Gaming Machine Staged Symbol Indication for Result Recognition
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Solution Overview
Problem
In recent slot machines, the complex arrangement of activatable lines makes it difficult for players to recognize game results due to the large number of overlapping lines, leading to confusion in understanding the game outcome.
Innovation Solution
A gaming machine with a symbol display device that variably displays and rearranges symbols, using a controller to execute a common indication effect followed by individual indication effects based on randomly determined game results, allowing for multiple stages of indication effects to facilitate player understanding of the game outcome, while reducing data resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If multiple activatable lines are intricately arranged in the symbol display area, then the number of game result combinations increases, but the player's ability to recognize game results deteriorates due to overlapping lines
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the indication of game results into multiple segments: first a common indication effect is displayed for all game results, then individual indication effects are displayed for specific game results. This segmentation allows the system to handle multiple game result combinations while guiding player attention through staged indication, resolving the contradiction between versatility and recognizability
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies preliminary action by first displaying a common indication effect that prepares the player for the game result before showing the specific individual indication effect. This preliminary common indication reduces the complexity of recognizing the final result by establishing a baseline indication that applies to all outcomes
2Difficulty of detecting and measuring
If individual indication effects are executed for each game result, then player understanding of game outcomes improves, but data resource requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the indication system into a two-part structure where a common indication effect serves multiple game results simultaneously. This merging reduces data resource requirements by eliminating the need for completely separate indication data for each game result, while still providing individual differentiation through the second stage of indication
Solution Approach 2:
The common indication effect serves as a universal element that functions for all game results, making the indication system multi-functional. This universal component reduces overall data requirements while the individual indication effects provide specific differentiation when needed
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AI summary
A gaming machine 1: variably displays a plurality of symbols on a lower image display panel 141 in response to an external input; randomly determining symbols 501 to be rearranged on the lower image display panel 141; determining one of game results based on the symbols 501 randomly determined; execute a common indication effect common to all the game results; and after common indication effect is executed, executes an individual indication effect according to the game result determined while the symbols are variably displayed.