JP2003290533A - Method for collating game member, method for storing and displaying history image and in-game place member system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To sharply improve the accuracy of the identification of a person who performs member transaction by a game supporting apparatus, and to early discover illegal action when performing the member transaction. <P>SOLUTION: The images of members are preregistered as registered image data in an office computer 80. When a player performs member transaction (ball storage, stored ball exchange, replay, point service, data disclosure or the like) by a game supporting apparatus A, the image of the player is fetched by an imaging unit, and transmitted as collation image data to the office computer 80. The collation image data are automatically collated with registered image data by a collating part 83 of the office computer 80, and the collation results and each image data are transmitted to the game supporting apparatus A. Then, the registered images and the collated images are displayed in a row at a display unit connected to the game supporting apparatus A, and human figures projected on those images are compared and collated with each other by an operator. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a game member collation method, a history image storage / display method and a game hall member system, and in particular, registering and managing information about game members,
The present invention relates to a game member matching method, a history image storage / display method, and a game hall member system that provide various services.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a game hall having a plurality of game machines represented by slot machines and pachinko machines, there is a member system in a game hall that registers and manages information about members and provides various services to the members. There are many places provided. This amusement hall member system includes a member registration machine for inputting information of a gaming member (member personal information), an office computer for managing the member personal information, a member information database for storing (registering) the member personal information, and a member. It has a plurality of game support devices that provide various services, and these are connected by a network.

Further, the game support device includes a prize exchange machine for exchanging the acquired game media with a prize equivalent to this quantity, a game media counter for counting the number of the game media and printing out on a record carrier, and further, There is a replay machine that pays out the previously deposited deposits for the game of the day. A member transaction is a form of sales service that members can receive by operating these game support devices. In other words, this membership transaction includes, for example, exchange of prizes in the prize exchange machine, accumulated coins in the game media counter, and payout of accumulated coins in the replay machine.

Prior to the execution of this member transaction, the member generally inserts the member card into the card reader of the game support device, and further inputs the personal identification number. Then, the game support device reads the membership number or the like from the inserted membership card and sends it to the office computer together with the personal identification number. The office computer collates the received member number and the like with the member personal information, further authenticates the person with the personal identification number, and transmits the result of the collation and authentication to the game support device. As a result, the game support device can execute or stop the member transaction based on the result of the verification and the authentication.

Further, when a member transaction is executed by the game support device, the history of the member transaction is managed for each member in the office computer. As a result, when a trouble related to the member transaction occurs, the contents of the member transaction can be clarified by referring to the history, and the trouble can be solved.

Some game halls employ a membership card with a photograph of the member's face attached. If this membership card is adopted, an employee of the gaming hall (hall employee) can compare the face photo affixed to the presented card with the face of the player who presented it in the membership transaction. You can check whether you are the member or not.

By the way, security measures for monitoring illegal games are usually taken in the game hall or on the member system in the game hall, but in recent years, various improvements regarding the security measures have been proposed. For example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. Hei 8-191943 discloses an example of a conventional technique that enables fraud detection in a game medium counter.
It is disclosed as a monitoring device for a game arcade.

As shown in FIG. 19, a monitor for a game arcade (a game arcade monitoring system 100) disclosed in this publication has a counting device 111, an image pickup means 112, and an image pickup control means 11.
3, a switch unit 114, an input circuit 115,
Image data storage means 116 and management data storage means 1
17, a prize payout device 118, and an image output control device 11
9, an input / output circuit 120, and a monitor device 121.

The game medium counter 111 counts the number of game media, prints and issues the counting result, the identification code and the like on a record carrier (eg, a gift voucher), and stores the counting result. . The image pickup means 112 shoots a state in which the game player uses the game medium counter 111 to store a coin, from an obliquely rear side of the game medium counter 111 so that the entire game medium counter 111 and the player can be seen.

The image pickup control means 113 is a game medium counter 1
During the operation of 11, the image pickup means 112 is caused to photograph the game medium counter 111 and its periphery through the switch unit 114. Then, the photographed image data is input through the input circuit 115, is associated with the identification code printed on the record carrier, and is sent to the image memory 116 for storage. Further, the identification code and the like are sent to the management data storage means 117 and stored therein.

The prize payout device 118, at the time of paying out the prize using the record carrier, captures image data corresponding to the identification code printed on the record carrier via the image output control device 119 and the input / output circuit 120. It is taken out from the image data storage means 116 and sent to the monitor device 121 for display (reproduction). With such a configuration, the hall employee monitors the image output by the image output control device 120, and thereby the number of game media that the game player sends to the game media counter and the number printed on the record carrier. By visually comparing and, if these quantities do not match, it can be determined that a fraudulent act has occurred.

[0012]

However, the conventional monitoring device for a game hall is a method of visually comparing the number of game media actually inserted by the game media counter with the number printed on the record carrier. Therefore, since the fraudulent activity related to the number of game media is to be discovered, the fraudulent activity cannot be found by that method in the game support device in which the number of game media is accurately managed as a coin.

Further, in the conventional collation of the membership number and the like executed by the game support device and the office computer, the membership number and the like (member identification information) read from the membership card and the member personal information managed by the hall side. It is what is collated. For this reason, if the membership card is genuine, even if another person uses the membership card, as a result of verification, it is determined that some of the member personal information matches the member identification information, so bring the membership card. The person was judged to be the same person as the member himself. As a result, even if it is doubtful that the holder of the membership card is the member himself, the hall employee must believe that he is the member himself, believing in the result of the collation.

Further, in order to judge whether the holder of the membership card is the member himself or herself, there is a place where the holder is required to input the personal identification number, but the personal identification number may be leaked or stolen. Furthermore, if the numbers are composed of about four digits, it is possible that the numbers may match accidentally by trying the input several times. For this reason, it is not possible to completely prevent the act of impersonating a member only by collating with a member number or by authenticating with a personal identification number.

Further, when a means for confirming the history data of the member transaction is used when a trouble occurs, it is verified whether or not the member transaction is performed by the member himself, although the fact of the member transaction is known. I couldn't do that. For this reason, even if trouble occurs such that another person misuses the membership card (for example, exchanges of coins, withdrawal of coins due to replay, etc.) while the member himself or herself does not know, the hall side has a means to find out who has misused. There wasn't. In this case, the hall had no choice but to compensate for it, or the members would have to cry and fall asleep.

In addition to the misuse of the membership card by others, the member himself / herself may be falsely compensated. That is, the member himself / herself may receive the privilege of the point service after the member himself / herself deposits the member card with another person and allows the other person to enter the store to earn points. In this case, it is unequal compared to members who visit the store themselves and add points, resulting in the loss of the original significance of introducing the point service system.

Further, in recent years, a game hall for issuing a membership card on which a face photograph is printed can be seen, but since it is unpopular with game players, it is rarely used.
Further, there is a place where the member is required to present his / her identification card every time he / she conducts a member transaction, but the presenting is inefficient and it is necessary for the hall side to secure personnel for that purpose.

Further, in the conventional member system in the amusement hall, once a person overlooks the wrongdoing, no means for proving the wrongdoing is provided at a later date, so that the wrongdoing cannot be found or found. It was difficult to confirm the details of the misconduct.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and can significantly improve the accuracy of personal authentication when a member transaction is carried out in a game support device, and improper acts such as impersonation and a member card. A gaming member collation method, a history image storage and display method, and a member system in a game hall that enable early detection of misuse to prevent damage from occurring on the member or hall side, and also facilitate fraudulent activity detection after the fact. For the purpose of providing.

Incidentally, another conventional example of the system for monitoring the operation of the player at the prize exchange counter is the actual Kaihei 2-07.
It is disclosed as a pachinko hall monitoring device in Japanese Patent No. 1585. Although the pachinko hall monitoring device disclosed in this publication has a function of capturing an image in a prize payout device and reproducing it as a video, it has a function of pre-registering a member's image and a registered image and a collation image. It does not disclose the function of displaying side by side. Therefore, the above-mentioned object could not be achieved even in the conventional example.

[0021]

In order to achieve the above object, in the game member collation method according to claim 1 of the present invention, the office computer pre-registers the registered image of the member as registered image data, The image capturing device captures the collation image of the member, generates collation image data forming this collation image, and the game support device acquires the collation image data from the image capture device.
Further, there is a method in which the registered image data is respectively received from the office computer, and the first display device displays the collated image and the registered image side by side based on the collated image data and the registered image data from the game support device.

If the gaming member collating method is such a method, the registered image data and the collating image data are displayed side by side on the display device, so that the employee of the gaming hall displays them on the display device in the member transaction. By comparing the displayed images, it is possible to collate and determine whether the person conducting the member transaction is the member himself. Therefore, it is possible to detect the impersonation act of another person at an early stage and prevent the occurrence of damage to the regular member or the hall side.

Further, in the conventional gaming machine monitoring device and pachinko hall monitoring device, only the situation in which the member transaction is performed is displayed on the screen, whereas the gaming member verification of the present invention is performed. In the method, two images are displayed on the display screen, an image of a person who conducts a member transaction and an image of a member who is registered in advance. Therefore, as a hall employee, it is possible to easily and surely determine whether or not the person is the member by comparing the persons displayed on both sides. From this, the accuracy of personal authentication when a member transaction is performed with the game support device can be significantly improved as compared with the related art.

Further, in the game member collation method according to claim 2, when the game support device receives the collation image data from the image pickup device, the member identification information is input, and the office computer identifies the member from the game support device. This is a method of transmitting registered image data corresponding to information to the game support device.

If such a method is used for the game member verification method, an image of a person (member transaction) who is conducting a member transaction,
Since the registered image corresponding to the member identification information input in this member transaction is displayed on the display, it is possible to authenticate the member transaction person by comparing the persons represented by these images.

Since the registered image data is managed by the game hall side, it cannot be tampered with by others. Therefore, another person obtains the member identification information of a certain member, impersonates that member, enters the store, and inputs the member identification information into the game support device at the time of a member transaction, and the input member identification information and the hall side Even if the personal information managed by the member is the same as the image of the other person who conducts the member transaction and the image of the member who cannot be tampered with, the hall employee must be The spoofing can be discovered.

Further, in the game member collation method according to claim 3, the office computer collates the collation image data from the game support device with the registered image data corresponding to the member identification information, and the game support device This is a method of receiving the collation result from the office computer and displaying the collation result from the game support device on the first display. If the gaming member verification method is such a method, the office computer will automatically verify it, so the hall employee can early detect the occurrence of fraudulent acts such as spoofing based on the verification result displayed on the display. it can.

Further, in the history image storage / display method according to claim 4, the image pickup device captures the image of the user in the game support device to form a history image, generates history image data forming the history image, and plays the game. This is a method in which the support device receives the history image data from the imaging device, and the office computer stores a plurality of history image data from the game support device.

If the history image storage / display method is such a method, the image of the user of the game support device can be stored as a history. As a result, when a trouble occurs, the cause can be investigated based on the history image.
In particular, since the history image can identify the member trader, it is possible to determine the fraudulent person after the fact. From this,
It is possible to prevent and remedy the damage on the hall side and members. In addition,
All users who use the game support equipment, such as members who conduct membership transactions, non-members who use the game support equipment, ordinary people, hall employees, persons who commit cheating, persons involved in trouble, etc. Are included.

Further, in the history image storage / display method according to claim 5, the game support device inputs image specifying information for specifying one or more history image data, and the office computer displays an image from the game support device. When the specific information is received, one or more history image data specified by the image specifying information is searched from the plurality of history image data, and the game support device receives one or more history images from the office computer. The first display device receives the data and displays the history image based on one or more history image data from the game support device. When such a method of storing and displaying the history image is used, it is possible to confirm the method of the wrongdoing and specify the person who wrongdoed afterwards.

According to the history image storage / display method of the sixth aspect, when an error occurs in the game support device,
This is a method of capturing an image when an error occurs as a history image. If the history image storage / display method is such a method, an image is captured when an error occurs in the game support device. Therefore, by using this image, the person who was using the game support device at the time of the error occurrence can be ex-posted. Can be specified.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for storing and displaying a history image, wherein when the game medium counter performs counting and / or a record carrier is issued, the image capturing device captures the counter image as a history image. There is. If such a method of displaying and storing the history image is used, the image is captured during counting in the game medium counter or when the record carrier is issued, so using this image, the actual situation of the misconduct during counting etc. is clarified after the fact. it can.

Further, the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 8 is a member system in the amusement hall having a game support device for conducting a member transaction and an office computer for managing member information, and captures images of the member. In addition, the office computer has an image pickup device that generates image data that forms this image and a first display device that displays the image, and the office computer stores a member image master database that registers the image data and a game support device. The game support device receives the image from the image pickup device as the collation image data and receives the registered image data from the office computer. It has an image management unit and the first display is
Based on the data input unit for inputting the collation image data and the registered image data from the game support device, the image display unit for displaying the collation image and the registered image, and the collation image data and the registered image data from the data input unit, the collation image And a display control unit for displaying the registered images side by side on the image display unit.

If the member system in the amusement arcade is configured as described above, the display is an image of the member trader (matching image) and the registration registered in the office computer in advance during the member transaction in the game support device. Images can be displayed side by side. Therefore, the hall employee can judge whether the member transaction is the member himself or not by comparing the persons appearing in the collation image and the registered image, and can detect the occurrence of fraudulent acts such as spoofing at an early stage. .

Further, in the conventional game hall monitor and pachinko hall monitor, only the images around the game medium counter and the prize payout device are displayed on the screen, whereas the game of the present invention is used. Since the on-site member system displays the image of the member trader itself on the display together with the registered image, it is not necessary to limit the target person of the personal authentication to the member trader in the game medium counter or the like.

Therefore, the member system in the amusement hall of the present invention can be universally used for various game support devices, and since it uses two images, that is, the image of the member trader itself and the image registered in advance, Compared with the conventional technique, the accuracy of personal authentication when a member transaction is performed with a game support device can be significantly improved. In addition, there is no need to use a membership card with a face photo that is unpopular with gamers.

Further, in the member system in the game hall according to claim 9, the game support device has an information input unit for inputting member identification information, and when the image management unit receives the collation image data from the image pickup device, the information is input. The member identification information from the input unit is sent to the office computer, and the control unit of the office computer retrieves the registered image data corresponding to the member identification information from the image management unit from the member image master database and displays the image of the game support device. The management unit receives the registered image data from the office computer and sends it to the first display together with the collation image data.

When the member system in the amusement hall has such a structure, the display device can display the image of the member transaction person and the registered image corresponding to the member specifying information side by side. As a result, the hall employee can quickly compare the two images displayed and determine whether or not the member transactor is registered as a member, and promptly conduct the misconduct of the member transactor. Can be found.

Further, in the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 10, the office computer has a collating unit for collating the collation image data from the game support device with the registered image data retrieved from the member image master database. The image management unit of the game support device receives the result of the collation from the office computer, the data input unit of the first display unit inputs the result of the collation from the game support device, and the display control unit sets the data input unit. The result of the collation from is displayed on the image display unit.

If the member system in the amusement hall is configured as described above, the hall employee determines whether or not the member trader is registered as a member based on the result of the collation displayed on the display. However, a person who commits fraud can deal with the problem quickly. The matching result can be displayed on the same screen as the registered image data or the matching image data, or can be displayed on a different screen.

Further, in the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 11, the collating unit of the office computer extracts the normalization reference points from each face image indicated by the collation image data and the registered image data, and the extracted regular points. The size and / or inclination of each face image is normalized based on the standardization reference points, and face component image such as eyes, nose, mouth, etc. are extracted from each of the normalized face images, and these face configurations are extracted. It is configured to collate partial images.

When the member system in the amusement hall has such a configuration, the registered image data and the collation image data respectively represent the same person, but there are differences due to aging, hairstyle, lighting conditions, shooting distance, face inclination, etc. Even in some cases, highly accurate personal authentication is possible.

In particular, the person image represented by the collation image data obtained by photographing the member conducting the transaction and the person image represented by the registered image data obtained by the photographing for member registration are It is usually different. For this reason, by using the method of automatically normalizing each image data and performing local collation, the characteristic parts in the face having individual differences are close-up and compared, and thus whether or not the member trader is the member himself / herself. It can be surely clarified.

Further, in the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 12, when the game support device, as a result of the collation, the collation image data and the registered image data do not coincide with each other, there is a notifying section for notifying that they do not coincide. There is a configuration. If the member system in the amusement arcade is configured as described above, the hall employee can detect fraud early by the notification from the notification unit.

Further, in the member system in a game hall according to claim 13, the office computer has a member image history database for storing a plurality of collation image data as history image data, and the information input unit of the game support device is Or, by inputting history specifying information for specifying two or more history image data, the control unit of the office computer displays one or more history image data indicated by the history specifying information from the game support device from the member image history database. The image management unit of the game support device receives one or more history image data from the office computer, and the data input unit of the first display device collects one or more history image data from the game support device. The display control unit displays the collation image on the image display unit based on one or more history image data from the data input unit. There as.

If the member system in the amusement arcade has such a configuration, the display device can display the history image data, and therefore, when a trouble occurs, the cause can be investigated based on the history image data. In particular, since the history image data can identify the member trader, it is possible to determine the fraudulent person after the fact. From this, it is possible to prevent and remedy the damage on the hall side and members.

Further, in the member system in the amusement arcade according to claim 14, the second display is connected to an office computer, and the office computer displays registered image data and / or collation image data from the control section. The second display has an image management unit for sending to the second display, and the second display can display the registered image and / or the registered image based on the registered image data and / or the collation image data.
Alternatively, the matching images are displayed side by side. If the member system in the amusement hall has such a configuration, even in the office where the office computer is installed, the hall employee can confirm that the member transactor is using the registration image and the collation image displayed on the second display. It is possible to judge whether the person is a registered member.

Further, the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 15 is a member system in the amusement hall having a game assisting device for performing a member transaction and an office computer for managing member information, and is used in the game assisting device. The game support device includes an image capturing unit that captures a user's image as a history image and generates history image data that forms the history image, and the game support device includes an image management unit that receives the history image data from the image capturing device. The computer has a history image master database for storing history image data and a control unit for sending the history image data from the image management unit to the history image master database for storage. If the member system in the game arcade has such a configuration, the image of the user in the game support device can be saved as a history. Therefore, after the fact, it is possible to confirm the trick of the fraudulent activity in the game support device and further identify the fraudulent person.

According to a sixteenth aspect of the present invention, the member system in a game room has a first display device for displaying an image, and the game support device inputs an operation specifying image specifying information for specifying one history image data. Control unit of the office computer, based on the image identification information from the game support device,
From the plurality of history image data stored in the history image master database, one history image data specified by the image specifying information is searched, and the game support device receives the one history image data from the office computer. The first display device is configured to display a history image based on one history image data from the game support device. With such a configuration of the member system in the game arcade, it is possible to confirm the actual state of the misconduct in the game support device using the image afterwards.

Further, in the member system in the game hall according to claim 17, when an error occurs in the game support device, the image pickup device takes in the image at the time of error occurrence as a history image. If the member system in the game arcade has such a configuration, since the image of the user is captured when an error occurs, the fraudulent activity in the game support device can be surely found.

Further, in the member system in the amusement hall according to the eighteenth aspect, when the counting is executed by the game medium counter and / or the record carrier is issued, the image pickup device takes in the counter image as a history image. is there. If the member system in the amusement hall is configured in this way, the image of the user of the game support device is captured during the counting of the game medium or during the issuance of the record carrier, so that the fraud during the counting or issuance Can understand the tricks of actions.

Further, in the member system in the game hall according to claim 19, the game support device includes a prize POS. With such a configuration of the member system in the amusement arcade, the hall employee can early detect the fraudulent activity that occurred in the member transaction in the prize POS. That is, the prize PO
In S, it is possible to prevent the act of another person exchanging for a prize by the savings accumulated by the member, so that the damage to the member can be stopped.

Further, in the member system in the game hall according to claim 20, the game support device includes an automatic prize exchange. With such a configuration of the member system in the amusement arcade, the hall employee can early detect the fraudulent activity that occurred in the member transaction in the automatic prize exchange. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a fraudulent act in which another person impersonates as a member and exchanges the stored coins, and avoid damage to the member and the hall side.

Further, in the member system in the game hall according to claim 21, the game support device includes a game medium counter. With such a configuration of the member system in the amusement arcade, the hall employee can early detect fraudulent acts that occurred in the member transaction in the game media counter. For example,
A person who has played a game using another person's membership card can be found at the place of the counting process in the game medium counter.

In the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 22, the game support device includes a replay machine. If the member system in the amusement hall is configured in this way, the hall employee can detect fraudulent acts that occurred in the member transaction in the replay machine at an early stage. As a result, it is possible to prevent the other person from paying the accumulated coins with the replay machine to play a game.

In the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 23, the game support device includes a point reader. With such a structure of the member system in the amusement arcade, the hall employee can detect the fraudulent behavior that occurred in the member transaction in the point reader at an early stage. Furthermore, it is possible to quickly discover that a person other than the member has the member's card.

In the member system in the amusement hall according to claim 24, the game support device includes a data disclosure machine. With such a configuration of the member system in the amusement arcade, the hall employee can detect the fraudulent activity which occurred in the member transaction in the data disclosure machine at an early stage. For example, it is possible for a person other than a member to discover the act of illegally using the member's card to obtain data on the gaming table.

[0058]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. [First Embodiment] First, a first embodiment of the game member collation method and the game hall member system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
Will be described with reference to. This figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of the member system in the game arcade of the present embodiment.

As shown in the figure, the member system 1 in the game hall has a member registration machine 10, a prize POS 20, an automatic prize exchange machine 30, a game medium counter 40, and a replay machine 50.
It has a point reader 60, a data disclosure machine 70, an office computer 80, and a network 90.

Here, the member registration machine 10 has the information input unit 1
1 and an image management unit 12. Information input section 11
When the player is registered as a member, the user inputs information (member personal information) about the player.

The image management unit 12 transmits the member personal information from the information input unit 11 and the registered image data from the image pickup device 13 (described later) to the office computer 80 via the network 90. The image management unit 12 can also associate the member personal information regarding the same person with the member registration image data and transmit the member registration image data to the office computer 80.

An image pickup machine 13 is connected to the member registration machine 10. The image capturing device 13 is a device that captures the appearance of a registered customer as a registered image, and can be configured by, for example, a CCD camera or an image scanner (not shown).

Of these, the CCD camera photographs the appearance of the player who is undergoing the membership registration procedure as a registration image, and sends the registration image data forming the registration image to the image management unit 12 of the member registration machine 10. . Further, the image scanner scans (captures) a facial photograph such as a license brought by the player as identification information as a registration image, and sends registration image data forming this registration image to the image management unit 12.
Then, the image management unit 12 sends the received registered image data to the office computer 80 via the network 90.

The image pickup device 13 can be formed integrally with the member registration device 10 or can be provided separately from the member registration device 10 and connected to the member registration device 10. However, it is desirable that the image pickup device 13 is attached at a position where a front image of the member can be taken. Furthermore, the image capturing device 13 can perform image capturing / capturing based on a manual operation by a hall employee, or can perform image capturing / capturing automatically while the member registration machine 10 is operating.

The operation of the image pickup device 13 is as follows:
It can be linked to the operation of 0. For example, among the operations of the member registration machine 10 (input of personal identification number, input of member personal information, registration of member personal information, issuance of card, etc.), the image pickup device 13 is automatically operated after the input of the member personal information is completed. Can be allowed to. In the present embodiment, capturing an image by the image pickup device 13 includes capturing an image and scanning the image.

The prize POS 20 is a device having a function of exchanging the accumulated coins for prizes based on the operation of the operator, and has a POS control unit 21, a card reader 22, an information input unit 23, an image management unit 24, and The notification unit 25 is included. The POS control unit 21 executes a member verification process and a stored coin exchange process. Member verification processing is the card reader 2
The member identification information read from 2 and the personal identification number input from the information input unit 23 are sent to the office computer 80,
Refers to the process of executing collation with the personal information of the member or registered personal identification number, receiving the result of the collation, and executing / stopping the member transaction (ball exchange).

The coin exchange process is the office computer 8
The member computer information is received from 0, and the office computer 80
This is a process of exchanging the member's savings managed under, and the prize corresponding to the number of savings indicated by the member savings information. When the result of the collation from the office computer 80 in the member collation process indicates that the member identification information and the member personal information (or the input personal identification number and the registered personal identification number) do not match, the savings ball exchange process is not executed.

The card reader 22 reads the member specifying information from the inserted member card (input of the member specifying information) and sends it to the POS control unit 21 and the image management unit 24. The member identification information includes the member number and the member's name.
The information input unit 23 inputs an operation command of the prize POS 20, a personal identification number, and the like, and the POS control unit 21 and the image management unit 2
4 and has a function of sending the data to the device 4, and can be configured by a keyboard, a touch panel, or the like.

Among them, the operation command of the prize POS 20 includes a shooting start command to the image pickup device 26 (described later) and the display device 2.
7 (described later) and the like include an image display start command. Also,
The information input unit 23 can also input member identification information. The member identification information is input by a member, a hall employee, or the like pressing a keyboard or the like.

Further, the information input section 23 inputs the history specifying information and sends it to the POS control section 21. The history specifying information is information for specifying one or more pieces of history image data, and specifically includes, for example, a member number, a shooting date and time, an image number, and the like. Here, in the history image data,
Information (image specifying information) having the same structure as the history specifying information is added, and by collating these,
The control unit 82 of the office computer 80 can search the history image data indicated by the history specifying information. The history specifying information is included in the member transaction history reference command and is included in the information input unit 2
3 to the office computer 80 via the POS control unit 21.

The image management section 24 transmits the collation image data from the image pickup device 26 to the office computer 80 via the network 90. Also, office computer 8
When the registration image data is received from 0, the registration image data and the collation image data are sent to the display device 27 to display the registration image and the collation image. Furthermore, the image management unit 24
The collation result and the history image data from the office computer 80 are sent to the display 27 to display the collation result and the history image.

The image management unit 24 also includes an information input unit 23.
Upon receiving the image display command from the image capturing device or the collation image data from the image pickup device 26, the member specifying information from the card reader 22 or the information input unit 23 is transmitted to the office computer 80.
Then, when the registration image data is received from the office computer 80, the registration image data and the collation image data are sent to the display device 27 to display the registration image and the collation image.

Furthermore, the image management unit 24
When it indicates a mismatch between the collation image data and the registered image data, a notification signal is sent to the notification unit 25. The notification unit 25 notifies, based on the notification signal from the image management unit 24, that an illegal act (for example, a spoofing act by a person other than the member or an abuse act of the membership card) has occurred. As the notification means forming the notification unit 25, there are a speaker that outputs a sound, a lamp that emits light, and the like.

The prize POS 20 includes an image pickup device 26.
And the display 27 are connected. The image pickup device 26 has a function of photographing the appearance of a member who exchanges prizes,
For example, it can be configured by a CCD camera or the like. The image pickup device 26 sends the collation image data forming the photographed collation image to the image management unit 24 of the prize POS 20.

As shown in FIG. 2, the display unit (first display unit) 27 includes a data input section 27-1 and a display control section 27-.
2 and the image display unit 27-3. The data input unit 27-1 receives the registered image data from the image management unit 24,
The collation image data, the history image data, and the collation result are input and sent to the image display unit 27-3.

The display control unit 27-2 sends the registered image data, the collation image data, the history image data and the collation result to the image display unit 27-3 to display the registration image, the collation image, the history image and the collation result. . At this time, the registered image and the collation image can be displayed side by side. The image display unit 27-3 has a function of displaying a still image, a moving image, a collation result, and the like, and is composed of, for example, a CRT, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 3, the image display section 27-3 can display the registered image and the collation image (member transaction image) side by side. By displaying the registration image and the collation image side by side on the display 27, the hall employee compares the person images displayed in the registration image and the collation image to determine whether or not the member transactor is a regular member. You can judge. As a result, it is possible to discover fraudulent acts of a person who conducts a member transaction. Therefore, it is desirable that the registered image and the collation image are front images of the members, as shown in FIG.

The card reader 22, the image pickup device 26, and the display device 27 can be formed integrally with the prize POS 20, or can be separately installed and connected to the prize POS 20. The display can also be connected to the office computer 80, as shown in FIG. By connecting the display device (second display device) 84 to the office computer 80, it is possible to detect fraudulent acts of the member transaction even in the office where the office computer 80 is provided.

However, as shown in FIG. 4, the office computer 80, to which the display device (second display device) 84 is connected, sends each image data or the like to the display device (second display device) 84. An image management unit 85 for sending is provided. The image management unit 85 sends the registered image data, the collation image data, the collation result, and the like from the control unit 82 to the display device (second display device) 84 to display the registration image, the collation image, the collation result, and the like.
Further, the office computer 80 to which the display device (second display device) 84 is connected may be provided with a notifying unit (not shown) for notifying that an illegal act has occurred.

Further, although the display device (first display device) 27 is connected only to the prize POS 20 in FIG. 1, it is not limited to the prize POS 20, and for example, the member registration machine 10 and the game medium counting device. Machine 40, replay machine 50,
It is also possible to connect to one or more of the point reader 60 and the data disclosure machine 70. Even in the game support device to which the display device (first display device) 27 is connected, an image management section for sending each image data or the like to the display device (first display device) 27, and fraud occurs An informing section is provided to inform the user.

The automatic prize exchange 30 is a device having a function of automatically exchanging the accumulated coins for a prize when a member inserts a membership card or the like. The prize exchange controller 31
And a card reader 32, an information input unit 33, and an image management unit 34. The prize exchange control unit 31, the card reader 32, and the information input unit 33 are respectively the prizes POS2.
It has the same functions as the 0 POS control unit 21, the card reader 22 and the information input unit 23. The image management unit 34
Collation image data from the image pickup device 35 (described later) is transmitted to the office computer 80 via the network 90.

Further, an image pickup machine 35 is connected to the automatic prize exchange 30. The image pickup device 35 has a function of photographing the appearance of the members who exchange the prizes.
It can be configured by a CD camera or the like. The image capturing device 35 sends collation image data forming a captured image to the image management unit 34 of the automatic prize exchange 30. The image pickup device 35 may be formed integrally with the automatic prize exchange device 30,
It can also be installed and connected separately from the automatic prize exchange 30.

The game medium counter 40 has a counting controller 41.
The card reader 42, the information input unit 43, the record carrier issuing unit 44, and the image management unit 45. The counting control unit 41 sends the member identification information read from the card reader 22 and the personal identification number input from the information input unit 23 to the office computer 80 to be compared with the member personal information and the registered personal identification number. Receiving the result of the collation, the member transaction (counting of game media and saving) is executed / stopped.

Further, the counting control section 41 has an information input section 43.
Based on the counting process start command from, the number of inserted game media is counted. The card reader 42 reads the member identification information from the member card and sends it to the counting control unit 41 and the image management unit 45.

The information input section 43 receives a counting process start command,
Enter the completion command, PIN code, command to start printing on the record carrier, etc. The record carrier issuing unit 44 prints and outputs the counted number of game media and the like on a record carrier (for example, a receipt). The image management unit 45 transmits collation image data from the image pickup device 46 (described later) to the office computer 80 via the network 90.

The game medium counter 40 includes an image pickup device 46.
Are connected. The image pickup device 46 has a function of photographing the appearance of the player who is counting the game media, and can be constituted by, for example, a CCD camera or the like. The image pickup machine 46 sends the collation image data forming the photographed image to the image management section 45 of the game medium counter 40. The image pickup machine 46 can be formed integrally with the game medium counter 40, or can be installed separately from the game medium counter 40 and connected.

The replay machine 50 includes a replay controller 51.
A card reader 52, an information input unit 53, and an image management unit 54. The replay control unit 51 sends the member identification information from the information input unit 53 to the office computer 80.
Send to and have it perform member authentication, and based on this authentication result,
By receiving the member savings information from the office computer 80,
A game medium corresponding to the number of coins indicated by the member coin accumulation information is paid out.

The card reader 52 reads the member identification information from the member card and sends it to the replay control unit 51 and the image management unit 54. The information input unit 53 reads the member identification information from the inserted member card and sends it to the replay control unit 51. The image management unit 54 transmits collation image data from the image capturing device 55 (described later) to the office computer 80 via the network 90.

An image pickup device 55 is connected to the replay device 50. The image capturing device 55 has a function of capturing the appearance of the player who is operating the replay device 50.
For example, it can be configured by a CCD camera or the like. The imaging device 55 sends the collation image data forming the captured image to the image management unit 54 of the replay device 50. The image pickup device 5
5 can be formed integrally with the replay machine 50, or can be installed and connected separately from the replay machine 50.

The point reader 60 includes an operation control section 61.
And a card reader 62 and an image management unit 63. The operation control unit 61 transmits the member identification information from the card reader 62 to the office computer 80.

The card reader 62 reads the member identification information from the member card, and the operation control unit 61 and the image management unit 6
Send to 3. Upon receiving the member identification information from the card reader 62, the image management unit 63 sends a shooting start signal to the image pickup device 64.
Send to (below). Then, the collation image data from the image pickup device 64 is transmitted to the office computer 80 via the network 90.

The point reader 60 includes an image pickup device 64.
Are connected. The image pickup device 64 is the point reader 60.
It has a function of photographing the appearance of the player who is performing the operation of, and can be constituted by, for example, a CCD camera or the like.
The image capturing device 64 sends collation image data forming a captured image to the image management unit 63 of the point reader 60. The image pickup device 64 may be formed integrally with the point reader 60, or may be installed separately from the point reader 60 and connected thereto.

The data publishing machine 70 has a data control unit 71.
It has a card reader 72, an information input section 73, a data display section 74, and an image management section 75. The data control unit 71 sends the member identification information read from the card reader 22 and the personal identification number input from the information input unit 23 to the office computer 80 to perform collation with the member personal information and the registered personal identification number. Upon receiving the result of the collation, the member transaction (display of gaming table data) is executed / stopped.

Further, the data control section 71 has the information input section 7
A designated number such as a gaming machine (number for identifying a gaming machine, an island, a model, etc.) from 3 is transmitted to the office computer 80, and information on the gaming machine etc. from this office computer 80 (game indicated by the designated number of the gaming machine, etc.). Information regarding the platform (or island, model, etc.) is sent to the data display unit 74 and displayed on the screen.

The card reader 72 reads the member identification information from the member card and sends it to the data control unit 71 and the image management unit 75. The information input unit 73 inputs a designated number such as a gaming table and sends it to the data control unit 71. The information input unit 73
Can have the same configuration as the data display unit 74.

The image management section 75 transmits collation image data from the image pickup device 76 (described later) to the office computer 80 via the network 90. In addition, the image management unit 7
When the member 5 receives the member specifying information from the card reader 72, it can send a shooting start signal to the image pickup device 76 to capture an image.

An image pickup device 76 is connected to the data disclosure device 70. The image capturing device 76 has a function of capturing the appearance of the player who is operating the data disclosure device 70, and can be configured by, for example, a CCD camera or the like. The image capturing device 76 sends the collation image data forming the captured image to the image management unit 75 of the data disclosing device 70.

The image pickup device 76 can be formed integrally with the data disclosure device 70, or can be installed separately from the data disclosure device 70 and connected thereto. In addition, in the present embodiment, the prize POS 20, the automatic prize exchange 3
0, the game medium counter 40, the replay machine 50, the point reader 60, and the data disclosure machine 70 are collectively referred to as the game support device A.

The office computer 80 has a storage device 81.
And a control unit 82 and a matching unit 83. The storage device 81 has a member information database 81-1, a member image master database 81-2, and a member image history database 81-3. Member information database 8
1-1 stores (registers) member personal information, member savings information, member history information and the like.

The personal information of the member includes the member's name, address, date of birth, member number, personal identification number (registered personal identification number) and the like. All or part of this member personal information (registration information about the member) is verified by the collating unit 83 of the office computer 80.
In, member identification information (information for collation related to members)
Is matched with. The member savings information indicates the total value of the savings accumulated by the member in the game. Member history information includes game days,
Information such as the transition of the accumulated coins is included and stored as a history.

The member image master database 81-2 is
The registration image data and the registration information link data are stored (registered). The registration image data is data that forms a registration image captured by the image pickup device 13 of the member registration machine 10 at the time of membership registration. This registered image data is stored in the image pickup device 13.
When registered by, the member registration machine 10, network 90
And is sent (stored) to the member image master database 81-2 via the office computer 80.

This registered image data has a still image format (eg pic, bmp, gif, jpg).
Etc.) or the format of moving images (eg MPE
G method, etc.). What is registration information link data?
The data added to the registered image data in order to link the registered image data and the member personal information about the same member.

The member image history database 81-3 stores the collation image data and the collation information link data as a history. The collation image data means an image pickup device connected to the game support device A when a member transaction (prize exchange, savings, exchange of coins, replay, point service, data disclosure, etc.) is performed in the game support device A ( Imager 26,3
5, 46, 55, 64, 76) and data forming a collation image showing the appearance of the member trader.

Similar to the registered image data, this collation image data has a still image format (for example, pic,
bmp, gif, jpg, etc.) or a moving image format (eg, MPEG system). The collation information link data is data added to the collation image data for linking the collation image data and the individual member information of the same member.

The storage device 81 may be a built-in storage means of the office computer 80 or an external storage means. Among these, the built-in storage means includes a ROM and a hard disk. The external storage means includes a computer-readable recording medium such as an external storage device and a portable recording medium.

The external storage device is a memory expansion device which has a built-in storage medium such as a CD-ROM and is externally connected to the office computer 80. On the other hand, the portable recording medium is a recording medium that can be mounted in a recording medium driving device (drive device) and can be carried, for example, a flexible disk, a memory card, a magneto-optical disk, or the like.

Further, in FIG. 1, the member information database 81-1, the member image master database 81-2 and the member image history database 81-3 constitute one storage device 81, but these databases are one. The storage device 81 is not limited to the configuration, and, for example, the databases may be independent storage devices.

The control section 82 executes predetermined processing on various data received from the member registration machine 10 and each game support device A via the network 90. Further, the control unit 82 sends the member personal information from the member registration machine 10 to the member information database 81-1 and the registered image data to the member image database 72 for storage (registration).
Let Further, the control unit 82 compares the collation image data from each game support device A with the member image history database 81-3.
Send to and save.

Further, when the control section 82 receives the member identifying information from the game support device A, it retrieves the member individual information corresponding to this member identifying information from the member information database 81-1 and stores the member identifying information and the member individual information. Is sent to the collation unit 83. Further, when the control unit 82 receives the personal identification number from the game support device A, the control unit 82 retrieves the registered personal identification number from the member personal information corresponding to the member identification information transmitted from the game support device A, and the registered personal identification number. And the received personal identification number are sent to the collation unit 83.

In addition, when the control unit 82 receives the collation image data from the game support device A, the control unit 82 obtains the registered image data corresponding to the member specifying information transmitted from the game support device A by the member image master database 81-2. And sends it to the matching unit 83. Then, when the control unit 82 receives the collation result from the collation unit 83, the control unit 82 transmits the collation result and the registered image data to the prize POS 20. Further, when the control unit 82 receives the history display command from the image management unit 24 of the prize POS 20, the control unit 82 retrieves the history image data indicated by the history display command from the member image history database 81-3 and transmits it to the prize POS 20.

The collating unit 83 sends each data sent from the control unit 82 (member identification information and member personal information, received personal identification number and registered personal identification number, collated image data and registered image data).
Perform a match on. Then, the result of this collation is sent to the control unit 82. The collation between the member identification information and the member personal information is executed by the following method.

When the collating unit 83 receives the member specifying information, one or more data (for example, a member number, a member's name, etc .: collating data) to be collated is extracted from the member identifying information. Member personal information including data that matches the collation data is retrieved from the plurality of member personal information registered in the member information database 81-1 via the control unit 82.

When the member personal information including the matching data is found as a result of the search, the matching result indicating that the holder of the membership card is a member is sent to the control unit 82. On the other hand, when the member personal information including the matching data is not found, the matching result indicating that the holder of the membership card is not a member is sent to the control unit 82.

The matching between the received personal identification number and the registered personal identification number is
It is executed in the following way. When the collation unit 83 receives the received personal identification number, the registered personal identification number is extracted from the member personal information that matches the member identification information, and it is determined whether the registered personal identification number and the received personal identification number match. It If the result of the determination is that they match, the verification result indicating that the holder of the membership card is a member is sent to the control unit 82. On the other hand, if they do not match, the verification result indicating that the holder of the membership card is not a member is sent to the control unit 82.

The collation of the collation image data and the registered image data can be performed by the following method. In the collating unit 83 of the office computer 80, from the image indicated by the registered image data,
The face area (face image) is extracted, the fluctuation of the face position is corrected, and the background image is removed. Extraction of face area (face image)
This face area (face image) is set to a low resolution and is executed by global matching.

Then, the size and inclination of the face area (face image) are corrected. This correction is performed by extracting the positions of normalized reference points (for example, the inner corners of the left and right eyes), and enlarging / reducing and rotating the face area (face image) based on the normalized reference points. Then, the size and inclination of the corrected face area (face image) are normalized. Then, a face constituent image (for example, an image of eyes, nose, mouth, etc.) is extracted from the normalized face area (face image).

Furthermore, the processing performed on the registered image data is also executed on the collation image data, and the face constituent image of the extracted registered image data and the face image of the collation image data are affected by the illumination variation. Matching is performed using a difficult matching method (for example, a method that uses a gray value pattern of the eyes, nose, and mouth).

By collating the registered image data with the collated image data by using such a method, the characteristic portion of the face showing individual differences is extracted from each image data and collated. Even if the person image indicated by the data and the person image indicated by the collation image data have different hairstyles, backgrounds, face orientations, etc., the collation unit ensures that the member transactor is the member himself. Can be clarified.

In particular, the person image shown by the collation image data obtained by photographing the figure in which the member transaction is performed and the person image shown by the registered image data obtained by the photographing for member registration are Usually different. For this reason, by using an image matching method that automatically normalizes each image data and performs local matching, the characteristic parts in the face having individual differences are close-up and compared, and thus the member trader is the member himself. The accuracy of personal authentication for determining whether or not it can be improved.

The method of collating the collation image data with the registered image data is described in Journal of the Control Information Society, Volume 11, No. 10, pp. 546-553, 1998/10, robust face image matching against changes in the lighting environment, and IEICE Transactions, Vol. J80-D-II, No8, p
p. This can be easily implemented by using the unlocking control system by face image matching described in 2203--2208, (1997). The collation method of the collation image data and the registered image data can also be performed by using the image collation method described in JP-A-60-258683 or the image processing method described in JP-B-6-64601. It is feasible.

In FIG. 1, the member registration machine 10,
Prize POS 20, automatic prize exchange 30, game medium counter 40, replay machine 50, point reader 60, data disclosure machine 70, office computer 80, network 90
Although one is provided for each, the number is not limited to one and two or more may be provided for each.

Next, the game member verification method of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings. First, member registration machine 10
The member registration processing and the image capturing processing in the image pickup device 13 will be described with reference to FIG. When the personal identification number is input in the information input unit 11 of the member registration machine 10 (step 10) and the member's personal information is further input (step 11), the image pickup device 13 is operated based on the photographing start command in the information input unit 11. The registered image data is fetched (step 12).

The registered image data thus fetched is sent to the image management unit 12 and sent to the office computer 80 together with the member personal information (including the personal identification number) (step 13). In the control unit 82 of the office computer 80, the received member personal information is associated with the registered image data, and the member personal information is stored in the member information database 81-
1 and the registered image data is sent to and registered in the member image master database 81-2. afterwards,
A membership card is issued in the member registration machine 10 (step 14).

In this embodiment, the registration image data is taken in after the member personal information has been input. However, the timing is not limited to after the member personal information has been input. It can also be used when registering information or when issuing a membership card. Of these, for example, when the registered image data is taken in at the time of issuing the card, the following procedure is performed.

The personal identification number and the member personal information are input to the information input unit 11 of the member registration machine 10, and the personal identification number and the member personal information are stored in the member information database 81-1 of the storage device 81 via the office computer 80. Sent and registered. Next, when the membership card is issued by the membership registration machine 10, the registration image data is captured by the imaging device 13, and the captured registration image data is stored in the office computer 80 and the membership image master after the membership card is issued. It is sent to the database 81-2 and registered.

Next, the member transaction processing and the image acquisition processing in the game support device A and the image pickup device will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the procedure of the member transaction processing and the image acquisition processing executed by each game support device A and each image pickup device (image pickup device 26, 35, 46, 55, 64, 76).

As shown in the figure, when the membership card is accepted in the card reader of the game support device A (step 20), the card matching processing is performed using the membership identifying information read from this membership card (step 21). Is executed. Next, an image collation process (step 22) is performed using the collation image data captured by the image pickup device, and a personal identification number collation process (step 23) is further performed using the personal identification number input by the information input unit. It

Then, the membership transaction process (step 24) is executed in each game support device A, and the membership card is ejected (step 25). However, each game support device A
In the above, although it is operated by the procedure shown in FIG.
For example, a game support device that causes the display 27 to display an image, such as the prize POS 20, or a point reader 60.
As described above, there is also a game support device that does not require the password collation process. The member transaction processing and the image acquisition processing for each game support device A will be described later.

Next, the card matching process will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the procedure of the card matching process in each game support device A. As shown in FIG. 6, when the membership card is accepted by the card reader of the game support device A (step 2 in FIG. 6).
0), member identification information is read from the member card (step 30 in FIG. 7).

The read member specifying information is used as the control unit (POS control unit 21, prize exchange control unit 31, counting control unit 41, replay control unit 51, operation control unit 61, data control unit of each game support device A. 71: Hereinafter, it is collectively referred to as an assisting device controller, and is transmitted to the office computer 80 via the network 90 (step 3).
1).

In the control unit 82 of the office computer 80, the received member identification information is sent to the collation unit 83.
The matching unit 83 searches (matches) information that matches the member identification information from the member personal information registered in the member information database 81-1. Then, the collation result is transmitted from the collation unit 83 to the game support device A via the control unit 82 and the network 90 (reception of the collation result in the game support device A that has transmitted the member identification information (step 32)). ).

Next, the image matching process will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flowchart showing the procedure of the image matching process in each game support device A. The member identification information read by the card reader of each game support device A is sent to each image management unit of each game support device A. The image management unit that has received the member identification information sends a shooting start signal to the image pickup device.

The collation image data is taken in by the image pickup device which has received the photographing start signal (step 40),
It is transmitted to the office computer 80 via the image management unit and the network 90 (step 41). The collation unit 83 of the office computer 80 collates the collation image data with the registration image data corresponding to the member identification information, and the collation result is transmitted to the prize POS 20.

Next, the password collation process will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a flow chart showing the procedure of the password collation processing in each game support device A.
As shown in the figure, when the personal identification number is input in the information input section of the game support device A (step 50), the personal identification number is transmitted to the office computer 80 (step 51).

Then, the collating section 83 of the office computer 80 collates the received personal identification number with the registered personal identification number contained in the member personal information, and the collation result is transmitted to the game support device A. (Reception of the verification result in the game support device A that has transmitted the personal identification number (step 5
2)). Since the member transaction transaction processing (step 24) shown in FIG. 5 is different for each game support device A, it will be described as needed in the operation description of each game support device A described later.
In the present embodiment, the process of collating the personal identification number is
It is supposed to be executed on the office computer 80,
The present invention is not limited to the office computer 80, but may be executed in each game support device A or the member registration machine 10, for example.

Next, the member transaction processing and the image acquisition processing for each game support device A will be described. First, the prize PO
The S20 and the image pickup process in the image pickup device 26 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, when the membership card is accepted by the card reader 22 of the prize POS 20 (step 60),
The card matching process is executed (step 61).

The image matching process is executed in the prize POS 20 which has received the matching result in the card matching process (step 62). And the office computer 80
The collation result obtained by the image collation processing in step S1 is displayed together with the registered image data in the image management unit 24 of the prize POS 20.
(Step 63).

In the image management unit 24, the received registered image data and collated image data are sent to the display 27, and the registered image and collated image are displayed (step 6).
4). The matching result can be sent to the display 27 and displayed together with the registered image data and the matching image data.

Subsequently, the personal identification number collating process is executed (step 65), and when the collating result is received from the office computer 80, the member transaction process is executed (step 66).
After completion, the membership card is ejected (step 67). In addition, the member transaction processing in the prize POS 20 is executed in a procedure as shown in FIG. That is, the prize POS2
In the POS control unit 21 of 0, based on the collation result,
When the coin exchange is started (step 70) and completed (step 71), this coin exchange is registered (step 7).
2).

In the present embodiment, the prize POS
Although the timing at which the collation image data is captured by the image pickup device 20 of 20 is set to after the card collation processing, it is not limited to after the card collation processing. When registering for exchange,
It can also be issued when the card is issued.

Next, the automatic prize exchange 30 and the image pickup device 35.
FIG. 6 for the stored coin exchange process and the image capture process in FIG.
Will be described with reference to. As shown in the figure, when the member card is accepted by the card reader 32 of the automatic prize exchange 30 (step 20), the card matching process is executed using the member identification information read from the member card (step 21). Next, after the image collation process (step 22) and the personal identification number collation process (step 23), the member transaction process (step 24) is executed and the membership card is ejected (step 25).

In the present embodiment, the timing at which the image pickup device 35 of the automatic prize exchange 30 fetches the collation image data is after the card collation process, but the timing is not limited to after the card collation process. It is also possible to enter the PIN code, during the exchange of coins, at the end of the exchange, at the time of registration of coin exchange, and at the time of card issuance. In addition, membership transaction processing in the automatic prize exchange 30 (step 24)
Is the same as the member transaction processing (procedure shown in FIG. 11) in the prize POS 20.

Next, the game medium counting machine 40 and the image pickup machine 46.
The coin storing process and the image capturing process in the above will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, when the card reader 42 of the gaming medium counter 40 accepts the membership card (step 80), the card matching process is executed using the membership identification information read from the membership card (step). 81). Next, the image matching process is performed (step 82), the membership transaction process is executed (step 83), and the membership card is ejected (step 84).

The membership transaction processing in the game medium counter is executed according to the procedure shown in FIG. That is, as a result of the matching in the card matching process (step 81 in FIG. 12), if the registered member information matches, then the savings ball button (not shown) is pressed (step 90 in FIG. 13), The number of accumulated balls is registered (step 91).

Further, in the present embodiment, the timing at which the image pickup device 46 of the game medium counter 40 fetches the collation image data is after the card collation process, but the timing is not limited to after the card collation process. It is also possible to insert the card, press the piling button, register the piling number, and eject the card.

Next, the accumulated coin withdrawing process and the image capturing process in the replay machine 50 and the image pickup machine 55 will be described. The operation of the replay machine 50 is similar to the operation shown in FIG. However, the member transaction processing is executed in the procedure shown in FIG. That is, as a result of the collation in the personal identification number collating process (step 23 in FIG. 6), when the registered member information matches, the replay number is then input (step 100 in FIG. 14), and the replay number is It is registered (step 101), and the game medium is paid out (step 102).

In the present embodiment, the timing at which the image pickup device 55 of the replay device 50 fetches the collation image data is after the card collation process. However, the timing is not limited to after the card collation process. It is also possible to enter the number, enter the number of replays, register the number of replays, pay out, eject the card, etc.

Next, the point reader 60 and the image pickup device 64
Regarding the point display processing and image capture processing in
explain. The operation of the point reader 60 is shown in FIG.
It is similar to the operation shown in. However, in the member transaction processing, as shown in FIG. 15, the member identification information read by the card reader 62 is transmitted to the office computer 80 as a card detection signal (step 110). Then, points are generated and added in the office computer 80.

In this embodiment, the timing at which the image pickup device 64 of the point reader 60 fetches the collation image data is after the card collation process, but the timing is not limited to after the card collation process. It is also possible to discharge the membership card.

Next, the point display processing and the image capturing processing in the data disclosure machine 70 and the image pickup machine 76 will be described. The operation of the data publishing machine 70 is shown in FIG.
The operation shown in 2 is the same. However, the member transaction processing is
It is executed by the procedure shown in FIG. That is, when a designated number such as a gaming table is input in the information input section 73 (step 12
0), this designated number such as gaming machine is office computer 80
(Step 121).

In the control section 82 of the office computer 80, the game data concerning the game table (or the island, the model, etc.) indicated by the received designated number such as the game table is retrieved from the storage device 81 and transmitted to the data disclosure machine 70. It The game data is received by the data control unit 71 of the data disclosing machine 70 (step 122) and sent to the data display unit 74 to be displayed (step 123).

In the present embodiment, the timing at which the image pickup device 76 of the data disclosure device 70 takes in the collation image data is after the card collation process, but it is not limited to after the card collation process. For example, when a membership card is inserted. ，
It can also be used when operating the data disclosure machine or when ejecting a membership card.

Next, the operation of the history image display processing in the prize exchange (POS) will be described with reference to FIG.
When a member transaction history reference command (including history specifying information) is input to the information input unit 23 of the prize POS 20 (step 130), this member transaction history transmission command is transmitted to the office computer 80 (step 131). .

In the control section 82 of the office computer 80, the registered image data is retrieved from the member image master database 81-2, and the collation image data (history image data) indicated by the received history specifying information is further stored in the member image history database. 81-3. Then, the registered image data and the history image data are used as the prize POS.
Sent to 20.

The image management section 24 of the prize POS 20 receives the registered image data and the collated image data (step 132), and sends the registered image data and the collated image data to the display 27 (step 133). Then, the registered image and the collation image are displayed on the display 27.

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the history image storage / display method and game hall member system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. This figure is a block diagram showing the configuration of the member system in the game arcade of the present embodiment.

This embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that
The difference is that an error history database, an error image database, an issuance history database, and an issuance history image database are newly provided so that an error occurrence image and an issuance history image can be displayed on a display. Other components are the same as those in the first embodiment. Therefore, in FIG. 18, the same components as those in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

As shown in FIG. 18, the storage device 81 of the office computer 80 is a member information database 81-1.
Member image master database 81-2, member image history database 81-3, error history database 81-4, error image database 81-5, issue history database 81-6, issue history image database 81- 7 and 7.

Here, the error history database 81-4
Stores error history information. What is error history information?
It is information regarding an error that has occurred in each game support device A, and includes, for example, a device number (a number that identifies the game support device A), an error occurrence time, error content information, and the like. The occurrence of an error is caused by each control unit (2
1, 31, 41, 51, 61, 71) and membership registration machine 1
It is determined by the member registration machine control unit 0 (not shown). In addition, each control unit (21, 31, 41, 41) of each game support device A
51, 61, 71) and the member registration machine control unit of the member registration machine 10 will be referred to as the control unit 21 and the like for short.

Regarding the content of the error, for example, by transmitting an electric wave to the game medium counter 40, the operation of the built-in electronic parts (for example, a counter) is illegally controlled and the count value is excessively increased. Then, there is an act of making a profit. In this case, the counting controller 41 determines that an error has occurred.
Judgment is made based on the signal from a counter or the like.

The error history information is generated in the control unit 21 or the like, and is set in each image management unit (24, 34, 45, 54, 63, 75) of each game support device A or the image management unit of the member registration machine 10. Sent to 12. Then, these image management units (12, 24, 34, 45, 54, 63,
75), is sent to and stored in the error history database 81-4 via the control unit 82 of the office computer 80. In addition, each image management unit (24, 34, 45, 5
4, 63, 75) and the image management unit 12 are hereinafter referred to as the image management unit 12 and the like for short.

Further, when the error history information is fetched from the error history database 81-4 by the control unit 82, the image management unit 12 or the office computer 8 or the like.
0 to the image management unit 85. Then, it is sent to and displayed on a display device ((first display device) 27, (second display device) 84 and a display device (not shown) connected to each game support device A). The display devices ((first display device) 27, (second display device) 84 and a display device (not shown) connected to each game support device A) are hereinafter referred to as the display device 27 and the like.

The error image database 81-5 stores image data at the time of error occurrence and error history information link data. Of these, the image data at the time of error occurrence refers to the data forming the image at the time of error occurrence. Here, the image at the time of occurrence of an error means that each image pickup device (13, 26, 35, 46,
55, 64, 76). In addition,
Each imaging device (13, 26, 35, 46, 55, 64, 7
The item 6) is hereinafter referred to as the image pickup device 13 or the like.

The image data at the time of occurrence of this error is obtained by the image pickup device 1.
From the third computer or the like to the control unit 82 of the office computer 80 via the image management unit 12 or the like. Then, the error occurrence image data is sent to the error image database 81-5 and stored (saved) in the control unit 82.

Further, when the error occurrence image data is taken out from the error image database 81-5 by the control unit 82, it is sent to the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85 of the office computer 80. Then, the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85 executes display control of the error occurrence image on the display unit 27 or the like based on the received error occurrence image data. In addition,
The image data when an error occurs can be formed in a still image format (for example, pic, bmp, gif, jpg, etc.) or a moving image format (for example, MPEG system).

The error history information link data is data added to the error occurrence image data in order to link the error occurrence image data with the error history information related to the error occurrence image data. . That is, the error history information link data is data used for searching the error history information in the control unit 82.

The issue history database 81-6 stores information (issue history information) regarding the issue of the record carrier executed by the record carrier issuing unit 44 of the game medium counter 40. This issue history information includes, for example, an issue machine number (a number that identifies the game medium counter 40 or the record carrier issuing unit 44), an issue number (a reference number attached to the record carrier), an issue time, an issue number, and the like. Includes the data shown.

This issuance history information is the game medium counter 40.
Of the issue history database 81-6 generated by the counting control unit 41 of the
Sent to and stored. Then, when the issuing history information is retrieved from the issuing history database 81-6 by the control unit 82, it is sent to the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85 of the office computer 80. Then, the issue history information is sent to the display 27 or the like and displayed.

The issue history image database 81-7 stores counter image data and issue history information link data. Of these, the counter image data refers to data forming a counter image. The counter image refers to an image captured by the imaging device 46 during counting in the game medium counter 40 or when issuing a gift voucher (record carrier).

This counter image data is sent from the image pickup device 46 via the image management unit 45 to the office computer 80.
Is transmitted to the control unit 82. Then, the counter image data is stored in the issuing history image database 8 in the control unit 82.
It is sent to 1-7 and stored (saved).

Further, the counter image data is stored in the control unit 82.
When it is retrieved from the issue history image database 81-7 in (1), it is sent to the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85 of the office computer 80. Then, the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85 executes the display control of the counter image on the display 27 or the like based on the received counter image data. This counter image data is a still image format (for example, pic, bm
p, gif, jpg, etc.) or a moving image format (for example, MPEG system).

The issue history information link data is data added to the counter image data in order to link the counter image data and the issue history information related to the counter image data. That is, the issue history information link data is data used for searching the issue history information in the control unit 82.

In FIG. 18, the storage device 81 is
Member information database 81-1, member image master database 81-2, member image history database 81-3,
Although it has an error history database 81-4, an error image database 81-5, an issue history database 81-6 and an issue history image database 81-7, the amusement hall member system of the present embodiment saves images as a history. However, since it can be displayed on the display device at a later date, the member information database 81-1, the member image master database 81-2 and the member image history database 81-3 can be omitted.

The in-game-hall member system 1 further includes an office computer 80, a game support device A, and a member registration machine 10. The control unit 82 of the office computer 80 stores the error history information from the game support device A in the error history database 81-4, and the error occurrence image data and the error history information link data in the error image database 81-5. Send and store. In addition,
When the control unit 82 receives the error history information and the error occurrence image data, the control unit 82 can generate error history information link data by itself and add the error history information link data to the error occurrence image data.

The control unit 82 also controls the game medium counter 40.
Issue history information from the issue history database 81-6
Further, the counter image data and the issue history information link data are sent to the issue history image database 81-7 and stored therein. When the control unit 82 receives the issue history information and the counter image data, it can also generate the issue history information link data and add it to the counter image data.

Further, the controller 82 controls each game support device A.
Alternatively, when an error occurrence image display command is received from the member registration machine 10, the error occurrence image data and the error history information link data indicated by the display command are retrieved from the error image database 81-5.

Then, the control section 82 retrieves and retrieves the error history information from the error history database 81-4 by using the retrieved error history information link data, and retrieves these error occurrence image data and error history information, Image management unit 12 or office computer 80
To the image management unit 85. After that, these image management units 1
2 or the like, or the image management unit 85 executes the display control of the error occurrence image on the display 27 or the like based on the error occurrence image data.

When the controller 82 receives a display command of the counter image from each game support device A or the member registration machine 10, it issues the counter image data and the issue history information link data indicated by the display command to the issue history image. Database 81
Take out from -7. Then, the control unit 82 retrieves and retrieves the issue history information from the issue history database 81-6 by using the extracted issue history information link data, and obtains the counter image data and the issue history information from the image management unit 12. Or to the image management section 85 of the office computer 80. Thereafter, the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85, based on the counter image data,
The display control of the counter image on the display 27 or the like is executed.

Image management unit 85 of office computer 80
Displays the image data upon occurrence of an error and the counter image data received from the controller 82 to the display 84. In the present embodiment, the image captured by the image pickup device 13 or the like connected to the game support device A or the member registration device 10 may be displayed on the display device 84 in real time.

When the occurrence of an error is detected, each game support device A or the control unit 21 of the member registration machine 10 generates error history information and sends it to the image management unit 12 or the like. In particular, of the control unit 21 and the like, the counting control unit 41 of the game medium counter 40
When a game medium is being counted or a record carrier issuance process is detected, a counting signal or an issuance time signal (including issuance history information) is generated and sent to the image management unit 45.

The image management unit 12 or the like sends the display command from the information input unit 11 or the like to the control unit 82 of the office computer 80. When the image management unit 12 or the like receives the error history information from the control unit 21 or the like, the image management unit 12 or the like sends a shooting start signal to the image pickup device 13 or the like to capture the image when the error occurs.

Further, the image management unit 12 and the like are provided in the image pickup device 13.
When the image data upon occurrence of an error is received from the etc., the error history information link data is generated in association with the error history information. Then, the image management unit 12 and the like transmit the error history information, the image data at the time of error occurrence, and the error history information link data to the control unit 82 of the office computer 80.

Further, the image management unit 12 and the like send the error occurrence image data and the counter image data received from the control unit 82 of the office computer 80 to the display unit 27 and the like for display. In the present embodiment, the image captured by the image pickup device 13 or the like can be displayed on the display device 27 or the like in real time.

In particular, of the image management unit 12 and the like, the image management unit 45 of the game medium counter 40 receives the counting signal or the issuance time signal (including the issuance history information) from the counting control unit 41, and the image pickup device. An image capturing start signal is sent to 46 to capture a counter image. Further, when the image management unit 45 receives the counter image data from the imaging device 46, the image management unit 45 generates the issue history information link data in association with the issue history information. Then, the image management unit 45, the issue history information,
The counter image data and the issue history information link data are transmitted to the control unit 82 of the office computer 80.

Each information input section (23, 33, 43, 53, 73) in each game support device A and the member registration machine 10
When the information input unit 11 inputs a display command for displaying an image at the time of occurrence of an error or a counter image, the information input unit 11 sends the display command to the image management unit 12 or the like. In addition, each information input unit (23, 33, 4
3, 53, 73) and the information input unit 11 of the member registration machine 10.
Hereinafter, the information input unit 11 and the like will be referred to.

The display command is information for specifying one image data at the time of error occurrence or image data for one counter (data specifying information), or information for specifying a display device for displaying an image at the time of error occurrence (display device identification). Information) and the like. The data specifying information specifies one error occurrence image data or one counter image data using the error history information. Therefore, the data identification information is associated with one error occurrence image data or one counter image data by the error history information link data or the issue history information link data.

In the present embodiment, the game member collating method in the first embodiment (the registered image is registered in advance, the registered image and the collated image are collated, and both the registered image and the collated image are compared. Is not used). Therefore, the target persons to be photographed by the image pickup device are not limited to members who perform membership transactions, but include all persons who use the game support device.

In other words, the users of the game support equipment are members who carry out membership transactions, non-members who use the game support equipment, ordinary persons, hall employees, and persons who commit fraud and are involved in troubles. Is included. From this, even when a person other than the member has troubles or fraudulent acts, it is possible to investigate the cause based on the history image, and to identify the actual act of fraudulent acts and the fraudsters. Become.

Next, the operation of the member system in the amusement arcade of this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, the operation related to the capture and storage of image data when an error occurs will be described.

When the occurrence of an error is detected in the game support device A or the control unit 21 of the member registration machine 10 or the like,
Error history information is generated and sent to the image management unit 12 and the like. In the image management unit 12 or the like, a shooting start signal is sent to the image pickup device 13 or the like based on the received error history information.

An image at the time of error occurrence is taken in by the image pickup device 13 or the like that has received the shooting start signal, and the image data at the time of error occurrence is sent to the image management unit 12 or the like. In the image management unit 12 or the like, the received error occurrence image data and the error history information are associated with each other to generate error history information link data.

Then, in the image management unit 12 or the like, the error occurrence image data, the error history information and the error history information link data are stored in the control unit 8 of the office computer 80.
2 is sent. In the control unit 82, the received error history information is transferred to the error history database 81-4,
The image data at the time of error occurrence and the error history information link data are sent to the error image database 81-5 and stored (saved) respectively.

Next, the operation relating to the display of image data when an error occurs will be described. When a display command for displaying image data upon occurrence of an error is input to the information input unit 11 or the like, this display command is transmitted to the control unit 82 of the office computer 80 via the control unit 21 or the like.

In the control unit 82, the error occurrence image data and the error history information link data indicated by the received error occurrence image data display command are retrieved from the error image database 81-5. Then, using the extracted error history information link data, the error history information is retrieved from the error history database 81-4 and retrieved.

The error history information and the image data at the time of occurrence of the error thus fetched are transferred from the control unit 82 to the image management unit 1.
Image manager 85 of the second computer or the office computer 80
Sent to. In the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85, based on the image data when an error occurs,
The display control of the image when an error occurs in the display 27 or the like is executed.

Next, the operation regarding the acquisition and storage of the counter image data will be described. Game medium counting machine 4
When the count control unit 41 of 0 detects that the game medium is counting, a counting signal is generated and sent to the image management unit 45 (or the record carrier issuing unit 44 issues the record carrier). If it is detected that it is in the middle, an issue signal including the issue history information is generated and sent to the image management unit 45).

In the image management section 45 which has received the counting signal or the issuing signal, a shooting start signal is sent to the image pickup device 46. The counter image is captured by the image capturing device 46 that has received the shooting start signal, and the counter image data is sent to the image management unit 45.

In the image management unit 45, the received counter image data and the issued history information are associated with each other to generate the issued history information link data. Note that the image management unit 45 that has received the counting signal then receives the issuance time signal (including the issuance history information) from the counting control unit 41.

Then, in the image management unit 12 and the like, the counter image data, the issue history information and the issue history information link data are transmitted to the control unit 82 of the office computer 80. In the control unit 82, the received issue history information is sent to the issue history database 81-6, and the counter image data and the issue history information link data are sent to the issue history image database 81-7 and stored (saved) respectively. It

Next, the operation regarding the display of the counter image data will be described. When a display command of the counter image data is input to the information input unit 11 or the like, the display command is transmitted to the office computer 80 via the control unit 21 or the like.
Is transmitted to the control unit 82.

In the control unit 82, the counter image data and the issue history information link data indicated by the received display command of the counter image data are fetched from the issue history image database 81-7. Then, using the extracted issue history information link data, the issue history information is searched from the issue history database 81-6,
Taken out.

The fetched history information and the counter image data thus fetched are sent from the control section 82 to the image management section 12 or the like or the image management section 85 of the office computer 80. In the image management unit 12 or the like or the image management unit 85, display control of the counter image on the display 27 or the like is executed based on the counter image data.

[0203]

As described above, according to the present invention, an image of a member is registered in advance in an office computer so that a player can make a membership transaction (ball saving, ball exchange, replay, point service, data disclosure machine). , Etc.), the image of this player is captured and automatically collated on the office computer, or split display (image comparison by the operator) on the display machine is performed, so that the person who has made the member transaction is the member himself. Can be determined.

Then, based on this judgment, it is possible to detect the occurrence of fraud in the member transaction in the game support device at an early stage. Furthermore, by storing the collation image data as history image data, it is possible to refer to the history image data when there is a trouble due to member transactions, so the cause of the trouble can be identified or a fraudster Can be specified.

In addition, when an error occurs in a game support device or the like, or while a game medium is being counted in a game medium counter or when a record carrier is issued, the image captured by the image pickup device is saved as a history image in the office computer. By doing so, the history image can be appropriately displayed on the display device. Therefore, it is possible to identify the cause of the error, clarify the trick of the misconduct, and identify the person who committed the misconduct after the fact.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a member system in a game arcade in a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a display device.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a registration image and a member transaction image displayed on the image display unit of the display device.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing another configuration of the member system in the game arcade in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a member registration process in the member system in the game arcade in the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a member transaction process and an image capture process in the game support device and the image pickup device in the member system in the game hall according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of card matching processing.

FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of image matching processing.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a personal identification number matching process.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of a prize POS etc. and a coin exchange process etc. in an image pickup device and an image capture process in the member system in the game hall according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of member transaction processing in the prize POS.

FIG. 12 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure of a coin storing process and the like and an image capturing process in the game medium counter and the like and the image pickup machine in the member system in the game hall according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of member transaction processing in the game medium counter.

FIG. 14 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of member transaction processing in the replay machine.

FIG. 15 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of member transaction processing in the point reader.

FIG. 16 is a flowchart showing an operation procedure of member transaction processing in the data disclosure machine.

FIG. 17 is a flow chart showing an operation procedure of history image display processing in the prize POS in the member system in the game arcade according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 18 is a block diagram showing the structure of a member system within a game arcade in the second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 19 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional game hall monitoring system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Amusement center member system 10 Member registration machine 11 Information input section 12 Image Management Department 13 Imager 20 free gift POS 21 POS controller 22 card reader 23 Information input section 24 Image Management Department 25 Notification section 26 Imager 27 Display (first display) 27-1 Data input section 27-2 Display control unit 27-3 Image display section 30 automatic prize exchange 31 Premium exchange control section 32 card reader 33 Information input section 34 Image Management Department 35 Imager 40 game media counter 41 Counting controller 42 card reader 43 Information input section 44 Record carrier issuing department 45 Image Management Department 46 Imager 50 replay machine 51 Replay control unit 52 card reader 53 Information input section 54 Image Management Department 55 Imager 60 point reader 61 Motion control unit 62 card reader 63 Image Management Department 64 imager 70 Data publishing machine 71 Data control unit 72 card reader 73 Information input section 74 Data display 75 Image Management Department 76 Imager 80 office computers 81 storage device 81-1 Member information database 81-2 Member image master database 81-3 Member Image History Database 81-4 Error history database 81-5 Error image database 81-6 Issue history database 81-7 Issue history image database 82 Control unit 83 Collating unit 84 Display (Second display) 85 Image Management Department 90 network A game support equipment 100 game hall monitoring system 111 game media counter 112 image pickup means 113 Imaging Control Means 114 switch unit 115 input circuit 116 image data storage means 117 management data storage means 118 Free gift dispenser 119 Image output control device 120 I / O circuit 121 Monitor device 122 Repeater

Claims (24)

[Claims] 1. An office computer pre-registers a registered image of a member as registered image data, and an imaging device captures the collated image of the member and generates collated image data forming the collated image. A game support device receives the collation image data from the image pickup device and the registered image data from the office computer, and a first display device compares the collation image data from the game support device with the collation image data. A gaming member matching method, wherein the matching image and the registered image are displayed side by side based on registered image data. 2. When the game support device receives the collation image data from the imaging device, the member identification information is input, and the office computer corresponds to the member identification information from the game support device. The game member matching method according to claim 1, wherein registered image data is transmitted to the game support device. 3. The office computer collates the collation image data from the game support device with the registered image data corresponding to the member identification information, and the game support device transmits from the office computer. 3. The game member verification method according to claim 1, wherein the verification result is received, and the first display device displays the verification result from the game support device. 4. An image pickup device captures an image of a user in a game support device to form a history image, and generates history image data forming the history image, wherein the game support device outputs the history image from the image pickup device. A method for storing and displaying history image, wherein the office computer receives the data and stores a plurality of the history image data from the game support device. 5. The game support device inputs image specifying information for specifying one or two or more of the history image data, and when the office computer receives the image specifying information from the game supporting device, a plurality of pieces are input. From the history image data of, to retrieve the one or more history image data specified by the image identification information, the game support device, the one or more history image data from the office computer 5. The history image saving and displaying method according to claim 4, wherein the first display device displays the history image based on the one or more history image data from the game support device. . 6. The history image storage and display method according to claim 4, wherein when an error occurs in the game support device, the image capturing device captures an image at the time of error occurrence as the history image. 7. Counting is performed on a game media counter and / or
Alternatively, when the record carrier is issued, the image capturing device captures a counter image as the history image, and the history image saving / displaying method according to claim 4, 5, or 6. 8. A member system in a game hall, comprising a game support device for conducting member transactions and an office computer for managing member information, wherein image data of the member is captured and image data forming the image is acquired. It has an image pickup device to generate and a first display device to display the image, the office computer registers a member image master database for registering the image data, and the image data from the game support device. And a control unit for sending and registering to the member image master database as image data, wherein the game support device receives the registered image data from the office computer when receiving the image from the image pickup device as collation image data. The first display has an image management unit for receiving the collation image data and the registered image from the game support device. A data input unit for inputting data, an image display unit for displaying a collation image and a registered image, and the collation image and the registered image based on the collation image data and the registered image data from the data input unit. A member system in a game hall, comprising: a display control unit for displaying the images side by side on an image display unit. 9. The game support device has an information input unit for inputting member identification information, and when the image management unit receives the collation image data from the imaging device, the member from the information input unit is received. The specific information is transmitted to the office computer, the control unit of the office computer retrieves the registered image data corresponding to the member specific information from the image management unit from the member image master database, and the game support 9. The member system in a game arcade according to claim 8, wherein the image management unit of the device receives the registered image data from the office computer and sends it to the first display together with the collation image data. 10. The office computer has a collation unit for collating the collation image data from the game support device with the registered image data retrieved from the member image master database, The image management unit receives the result of the collation from the office computer, the data input unit of the first display device inputs the result of the collation from the game support device, the display control unit, The member system in a game arcade according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the result of the collation from the data input unit is displayed on the image display unit. 11. The collation unit of the office computer extracts a normalized reference point from each face image indicated by the collated image data and the registered image data, and the normalized reference point is extracted based on the extracted normalized reference point. Normalizing the size and / or inclination of each face image, extracting face constituent images such as eyes, nose, and mouth from each normalized face image, and collating these face constituent images 11. The member system in a game hall according to claim 10. 12. The game support device, when the result of the collation, when the collation image data and the registered image data do not match, has a notification unit for notifying that this does not match. Item 8, 9, 10
Or the member system in the game hall described in 11. 13. The office computer has a member image history database that stores a plurality of the collation image data as history image data, and the information input unit of the game support device has one or more history images. By inputting history specifying information for specifying data, the control unit of the office computer retrieves one or more history image data indicated by the history specifying information from the game support device from the member image history database. The image management unit of the game support device receives the one or more history image data from the office computer, and the data input unit of the first display device is the one or more of the game support device. Inputting two or more history image data, the display control unit also inputs the one or more history image data from the data input unit. And Zui, claim 8, characterized in that for displaying the collation image on the image display unit
The member system in the game hall according to any one of 1 to 12. 14. A second display device is connected to the office computer, and the office computer sends the registered image data and / or the collation image data from the control unit to the second display device. An image management unit for sending, wherein the second display device displays the registered images and / or the matching images side by side based on the registered image data and / or the matching image data. Item 14. A member system in a game hall according to any one of items 8 to 13. 15. A member system in a game hall, comprising a game support device for conducting a member transaction and an office computer for managing member information, wherein an image of a user of the game support device is captured as a history image, The game support device includes an image capturing device that generates history image data that forms the history image, the game support device includes an image management unit that receives the history image data from the image capturing device, and the office computer includes the history. A gaming machine member system, comprising: a history image master database for storing image data; and a control unit for sending the history image data from the image management unit to the history image master database for storage. 16. The office computer having a first display device for displaying the image, the game support device having an operation input unit for inputting image specifying information specifying one history image data, The control unit of, based on the image identification information from the game support device,
From the plurality of history image data stored in the history image master database, the one history image data specified by the image specifying information is searched, and the game support device uses the one from the office computer. 16. The game arcade according to claim 15, wherein one history image data is received, and the first display device displays the history image based on the one history image data from the game support device. Membership system. 17. The member system in a game arcade according to claim 15, wherein, when an error occurs in the game support device, the image pickup device captures an image at the time of error occurrence as the history image. 18. The image capturing device captures a counter image as the history image when counting is performed by a game medium counter and / or a record carrier is issued. The member system in the game hall described in 17. 19. The amusement arcade member system according to claim 8, wherein the game support device includes a prize POS. 20. The member system in a game arcade according to claim 8, wherein the game support device includes an automatic prize exchange machine. 21. The member system in a game arcade according to claim 8, wherein the game support device includes a game medium counter. 22. The member system in a game arcade according to claim 8, wherein the game support device includes a replay machine. 23. The member system in a game hall according to claim 8, wherein the game support device includes a point reader. 24. The member system in a game arcade according to claim 8, wherein the game support device includes a data disclosure machine.