. When the requester who requested the prize exchange is the member identified by the membership card inserted in the card insertion unit 102, and the exchange permitting unit 124 is another member belonging to the same group as the member, A prize exchange using a game medium owned by a member specified by a member card inserted into the card insertion unit 102 may be permitted.

  When the requester is another member belonging to the same group, the exchange permission unit 124 allows only the exchange of prizes using the game media owned by the member specified by the inserted membership card. Good. That is, when the requester is another member belonging to the same group, the exchange permission unit 124 permits the prize exchange using the portable game medium owned by the member specified by the inserted membership card. It is not necessary.

  On the other hand, the exchange permission unit 124 may permit a prize exchange using a stored game medium or a portable game medium owned by the first player selected by the requester. When the requester is the member identified by the membership card inserted into the card insertion unit 102, the exchange permission unit 124 exchanges prizes using the game media in addition to the game media owned by the member. May be allowed.

  The display control unit 114 controls the screen displayed on the display unit 106. When receiving a prize exchange request from the player, the display control unit 114 causes the display unit 106 to display a screen for allowing the player to select information necessary for the prize exchange. When the requester who has requested the gift exchange is the member himself / herself specified by the member card inserted into the card insertion unit 102, a selection for allowing the requester to select either the stored game medium or the portable game medium A screen may be displayed on the display unit 106. The display control unit 114 displays the selection screen on the display unit 106 only when both the number of stored game media and the number of game media owned by the members of the member card used are equal to or greater than the number required for the prize exchange. It's okay.

  When the requester is a member of the membership card currently in use, the selection unit 116 stores a game medium that is a game medium stored in the game medium management institution among the game media owned by the requester, and a request One of the game media owned by the player and the possessed game media that is not stored in the game media management organization may be selected as the game media used for the prize exchange. When the requester is the same person as the member specified by the inserted membership card, the selection unit 116 selects any of the stored game media and portable game media owned by the member as the game media used for the prize exchange. Either of them may be selected by the requesting member. In the present embodiment, the selection unit 116 receives a selection from the requester via the display unit 106 in a touch panel format. However, the selection unit 116 selects from the requester via another user interface such as a button, a voice recognition device, or a mobile terminal such as a smartphone owned by the requester, which is provided in the interstage machine 100 other than the display unit 106. May be accepted.

  The process command unit 118 commands the game medium management apparatus 200 to reduce the number of game media used for prize exchange by the number required for prize exchange. The processing instruction unit 118 is a member of the member card used by the requester of the gift exchange, and when the game media is selected by the requester, the number of the game media owned by the requester is exchanged for the gift exchange. The game medium management apparatus 200 may be instructed to reduce the required number. Further, the processing command unit 118 is a member of the member card used by the requester of the prize exchange, and when the game medium is selected by the requester, the number of the game media possessed by the requester is exchanged for the prize. The game medium management apparatus 200 may be instructed to reduce the number required for the game. When the requester of the gift exchange is a member of the same member as the member of the member card used, a process of reducing the number of game media possessed by the member of the member card used by the number required for the gift exchange May be instructed to the game medium management device 200.

  In response to a command from the processing command unit 118, the game medium management device 200 reduces the number of corresponding game media by the number required for prize exchange. The game medium management device 200 is a member of the member card used by the requester. When the requester selects a stored game medium, the game medium management device 200 requires the number of stored game media owned by the requester for the prize exchange. Decrease by the number. The game medium management device 200 is a member of the member card used by the requester, and when the game medium is selected by the requester, the number of game media owned by the requester is required for prize exchange. Decrease by the number. When the requester is a member of the membership card used and the other members of the same group, the game media management device 200 requires the number of the game media possessed by the member of the membership card used for the prize exchange. Decrease by the number.

  The requester is a member of the membership card used, the number of game media owned by the requester is greater than or equal to the number required for the prize exchange, and the number of game media owned by the requester for the prize exchange When the number is less than the required number, the display control unit 114 does not have to display the selection screen on the display unit 106. In this case, in response to receiving a prize exchange request from the requester, the processing command unit 118 performs a process of reducing the number of stored game media owned by the requester by the number required for the prize exchange. You may order.

  In addition, the requester is the member of the membership card used, the number of game media possessed by the requester is less than the number required for the prize exchange, and the number of game media possessed by the requester is a prize. Even when the number is more than the number required for replacement, the display control unit 114 does not have to display the selection screen on the display unit 106. In this case, in response to receiving a prize exchange request from the requester, the processing instruction unit 118 performs processing for reducing the number of game media possessed by the requester by the number required for the prize exchange. You may order.

  The display command unit 120 commands the terminal control device 300 to display information according to the request from the player on the display terminal 400. For example, the display command unit 120 instructs the terminal control device 300 to display on the display terminal 400 the premium exchange request information related to the premium exchange requested by the requester. The gift exchange request information is registered in correspondence with, for example, the name, member number, face image registered in association with the member number of the player requesting the gift exchange, and the member card used for the gift exchange. The name and membership number of the player who is playing, membership information such as face images registered in association with the membership number, the number of game media and storage media owned by the members of the membership card used, upon request Players such as the contents of prize exchanges, withdrawal methods (stored game media or portable game media), the number of game media required for withdrawal, the machine number of the gaming machine that the player requesting the prize exchange is playing Information on the location of the person (orderer's location).

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the face authentication device 320. The face authentication device 320 includes a face image storage unit 322, a face image acquisition unit 324, and a determination unit 326. The face image storage unit 322 stores face images and group information in association with each of a plurality of players. The face image storage unit 322 may store the face images and group information of each player in association with each of the membership numbers of the plurality of players. The face image acquisition unit 324 receives an authentication request from the inter-station machine 100. The authentication request includes the face image of the player sitting in front of the gaming machine attached to the platform machine 100 captured by the imaging unit 130 of the platform machine 100 and the membership card inserted in the card insertion unit 102. May include a membership number.

  The determination unit 326 compares the face image of the player sitting in front of the game table, which is a captured image taken by the requester, with each of the plurality of face images stored in the face image storage unit 322. Based on the comparison result, the determination unit 326 determines whether the first player who is a member of the membership card into which the requester is inserted or the second player who is another member belonging to the same group as the first player. It is determined whether the player is a player other than the first player and the second player. The determination unit 326 provides the determination result to the interstage machine 100. Upon receiving the determination result, the requester specifying unit 122 of the intermediary machine 100 specifies that the requester is the first player or the second player based on the determination result by the determination unit 326.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of a table indicating information related to members stored in the face image storage unit 322. The face image storage unit 322 stores a table including a card number corresponding to a member number, a member's face image, and group information for identifying a group to which the member belongs.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of functional blocks of the display terminal 400. The display terminal 400 includes a display unit 402, a display control unit 404, an order reception determination unit 406, and a service completion determination unit 408. The display unit 402 is, for example, a touch panel type liquid crystal panel. In response to an instruction from the terminal control device 300, the display unit 402 displays the requester's face image stored in advance in the face image storage unit 322 and the inserted membership card stored in advance in the face image storage unit 322. The gift exchange request information including the face image of the member is displayed. The order reception determination unit 406 refers to the free gift exchange request information displayed on the display unit 402 and confirms whether the free gift requested by the player can be exchanged. Is instructed via the display unit 402. When the order reception determination unit 406 determines that the store clerk has received an order, the order reception determination unit 406 notifies the terminal control device 300 to that effect. The terminal control device 300 instructs the table machine 100 to notify the player via the display unit 106 of the table machine 100 that the order has been accepted.

  The service completion determination unit 408 determines whether or not the store clerk has instructed through the display unit 402 that the ordered prize has been provided to the player. The store clerk is displayed in the display unit 402 in association with the member of the member card in use in advance and stored in the face image storage unit 322 or in the same group as the member of the member card in use. The face image stored in the face image storage unit 322 in association with the member to which the request belongs is compared with the actual face of the requester, and the requester is the member himself or another member who belongs to the same group of members. Visually check for the presence. The store clerk provides the ordered prize to the requesting player only when the identity is confirmed. The store clerk instructs through the display unit 402 that the prize has been provided to the player. When the service completion determination unit 408 determines that the ordered prize has been provided to the player, the service completion determination unit 408 notifies the terminal control device 300 to that effect. The terminal control apparatus 300 may instruct the display terminal 400 to end the display of the information related to the present prize exchange on the display terminal 400 upon receiving a notification that the ordered prize has been provided to the player.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a processing procedure of the wagon service in the inter-station machine 100. 9A to 9E are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display unit 106 of the inter-vehicle machine 100 during the processing of the wagon service.

  First, when the player sits on the gaming table and inserts a membership card into the card insertion unit 102 of the inter-machine 100, the card information acquisition unit 104 detects the insertion of the membership card and detects the membership number from the inserted membership card. Is acquired (S100). Further, the inter-machine 100 makes a player authentication request (S102). The pedestal machine 100 images the player with the imaging unit 130 provided in the pedestal machine 100, extracts a face image including the player's face from the captured image, and performs face authentication on the face image and the membership number. By providing it to the device 320, a player authentication request is made.

  After the authentication request, the display control unit 114 displays the main menu screen on the display unit 106 (S104). For example, the display control unit 114 may cause the display unit 106 to display a screen as illustrated in FIG. 9A as the main menu screen. The main menu screen includes a “wagon service” button that allows a player to request a wagon service, which is a service that allows a player to bring prizes such as food and drinks, luxury goods, etc. to a game machine where the player plays.

  When the wagon service is selected by the player (S106), the requester specifying unit 122 performs group determination (S108). Whether the requester specifying unit 122 is a member of the member card into which the requester is inserted based on the result of the face authentication of the player of the face authentication device 320, or is the other member of the same group as the member? Determine if you are a member other than that.

  If the requester is the member of the inserted membership card, the display control unit 114 executes the principal wagon service process (S112). On the other hand, if the requester is not the member of the inserted membership card, the requester identifying unit 122 determines whether the requester is in the same group as the member of the inserted membership card (S114). If the requester is not in the same group as the member of the inserted membership card, the request for the wagon service using the inserted membership card cannot be accepted. The game process is continued (S115). Normally, if the requester is not the same as the member of the inserted membership card, the player cannot play a game using the membership card. May be inserted or a cash or prepaid card may be displayed.

  When the requester is the same group as the member of the inserted membership card, the display control unit 114 displays the game media information indicating the number of game media of the members of the membership card inserted from the game media management device 200. Obtain (S116). Next, the display control unit 114 determines whether or not there is a game medium that can be withdrawn by determining whether or not the number of used game media is equal to or greater than the number required for prize exchange ( S118). If there is no stored game media that can be withdrawn, the intermediary machine 100 exits the processing flow of the wagon service and continues the normal game processing (S115).

  When there is a game medium that can be withdrawn, the display control unit 114 displays an order call selection screen as shown in FIG. 9B on the display unit 106 (S120). The order call selection screen may include an “order” button that is selected when the display unit 106 places an order for the wagon service, and a “call” button that calls the store clerk to place an order for the wagon service. Further, the order call selection screen displays the name of the member of the inserted member card, the face image of the player stored in advance in the face image storage unit 322 in association with the member, and the stored game owned by the member It may include the number of media and the name of the group to which the member belongs.

  When the player who is the requester touches the “order” button on the order call selection screen to select an order (S122), the display control unit 114 displays an order screen as shown in FIG. 9C. The information is displayed on the unit 106 (S124). The order screen may include a selection button for premiums such as food and beverage items and luxury items that can be provided to the player by the wagon service.

  When the player selects a desired prize on the order screen (S126), the display control unit 114 displays a game media withdrawal screen as shown in FIG. 9D (S128). The game media withdrawal screen displays the name and face image of the member who is the owner of the game media to be withdrawn, the group name, the current number of game media, the “Order” button to request an order, and the order. A “cancel” button for canceling may be included.

  When the requester touches the “order” button on the game media withdrawal screen and performs an ordering operation (S130), the processing command unit 118 inserts as many membership cards as are necessary for exchanging the selected prizes. The game medium management device 200 is instructed to reduce the number of stored game media of the member (S132).

  Next, when the gaming medium management device 200 succeeds in the withdrawal process, the processing command unit 118 receives a withdrawal completion notification from the gaming medium management device 200 (S134). When a notice of withdrawal completion is received from the game medium management device 200, order information is transmitted to the terminal control device 300 (S136). The order information includes the requester's membership number and face image, membership card membership number and face image used, information on the selected prize, number of prizes, withdrawal method, number of game media to be withdrawn, Information on the location of the requester such as the machine number of the gaming machine being played may be included.

  The display terminal 400 of the store clerk who is the giver receives the order information transmitted from the inter-vehicle machine 100 via the terminal control device 300 (S138). The display terminal 400 displays an order reception screen including order information (S140).

  As a result of the above processing, even if the requester who has requested the prize exchange is not the owner of the game medium used for the prize exchange, if the player belongs to the same group previously associated with the owner, the prize exchange is performed. Accept. Thus, the player can receive a gift exchange service such as a wagon service by using, for example, a family member card in addition to the player's own member card. Therefore, the convenience of exchanging prizes using game media can be improved.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a group determination processing procedure executed by the face authentication apparatus 320 in response to an authentication request from the inter-vehicle machine 100.

  In response to the authentication request from the machine 100, the face image acquisition unit 324 obtains the requester's face image and the membership number of the inserted membership card from the machine 100 (S200). The determination unit 326 refers to the face image storage unit 322 and compares the face image associated with the acquired member number with the face image of the requester, so that the member of the member card in which the requester is inserted It is determined whether or not the user is himself (S202). If the user is a member, the determination unit 326 transmits confirmation of the identity indicating that the user is a member to the intermediary machine 100 as a determination result (S204).

  If it is not the member, the determination unit 326 compares the face image of the other member of the same group associated with the member number of the inserted membership card with the face image of the requester, so that the requester It is determined whether or not the member belongs to the same group as the member of the inserted membership card (S206). If the requester is a member belonging to the same group as the member of the inserted membership card, the determination unit 326 transmits a group confirmation indicating that the requester is a member of the same group to the intermediary machine 100 as a determination result (S208). ).

  If the member is neither the member himself nor a member of the same group, the determination unit 326 transmits the other person confirmation indicating that the member is not the member himself or a member of the same group to the intermediary machine 100 as a determination result (S210).

  As described above, the face authentication device 320 determines whether the requester of the prize exchange is the member himself or a member of the same group by the authentication process using the face image.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an example of the processing procedure of the wagon service when the inserted membership card is the requester's membership card.

  In step S110 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 8, when the requester specifying unit 122 determines that the inserted membership card is the requester's own membership card, the display control unit 114 displays the order call as shown in FIG. 9B. Display the selection screen. The order call selection screen may include the face image of the requester himself / herself stored in the face image storage unit 322.

  When the requester touches the “order” button on the order call selection screen and selects an order (S302), the display control unit 114 displays an order screen as shown in FIG. 9C (S304). When the player selects a desired prize on the order screen (S306), the display control unit 114 requires the number of stored or held game media owned by the requester to exchange the selected prize. By determining whether or not the number is satisfied, it is determined whether or not there is a game medium that can be withdrawn or a portable game medium (S308). If there are no game media that can be withdrawn and game media that can be withdrawn, the display control unit 114 displays on the display unit 106 that the prize cannot be exchanged, and the game processing unit 108 executes the game processing (S310). The game processing unit 108 may execute a game process in accordance with a game operation performed by the player through the game table.

  If there is a game medium that can be withdrawn or a game medium that can be withdrawn, the display control unit 114 determines whether or not the game medium that can be withdrawn is only the game medium that is withdrawn or the game medium that is withdrawn (S312). If the only game medium that can be withdrawn is the stored game medium, the processing command unit 118 performs the withdrawal process of the saved game medium so that the number of the requested game medium is reduced by the number required for exchanging the selected prize. The game medium management device 200 is commanded (S320).

  If the only game medium that can be withdrawn is the portable game medium, the processing command unit 118 performs the process of withdrawing the portable medium so as to reduce the number of game media of the requester by the number required for exchanging the selected prize. The game medium management device 200 is commanded (S322).

  If the game media that can be withdrawn are both stored game media and portable game media, the display control unit 114 displays a selection screen as shown in FIG. 12 on the display unit 106 (S314). The selection screen may include a “stored ball” button for selecting a stored game medium and a “held ball” button for selecting a held game medium as game media used for prize exchange.

  When an operation for selecting a game medium used for withdrawal is performed on the selection screen (S316), and the requester selects a stored game medium, the processing command unit 118 performs a game medium management device for a withdrawal process of the stored game medium. 200 is commanded (S320). When the requester selects the game media, the process command unit 118 commands the game media management device 200 to carry out the game media withdrawal process (S322).

  Next, when the gaming medium management device 200 succeeds in the withdrawal process, the processing command unit 118 receives a withdrawal completion notification from the gaming medium management device 200 (S324). When a notice of withdrawal completion is received from the game medium management device 200, order information is transmitted to the terminal control device 300 (S326).

  When the processing command unit 118 receives from the terminal control device 300 an order acceptance completion indicating that the store clerk has accepted the order (S328), the display control unit 114 has successfully accepted the order as shown in FIG. 9E. Is displayed on the display unit 106 (S136).

  As described above, when the requester is the owner of the game media used for the prize exchange, the requester can select the game media owned by himself / herself in addition to the stored game media owned by himself / herself. Thereby, the convenience of the player at the time of prize exchange can be improved. For example, when a player uses a wagon service, it is possible to prevent a fee that is not originally required to be deducted, and to prevent a player from being disadvantaged.

  FIG. 13 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a wagon service processing procedure in the display terminal 400. 14A to 14C are diagrams illustrating examples of screens displayed on the display unit 402 of the display terminal 400 during processing of the wagon service.

  The display control unit 404 receives the order information from the terminal control device 300 as shown in step S138 of FIG. 8, and displays the order acceptance screen on the display unit 402 as shown in step S140. The order reception screen may be a screen as shown in FIG. 14A, for example. If the clerk refers to the order reception screen and determines that the ordered prize can be provided, the clerk performs an order reception operation on the order reception screen (S400). The order reception screen includes the face image, member number, group name, and name of the player specified as the requester stored in the face image storage unit 322 as registration card information. Further, the order reception screen includes the face image corresponding to the inserted member card, the member number, the group name, and the name stored in the face image storage unit 322 as information on the use card. Further, the order reception screen includes the machine number of the gaming machine in which the requester is playing as information on the location where the requester is located.

  Then, by touching a “reception” button on the order reception screen shown in FIG. 14A, the store clerk performs an order reception operation. The order reception determination unit 406 determines whether the store clerk has performed an order reception operation on the order reception screen.

  When the order acceptance determination unit 406 detects that an order acceptance operation has been executed, the order acceptance determination unit 406 transmits an order acceptance completion to the terminal control device 300 (S402). The intermediary machine 100 receives the completion of order acceptance via the terminal control device 300 (S404). Next, the display control unit 114 of the intermediary machine 100 displays an order completion screen as shown in FIG. 9E on the display unit 106 (S406). When the order completion screen is displayed on the display unit 106, the intermediary machine 100 transmits an order completion reception indicating that the order completion screen is normally displayed to the display terminal 400 via the terminal control device 300 (S408). The display terminal 400 receives the order completion reception (S410).

  When the display terminal 400 receives the order completion reception, the terminal control device 300 instructs the display terminal 400 to display the delivery information screen on the display unit 402. The display control unit 404 displays a delivery information screen as shown in FIG. 14B on the display unit 402 (S412).

  The store clerk prepares the prize and transports the prize to the player (S414). With reference to the delivery information screen displayed on the display unit 402, the person who actually requested the prize is the face of the registration card. The identity verification is performed by visually confirming whether the image or the face image of the card used is the same person (S416).

  If the person can be confirmed (S418), the store clerk provides, for example, a beverage as a free gift to the requester (S420). When the provision of a premium such as a beverage is completed, the store clerk performs a delivery completion operation indicating that the provision of the premium has ended (S422). The store clerk performs a delivery completion operation by touching a “complete” button on the delivery information screen shown in FIG. 14B. The service completion determination unit 408 determines whether or not the ordered prize has been provided to the player by determining whether or not the “complete” button on the delivery information screen has been touched. If the service completion determination unit 408 determines that the “complete” button on the delivery information screen has been touched, the service completion determination unit 408 transmits delivery completion to the terminal control device 300 (S424). When the terminal control device 300 receives the delivery completion (S426), the terminal control device 300 instructs the display terminal 400 to display an order completion screen as shown in FIG. 14C on the display unit 402. In response to the instruction, the display control unit 404 displays an order completion screen on the display unit 402 (S428). After a predetermined time has elapsed, the display control unit 404 closes the order completion screen and performs order completion processing (S430).

  If the identity cannot be confirmed (S418), the store clerk performs a cancel process by touching the “Cancel” button on the delivery information screen (S432). When it is determined that the “cancel” button on the delivery information screen has been touched, the service completion determination unit 408 transmits an order cancellation to the terminal control device 300. When receiving the order cancellation, the terminal control apparatus 300 instructs the display terminal 400 to display a cancel screen on the display unit 402. In response to the instruction, the display terminal 400 displays a cancel screen (S434).

  As described above, the face image of the member specified as the requester and the face image of the member of the member card to be used are displayed on the display terminal 400 possessed by the store clerk who provides the premium. Therefore, the store clerk can visually confirm whether or not the person who actually requested the prize is the same person as the face image of the registration card or the face image of the use card. Therefore, when the member card to be used is neither the requester's own card nor a member's card of the same group as the requester, the member card can be prevented from being used illegally.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, even if the requester who has requested the prize exchange is not the owner of the game medium used for the prize exchange, it can be a player who belongs to the same group associated with the owner in advance. For example, a prize exchange is accepted. Thus, the player can receive a gift exchange service such as a wagon service by using, for example, a family member card in addition to the player's own member card. Therefore, the convenience of exchanging prizes using game media can be improved.

  In addition, when exchanging prizes using the player's own membership card, the player shall, as a game medium necessary for exchanging prizes, carry the game media possessed by himself / herself in addition to the stored game media possessed by the player. Can also be selected. Thereby, the convenience of the player at the time of prize exchange can be improved. For example, a player who is playing on an enclosed game table can immediately exchange prizes such as a wagon service using a portable game medium. In addition, when a player uses the wagon service, it is possible to prevent a fee that does not need to be deducted, and to prevent the player from being disadvantaged.

  Note that each unit included in the intermediary machine 100 according to the present embodiment installs a program recorded on a computer-readable recording medium that performs various processes related to reception of prize exchanges in the intermediary machine 100, and installs the program in the computer. You may comprise by performing. In other words, the machine 100 may be configured by causing a computer to function as each unit included in the machine 100 by causing the computer to execute programs that perform various processes related to the prize exchange reception of the machine 100.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated using embodiment, the technical scope of this invention is not limited to the range as described in the said embodiment. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be added to the above-described embodiment. It is apparent from the scope of the claims that the embodiments added with such changes or improvements can be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

  The order of execution of each process such as operations, procedures, steps, and stages in the apparatus, system, program, and method shown in the claims, the description, and the drawings is particularly “before” or “prior to”. It should be noted that the output can be realized in any order unless the output of the previous process is used in the subsequent process. Regarding the operation flow in the claims, the description, and the drawings, even if it is described using “first”, “next”, etc. for convenience, it means that it is essential to carry out in this order. It is not a thing.

100 Inter-vehicle machine 102 Card insertion unit 104 Card information acquisition unit 106 Display unit 108 Game processing unit 110 Free gift exchange reception unit 112 Game medium information acquisition unit 114 Display control unit 116 Selection unit 118 Processing command unit 120 Display command unit 122 Requester identification Unit 124 exchange permission unit 130 imaging unit 132 image processing unit 200 game medium management device 202 game medium information storage unit 204 game medium information provision unit 206 game medium information update unit 300 terminal control device 310 wireless base station 320 face authentication device 322 face image Storage unit 324 Face image acquisition unit 326 Determination unit 400 Display terminal 402 Display unit 404 Display control unit 406 Order reception determination unit 408 Service completion determination unit 500 Game media management organization

Claims (7)

When a prize exchange using a game medium owned by the first player is requested, the requester who has requested the prize exchange is the first player or the second player associated in advance with the first player. A requester identification section that identifies a certain thing,
When the requester is the first player or the second player, an exchange permission unit that permits the prize exchange using the game medium owned by the first player ,
When the requester is the first player, the game media used for the prize exchange is not stored in the game media management organization and the storage media that are the game media stored in the game media management organization A selection unit that allows the requester to select any one of the game media that are game media;
The exchange permission accepting device , wherein the exchange permission unit permits the prize exchange using the stored game medium or the portable game medium owned by the first player selected by the requester . 2. The prize exchange accepting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, when the requester is the second player, the exchange permission unit permits the prize exchange using the stored game medium owned by the first player. . The display control part which displays a selection screen for making the requester select either a storage medium or a game medium when the requester is the first player. 2. The gift exchange accepting apparatus according to 2. A machine with the premium exchange receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 . When a prize exchange using a game medium owned by the first player is requested, the requester who has requested the prize exchange is the first player or the second player associated in advance with the first player. A requester specifying unit for specifying the presence, and when the requester is the first player or the second player, the prize exchange using the game medium possessed by the first player is permitted. A daikan machine including a gift exchange accepting apparatus having an exchange permission unit. A prize exchange receiving device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 ,
A face recognition device,
The face authentication device
A face image storage unit that stores face images and group information in association with each of a plurality of players;
By comparing the captured image captured by the requester with the face image, whether the requester is the first player, the second player belonging to the same group as the first player, or the first A determination unit that determines whether the player is a player other than one player and the second player;
The requester specifying unit is a prize exchange receiving system that specifies that the requester is the first player or the second player based on a determination result by the determination unit. The prize exchange receiving device is:
A display command for instructing display of the face image of the first player stored in the face image storage unit and the face image of the requester stored in the face image storage unit on the display terminal of the gift provider The premium exchange acceptance system according to claim 6, further comprising a section.

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