Gaming Machine Lighting Display Assembly with Light Guide Plate
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Solution Overview
Problem
Gaming machine manufacturers face challenges in designing engaging and entertaining lighting displays to attract and maintain player engagement, as existing solutions fail to provide sufficient visual appeal and entertainment value.
Innovation Solution
A lighting display assembly featuring a transparent light guide plate with a center opening, a light source, and a pattern that redirects visible light, combined with a controller for activation and deactivation, and optionally a film with a pattern for enhanced visual effects, to create an attractive and engaging illumination effect.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Illumination intensity
If traditional lighting displays are used in gaming machines, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but the visual appeal and entertainment value are insufficient to attract and maintain player engagement
Solution Approach 1:
The lighting display is segmented into multiple independent light guides, each with specific patterns (e.g., game symbols, graphical elements) formed on its surface. These segmented light guides can be individually controlled by the controller to display different visual elements, creating a complex and engaging display from simpler individual components
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a vertical dimension to the lighting display by positioning light sources behind the light guide plate and using patterns formed on the light guide surface to redirect light in three-dimensional space. This creates dynamic visual effects that appear to float or move across the display surface, enhancing visual appeal without requiring complex mechanical structures
2Adaptability or versatility
If complex lighting patterns and multiple light sources are added to enhance entertainment value, then player engagement increases, but the device complexity and manufacturing difficulty increase
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide plate serves multiple functions: it acts as a light diffusion medium, a pattern display surface, and a structural support element. By integrating these functions into a single component, the system achieves high entertainment value through versatile lighting patterns while maintaining relatively simple manufacturing processes
Solution Approach 2:
The controller dynamically changes lighting parameters such as intensity, color, and pattern activation to create varied entertainment experiences. This allows the same physical lighting structure to provide diverse visual effects and maintain player engagement without requiring multiple separate lighting systems
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 solution enhances the visual appeal of gaming machines by providing a dynamic and engaging lighting display that captures player attention, increasing entertainment value and maintaining player engagement.
Implementation Method 1
A pattern is formed in the light guide plate and positioned to be illuminated by the visible light emitted from the light source so that the illuminated pattern is visible through the front surface of the light guide plate
Implementation Method 2
the pattern redirects at least a portion of the visible light emitted from the light source and entering the sidewall wall of the light guide plate towards the front surface of the light guide plate
Data Source
AI summary
A lighting display assembly for use with a display monitor includes a light guide plate and a light source. The light guide plate is formed from a single piece of material that is transparent to visible light. The light guide plate includes a center opening extending between its front and rear surfaces and defining an inner sidewall. The light source is configured to emit visible light and is positioned facing the inner sidewall so that light emitted therefrom passes through the inner sidewall and into the light guide plate. A pattern is formed in the light guide plate and positioned to be illuminated by the visible light emitted from the light source so that the illuminated pattern is visible through the front surface of the light guide plate. The lighting display assembly is mounted behind a display monitor and is sized to extend laterally beyond an outer peripheral edge of the display monitor such that the illuminated pattern is visible from in front of the display monitor.