Game System Prize Tracking via Electronic ID Registration
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Solution Overview
Problem
The current process of managing prizes in object acquisition game machines is inefficient, as it requires manual recording of prize locations and can be time-consuming, especially when done during business hours, thereby reducing player convenience.
Innovation Solution
A game system that includes first and second management terminals, an object acquisition game machine, and a server, where the system allows for the electronic registration and tracking of prizes through unique IDs, enabling efficient management and reducing errors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual recording of prize locations is performed during business hours, then prize management can be updated in real-time, but player convenience deteriorates and carry-in work takes too long
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs prize management operations in advance by enabling carry-in work to be completed outside of business hours. The automated registration system allows prizes to be registered and tracked before they are needed for player gameplay, so that when players arrive during business hours, all prize location data is already prepared and updated in the system without requiring staff intervention or delaying player access.
2Loss of information
If manual recording of prize locations is performed, then prize tracking is possible, but errors in recording occur and efficiency is low
Solution Approach 1:
The system replaces the manual mechanical recording process with an automated electronic registration system. When prizes are carried into the game machine, the system automatically registers and tracks prize location information through electronic data input and processing, eliminating human errors associated with manual recording while significantly improving the efficiency and speed of prize management operations.
3Duration of action of stationary object
If carry-in work is performed during business hours, then prize replenishment can be done timely, but the time required for carry-in work increases and reduces player convenience
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables prize carry-in and registration operations to be performed in advance outside of business hours. By preparing and registering prizes before opening time, the system ensures that prize replenishment is completed timely without requiring extended carry-in work during business hours, thus maintaining prize availability while minimizing disruption to player gameplay.
Data Source
AI summary
A management terminal receives input of a game machine ID for identifying an object acquisition game machine and a prize ID for identifying a prize to be stored in an object acquisition game machine. A server associates the prize ID with the game machine ID to update object location information indicating the location of the prize. The object acquisition game machine is a game machine with which a player attempts to acquire a prize placed in a first region by moving the prize to a second region by manipulating a crane. The management terminal receives a prize ID from a code attached to a prize by reading the code with a predetermined reader.