US Patent Issued to Konami Gaming on Sept. 9 for "Gaming machine and control method for operating gaming machines to display computer animated reel games" (Nevada Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,443, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Konami Gaming Inc. (Las Vegas).

"Gaming machine and control method for operating gaming machines to display computer animated reel games" was invented by Masaya Matsuda (Las Vegas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gaming machine including a cabinet, a display device mounted to the cabinet, and a control unit operably coupled to the display device is described herein. The control unit includes a processor programmed to execute an algorithm to render an animated sequence of computer-generated images on the display device including the steps of rendering a primary game screen on the display device...