Ticket Burster Pre-Positioning for Faster Lottery Ticket Dispensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing lottery ticket vending machines face inefficiencies in dispensing tickets due to the time-consuming movement of ticket bursters to different drawers, leading to prolonged wait times for customers and increased wear on machine components.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a controller-driven system that predicts the next ticket to be purchased based on purchase data and moves the ticket burster to a pre-purchase position aligned with the predicted drawer, reducing travel distance and time for subsequent dispensing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the ticket burster moves to different ticket drawers to dispense lottery tickets, then the machine can serve multiple lottery games, but the customer wait time increases and mechanical wear increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by predicting which lottery ticket will be purchased next based on historical purchase data, and pre-positioning the ticket burster at the corresponding ticket drawer before the actual purchase occurs. This advance preparation eliminates the need for the burster to travel to the drawer during the customer transaction, thereby reducing wait time while maintaining multi-game capability
2Adaptability or versatility
If the ticket burster travels to different ticket drawers, then the machine can dispense various lottery tickets, but mechanical wear on components increases
Solution Approach 1:
By predicting the next ticket purchase and pre-positioning the burster accordingly, the system reduces the frequency and distance of burster movements. This decreases mechanical wear on the burster and its drive mechanisms, thereby extending component lifespan while still enabling the machine to dispense various lottery tickets across multiple games
3Manufacturing precision
If the ticket burster moves to aligned positions for each ticket drawer, then accurate ticket dispensing is achieved, but the complexity of the positioning system increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system uses historical purchase data to automatically predict which ticket will be purchased next and determines the appropriate drawer position without requiring complex real-time positioning calculations. The burster moves autonomously to the predicted position based on pattern recognition, simplifying the control system while maintaining accurate ticket dispensing
Data Source
AI summary
A lottery ticket vending machine that includes a ticket burster and a plurality of ticket drawers configured to hold different instant lottery ticket packs for different instant ticket lottery games, wherein the lottery ticket vending machine is configured to move the ticket burster to a pre-purchase position that is close to the lottery ticket drawer that holds an instant lottery ticket that is predicted to be the subsequently purchased instant lottery ticket from the lottery ticket vending machine to try to reduce the amount of time needed to complete the movement of the burster to the respective ticket drawer that holds that instant lottery ticket and thus to dispense that instant lottery ticket.