Gaming Machine Translucent Panel LED Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Game machines lack the ability to be easily customized in appearance to meet user preferences, with existing designs not allowing for dynamic color changes or synchronized lighting effects across multiple units.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating translucent panels with multicolor LEDs connected to a control unit within the game machine's housing, allowing for customizable color impressions and synchronized lighting across multiple machines, along with weight determining means for enhanced gameplay interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional opaque housing materials are used, then manufacturing simplicity is maintained, but appearance customization capability is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is segmented into opaque portions and separate translucent panels that can be independently configured. The translucent panels are detachably mounted to the housing frame, allowing them to be removed, replaced, or repositioned without affecting the main housing structure. This segmentation enables appearance customization while keeping the base housing simple and manageable.
Solution Approach 2:
The translucent panels serve multiple functions: they diffuse LED light to create uniform color impressions, they can be removed for cleaning or replacement, and they enable various appearance configurations. The same panel structure can accommodate different LED arrangements and color schemes, providing universal adaptability for customization needs.
2Adaptability or versatility
If translucent panels with LED patterns are added, then appearance customization is enabled, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The translucent panels are pre-assembled with LED patterns and mounting features before installation on the housing. The panels include pre-formed recesses, protrusions, or adhesive areas that facilitate easy attachment to the housing frame. This preliminary preparation simplifies the final assembly process and reduces manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
A housing frame acts as an intermediary structure between the opaque housing and the translucent panels. The frame provides standardized mounting points and alignment features that simplify panel installation. The frame mediates the connection, allowing panels to be easily attached and detached without complex integration with the main housing structure.
3Illumination intensity
If multiple multicolor LEDs are distributed across the panel, then uniform color impression is achieved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Different regions of the translucent panel are assigned different LED configurations based on local illumination requirements. LEDs are strategically positioned and oriented to address specific uniformity challenges in different areas. The translucent material's light diffusion properties are leveraged to achieve uniform color distribution without requiring dense LED placement across the entire panel.
Solution Approach 2:
Multicolor LEDs (such as RGB LEDs) are used to provide a wide range of color options from a single LED component. The control system can adjust the color output of each LED to achieve uniform color impressions across the panel. This approach reduces the total number of LEDs needed compared to using separate single-color LEDs for each color channel.
4Illumination intensity
If translucent material with specific light transmission is used, then light diffusion is improved, but material selection constraints increase
Solution Approach 1:
The light transmission and diffusion properties of the translucent material are optimized by adjusting material parameters such as thickness, composition, and surface treatment. By changing these parameters, the desired light diffusion quality is achieved while working within the constraints of available materials. The design accommodates variations in material properties to maintain performance.
Solution Approach 2:
Composite translucent materials or multi-layer panel structures are used to achieve optimal light diffusion characteristics. By combining different materials or layers with complementary properties, the design achieves superior light diffusion while maintaining flexibility in material selection. The composite structure allows tuning of optical properties without being limited to single-material options.
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
Enables dynamic color customization of game machine appearances and synchronized lighting effects, enhancing user experience and game engagement by providing a visually appealing and interactive environment.
Implementation Method 1
The at least one translucent panel is manufactured from a material with a light transmission lying between 10% and 60%, preferably between 20% and 50%, and more preferably between 35% and 45%. The at least one translucent panel is preferably manufactured from a white translucent material having good light diffusion properties.
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AI summary
Game machine comprising a housing with a number of upright walls, said housing being adapted to accommodate playing means, for instance pick-up means such as a grabber; wherein the upright walls of the housing comprise at least one translucent panel; and a pattern of multicolour LEDs is provided on the inner side of the housing behind this at least one translucent panel, said multicolour LEDs being connected to a control unit for controlling the colour emitted by each multicolour LED, which control unit and at least one translucent panel are adapted to impart a determined impression of colour to the at least one panel.