Modular Gaming Device Housing with Plug-and-Play Interfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming and entertainment devices are inflexible for configuration, difficult to maintain, and cumbersome for transport due to their fixed housing designs, which limits customization, maintenance accessibility, and mobility.
Innovation Solution
A modular gaming device housing structure with pre-assembled electronic components, allowing interchangeable housing modules for displays, payout units, and operating systems, enabling easy reconfiguration and maintenance, and facilitating plug-and-play functionality through self-detection and automatic software adaptation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed housing design is used, then the device structure is simple and manufacturing is easy, but the device cannot be easily reconfigured or customized
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into multiple detachable modules (first housing module with operating unit and data processing unit, second housing module with display device, third housing module with payout unit). Each module can be independently manufactured, assembled, and replaced. Connection interfaces enable these segmented modules to be combined into a complete device, allowing flexible reconfiguration without redesigning the entire housing structure.
2Ease of repair
If the entire device is replaced when a component fails, then reliability is maintained, but maintenance time and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into replaceable modules, where the second housing module containing the display device can be independently removed and replaced. This allows maintenance personnel to swap out only the defective module rather than the entire device, significantly reducing maintenance time and improving accessibility to internal components.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a modular design with multiple connection interfaces is implemented, then adaptability and ease of maintenance improve, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The connection interfaces are designed with universal functionality to accommodate different module configurations. The same connection interface design can connect various types of modules (display modules, payout modules, operating units) in different arrangements, reducing the need for multiple specialized interface designs while maintaining high adaptability for customization.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a gaming, gambling and/or entertainment device, in particular a game of chance and/or gambling device that is coin-operated and/or operated by a monetary value equivalent. Said device comprises a housing, a data processing unit that is situated in the housing, at least one display device for displaying gaming and/or entertainment signals, in addition to a control panel that is located on the housing for operating the device. The housing has a modular construction and consists of several components that can be attached to one another, each being pre-assembled with the fixed electronic components, a first housing component, which supports the data processing unit and optionally the control panel, having a first interface connection that is used optionally to attach a respective second housing component, which supports the respective display device, to the first housing component. The data processing unit in the aforementioned first housing component advantageously comprises an identification device for the automatic identification of the respectively connected electronic components that are located in or on the attached additional housing components. This permits a plug-and-play configuration for the device.