Patent ID: 9474972
Filing Date: 2016-10-25
CPC Classification: A63F,G06T,G07F

Claim Text:
1. A method of displaying images on an electronic display of a gaming machine having a transition library and a graphics engine, the method comprising: selecting, via the graphics engine, a visual transition from a plurality of predefined visual transitions stored in the transition library; associating, via the graphics engine, a first image of the images with display control data for the selected visual transition from the first image to a second image of the images, the images stored in a memory device; extracting, via the graphics engine, a first set of details from the display control data that are associated with a discrete visual change related to the selected visual transition, the details including specified parameters for applying the selected visual transition; processing, via the graphics engine, the first set of details with the first image to apply the discrete visual change of the selected visual transition to a first part of the first image; updating, via the graphics engine, the display control data subsequent to making the discrete visual change to the first image to generate updated display control data; extracting via the graphics engine, a second set of details from the updated display control data that are associated with a second discrete visual change related to the selected visual transition; processing the second set of details with the first image to apply the second discrete visual change of the selected visual transition to a second part of the first image; and displaying, by the graphics engine on the electronic display, at least a part of the second image made visible by the applying of the discrete visual change and the second discrete visual change to the first image.