Casino Game Peripheral Coordination Through Centralized State Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional casino gaming environments face complexity due to peripheral devices operating separately without knowledge of each other's actions, leading to increased training costs and reduced player engagement.
Innovation Solution
A game management system with a central device that communicates and coordinates data among multiple peripheral devices, allowing them to act in concert and update game states based on received data, reducing the need for costly independent control circuitry and simplifying integration.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple peripheral devices operate separately without centralized coordination, then each device can function independently with simple individual control, but the overall system complexity increases and devices cannot coordinate their actions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a centralized game management device as an intermediary that receives data from multiple peripheral devices (card shoe, cameras, chip tray) and coordinates their operations. This mediator enables the devices to work together in concert rather than independently, resolving the contradiction by providing system-level coordination without requiring complex inter-device communication protocols.
2Reliability
If each peripheral device has independent control circuitry to manage its operations, then device functionality is maintained, but training costs increase and operation becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the control functions of multiple peripheral devices into a single centralized game management device. Instead of each device having independent control circuitry that requires separate management, the centralized system consolidates control, reducing training requirements while maintaining all necessary device functionalities through unified management.
3Ease of manufacture
If peripheral devices operate autonomously without centralized management, then device integration is simpler, but player engagement decreases and gaming experience is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The centralized game management device serves multiple functions simultaneously: it manages card shoe operations, processes camera data for player identification and card detection, monitors chip tray status, and coordinates game flow. This multi-functional approach enables enhanced player engagement through integrated operations while maintaining relatively simple device integration through a universal control platform.
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AI summary
A game management system may comprise a game management device including one or more processors and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to detect a plurality of different peripheral devices connected to the game management device, select a game-type from a plurality of game-types, determine a game-state of the selected game-type, receive data from one or more peripheral devices of the plurality of different peripheral devices, and update the game-state responsive to the data received from the one or more peripheral devices.