Reduced-Width Gaming Machine Cabinet for High-Density Casino Floor Layouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Casinos face challenges in maximizing the use of limited casino floor space due to the standard size of gaming machines, which often requires removing existing machines to make room for new ones, and the need to accommodate highly popular games by increasing their numbers.
Innovation Solution
The configuration of gaming machines with reduced widths, such as 50% of standard widths, and trapezoidal horizontal cross-sectional shapes, allows for increased density by enabling more machines to be placed in a given space, including arrangements where machines face opposite directions or are arranged in circular banks.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If standard-sized gaming machines are used, then each machine provides adequate display and operational space, but the number of machines that can be placed on the casino floor is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter changes by reducing the width parameter of the gaming machine cabinet from the standard 28 inches to approximately 14 inches (50% reduction), while maintaining the display size and operational functionality. This parameter change enables doubling or tripling the number of machines per floor space unit.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes vertical dimension by mounting displays on the cabinet doors rather than on the top box, and by arranging machines in circular banks or alternating facing directions. This dimensional reorganization maximizes space utilization without compromising player accessibility.
2Quantity of substance
If the number of popular gaming machines is increased, then player demand is met, but existing machines must be removed to make room
Solution Approach 1:
By changing the width parameter of the cabinet to 50% of standard size, the patent enables casinos to install additional popular games without removing existing machines, thereby meeting player demand while maintaining diverse game selection.
3Productivity
If more gaming machines are placed in a designated space, then floor space utilization improves, but machine configuration and arrangement become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the casino floor into modular zones where reduced-width machines can be arranged in standardized patterns such as alternating facing directions or circular banks. This segmentation simplifies the complexity by providing repeatable configuration units.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs circular bank arrangements of machines, utilizing curved configurations to maximize space utilization while creating aesthetically pleasing and ergonomically efficient layouts that naturally guide player movement and engagement.
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AI summary
Gaming machines, housings or cabinets for gaming machines, and arrangements of gaming machines are configured to minimize the amount of casino floor space occupied thereby. Gaming machines are configured so that, when located adjacent to one another, an increased number of gaming machines can be located in a designated amount of casino floor space, such as where a width of the gaming machine is reduced, or where a width of a housing of the gaming machine is reduced in relation to a video display thereof, and/or where the gaming machine has a generally trapezoidal cross-sectional shape which allows gaming machines to be arranged in overlapping reverse configuration.