Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Perceptible output or display
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-06
2008-05-06
Pezzuto, Robert E (Department: 3714)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Perceptible output or display
C463S016000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07367885
ABSTRACT:
Methods and apparatus on a gaming machine for presenting a plurality of game outcome presentations derived from one or more virtual 3-D gaming environments stored on the gaming machine are described. While a game of chance is being played on the gaming machine, two-dimensional images derived from a 3-D object in the 3-D gaming environment may be rendered to a display screen on the gaming machine in real-time as part of a game outcome presentation. The 3-D objects in the 3-D gaming environment may include 3-D texts objects that are used to display text to the display screen of the gaming machine as part of the game outcome presentation. Apparatus and methods are described for generating and displaying information in a textual format that is compatible with a 3-D graphical rendering system. In particular, font generation and typesetting methods that are applicable in a 3-D gaming environment are described.
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Antonov Serge
Breckner Robert E.
Escalera Anthony
Kryuchkov Alexey
LeMay Steven G.
IGT
Pezzuto Robert E
Weaver Austin Villeneuve & Sampson LLP
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