JPH0438982A - Pos system apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record and control the client's ball holdings, allow a client to return the balls held by the client and prevent the client from altering the contents of the record by providing a subtracter which subtracts the drawn-out number of balls from the ball holdings, an adder which adds the number of balls possessed by the client to the ball holdings, and a writer which writes the calculated results in a memory of a main unit. CONSTITUTION:A microprocessor 28 for a client A consists of a number reader 29 which reads the client's identification number recorded on a magnetic disk 25, a readout device 30 which reads out the ball holdings data N0 from a server 11, a subtracter 34 which subtracts the drawn-out ball number N1 from the ball holdings N0 to gain a new ball holdings N0, and a rewriting device 35 which rewrite the renewed ball holdings N0 in the server 11. On the other hand, a microprocessor 38 for a client B is composed of a card reader 37, a number reader 39, data readout device 40, a ball number counter 41 which counts the number of balls N2 held by the client at the end of a game, an adder 42 which adds the number of balls N2 held by the client at present to the ball holdings N0, and a writer 43 which stores the renewed ball holding N0 into the server 11.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial Application Field) The present invention relates to a POS (or LAN) system device equipped with a plurality of terminal processing devices and a system main processing device, and is particularly applicable to a system in the so-called pachinko game disease. Regarding equipment.

(Prior Art) A POS system, for example, as shown in FIG. This system has the advantage of being able to share databases and peripheral devices, and in recent years, Pachinko Yugiyoshi has also adopted such a system device to manage the balls played at each pachinko machine. That is, each pachinko game machine is equipped with a microprocessor having a processing capacity of a predetermined number of bits, and the number of balls played per unit time is managed by the system main processing unit.

[Invention or problem to be solved]

However, in the past, the use of POS systems in pachinko games has been limited to such management of balls, and has not been applied to the handling of the customer's balls. It was assumed that the balls would be exchanged for prizes each time, and that recording and managing them and returning the recorded possessions would be complicated procedures, and as a result, it was never realized.

On the other hand, from the customer's point of view, if there are still balls left in play within a limited time, but there are not enough balls to exchange for prizes, the customer may intentionally waste the balls in order to quickly end the game. However, since Pachinko is an entertainment activity that involves money, it is not desirable to put the customer at a disadvantage due to the circumstances of one party.

In addition, in recent years, systems using prepaid cards have been realized, but if the balls held are recorded on this prepaid card, there is a risk that the man-hours will be intentionally tampered with, so such a method has been implemented. In order to do so, many peripheral technologies had to be developed, which added to the problem.

This invention was devised in view of the current situation, and its purpose is to manage records of the balls held by customers and to use the POS system installed in pachinko parlors. enable the return of
PO where there is no risk that the recorded contents will be intentionally tampered with.
It is intended to provide an S system device.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above object, this invention provides PO
The S system device includes a number reading means for reading an identification number recorded on a magnetic card, a data reading means for reading data on the number of held balls based on the identification number from the system body memory, and a number of balls to be withdrawn specified from an input device. A subtraction processing means for subtracting from the data on the number of balls held, and a book for writing the result of the subtraction processing into the system main body memory! the number reading means and the data reading means; and an addition processing means for adding the ball data inputted from the ball number counter device to the data on the number of balls in possession; The present invention is characterized in that the second system terminal device includes a writing means for writing the addition processing result into the system body memory.

(Embodiment) Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on an embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 2, the POS system device 10 according to this embodiment includes a - server (system main device 1) 11
and a plurality of clients (system terminal devices) 14 to 23 connected to this via a bus 13, each client 14 to 23 performing one of the two types of functions A and B or an inner function. It is composed of

The function indicated by A in the figure is a function to withdraw pachinko balls, and the function indicated by B is a function to count the balls held and keep them as a personal record after the end of a pachinko game. .

Each of the clients 14 to 23 is placed next to a pachinko game machine, near the entrance of a parlor, or at a prize exchange counter. Note that the reference numeral 12 is an auxiliary memory of the server 11, such as a hard disk.

Next, a specific example of the configuration of each of the clients 14 to 23 is shown in FIG.

Reference numeral 11 indicates a server (here, the auxiliary memory 12 is included), and A and B each indicate a client that performs the above-mentioned functions.

That is, client A is equipped with a card reader into which the magnetic card 25 is inserted! ! 26, a switch board 27 for performing input operations, and a microprocessor device 28.

The microprocessor unit t location 28 is! A number reading device 29 that reads the customer's identification number recorded on the mind card 25, and #data on the number of balls held based on the identification number N. server 1
The data readout device N30 that reads data from 1 and the designated number of withdrawal balls N input from the switchboard 27 are N, ≦N,
A withdrawal tIF town device 31 that outputs in the case of , an operation control device 33 that operates the dispenser device M32 based on the output of the withdrawal permission device 31, and the number N of held balls. Man-hours to extract from N
A subtraction processing device 134 that calculates a new number Nl of balls in possession by subtracting , and the updated number N of balls in possession. (NO→N, -N,
) for storing the information in the server 11.

On the other hand, client B, like client A, is equipped with a card reader device i37 into which the magnetic card 25 is inserted, a microprocessor device 2!38, a number reading device 39, and a data reading device W140. A ball number counter 41 that counts the number of balls N2;
The number of balls held in the server 11 is N. An addition processing device 42 that adds the current number of balls N2 to the number N2 of balls held this time, and the updated number N of balls held. (No = No +N2) to server-1
Write to store in 1? 43 is provided.

Incidentally, reference numeral 45 is a prize dispenser device for exchanging prizes for pachinko games. Also.

The signal lines in the figure do not show only the main parts of data transmission; for example, hunt shake signal lines and the like are omitted.

Next, the operation of this apparatus configured as described in 1 will be explained.

First, when recording the balls put out (balls in hand), the magnetic card 25 is inserted into the card reader device 37, and the balls in hand are put into the ball number counter device 41. As a result, data N on the number of balls held by the customer is read out from the data reading vc 140 or the server 11 via the number reading device 39, and the number N of balls held by the customer is read out in the addition processing device 42. The number N2 of balls held is added to the number N2 of balls held, and the number N of balls held is updated via the writing device 43. (NO→No
+N2) is recorded on the server 11.

On the other hand, when pulling out balls using a magnetic card, insert your magnetic card 25 into the card sorter device 26, read the unique identification number recorded on it, and send it to the register of the data reading device i30. 11 is temporarily stored.

Next, the user operates the switchboard 27 to input the desired number N1 of balls to be drawn out. Then, in the withdrawal permission device 31, N
, ≦N, and if N, ≦N, a command signal is output to the operation control device 33 to send out the specified number of balls NI, and based on this, the operation control device 33 controls the dispenser device 32. The drive amount is calculated and the drive is controlled. At this time, the number of balls withdrawn N is the number of held balls No.
The number of owned balls No. (No → No N +
) to the server 11 and have it recorded. Number of balls held N. When exchanging a pachinko game prize item within the range, the same process as this operation is performed, and the operation control device M33
Alternatively, it is possible to drive the prize dispenser device 45 to dispense a predetermined prize to the player. Dispenser equipment on this pachinko game! 32 and prize dispenser device #145 have already been proposed by the applicant, so their explanation will be omitted here.

In this embodiment, the client A and the client B have been described as using different microprocessors, or they may use the same card reader device and the same microprocessor device, such as the client shown with reference numeral 20 in @2. It is also possible to use it. Also, if the memory capacity of the server 11 is insufficient, it is of course possible to add auxiliary memory such as a hard disk.

Further, in this embodiment, for the sake of simplicity, reference to a display device such as a CRT is omitted, but it goes without saying that each client may be provided with an appropriate display device to make input operations easier. .

Further, the POS system wiring of this embodiment is of a so-called loop type, or it goes without saying that the present invention can be practiced even if the POS system wiring is of a so-called lotus type or star type.

(Effects of the Invention) As explained above, according to the PoS system device according to the present invention, it is possible to manage records in a pachinko game and withdraw balls held using a magnetic card on which a customer's identification number is recorded. , the unreasonable problem of players wasting the few balls they had in the past has been eliminated, and record management of pachinko balls is only done in pachinko games, so there is no need to worry about the records being tampered with intentionally. It has many excellent effects, including none at all.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a specific configuration example of a POS system device according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration example of the POS system device, and FIG.
S system! FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of i:11. [Explanation of symbols] 11... - Server (system body memory) 25...
Magnetic card 26.37...Card reader device 28.38...Microprocessor device 29.39-
...Number reading device 30.40...Data succession device 34...Subtraction processing device 35...Rewriting device 42...Addition processing device 43...Writing device A...First system terminal B--Second system terminal

Claims (1)

[Claims] a number reading means for reading an identification number recorded on a magnetic card; a data reading means for reading data on the number of held balls based on the identification number from the system body memory; A plurality of first system terminal devices are provided, each of which includes a subtraction processing means for subtracting from the number of balls, and a rewriting means for writing the result of the subtraction processing into the memory of the system main body. A POS system device characterized by comprising a second system terminal device comprising an addition processing means for adding the ball data obtained to the data on the number of balls held, and a writing means for writing the result of the addition processing into the system body memory. .