Bi-directional Lever with Light Guide Plate for Dynamic Game Presentations
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current slot machines lack innovative ways to increase player excitement beyond traditional illuminated lever presentations, necessitating a more engaging operation lever device.
Innovation Solution
A bi-directionally rotating operation lever device with a light guide plate and a light source section forming images, combined with a mini-screen and actuator for dynamic presentations, allowing various operational inputs and presentations based on lever position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional illuminated lever presentations are used, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but player excitement and engagement are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide plate is integrated within the lever assembly, with the lever grip section positioned in front of the light guide plate. The light guide plate is further nested within the housing structure, creating a compact nested arrangement that provides complex functionality without proportionally increasing external dimensions or manufacturing complexity
Solution Approach 2:
The light guide plate serves as an intermediary element between the light source and the player's view. It receives light from the light source section and transmits it to form images, mediating the presentation function while maintaining structural simplicity. This intermediary approach allows complex visual presentations without requiring complex mechanical structures
2Adaptability or versatility
If more presentation techniques are added to increase player excitement, then player engagement improves, but the device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The light guide plate performs multiple functions: it guides light from the light source, forms images through its light emission pattern, and serves as a structural component of the lever assembly. This multi-functionality allows diverse presentations (different images, colors, patterns) without adding separate components for each function, maintaining ease of manufacture while enhancing presentation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables dynamic presentations by controlling the light source section to create various light emission patterns on the light guide plate. The lever can be positioned at different angles (horizontal, inclined, vertical) and the light patterns can change accordingly, providing dynamic adaptability without mechanical complexity in the light generation system
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enhances player excitement through dynamic and varied presentations, improving player interaction and engagement by displaying images and information on the lever and mini-screen, and enabling selection of bets and game modes.
Implementation Method 1
a light source section supplying light into the light guide plate, the light guide plate having a viewable surface provided with a light emission pattern for forming an image by emitted light
Data Source
AI summary
A game machine has an operation lever device disposed on a front side of the game machine, having a lever having a grip section that is configured to be held by a game player and that rotates bi-directionally with respect to a shaft, a light guide plate disposed on the grip section of the lever in a viewable manner, a light source section that supplies light into the light guide plate. The grip section is formed into a long shape. The light guide plate has a viewable surface provided with a light emission pattern for forming an image by emitted light.