Rotating Reel and Roulette Illumination for 3D Gaming Effects
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional illumination devices for gaming machines produce uniform and flat effects, lacking three-dimensional and distinctive displays.
Innovation Solution
An illumination device comprising a rotating body, disk-shaped member, and decorative illumination units with light sources, including light guide plates and prisms, to create dynamic and three-dimensional effects by rotating and illuminating graphics and graphics on a gaming machine.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a liquid crystal panel and LEDs are combined to produce illumination effects, then the device can display various effect screens, but the effect becomes uniform and flat
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces rotating components (rotating body with cylindrical shape, disk-shaped member) that dynamically change the display orientation and perspective. The rotating body rotates around a rotary shaft while the disk-shaped member rotates around its own center, creating dynamic three-dimensional effects that transition between different viewing angles and perspectives, eliminating the uniform and flat appearance of static displays
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transitions from a two-dimensional liquid crystal panel display to a three-dimensional configuration by adding rotational movement in multiple dimensions. The rotating body and disk-shaped member create depth and spatial variation in the display, allowing light to be emitted from different angles and creating a three-dimensional effect that enhances the visual experience
2Shape
If multiple rotating components and illumination units are added to create three-dimensional effects, then the visual impact is enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent employs a nested structure where the disk-shaped member is provided inside the rotating body when viewed from the side. The disk-shaped member rotates around its own center while being contained within the rotating body that rotates around a rotary shaft. This nested arrangement allows multiple rotating components to work together in a compact configuration, reducing overall device complexity while maintaining three-dimensional effects
Solution Approach 2:
The rotating body and disk-shaped member serve multiple functions: they display graphics, create three-dimensional effects, and can be controlled to show different content based on game states. The decorative illumination unit also serves multiple purposes by illuminating both the rotating body and disk-shaped member, allowing the same components to perform various display functions
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
The device achieves a three-dimensional and distinctive effect by rotating and illuminating graphics on the gaming machine, enhancing the gaming experience with dynamic light displays.
Implementation Method 1
a light guide plate that has an incident surface on which the light emitted from the first light source unit is incident and an exit surface from which the light incident from the incident surface is emitted
Implementation Method 2
a plurality of prisms that are disposed in a specific pattern on the light guide plate and reflect, in a specific direction, the light emitted from the first light source unit onto the incident surface
Data Source
AI summary
An illumination device 10 includes a reel 13a, a motor 13e, a roulette wheel 14c, a motor 14i, and LED tapes 14ba and 14bb. The reel 13a has a substantially cylindrical shape, rotates around a rotary shaft, and has a substantially circular first side surface, a second side surface that is disposed opposite the first side surface, and an outer peripheral surface that connects the first side surface and the second side surface. The motor 13e rotates the reel 13a around a substantially cylindrical center shaft. The roulette wheel 14c is provided inside the reel 13a when viewed from a side of the first side surface, and has a roulette graphics formed thereon. The motor 14i rotates the roulette wheel 14c around the center thereof. The LED tapes 14ba and 14bb are provided to the reel 13a and produce effects with light.