Nova Patents
AT421371T

3-d text in a gaming machine

Abstract

A method for generating a game of chance in a gaming machine operable i) to receive cash or evidence of credit for a bet on gambling and ii) to deliver cash or proof of credit as a reward by gambling, wherein the gaming machine comprises a master gaming controller, a display device, a memory device and a graphics rendering 3D, the method comprising: providing on the gaming machine texture source comprising a plurality of drawn characters in a particular font style, font texture comprising said; one or more font parameters for defining global characteristics of the plurality of characteristics in the font texture; one or more parameters of character to define characteristics of each character; during operation of the gaming machine, determine a text string comprising a plurality of characters for display on the display device; determining a text page surface for guiding a placement of the plurality of characters in a game environment 3D; for each character in the text string, measure a 3D object for the character using the font parameters and character parameters; texture mapping a character from the font texture with 3D object; place each object in 3D on page surface text; apply one or more rules typesetting to 3D objects to improve visual quality of the text string rendered from 3D objects including determining a location of each character in the text string relative to another in the environment 3D gaming; render the text string using the system 3D graphic rendering; display the text string rendered on the display device; receive the bet for gambling controlled by the master gaming controller on the gaming machine; determining a game result to gambling; display the result of the game using the graphics rendering system 3D display device.

Term

No projected expiry on record.

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