JP6745503B2 - Game media management system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a game medium management system capable of improving work efficiency when a store is closed.

Conventionally, a lending processor (hereinafter referred to as "between machine") that is installed in parallel with a gaming machine such as a pachinko machine or a pachi-slot machine installed in a gaming machine such as a pachinko parlor and lends game media such as pachinko balls and medals. It has been known. In addition, a so-called counter counting method has been known in which each inter-station device counts the number of game media acquired by a player at a game table.

In a table-to-table device compatible with such a counting system, the number of game media (hereinafter, referred to as “count value”) inserted in a lower plate of a game table or the like is counted and an IC (Integrated Circuit) card or the like is counted. The count value is recorded on a card capable of storing information. Then, the card in which the count value is recorded is issued by the operation of the player who has finished the game.

As a card for recording the count value (hereinafter, referred to as “count value recording medium”), a membership card distributed to members of the gaming shop or a non-member general player can be used. There are general cards.

By the way, the above-mentioned machine-to-machine device is generally connected to a management device that manages each device in the game shop, and when the game shop is closed, a store-closing process for shifting each machine-to-machine device to a closed state is executed. To be done.

Here, if a few game media remaining in the game remain counted, an error occurs during the closing process. This is because the management device determines that the “forgotten ball” by the game player is the inter-bed device. For this reason, it is necessary for the employee to go to a place where the count value remains and perform an issuing operation for recording and issuing the count value on the card. Then, the store closing processing is executed after the count values of all the inter-vehicle devices are set to zero.

Note that Patent Document 1 discloses a technique in which, in a store closing process, when a card with a prepaid balance is held by a table device, the table device ejects the card to the outside of the device.

Japanese Patent No. 3929024

However, the above Patent Document 1 has a problem that the operation efficiency of the closing process is poor because the process of collecting the acquired game media and the process of closing the business are individually performed.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a game medium management system capable of improving work efficiency when a store is closed.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems and achieve the object, the present invention is a game medium management system comprising a machine-to-machine apparatus provided for each game machine and a management apparatus for managing the machine-to-machine apparatus, wherein The device comprises a valuable value acceptance means for accepting a valuable value, a valuable value use processing means for performing payout processing based on the valuable value accepted by the valuable value accepting means, and the number of acquired game media acquired by the player at the gaming table. The number-of-acquired-game-medium storage means for storing the number-of-acquired-game-media, Associating means for associating the number of acquired game media stored in the storage means with the identification information of the recording medium stored in the machine between the units, and a record for issuing the recording medium of the identification information associated with the number of acquired game media A medium issuing means and a transmitting means for transmitting the number of acquired game media to the management device, the management device receiving means for receiving the number of acquired game media transmitted from the inter-unit device, and the receiving means. If the number of acquired game media received by is associated with the recording medium, the number of acquired game media is managed in association with the identification information of the recording medium, and the number of acquired game media received by the receiving means is the case where the association means not associated with the identification information of the recording medium, and a winning game media management means for managing in association with inter-die device identification information set in correspondence with the pedestal between the devices, When the inter-station device receives a predetermined notification of business closing from the management device that manages the inter-unit device, the association unit records the acquired game medium number storage unit of the inter-unit device by the association unit. If the number of acquired game media which is not associated with the medium identification information is stored, there is provided an invalidation processing means for performing an invalidation process for clearing the acquired game medium number stored in the acquired game medium number storage means. and wherein the octopus.

Also, in the present invention according to the above-mentioned invention, the payout operation means for performing an operation for paying out the number of acquired game media of the inter-device and the display means capable of displaying the acquired game media are always visible from a specific direction. It is characterized in that it is fixedly provided as much as possible, and that the payout operating means is provided below the display means .

According to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible to improve work efficiency when a store is closed.

It is a figure which shows the outline of the count value management method which concerns on invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the network environment which applies the count value management method which concerns on this invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a count value management system according to the first embodiment. It is an external view of a platform device. It is a figure which shows unprocessed count value information. It is a flow chart which shows a processing procedure which a count value management system performs. FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the count value replacement processing executed by the count value management system according to the second embodiment. FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a management device according to a second embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing unprocessed count value information according to the second embodiment. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure executed by the count value management system according to the second embodiment.

Hereinafter, embodiments of a count value management system and a table-to-machine unit according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Note that, in the following description, a case will be described in which a platform device with a counting function, which is installed in parallel with a gaming table such as a pachinko machine or a pachi-slot machine installed in a gaming shop such as a pachinko parlor, counts game media.

Prior to the detailed description of the embodiments, an outline of the count value management method according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a count value management method according to the present invention.

As shown in the figure, a counter-equipped inter-bench device (hereinafter, simply referred to as “between-device”) attached to each gaming machine is connected to a management device via an island controller. Here, the management device is a device that manages devices installed in a game store, such as a stand-to-stand device, a settlement machine, and a prize exchange device, and an island controller is a space surrounded by passages (game island). It is a device for bundling a group of devices such as a game machine and a stand-to-stand device provided in the.

Further, the inter-basket device counts the number of game media (for example, pachinko balls) acquired by the player at the game table to which the own device is connected, and then stores the count result as a count value. Then, when the player who has finished the game performs a recording medium (card) issuing operation, the stored count value is associated with the card, and then the card with the count value associated is issued to the player. ..

By the way, when the operation of the amusement store is completed, the management device executes the store closing process by transmitting a store closing instruction for shifting each device including the inter-devices to the store closed state. Here, conventionally, if "forgotten balls" etc. by the player remain in the table equipment, an error will occur in the closing process, so the employee who has the count value remains in the table equipment. Went and was doing the issuing operation to associate the count value with the card and issue it. Then, after performing the operation of setting the count value of each inter-device to 0, the management device sends a store closing instruction to execute the store closing process.

However, as described above, the issuing operation of issuing the count value that remains in the inter-device unit without being associated with the card (hereinafter, referred to as “unprocessed count value”) in association with the card is troublesome. In addition, even if a small number of "forgotten balls" remain, it is necessary to check all the machines between the machines.

Therefore, conventionally, there has been a problem that the work efficiency of the closing work is poor. Also, in the past, it was not possible to prevent fraudulent behavior such as card acquisition by employees, because the procedure was to issue cards that reflect the unprocessed count value and the employees would collect the issued cards. There was also a problem.

Therefore, in the count value management method according to the present invention, the "unprocessed count value" described above is collected and managed in the management device, and in principle, the card in which the unprocessed count value is reflected is not issued. I decided.

Specifically, as shown in the figure, when the management device transmits a closing instruction to the inter-cabin device (see (1) in the same figure), each inter-van device manages the unprocessed count value of its own device. It was decided to respond to the device (see (2) in the figure). Then, the management device, which has received the unprocessed count value from each inter-device, updates the unprocessed count value DB, which is a database for managing the unprocessed count value (see (3) in the same figure).

Subsequently, when the update of the unprocessed count value DB is completed, the management device transmits a count value clear instruction to each inter-device (see (4) in the figure) and receives the count value clear instruction. The inter-device determines to perform its own count value clearing process (process to set the count value to 0) (see (5) in the same figure).

In the figure, an unprocessed count value DB that manages the unprocessed count value and a processed count value DB that manages the processed count value indicating the count value associated with the card are separately provided, and Although the case where the count value management DB including the numerical value DB and the processed count value DB is configured has been shown, the structure of the database does not matter as long as the processed count value and the unprocessed count value can be distinguished.

As described above, in the count value management method according to the present invention, the unprocessed count values are collected in the management device, and in principle, the inter-devices do not issue cards associated with the unprocessed count values. Therefore, it is possible to improve the work efficiency of the closing work while preventing fraud in the closing work. Note that the management device manages the collected unprocessed count values as they are stored for a predetermined period (for example, several days) from the time of collection, but after the predetermined period has elapsed, the unprocessed count values are stored in the game store's profit. (Miscellaneous income).

Next, a network environment to which the count value management method shown in FIG. 1 is applied will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a network environment to which the count value management method according to the present invention is applied. As shown in the figure, the management device is connected with devices such as an island controller 100, a settlement machine 200, a gift management machine 300, and a card processing machine 400 via a network such as a LAN (Local Area Network). Further, the island controller 100 is connected with a table-to-table device (a device between tables with a counting function).

Here, when the device between machines issues a card in which the remaining number and the count value (count value counted by each machine counting function) are recorded, the player who issued the card inserts the card into the settlement machine 200. By doing so, you receive money according to the remaining number. Further, the player brings the card to the prize exchange corner and holds or inserts the card into the card processing machine 400 to receive the prize according to the count value.

As shown in the figure, the management device stores a count value management DB including the unprocessed count value DB described with reference to FIG. 1, and gives various instructions such as a closing instruction to each inter-device via a network. At the same time, the unprocessed count value received from each inter-device is managed in the unprocessed count value DB. The unprocessed count value DB manages the unprocessed count value by associating it with an identifier such as a machine number for identifying each inter-device, and the processed count value DB stores the processed count value of each card. It shall be managed in association with an identifier (for example, a card ID).

The types of cards (recording media) that can be used by the player in the network environment shown in FIG. 2 include a built-in card (general player card) built in the stand-to-stand device and a high-value banknote used by the player. There are prepaid cards for holding the balance when playing games, and membership cards issued to members of the game shop.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of a count value management system to which the count value management method according to the present invention is applied will be described in detail. In the following description, the basic count value management system is used as the first embodiment, and the count value management system having a replacement function for transferring the unprocessed count values accumulated in the management device to another inter-station device is used as the second embodiment. Will be explained respectively.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of the count value management system 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in the figure, the count value management system 1 is composed of an inter-station device 10 and a management device 20. Although only one inter-station device 10 is shown in the figure, it is assumed that a predetermined number of inter-station devices 10 are connected to the management device 20 via the island controller 100.

Here, in order to explain the schematic configuration of the inter-station device 10, the external appearance of the inter-station device 10 will be described with reference to FIG. 4. FIG. 4 is an external view of the platform device 10. In the figure, the gaming table 51 provided with the inter-board device 10 is shown by a broken line.

As shown in FIG. 4, the machine-to-machine device 10 includes a status display unit 41 that lights up when a staff member calls, a banknote insertion unit 42 that receives various banknotes for lending a game medium, and a remote controller carried by the staff member ( A remote control light receiving unit 43 that receives an instruction from a mobile terminal device, a display/operation unit 44 that is composed of a display and operation keys such as a numeric keypad, and a ball dispenser having a nozzle that dispenses a game medium such as a ball. 45, a card issuing unit 46 that issues a card in which the count value is recorded, a counting unit 47 that counts the balls (earned balls), and a ball storage unit 48 that stores the balls (earned balls). There is.

In addition, on the front surface of the ball storage section 48, a counting display section 49 for displaying counting results of balls (earned balls) and the like, and a ball payout button 50 for instructing a game using the balls are provided. There is. The inter-station device 10 guides balls (acquired balls) from the lower plate 52 of the game table 51 shown in the figure to the ball storage section 48, and the counting section 47 counts the number of balls (acquired balls).

Then, when the player presses the ball payout button 50, the game ball (acquired ball) is thrown out to the game table 51 via the ball payout unit 45. The coin dispenser 45 may also dispense the bill when the bill is inserted into the bill inserter 42 and the lending button of the gaming table 51 is pressed.

Returning to the description of FIG. 3, the configuration of the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 will be described. The inter-station device 10 includes a card holding unit 11 (corresponding to 46 in FIG. 4), a counting unit 12 (corresponding to 47 in FIG. 4), a communication I/F (interface) 13, a control unit 14, and a storage unit. 15 and.

The control unit 14 further includes an instruction receiving unit 14a, an unprocessed count value notification unit 14b, a card issuing processing unit 14c, and a processed count value notification unit 14d. Note that, in FIG. 3, only the constituent elements necessary for explaining the characteristic points of the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 are extracted from the constituent elements described in FIG. 4.

The card holding unit 11 holds a card built in the inter-bed apparatus 10. When the membership card is inserted, the card holding unit 11 also carries out processing for holding the membership card. When the card holding unit 11 receives an instruction from the card issuance processing unit 14c of the control unit 14, the card holding unit 11 associates the count value 15a with the card and then issues the card associated with the count value 15a (outside the device). Discharge).

The counting unit 12 performs a process of counting the balls (earned balls) of the player and storing the counting result in the storage unit 15 as a count value 15a. The communication I/F (interface) 13 is composed of a communication device such as a LAN card, and performs data transmission/reception between the inter-device 10 and the management device 20 via the network.

When the control unit 14 receives a store closing instruction from the management device 20, the control unit 14 notifies the management device 20 of the unprocessed count value, and when receiving the count value clear instruction from the management device 20, the control unit 14 itself Is a processing unit that performs processing for clearing (setting 0) the unprocessed count value of.

The instruction receiving unit 14a is a processing unit that receives various instructions such as a store closing instruction from the management device 20, and when the received notification is a store closing instruction, sends the store closing instruction to the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b. Perform the passing process. If the received notification is a count value clear instruction, the instruction receiving unit 14a also performs a process of setting the count value 15a of the storage unit 15 to 0.

When the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b receives a closing instruction from the management device 20 via the instruction reception unit 14a, the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b uses the count value 15a read from the storage unit 15 as the unprocessed count value via the communication I/F 13. It is a processing unit that performs a process of transmitting to the management device 20.

Further, when the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b receives the closing instruction, the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b also issues an instruction to prohibit the card issuance to the card issuance processing unit 14c. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts of issuing a card associated with the count value 15a, such as by a malicious employee operating the stand-alone device 10 despite receiving the closing instruction. ..

The card issuance processing unit 14c reads the total amount read from the storage unit 15 when the player issues a card by operating the display/operation unit 44 (see FIG. 4) during business hours of the game store. The processing unit performs a process of instructing the card holding unit 11 to issue the card associated with the count value 15a after associating the numerical value 15a with the card.

In addition, the card issuance processing unit 14c is a processing unit that performs a process of passing the count value 15a to the processed count value notification unit 14d as a processed count value when issuing an instruction to issue a card in which the count value 15a is associated. is there. The card issuance processing unit 14c receives the issuance instruction through the display/operation unit 44 (see FIG. 4) when the issuance prohibition instruction is received from the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b. Is not issued.

Further, when the card holding unit 11 holds a card with a prepaid value, the card issuing processing unit 14c issues (discards) the card even during the closing process. I shall.

The processed count value notification unit 14d is a processing unit that, when receiving the processed count value from the card issuing processing unit 14c, performs a process of notifying the received processed count value to the management device 20 via the communication I/F 13. is there. The processed count value received by the management device 20 is associated with the card ID and then registered in the processed count value information 23b.

The storage unit 15 is a storage unit configured by a storage device such as a non-volatile memory or a hard disk drive, and stores the count value 15a. The count value 15a is the result of counting the game media by the counter 12, and is updated every time the counter 12 counts the game media. When the inter-vehicle equipment 10 receives the count value clear instruction from the management device 20, the instruction receiving unit 14a clears the count value 15a to zero.

Next, the configuration of the management device 20 will be described. The management device 20 includes a communication I/F 21, a control unit 22, and a storage unit 23. The control unit 22 further includes an instruction notification unit 22a and a count value storage unit 22b, and the storage unit 23 stores unprocessed count value information 23a and processed count value information 23b.

The unprocessed count value information 23a corresponds to the unprocessed count value DB shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and the processed count value information 23b also corresponds to the processed count value DB. Further, in FIG. 3, only the components necessary for explaining the characteristic points of the management device 20 are extracted and shown.

The communication I/F 21 is composed of a communication device such as a LAN card, and transmits/receives data between the management device 20 and the inter-device 10 via the network. The control unit 22 performs a process of transmitting various instructions such as a store closing instruction and a count value clear instruction to the inter-station device 10, and separates the unprocessed count value received from each of the inter-station devices 10 from the processed count value. It is a processing unit that performs a process of separately storing the storage unit 23.

The instruction notification unit 22a performs a process of transmitting various instructions such as a closing instruction to the inter-vehicle devices 10 via the communication I/F 21 when a predetermined input is made by an employee from an operation unit (not shown). It is a processing unit.

The count value storage unit 22b is a processing unit that performs a process of storing the unprocessed count value and the processed count value received from the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 via the communication I/F 21 in the storage unit 23. Specifically, when the unprocessed count value is received from the inter-station device 10, the count value storage unit 22b uses the received unprocessed count value as a machine number for identifying the inter-machine apparatus 10 that is the transmission source. After being associated with the identifier, it is registered in the unprocessed count value information 23a of the storage unit 23.

In addition, when the processed count value is received from the inter-station device 10, the received processed count value is stored after being associated with an identifier such as a card ID for identifying the card with which the processed count value is associated. It is registered in the processed count value information 23b of the unit 23.

The storage unit 23 is a storage unit configured by a storage device such as a non-volatile memory or a hard disk drive, and stores the unprocessed count value information 23a and the processed count value information 23b. The unprocessed count value information 23a is information in which a machine-to-machine device identifier such as a machine number for identifying the machine-to-machine device 10 is associated with the unprocessed machine count value, and is accumulated, for example, every business day. .. It should be noted that it is possible to specify the accumulation period. For example, if 3 months is specified as the accumulation period, information that has passed for 3 months from the registration date will be deleted.

Here, an example of the unprocessed count value information 23a will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the unprocessed count value information 23a. As shown in the figure, the unprocessed count value information 23a includes an “unprocessed machine identifier” item for identifying the machine-to-machine device 10 that is the transmission source of the unprocessed count value and an “unprocessed count value” item. I'm out. The unprocessed count value information 23a shown in the figure is information for one business day.

For example, in the case shown in the figure, the unprocessed count value of the inter-station device 10 having the inter-station device identifier “101” is “0”, and the unprocessed inter-unit device 10 of the inter-station device identifier “102” is not processed. The unprocessed count value is "3". In this way, the unprocessed count value information 23a holds the unprocessed count value corresponding to each inter-vehicle apparatus 10.

And by holding the unprocessed count value, even if the player receives a complaint that he forgot to count in the future, it is possible to check the number of the gaming machine and the unprocessed count value. Therefore, it is possible to respond to such complaints.

The processed count value information 23b is information in which the card ID of the card associated with the processed count value is associated with the processed count value. In the present embodiment, the case where the unprocessed count value information 23a and the processed count value information 23b are stored in different DBs (see FIG. 1 or 2) will be described. If the processed count value information 23b and the processed count value information 23b can be distinguished from each other, they may be stored in the same storage destination.

Next, a processing procedure executed by the count value management system 1 according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure executed by the count value management system 1. As shown in the figure, the instruction notification unit 22a of the management device 20 transmits a store closing instruction to the inter-cabinet device 10 (step S101).

On the other hand, when the instruction receiving unit 14a of the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 receives the closing instruction (step S102), the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b determines whether there is an unprocessed count value (step S103). The determination in step 103 is made based on whether or not the count value 15a of the storage unit 15 is 0. If the count value 15a is not 0, it is determined that there is an unprocessed count value.

Then, when there is an unprocessed count value (step S103, Yes), the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b transmits the count value 15a read from the storage unit 15 to the management device 20 as the unprocessed count value ( Step S104). When the determination condition of step S103 is not satisfied (step S103, No), other store closing processing is performed (step S110), and the processing ends. It should be noted that as other closing processing, there are error check processing and power OFF processing of each component.

On the other hand, when the count value storage unit 22b of the management device 20 receives the unprocessed count value (step S105), it updates the unprocessed count value DB (step S106). The database is updated by updating the unprocessed count value information 23a in the storage unit 23. Subsequently, the instruction notification unit 22a of the management device 20 transmits a count value clear instruction to the inter-vehicle device 10 (step S107).

When the instruction receiving unit 14a of the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 receives the count value clear instruction (step S108), the count value 15a of the storage unit 15 is set to 0 to clear the count value (step S109). Then, other store closing processing is performed (step S110), and the processing ends.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, in the machine-to-machine system, the counting unit counts the game media acquired by the player at the game table corresponding to the machine-to-machine system, and the storage unit counts the total. When the numerical value is stored and the issuing instruction is received, the card issuing processing unit issues the count value recording medium after associating the read count value as the processed count value with the count value recording medium, and the instruction receiving unit. However, when the notification instruction is received, the unprocessed count value notification unit prohibits the issuing instruction to the card issuance processing unit, and then reads the unrelated count value from the storage unit as the unprocessed count value. The management device notifies the management device, the instruction notification unit transmits a notification command to the inter-device device, and the count value storage unit notifies the unprocessed count value to the inter-device device which is the notification source of the unprocessed count value. The count value management system is configured so as to be stored in the unprocessed count value storage unit in association with the above. Therefore, it is possible to improve the work efficiency of the store closing work while preventing fraudulent acts in the store closing work.

By the way, by adding the unprocessed count value replacement function to the above-described first embodiment, while following the collection work of the card with the count value that has been conventionally performed at the time of the closing process, the space between the units where the card is issued. It is possible to limit the device. Therefore, in the following, a second embodiment of the count value management system 1a to which an unprocessed count value replacement function is added will be described.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the outline of the count value replacement process executed by the count value management system 1a according to the second embodiment. In addition, 72 shown in the same figure is a game table to which the inter-device 10 is connected, and 71a, 71b, 71c and 71d shown in the figure are game tables (end blocks) installed at the ends of the game islands. ..

The unprocessed count values of the gaming machines (for example, 72, etc.) provided in the same row of the gaming island are aggregated on the end table 71a of the gaming island shown in the figure, and the aggregated unprocessed count values are issued in association with the card. If so, it is not necessary for the employee to check each gaming machine having an unprocessed count value through the interisland passage as in the conventional case.

Therefore, the card can be collected only by passing through the card collection path shown in the figure, so that the closing operation can be made efficient. In this case, since there are few points for card collection, it becomes easy to limit the employees who collect the card to those who have special authority. Therefore, it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts by ordinary employees.

In the figure, the case where the unprocessed count values are collected in the end stand of the gaming island has been described, but the unprocessed count values may be collected in a specific stand-to-stand device 10. By doing so, only the responsible person or the like having special authority can collect the card, and thus it is possible to prevent fraudulent acts by general employees.

FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the management device 20a according to the second embodiment. In the figure, the same components as those of the management device 20 shown in FIG. 2 are designated by the same reference numerals, and in the following, description of the components designated by the same reference numerals will be omitted or simplified. I will only explain it.

As illustrated in FIG. 8, the management device 20a according to the second embodiment differs from the management device 20 illustrated in FIG. 2 in that the management device 20a further includes a replacement processing unit 22c. The replacement processing unit 22c replaces the inter-station device 10 that is the correspondence destination of the unprocessed count value stored in the unprocessed count value information 23a with a predetermined inter-station device 10 and then aggregates the new correspondence destination. It is a processing unit that performs a process of adding the processed unprocessed count values. The instruction issuing unit 22a transmits a card issuing instruction including the result of the addition to the inter-device 10 that is the new correspondent.

Next, the unprocessed count value information 23a used by the replacement processing unit 22c will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating the unprocessed count value information 23a according to the second embodiment. For reference, the unprocessed count value information 23a shown in FIG. 5 is shown in FIG.

As shown in (B) of the same figure, the unprocessed count value information 23a according to the second embodiment includes the “inter-machine device identifier” item and the “unprocessed count value” item, as well as the migration destination of the unprocessed count value. "Transition destination" item indicating "," and "Transition result" item indicating the total result of the unprocessed count values due to the transfer.

In the case shown in the figure, since the migration destination of the unprocessed count values of the machine-to-machine device identifiers "101", "102", "103" and "104" is designated as "101", The migration result of the device identifier “101” is “6 (=0+3+1+2)”. Further, with respect to the other inter-device identifiers, the unprocessed count value is moved to "101", so that the transfer result is "0".

It should be noted that, as shown in (C) of the figure, when the unprocessed count value exceeds a predetermined threshold value, the count value may not be shifted. In the case shown in the figure, if the threshold value is "500", the unprocessed count value of the inter-device identifier "103" is "600", which exceeds the threshold value "500". Therefore, in this case, although the migration destination with the machine-to-machine device identifier of "103" is designated as "101", the migration is not actually performed.

Then, as shown in the figure, the migration result of the inter-device identifier "101" is "5=0+3+2", and the migration result of the inter-device identifier "103" is "600". Then, for the other inter-device identifiers, the unprocessed count value is moved to "101", and the transfer result is "0".

Next, a processing procedure executed by the count value management system 1a according to the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a processing procedure executed by the count value management system 1a according to the second embodiment. The processing procedure executed by the machine-to-machine apparatus shown in the figure is the procedure of the machine-to-machine apparatus 10 designated as the "migration destination" in FIG. As shown in the figure, the instruction notification unit 22a of the management device 20 transmits a store closing instruction to the inter-cabin device 10 (step S201).

On the other hand, when the instruction receiving unit 14a of the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 receives the closing instruction (step S202), the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b determines whether there is an unprocessed count value (step S203). The determination in step 203 is performed based on whether or not the count value 15a of the storage unit 15 is 0. If the count value 15a is not 0, it is determined that there is an unprocessed count value.

Then, if there is an unprocessed count value (step S203, Yes), the unprocessed count value notification unit 14b transmits the count value 15a read from the storage unit 15 to the management device 20 as the unprocessed count value ( Step S204). In addition, when the determination condition of step S203 is not satisfied (step S203, No), the process of step S204 is not performed.

On the other hand, when the count value storage unit 22b of the management device 20 receives the unprocessed count value (step S205), it updates the unprocessed count value DB (step S206). The database is updated by updating the unprocessed count value information 23a in the storage unit 23. Subsequently, the replacement processing unit 22c executes the count value replacement process (step S207), and the instruction notification unit 22a transmits the post-replacement count value to the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 (step S208).

When the instruction receiving unit 14a of the inter-vehicle apparatus 10 receives the post-replacement count value (step S209), the card issuance processing unit 14c performs a card issuing process that reflects the post-replacement count value (step S210). ), the count value is cleared by setting the count value 15a of the storage unit 15 to 0 (step S211). Then, other store closing processing is performed (step S212), and the processing ends.

As described above, according to the second embodiment, the management device is provided with the replacement processing unit, and the replacement processing unit configures the inter-unit device as the correspondence destination of the unprocessed count value stored in the unprocessed count value information, Since it has been decided to replace it with a predetermined machine between units, it is easy to limit the employees who collect cards to those with special authority, so it is possible to prevent cheating by ordinary employees. it can. Further, in the case where the card issuing unit of the inter-station device fails, the unprocessed count value of the failed inter-unit device can be replaced with another inter-unit device.

By the way, in each of the above-described embodiments, the case of using the inter-unit device with each unit counting function having the counting unit in the inter-unit device has been described, but it is also possible to use the inter-unit device connected to an independent counter. Good. For example, it is possible to use a table-to-table device connected to a counter provided so as to penetrate through a set board of a game island where a game table and a table-to-machine device are installed.

As described above, the game medium management system according to the present invention is suitable for improving the work efficiency when the store is closed.

1, 1a Count value management system 10 Device between units 11 Card holding unit 12 Counting unit 13 Communication I/F
14 control unit 14a instruction receiving unit 14b unprocessed count value notification unit 14c card issue processing unit 14d processed count value notification unit 15 storage unit 15a count value 20 management device 21 communication I/F
22 control unit 22a instruction notification unit 22b count value storage unit 23 storage unit 23a unprocessed count value information 23b processed count value information 41 status display unit 42 banknote insertion unit 43 remote control light receiving unit 44 display/operation unit 45 possession ball payout unit 46 Card issuing unit 47 Counting unit 48 Ball storing unit 49 Counting display unit 50 Ball payout button 51 Gaming table 52 Lower plate 100 Island controller 200 Adjustment machine 300 Prize management machine 400 Card processing machine

Claims (2)

A gaming medium management system comprising a table-to-table device provided for each gaming table and a management device for managing the table-to-machine device,
The inter-bed device is
Valuable value acceptance means for accepting valuable value,
A valuable value use processing means for performing payout processing based on the valuable value received by the valuable value receiving means,
An acquired game medium number storage means for storing the acquired game medium number acquired by the player at the game table;
An acquired game medium number use processing means for performing a game medium payout process using the acquired game medium number stored in the acquired game medium number storage means;
An associating unit for associating the acquired game medium number stored in the acquired game medium number storage unit with the identification information of the recording medium stored in the machine-to-machine device;
Recording medium issuing means for issuing a recording medium of identification information associated with the number of acquired game media,
A transmission means for transmitting the number of acquired game media to the management device,
The management device is
Receiving means for receiving the number of acquired game media transmitted from the machine-to-machine device,
When the number of the acquired game media received by the receiving means is associated with the recording medium, the number of the acquired game media is managed in association with the identification information of the recording medium, and the acquired game received by the receiving means. When the number of media is not associated with the identification information of the recording medium by the associating means, the obtained game medium management means manages the equipment in association with the machine-to-machine device identification information set corresponding to the machine-to-machine. Equipped with
The inter-bed device is
When a predetermined notification accompanying the end of business is received from the management device that manages the machine-to-machine system, the acquired game medium number storage means of the machine-to-machine is associated with the identification information of the recording medium by the association means. If the number of acquired game media which has not been stored is stored, the invalidation processing means for performing the invalidation processing for clearing the number of acquired game media stored in the acquired game medium number storage means is provided.
Game media management system which is characterized a call. The payout operating means for performing an operation for paying out the number of acquired game media of the machine between the units and the display means capable of displaying the acquired game media are fixedly provided so as to be always visible from a specific direction, The game medium management system according to claim 1, wherein the payout operation means is provided below the display means.

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