Rotatable Gaming Wheel with Integrated Touchscreen Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming devices, such as wheels of fortune, face limitations in transferring complex game information and player interaction due to mechanical simplicity and limited space, leading to predictable outcomes that can be manipulated.
Innovation Solution
Integration of an electronically controllable screen within the peripheral contour of the game wheel, allowing for the display of variable symbols and improved interaction through a touchscreen interface, while maintaining the mechanical charm of the game wheel.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If an electronically controllable screen is integrated within the wheel contour, then information transfer capability is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the mechanical game wheel with an electronically controllable screen by positioning the screen within the wheel's circumferential contour. This merging allows the display to show variable symbols, images, and text while the wheel provides the traditional mechanical rotation and stopping mechanism, thereby improving information transfer without requiring a completely new system.
Solution Approach 2:
The gaming device integrates multiple functions into a single system: the mechanical wheel provides randomization and visual appeal, while the electronic screen delivers complex game information, instructions, and variable symbols. This multi-functionality resolves the contradiction by making the device capable of both traditional wheel operation and advanced information display.
2Ease of operation
If the screen is positioned within the wheel contour, then player interaction is improved, but the mechanical simplicity is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent adds an electronic display dimension to the traditional two-dimensional mechanical wheel. The screen is positioned within the wheel's contour, creating a layered structure where the mechanical wheel operates in one plane while the electronic display provides information in the same visual space, enhancing interaction without complicating the mechanical rotation mechanism.
3Loss of information
If variable symbols are displayed on the screen, then game information transfer is improved, but manufacturing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of physically manufacturing different symbols on the wheel itself, the patent uses the electronic screen to display variable symbols as digital copies. This allows unlimited symbol variations to be shown without adding physical complexity to the wheel's construction, resolving the contradiction between information richness and manufacturing ease.
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AI summary
The present invention relates to a gaming device with a gaming wheel (2) rotatably mounted about a wheel axis (8) for displaying a game result, wherein the gaming wheel (2) is associated with an electrically controllable screen (13) which, viewed in the direction of the wheel axis (8), is arranged at least partially within the circumferential contour of the gaming wheel (2), and wherein the screen (13) is positioned in front of the gaming wheel (2) and covers part of a gaming wheel surface which faces an operator station of the gaming device. The screen (13) is designed as a touchscreen and is connected to a control device for controlling at least one gaming wheel function of the gaming wheel (2) such that the at least one gaming wheel function can be controlled by touching the screen (13) and/or by approaching the screen (13).