JP7084661B1 - Bowling system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance confidentiality by providing only play schedule information to a store side while separating the user's financial personal information from the store side.
A bowling system 1 includes a plurality of lanes, a bowling device 20 controlled by a game progress control unit 30, and a server 60 in which a processing program for receiving play schedule information and payment processing is recorded in a certain URL. A code sheet 202 arranged in each of the plurality of lanes, and a tablet 40 are provided. From the read QR code (registered trademark), the smartphone 10 displays the game reception screen returned from the server 60, accepts the input of the play schedule information, and receives the payment. The tablet 40 receives the payment processing result transmitted from the server 60. The tablet 40 receives the payment processing result and outputs an activation signal to the game progress control unit 30.
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Description

The present invention relates to a bowling system that manages a game in a bowling alley provided with a plurality of lanes.

In recent years, instead of paying the play fee at the reception, a system has been proposed in which the play fee is paid via a shared money payment device installed in the bowling alley (Patent Documents 1 and 2). In addition, one row of lanes is formed on the upper part of the box-shaped casing, and the bowl is thrown with multiple pins standing at the rear end of the lanes, and the bowling is played by rolling on the lanes toward the pins. A device has been proposed. In this bowling device, instead of the payment processing in the shared device, a number selection means and a game fee input means are arranged on the front side of the device. The bowling device is driven so that the game can be enjoyed (Patent Document 3).

On the other hand, in Patent Document 4, a lane terminal is installed for each lane, and after the bowling game is completed, the play fee is settled, the input operation from the player is accepted, and the bowling field server system and the payment processing system (bank). A payment system that allows all operations to be performed with the server system) is described.

JP-A-1999-76491 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-95784 Registered Utility Model No. 3121564 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-373252

Since the payment system described in Patent Document 4 needs to input the user's financial institution and transaction account information for payment in addition to the game information using the lane terminal installed in the bowling place, the operation is complicated accordingly. Moreover, since the financial-related personal information required for payment is known to the store side via the lane terminal, the risk of leakage of highly confidential personal information increases.

The present invention has been made in view of the above, and provides a highly confidential bowling system that provides only play schedule information to the store side while separating the user's financial personal information from the store side.

The bowling system according to the present invention includes a plurality of lanes in a store, a bowling device in which the progress of a game in each lane is controlled by a game progress control unit, and a bowling device provided on a network, and play schedule information is provided at a predetermined URL. A server in which a processing program for reception processing and payment processing is recorded, a sheet arranged in each of the plurality of lanes and in which the identification information of the lane and the URL are represented by a code, and an image pickup unit of a player terminal. Upon receiving the access to the URL based on the code read in the above, the processing program by the server is executed, and the game reception screen is displayed on the display unit of the player terminal to perform the reception processing of the play schedule information. , A terminal on the store side that receives the payment processing for the play price according to the received play schedule information and receives the payment processing result transmitted from the server, and receives the payment processing result. It is provided with a store terminal that receives and outputs an activation signal to the game progress control unit.

According to the present invention, when a sheet arranged in a desired lane is imaged by a player terminal, the code written on the sheet is analyzed to access the URL of the server. The server returns the game reception screen to the player terminal in response to the access, and can receive the play schedule information input to the player terminal accordingly. The server performs payment processing for the play price according to the received play schedule information, and the result of the payment processing and the play schedule information are transmitted to a store terminal such as a tablet. In this way, the store terminal receives the payment processing result from the server and outputs an activation signal to the game progress control unit, whereby the bowling device is operated. In addition, various modes can be applied to the information of the result of the payment processing, and a mode in which the play schedule information is also used is also possible. On the other hand, since the player terminal does not perform data communication with the store terminal, financially related personal information required for payment is not directly output to the store terminal, and higher confidentiality can be obtained.

Further, the player terminal is a smartphone. According to this configuration, the present invention can be applied without having a special device.

The store terminal is a tablet. According to this configuration, high versatility can be obtained because of the portability.

Further, the server is characterized in that a processing program for order processing of food and drink and payment processing thereof is recorded in the URL. According to this configuration, in addition to accepting bowling games, it is possible to settle orders for food and drink, which increases versatility.

Further, when the store terminal receives the result of the payment process from the server, the store terminal transmits the activation signal and the play schedule information to the game progress control unit. According to this configuration, the game progress control unit operates the bowling device in response to receiving the start signal and the play schedule information.

Further, the play schedule information includes a player name and the number of games scheduled to be played. The bowling device can be operated by at least the information of the player name and the number of games to be played.

According to the present invention, while separating the user's financial personal information from the store side, only the play schedule information is provided to the store side to enhance confidentiality.

It is a schematic diagram showing an example of the configuration in the bowling alley, (A) is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of the inside of the bowling alley, and (B) is a schematic diagram showing the schematic configuration of the bowling device seen from the side of a certain lane. be. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the bowling system which concerns on this invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a more detailed configuration of FIG. 2. It is a block diagram which shows the function of a smartphone. It is a block diagram which shows the function of the game progress control part. It is a block diagram which shows the function of a tablet. It is a figure of the screen example at the time of starting a game which receives a start signal and is displayed on a monitor. In the figure of the screen example showing the process of reception by the smartphone, (A) is the address reception screen diagram of the e-mail address, (B) is the menu selection screen diagram, and (C) is the input screen when the bowling menu is selected. Figures and (D) are input screen diagrams when the mark side menu is selected. It is a diagram of a screen example showing the process of reception by a smartphone, and a flowchart of processing. In the figure of the management screen example of the tablet, (A) is a screen view which shows lane information, and (B) is a selection screen figure of a management menu. In the figure of the management screen example of the tablet, (A) is a screen view which shows the player information, (B) is a screen view which shows the food and drink order content. It is the figure of the management screen example of a tablet, and is the screen diagram which shows the self-check-in lane setting.

1A and 1B are schematic views showing an example of the configuration inside a bowling alley, FIG. 1A is a schematic diagram showing the entire internal configuration of the bowling alley, and FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows. As shown in FIG. 1, in the bowling alley (store), a plurality of lanes La are arranged side by side in the left-right direction, and a bowling device 20 provided with a console 200 for every two lanes is arranged in front of the bowling alley. A known overhead display unit (hereinafter, monitor 23) is provided for each lane La toward the console 200 side in the overhead unit which is the ceiling diagonally above the console 200. The lane La extends forward from the approaching portion for the player PL with a predetermined width and a predetermined length. Ten pin Pis are placed upright on the tip of the lane La by a known pinsetter. The pin camera 221 captures a bird's-eye view of the pin stage, and captures the pin action after the bowl Bo is thrown, that is, the state of each pin Pi falling and maintaining upright.

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing an example of a bowling system according to the present invention. FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a more detailed configuration of FIG. 2. The bowling system 1 includes a bowling device 20, a game progress control unit 30, a tablet 40, a server 60 mainly for payment, and a payment system 70. Further, in order to make the bowling system 1 function, a smartphone 10 is used as a player terminal, and for example, the Internet 50 is used as a network. Further, the tablet 40 is made connectable to the Internet 50 and is capable of close communication with the game progress control unit 30.

As shown in FIG. 3, the bowling device 20 includes first lane units 201 to nth lane units 20n as a plurality of lanes, each of which includes a control unit 21, a sensor unit 22 in which various sensors are arranged, and a monitor 23. .. Further, although not shown in the figure, as is known, the bowling device 20 includes each mechanism portion for collecting the bowl Bo and the pin Pi after pitching, and further forwarding the bowl Bo to the pitching side.

The sensor unit 22 includes various sensors that detect the operation of each mechanism unit as needed, an optical bowl sensor that detects the running of the thrown bowl Bo, and a pin camera that detects the pin state after the pitch. Includes 221. The control unit 21 is provided in the console 200 and captures each detection information from the sensor unit 22 to detect the pitching timing of the bowl Bo, the running state, the position and the number of tilted Pis, and the like. The control unit 21 takes in the detection information from the sensor unit 22 and controls the operation of the mechanism unit and the like. As will be described later, among the control information of the control unit 21, information related to the score and the game progress (progress) processing such as the pin Pi status and the display processing of the monitor 23 is transmitted to the game progress control unit 30. It is used to process the progress of the game, calculate the score, and display the monitor 23.

Each console 200 of the bowling device 20 has a predetermined size on the surface of the housing and is coded in a predetermined format. In this embodiment, it is represented by a QR code (registered trademark) as shown in FIG. The code sheet 202 is attached. The QR code (registered trademark) shown on the code sheet 202 is assumed to be captured by a terminal owned by the player, for example, a smartphone 10. The code sheet 202 contains identification information for identifying the bowling field and each lane, and address (URL) information of the processing program storage unit 61 (see FIG. 2) in which a processing program for executing a game reception process and a payment process described later is recorded. Is at least written. In the present embodiment, the processing program storage unit 61 is provided in a network, for example, a server 60 on the Internet 50. The server 60 stores the checked-in player information (for example, the email address, telephone number, and password are encrypted), and the database 62 (for example, the game history and result (score, etc.) information is stored as needed). (See FIG. 2).

As shown in FIG. 4, the smartphone 10 includes a control unit 11 including a processor (CPU), and the control unit 11 is operated by a storage unit 12 for storing various data, a display unit 13 for displaying images, and a player. A key for giving an instruction or a touch panel type operation unit 14 and an image pickup unit 15 are connected. The image pickup unit 15 images the code sheet 202 via the operation unit 14. The storage unit 12 has various control programs built-in to function as a smartphone, and is a financial institution of a business partner used for contracted electronic payment (credit card method or pay system, carrier payment, etc.). It also stores electronic payment information such as the account number. The smartphone 10 makes a reception process for the game at the bowling alley and a payment request in advance for the planned number of games input in the reception process to the server 60. The details of the control unit 11 of the smartphone 10 will be described later.

Upon receiving the payment request from the smartphone 10, the server 60 executes a processing program to perform payment processing. In this embodiment, the payment process is performed with the payment system 70 on the Internet 50. As is known, the payment system 70 has a plurality of existing business entities, and is an individual payment system instead of a complicated system that enables individual payment methods in units of 10 smartphones and can be applied to individual financial institutions. It is equipped with a system that comprehensively acts as a proxy for payment processing between the server 60 and an actual financial institution by absorbing the differences between the electronic payment method and the financial institution. Here, specifically, the price of the planned number of games (including the price of shoes for rent) and the price of the ordered food and drink described later are paid from the account of the financial institution of the player's transaction to the account of the financial institution of the store owner of the bowling ground. Perform processing. The payment system 70 receives a payment instruction from the server 60 and performs payment processing. When the server 60 transmits a payment instruction to the payment system 70 (or receives a payment reception from the payment system 70 or a response of the payment result), the server 60 transmits a payment result report to the smartphone 10 and the tablet 40.

By exchanging information with the control unit 21 of the bowling device 20, the game progress control unit 30 receives the progress processing of the game (throwing order, guidance of the pitcher, etc.) and the pitching result of each player and falls. The position, number, and foul balls of the pin are detected, the pin is set and the score is calculated, and the resulting score and mark (for example, strike) are displayed on the monitor 23. As will be described later, the game progress control unit 30 outputs an activation instruction signal by inputting at least player information, information on the number of scheduled games, and information on the selected lane La from the play schedule information from the tablet 40. Then, the control unit 21 of the bowling device 20 is operated.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram showing the functions of the game progress control unit 30. The game progress control unit 30 includes a control unit 31 having a processor, an operation unit 32 that accepts operations from the outside as needed, and a storage unit 33 that stores a processing program and the like. The control unit 31 functions as a game progress processing unit 311, a score management unit 312, and a game image display processing unit 313 by executing the processing program recorded in the storage unit 33. The game progress processing unit 311 manages the progress of each player's pitching frame. The score management unit 312 calculates the score for each pitch from the situation of the pin Pi for each pitch of the bowl Bo by each player according to the bowling score rule. The game image display processing unit 313 gives an instruction to display the score of each pitch on the monitor 23, in addition to the game start screen as shown in FIG. 7, for example.

Generally, in the reception corner of a store, a desktop personal computer that comprehensively displays player check-in information is placed as a management device on the store side, making it possible to grasp the overall game status of each lane. There is. The management device may be a desktop type, but in the present embodiment, a portable tablet 40 is adopted instead of or separately.

As shown in FIG. 6, the tablet 40 includes a control unit 41 having a processor, a storage unit 42 for storing a processing program, a display unit 43 for displaying an image, for example, a touch panel type operation unit 44, and an output unit 45. .. The control unit 41 functions as an image display processing unit 411, an interlocking processing unit 412, a non-interlocking processing unit 413, and a payment confirmation unit 414 by executing a processing program recorded in the storage unit 42.

The image display processing unit 411 performs an image generation process to be displayed on the display unit 43. When the data format is the same as that of the game progress control unit 30, the interlocking processing unit 412 transmits the play schedule information of the tablet 40 to the game progress control unit 30. It is possible that the data formats of the game progress control unit 30 and the tablet 40 are different, and in that case, the signal cannot be transmitted from the tablet 40 to the game progress control unit 30 (or even if it can be transmitted, it is appropriate. Not processed as information). Therefore, assuming such a case, the output unit 45 of the tablet 40 is used as a printer, for example, and the non-interlocking processing unit 413 prints out the play schedule information. Then, the game progress control unit 30 can instruct the control unit 21 to start the game by manually inputting the game progress control unit 30 into the input unit 301 manually or via OCR (Optical Character Recognition / Reader). It should be noted that it is known in advance whether the data formats match or do not match, and the interlocking processing unit 412 or the non-interlocking processing unit 413 may be adopted accordingly.

Further, the payment confirmation unit 414 monitors the status of the server 60, and when it receives the payment result signal and the play schedule information of the newly checked-in customer transmitted from the server 60, it is checked in to the display unit 43. As a customer, for example, it is additionally displayed as a list. Examples of the display format will be described later with reference to FIGS. 10 to 12.

The game progress processing unit 311 of the game progress control unit 30 activates the bowling device 20 of the lane La corresponding to the lane identification information in the play schedule information input from the input unit 301, so to speak, in a state where the game can be performed in conjunction with each other. Then, the score table is displayed on the screen 23A of the monitor 23 (see FIG. 7). In FIG. 7, the names of four players (Yamada, Tanaka, Nakayama, Yamashita) are displayed in the order of pitching. Further, the game progress processing unit 311 manages the number of scheduled games input at the time of reception, and when the number of scheduled games is completed, the operation of the bowling device 20 is terminated, and the game image display processing unit 313 terminates as necessary. To produce.

Returning to FIG. 4, the control unit 11 of the smartphone 10 executes the control program to execute the code reading processing unit 111, the image display processing unit 112, the bowling menu processing unit 113, the food and drink menu processing unit 114, and the payment processing unit 115. Functions as.

The code reading processing unit 111 drives the image pickup unit 15 to take a picture of the target code sheet 202 and access the URL of the server 60. That is, the player enters the bowling alley, selects a desired lane from the vacant lanes, and photographs the code sheet 202 attached to the console 200 of the lane La with his / her smartphone 10. The code reading processing unit 111 analyzes the code of the captured code sheet 202, extracts the identification information of the lane La, and the URL of the server 60, and accesses the server 60. Upon receiving this access, the server 60 returns the reception screen information to the sender's e-mail address.

FIG. 8A is a login screen as an example of the returned return screen. The image display processing unit 112 displays the reception image. On the login screen, enter the e-mail address and password by launching the character string window of the illustration and tapping (pressing) the characters in sequence. When the login button is tapped, the login information is sent to the server 60 and registered in the server 60. In addition, depending on whether it is the first use after entering the store, in the case of the first time, from the security aspect, you will be asked to enter the first registration screen, then you will be asked to enter the SMS authentication phone number, and then enter the authentication number. Waiting for, these information are transmitted to the server 60.

On the next screen, a menu prepared in advance, here, as shown in FIG. 8B, a bowling menu and a food and drink menu button are displayed. When the bowling menu is selected (tapped), the bowling menu processing unit 113 displays a play schedule information input screen (see FIG. 8C), and accepts input of play schedule information (see FIG. 9). On the other hand, when the food and drink menu is selected, the food and drink menu (list) is displayed selectably by the food and drink menu processing unit 114 (see FIG. 8D), and the input of the desired food and drink is accepted (see FIG. 9). ). The food and drink menu may be selected on condition that the bowling menu is selected.

When the input is completed and the payment button (see FIG. 9) is tapped, the payment processing unit 115 subsequently confirms the check-in (steps S1 and S3), and then the input information is transmitted to the server 60. (Step S5).

Next, FIGS. 10 to 12 are examples of management screens displayed on the display unit 43 of the tablet 40. 10 (A) is a screen view showing lane information, and FIG. 10 (B) is a selection screen view of a management menu. 11 (A) is a screen view showing player information, and FIG. 11 (B) is a screen view showing food and drink order contents. FIG. 12 is a screen view showing the self-check-in lane setting.

In the lane information of FIG. 10A, the basic situation regarding each lane, for example, the vacancy situation can be visually recognized. In this example, lanes 1 and 4 are vacant. In addition, it is displayed that food and drink orders are being placed in the 2 lanes. In the management menu of FIG. 10B, a predetermined number, for example, five management items are displayed as a lower layer so as to be selectable. In the player information of FIG. 11A, the player name, the presence / absence of rental shoes, and the charge category (general or member) are displayed. The rental shoes and category items are items that are selectively input at the time of reception. In addition, other items (for example, adults / children, gender) that are mainly reflected in the price may be included as items at the time of reception.

In the food and drink order content of FIG. 11B, the ordered item and its quantity are displayed, and the delivered button is displayed at an appropriate place on the screen. When this button is tapped when the delivery of the ordered item is completed, the display of "food and drink order ant" in FIG. 10A is erased. In the self-check-in lane setting of FIG. 12, it is displayed whether or not the self-check-in is set for each lane.

The present invention can adopt the following aspects. If you want to continue playing games after the number of scheduled games you initially entered is finished, you may perform the reception process from the beginning, but at the end, send the screen information of the continuation confirmation button from the server 60 to the smartphone 10. You may do it. If you wish to continue, you may accept the input of the continuation in the same procedure as the initial reception, and you may not need the rental shoe price. Further, in the present embodiment, the number of games is input as the play schedule information, but the game time may be input instead.

1 Bowling system 10 Smartphone (player terminal)
13 Display unit 15 Imaging unit 20 Bowling device 202 Code sheet (sheet)
30 Game progress control unit 40 Tablet (store terminal)
50 Internet (network)
60 server 61 processing program storage

Claims (6)

A bowling device that has multiple lanes in the store and the progress of the game in each lane is controlled by the game progress control unit.
A server provided on the network, in which a processing program for receiving and paying for play schedule information is recorded at a predetermined URL, and
A sheet arranged in each of the plurality of lanes and in which the identification information of the lane and the URL are represented by a code, and
The play schedule is performed by receiving access to the URL based on the code read by the image pickup unit of the player terminal, executing the processing program by the server, and displaying the game reception screen on the display unit of the player terminal. A terminal on the store side that receives the result of the payment process transmitted from the server in response to the information reception process and the payment process for the play price corresponding to the received play schedule information, and is the payment process. A bowling system including a store terminal that receives a reception of the result of the above and outputs a start signal to the game progress control unit. The bowling system according to claim 1, wherein the player terminal is a smartphone. The bowling system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the store terminal is a tablet. The bowling system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the server records a processing program for food and drink order processing and payment processing thereof in the URL. The bowling system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein when the store terminal receives the result of the payment process from the server, the start signal and the play schedule information are transmitted to the game progress control unit. The bowling system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the play schedule information includes a player name and the number of games scheduled to be played.

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