Gaming Machine Transitions

• US 20130196758A1
• Filed: 11/15/2012
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Original Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia PTY Limited (Aristocrat Leisure Limited)
• Inventors: Lenger, Drazen
• Granted Patent: US 9,474,972 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/31
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/52 involving aspects of the displayed game scene
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/66 for rendering three dimensional images
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 13/00 Animation
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3202 Hardware aspects of a gaming system, e.g. components, construction, architecture thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3211 Display means
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/3227 Configuring a gaming machine, e.g. downloading personal settings, selecting working parameters

Abstract

A graphics system for changing images on a gaming machine display, having a transition library of transition types, a graphics engine and a control means. The graphics engine applies a selected transition type from the transition library to at least one of at least two images for determining the way in which a substitution of one of the images by the other of the images occurs and initialises transition data for effecting an incremental substitution of the one image by the other image. The control means modifies the transition data such that, when the selected transition type is being effected, an incremental substitution of at least a part of the one image by the other image occurs serially until the one image has been substituted by the other image on the gaming machine display.

Claims

1. A method of displaying images on an electronic display, the method comprising the steps of:

associating a first of the images with display control data about a visual transition from the first of the images to a second of the images;

examining the display control data to obtain details about a discrete visual change related to the visual transition;

making the discrete visual change to the first of the images to thereby effect a part of the visual transition;

updating the display control data subsequent to making the discrete visual change to the first of the images to thereby create updated display control data;

examining the updated display control data to obtain details about another discrete visual change related to the visual transition; and

making the other discrete visual change to the first of the images to thereby effect another part of the visual transition.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of making a duplicate image of the first of the images, and wherein the step of making the discrete visual change and the step of making the other discrete visual change involve the duplicate image.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising the step of displaying the duplicate image on the electronic display.

4. A gaming machine comprising a game controller arranged to display images on an electronic display, the game controller being further arranged to:

associate a first of the images with display control data about a visual transition from the first of the images to a second of the images;

examine the display control data to obtain details about a discrete visual change related to the visual transition;

make the discrete visual change to the first of the images to thereby effect a part of the visual transition;

update the display control data subsequent to making the discrete visual change to the first of the images to thereby create updated display control data;

examine the updated display control data to obtain details about another discrete visual change related to the visual transition; and

make the other discrete visual change to the first of the images to thereby effect another part of the visual transition.

5. The gaming machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the game controller is further arranged to make a duplicate image of the first of the images, and wherein when making the discrete visual change and making the other discrete visual change the game controller uses the duplicate image.

6. The gaming machine as claimed in claim 4, wherein the game controller is further arranged to display the duplicate image on the electronic display.