Emotive Lighting Structure for Casino Gaming Machines
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machines lack effective features to enhance entertainment value and attract players, leading to a need for continuous development of new games and enhancements to increase profitability.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine design incorporating a gaming cabinet with an electronic display device featuring an active area for displaying casino wagering games, a masked area to create a border, and a diffused lighting area that extends to the cabinet's peripheral edge, using a single diffuser to transmit light and create an emotive lighting structure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If traditional gaming machines use standard display borders and lighting, then manufacturing is simple and cost-effective, but entertainment value and player attraction are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transitions from traditional 2D display borders to a 3D emotive lighting structure that extends outward from the display surface. The lighting structure includes multiple layers (first lighting layer, second lighting layer, diffuser layer) arranged in three-dimensional space, creating depth and visual dimensionality that enhances entertainment value without complicating manufacturing processes
Solution Approach 2:
The lighting structure applies different lighting characteristics to different regions: the first lighting layer provides border illumination, the second lighting layer provides diffused illumination, and the masked area creates contrast. This local differentiation of lighting quality enhances visual appeal and player engagement while maintaining manufacturing simplicity through modular layer construction
2Adaptability or versatility
If gaming machines incorporate complex lighting structures to enhance entertainment value, then player attraction increases, but device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting structure is divided into distinct functional layers: a first lighting layer for border illumination, a second lighting layer for diffused illumination, and a masked area for contrast. This segmentation allows each layer to be designed and manufactured independently, reducing overall complexity while achieving enhanced entertainment value through coordinated lighting effects
Solution Approach 2:
The diffuser layer acts as an intermediary between the light sources and the viewer, transforming direct light from the LED arrays into soft, diffused illumination. This intermediary element simplifies the lighting design by eliminating the need for complex optical components while achieving the desired diffused lighting effect that enhances entertainment value
3Manufacturing precision
If gaming machines use multiple separate diffusers for border and diffused lighting areas, then lighting control precision is improved, but device complexity and manufacturing cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the border lighting and diffused lighting functions into a single integrated diffuser structure. The first lighting layer and second lighting layer are positioned at different depths within the same diffuser assembly, allowing both border and diffused illumination to be controlled through a unified manufacturing process while maintaining precise lighting control for enhanced entertainment value
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The emotive lighting structure enhances the entertainment value of gaming machines by creating a visually appealing borderless transition between the active and diffused lighting areas, increasing player attraction and operator profitability.
Implementation Method 1
a single diffuser that receives the initial light and transmits it towards the player
Data Source
AI summary
A gaming machine includes a gaming cabinet, an electronic display device, a masked area, a light source, and a diffused lighting area. The display device is within a cabinet enclosure and has an active area with an image surface, which is defined by a plurality of active edges and is configured to display images of a casino wagering game. The masked area is adjacent to the active area and lacks any display of the images of the casino wagering game. The light source is concealed from view relative to a player position and emits an initial light. The diffused lighting area is adjacent to the masked area, extends to overlap the adjacent peripheral edge of the cabinet enclosure, and includes a single diffuser that receives the initial light and transmits it towards the player.