Automated Ticket Issuing System for Gaming Machine Entry
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming systems face issues with players queuing up to enter special games, as existing systems require manual entry processes that can be time-consuming and inconvenient, leading to frustration and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
A ticket issuing system that includes multiple ticket issuing devices with processors, input devices, and gaming machines, allowing for automatic ticket issuance upon receiving participation input signals, with features like player identification, encoded game information, and network communication to manage player limits and game participation, ensuring smooth entry into games without queuing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If manual entry process is used for special game participation, then player identification and game entry control can be performed, but players must queue up in front of the entry terminal causing long wait times and inconvenience
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically issuing tickets to players before they need to enter the special game. The ticket issuance is triggered by detection of a gaming machine start button press or credit insertion, allowing players to receive their participation tickets in advance without queuing at the entry terminal.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the manual mechanical queueing system with an automated electronic ticket issuance system. Instead of players physically lining up and manually entering information, the system automatically detects player presence, issues tickets electronically, and manages entry control through the ticket reading mechanism.
2Productivity
If multiple ticket issuing devices are deployed to reduce queuing, then ticket issuance speed increases, but system complexity and device management difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The ticket issuing terminal is designed with multi-functionality, serving both as a game operation terminal and as a special game entry control terminal. This universal design allows a single device to handle multiple functions including normal game play, credit management, and special game ticket issuance, thereby reducing the need for separate dedicated devices and simplifying system configuration.
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AI summary
A gaming machine of the present invention comprises: a ticket reader; and a controller, the controller programmed to execute the processing of (a) executing a game played against an other gaming machine, when the ticket reader has read a ticket issued from a ticket issuing terminal.