Compact Multi-User Gaming Table With Transmissive Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming systems in casinos are limited by physical constraints, allowing only a small number of players to participate simultaneously due to the size of the gaming site, limiting the maximum number of participants per area unit.
Innovation Solution
A compact multi-user gaming system featuring a transmissive multi-user touch interface, a transmissive display screen, and an automated mechanical gaming machine, such as a roulette wheel or dice-shaking device, positioned beneath the user interface and display, allowing multiple users to view the machine while preventing physical manipulation, with a control unit managing user inputs and outputs.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If the automated mechanical gaming machine is positioned beneath the user interface and display, then multiple users can view the machine simultaneously, but the machine must be protected from physical manipulation by users
Solution Approach 1:
The gaming machine is repositioned from a horizontal arrangement on the table surface to a vertical arrangement beneath the table, utilizing the vertical dimension. This allows multiple users to view the machine simultaneously from their seated positions while the table structure itself acts as a barrier preventing physical manipulation.
Solution Approach 2:
The transmissive display screen serves as an intermediary between the users and the gaming machine. It allows visual access to the machine while the table structure and positioning create a physical barrier that prevents direct manipulation, mediating the interaction between users and the machine.
2Ease of operation
If the gaming machine is positioned on the side of the gaming table, then users can access it easily, but fewer players can play at a single table
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from a horizontal side-positioning arrangement to a vertical beneath-table arrangement, utilizing the vertical dimension to accommodate multiple users while maintaining ease of viewing through the transmissive display.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming table structure serves multiple functions: it supports the user interface and display, positions the gaming machine beneath the table, and acts as a barrier protecting the machine from manipulation. This multi-functionality allows more players while maintaining ease of operation.
3Quantity of substance
If more players are accommodated at a single table, then the number of participants per area unit increases, but the physical space requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
By utilizing the vertical dimension beneath the table for machine placement, the system accommodates more players without increasing the horizontal footprint of the gaming table, thus increasing participants per area unit without expanding the stationary object's area.
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AI summary
The present invention generally relates to a compact multi-user gaming system, and specifically to a multi-user gaming system in the form of a gaming table, provided with an integrated automated mechanical gaming machine visibly viewable by the users during a gaming operation. The invention also relates to a corresponding control method and a computer program product.