Sealed Coin-Operated Game Machine Token Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing coin operated game machines require frequent maintenance and adjustment due to uncertainties in token input and handling, leading to potential sanitary issues from token circulation and contact.
Innovation Solution
A coin operated game machine design featuring a sealed space with a coin-passing mechanism, token-passing mechanism, and identification module, where coins are converted to game tokens within a sealed space, reducing external token handling and enabling automated reward ticket output.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If tokens are frequently handled and adjusted to balance game fairness, then game fairness is maintained, but maintenance frequency increases and sanitary conditions deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a token generator as an intermediary component that automatically produces tokens based on coin insertion, eliminating the need for manual token handling and adjustment. The system uses a coin-counter to track coin insertions and automatically generates corresponding tokens, thereby maintaining game fairness while reducing maintenance frequency and improving sanitary conditions by minimizing direct contact with tokens.
2Quantity of substance
If tokens are circulated outside the machine, then token availability is maintained, but sanitary conditions deteriorate due to virus or bacteria transmission
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a self-service system where the machine automatically generates tokens based on coin insertions without requiring external token circulation. The token generator creates tokens internally using the coin-counter's tracking data, eliminating the need for tokens to be circulated outside the machine. This maintains token availability while improving sanitary conditions by preventing contact with externally circulated tokens that may carry viruses or bacteria.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the number of incoming tokens cannot be known for certain, then flexibility is maintained, but the stack status of tokens on the platform needs frequent adjustment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a coin-counter that provides feedback on the number of coins inserted, which is then used by the token generator to automatically determine the number of tokens to generate. This feedback mechanism eliminates uncertainty about token availability and removes the need for frequent manual adjustment of token stack status, thereby maintaining flexibility while reducing time loss associated with adjustments.
Data Source
AI summary
A coin operated game machine is adapted to operate through a plurality of coins, and includes a machine bed unit, an operation unit, and a back-end unit. The machine bed unit includes a main body defining a sealed space, and an operation table dividing the sealed space into a game region and a recognition region. The operation unit includes a coin-passing mechanism, a token-passing mechanism, a plurality of game tokens for being outputted to the sealed space, and an identification module identifying each of the game tokens that falls to the recognition region. The back-end unit includes a ticket-passing module configured to output at least one ticket according to identification of the identification module.