Currency Conversion Display for Gaming Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Players using gaming machines face difficulty in understanding displayed monetary amounts in currency units different from their accustomed currency, such as converting pesos to dollars, which complicates the betting and prize awarding process.
Innovation Solution
An information processing apparatus with a conversion apparatus that reads currency information from inserted bills and converts it into a specified currency unit, allowing the display of currency information in a user-friendly format, enabling easy understanding and processing regardless of the currency unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the gaming machine displays monetary amounts in a predetermined currency unit (e.g., pesos), then the processing and management of bets and prizes becomes straightforward for the machine, but players from different countries (e.g., Americans accustomed to dollars) find it difficult to understand the displayed amounts
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a currency conversion display mechanism that acts as an intermediary between the machine's internal currency processing system and the player's familiar currency system. The display device shows both the predetermined currency unit (pesos) and the player's familiar currency unit (dollars), enabling players to understand bet and prize amounts in their own currency while the machine continues to process everything in pesos. This resolves the contradiction by maintaining internal processing simplicity while improving player comprehension.
2Device complexity
If the gaming machine processes all transactions in a single predetermined currency unit, then the system complexity remains low, but it cannot accommodate players using different currency units
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a virtual copy of the currency conversion function at the display level without duplicating the entire transaction processing system. Instead of creating parallel processing paths for multiple currencies, the system maintains a single processing path in pesos and adds a display layer that converts and presents amounts in both pesos and dollars. This approach provides multi-currency support while minimizing additional system complexity.
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AI summary
[Problem] The object of the present invention is to provide an information processing apparatus and a conversion apparatus capable of making it easy for a user to understand display contents are provided.[Solution] The information processing apparatus, which performs a process based on specified currency information including a specified currency unit, comprises: a display device, which displays progress of the process, and a control device, which performs a first process that converts the specified currency information into other currency information including a currency unit different from the specified currency unit, and a second process that has the display device display the other currency information converted by the first process.