Patents Examined by Jeanette J Parker
  • Patent number: 11010036
    Abstract: Techniques for edit experience for transformation of digital content are delivered in a digital medium environment. According to various implementations, an image editor system receives edits to a digital image to transform the digital image and generate an edited image. An edit experience is then generated that is presentable to recreate the image transformation process. The image editor system outputs the edit experience to enable a user to interact with the edit experience to reproduce the image transformation, such as via a step-by-step process. In at least some implementations, edits to a particular digital image are saved as presets that can be suggested for editing other images, such as images that are determined to be similar to an edited image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Eric Nichoson, Edward Christopher Wright, Christopher James Gammon, Christian Thomas Cantrell
  • Patent number: 11003348
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an arrangement for determining the pupil center of an eye of a person in an image. The arrangement includes a touch-sensitive display device for displaying the image with the eye of the person and a gesture recognition unit for recognizing a first predetermined gesture in response to a touching of the touch-sensitive display device by a user. The gesture recognition unit is configured to recognize, as a first predetermined gesture, a movement of two fingers at a distance (D) to each other touching the touch-sensitive display and carrying out an orbital rotational movement about a common rotation center. A contrast changing unit changes the contrast of the image displayed on the touch-sensitive display device in response to the user touching the touch-sensitive display device in a manner recognized as the first predetermined gesture by the gesture recognition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Carl Zeiss Vision International GmbH
    Inventors: Konrad Saur, Alexander Wohlfahrt, Subhashini Mani
  • Patent number: 10996821
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus that, in a case where processing corresponding to a user operation is determined to be cancelled before cancellation of the processing corresponding to the user operation, the user operation is determined to correspond to a hold-down operation, and a context menu is displayed in a case where the user operation corresponds to the hold-down operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yoshiteru Horiike
  • Patent number: 10999334
    Abstract: A system and method for multi-party communication includes determining a trending common identifier within a media platform and generating a communication channel within a communication platform based on the common identifier. The method and system includes, in response to a join request from each of a plurality of users, connecting the plurality of users to the communication channel, where the communication channel is an open communication channel for active audio communication between the plurality of users across the communication platform and facilitating audio communication between the plurality of users, including providing a visual display on the communication platform, including visual display of the active audio communication across the communication platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: COMET CAPITAL, LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence T. Levine, David Michael Weber
  • Patent number: 10983744
    Abstract: A terminal and operating method thereof includes receiving a plurality of contents, classifying the plurality of received contents into a plurality of groups based on recipient information of a recipient corresponding to a user of the terminal, and outputting the plurality of contents classified into the plurality of groups in order corresponding to the recipient information. A thumbnail image represents each of the plurality of groups. The thumbnail image is displayed in accordance with the recipient information, such as a thumbnail image of a group considered to be more of interest to a user displayed in a larger size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongwoo Han, Guntae Bae, Jungho Lee, Jongpil Won
  • Patent number: 10979518
    Abstract: An editor edits an arrangement of a plurality of pictograms in a display area, the pictograms corresponding to functions to be executed. A generator generates hysteresis information indicating a hysteresis of the edit. A first transmitter transmits display area information indicating the display area to other terminal apparatus. A receiver receives hysteresis information indicating a hysteresis of processing relating to the display area indicated by the display area information, the processing being performed in the other terminal apparatus. A display unit correlates and display the hysteresis information generated by the generator and the hysteresis information received by the receiver. A second transmitter transmits the hysteresis information generated by the generator and the hysteresis information received by the receiver to a terminal apparatus which has transmitted the display area information to the own apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshihito Suezawa
  • Patent number: 10963139
    Abstract: An electronic device including a touch-enabled display module configured to display a plurality of windows according to a multi-window mode; and a control module configured to displaying on the touch screen a first application window and a second application window according to the multi-window mode, alter the first application window in response to a touchscreen input received via the touch-enabled display, and automatically alter the second application window in response to the alteration of the first application window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo Suk Kang, Geon Soo Kim, Dong Hyun Yeom, Pil Joo Yoon, Yong Joon Jeon, Bo Kun Choi
  • Patent number: 10965783
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a multimedia information sharing method performed by a first multimedia information sharing apparatus, including: receiving, via a VR display desktop, a multimedia information sharing instruction; determining to-be-transmitted target multimedia information according to the multimedia information sharing instruction; transmitting the target multimedia information to a VR server, and the VR server transmits the target multimedia information to a second multimedia information sharing apparatus that uses the multimedia information to generate VR target multimedia information corresponding to the target multimedia information and present the VR target multimedia information. In the present disclosure, multimedia information is processed into VR target multimedia information, so that both an information receiving party and an information transmitting party can view the VR target multimedia information in a VR environment, thereby improving interactivity during information sharing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhixuan Ding, Pinxian Li
  • Patent number: 10956012
    Abstract: A display apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The display apparatus includes a display; a communicator configured to communicate with a plurality of electronic devices, which generates information used in a function of user device, via a network; a user input receiver configured to receive a user input; and a processor configured to display a graphic user interface (GUI) including a plurality of icons corresponding to the plurality of electronic devices, respectively, on the display, and to, based on a user input on at least one icon from among the plurality of icons, control an operation of corresponding at least one electronic device from among the plurality of electronic devices. The display apparatus provides the GUI for controlling the plurality of electronic devices, thereby enabling a user to control the electronic devices in an intuitive and convenient way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Oh-in Kwon
  • Patent number: 10956019
    Abstract: Automatically alternating between input modes on a computing device based on a usage pattern is provided. A first input mode is initiated for interacting with content displayed on the computing device. An input corresponding to a second input mode on the computing is then detected. A transition is then made from the first input mode to the second input mode on the computing device. Upon the detecting a termination of the input on the displayed content the second input mode, a gradual transition is made from the second input mode to the first input mode based on a current sensor state of the computing device and a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Oded Elyada, Jeffrey M. Jo, Shaiket S. Das, Aditya R. Kalro, Zijia Zheng, Karen Master Ben-Dor, Adi Diamant, Inbal Ort Bengal
  • Patent number: 10936145
    Abstract: Aspects of the systems and methods are described providing for modifying a presented interactive element or object, such as a cursor, based on user-input gestures, the presented environment of the cursor, or any combination thereof. The color, size, shape, transparency, and/or responsiveness of the cursor may change based on the gesture velocity, acceleration, or path. In one implementation, the cursor “stretches” to graphically indicate the velocity and/or acceleration of the gesture. The display properties of the cursor may also change if, for example, the area of the screen occupied by the cursor is dark, bright, textured, or is otherwise complicated. In another implementation, the cursor is drawn using sub-pixel smoothing to improve its visual quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Ultrahaptics IP Two Limited
    Inventor: David S. Holz
  • Patent number: 10928987
    Abstract: Techniques for presenting, at a graphical user interface (GUI), a constellation view of communications associated with node groups of a network disclosed. A GUI presents icons arranged on concentric rings. Icons on one ring represent device groups. Icons on another ring represent address groups. Icons on another ring represent intranet groups. Each icon is selectable to request information about the communications of the corresponding node group. Connections are drawn between the selected icon and other icons to represent the communications. Each connection is selectable to request additional information regarding the communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Ordr Inc.
    Inventors: Gnanaprakasam Pandian, Vivekanandan Vinayagam, Sheausong Yang, Vijayaraghavan Doraiswami, Krishna Kumar Vavilala
  • Patent number: 10929014
    Abstract: The application provides a character correction method and apparatus, a device, and a storage medium, where the method including: obtaining position information of a click operation of a user on a terminal screen, and obtaining feature information of the click operation; determining distance information between the position information and each key on the terminal screen; determining transition probability information from a character indicated by a history click operation to a character corresponding to each key; determining a character prediction result according to the feature information, the distance information and the transition probability information, where the character prediction result comprises a probability score that the character indicated by the click operation belongs to the character corresponding to each key; and determining the character with a highest probability score as a correction character corresponding to the click operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ping Li, Mingming Sun, Xin Wang, Yue Feng, Kefeng Meng, Gang Qiao, Qiaofei Wang, Jingyuan Zhang
  • Patent number: 10915868
    Abstract: Life events relating to a user are displayed on a calendar. A user may navigate to different time periods in the calendar and see past life events relating to the user displayed on the calendar. The life events that are displayed on the calendar may include different types of content and be determined from different sources. For example, the life events for the time period may be: pictures, events, social media posts, messages, and the like. Different content sources may be used to locate the life events relating to the user. The life events that are selected for display on the calendar may be shown differently from other content that is included on the calendar. The life events may be processed to adjust an appearance of the life event before it is displayed. A user may also share a life experience with other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Lynn Ayres, Kirk Fernandes, Alice Jane Brush, Nelson Siu, Jonathan Cadiz, Choon-mun Hooi, Kathryn Elizabeth Suskin
  • Patent number: 10901581
    Abstract: A method and system provides for integrating multiple executable applications, including executing a non-browser application and executing a first application within the browser platform, the browser platform including a microservices layer. The method and system includes executing a bridge between the non-browser application and the first application. The method and system displays the first application in a browser window and encapsulates the non-browser application for display in a non-browser window. The method and system groups these two windows such that any adjustments to the browser window is reflected in the non-browser window, assimilating the non-browser application in a browser window. Using the bridge and microservices layer, hotkey commands are further propagated to the browser application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: CHARTIQ, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Gary Schleifer, Siddharth Gautam Dalal, Bradley Stewart Carter, Terrence Russell Thorsen, Michael Hugh McClung, Ryan Christopher Sharp
  • Patent number: 10885423
    Abstract: A software robot is designed to carry out an activity (e.g., a mouse click, a text input, etc.) on a target element (e.g., a button, an input field, etc.) of a user interface. The robot's code specification is configured to include an on-screen image of the target element and a text displayed by the target element. The robot is configured to automatically identify the target element at runtime according to an element ID specified in the source code of the user interface, and when such identification fails, to identify the target element according to the text and image stored in the robot's code.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: UiPath Inc.
    Inventors: Cosmin V. Voicu, Dragos H. Bobolea, Ion Miron, Ilie C. Paunel, Bogdan Ripa
  • Patent number: 10884766
    Abstract: Disclosed are various approaches for connecting third-party services for user interaction. An integration service can receive from a client device a content query including a selection of content by a user interacting with a user interface on the client device. The integration service can compare the content query with predefined connector data to identify a connector associated with the content query. The integration service can send the content query and an authentication token of the user to the connector to access information from a third-party service. In response to receiving the information from the third-party service, the integration service can provide the information to the client device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: VMWARE, INC.
    Inventors: Shree Harsha Shedigumme, Sudharsan Thumatti Sathiamoorthy, Amit Jain, Ashish Agrawal, Sharun Varghese Samuel, Shaleen Mittal
  • Patent number: 10866710
    Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable medium stores instructions to control a portable terminal to perform processes including: an receiving processing of receiving a user operation; a first determination processing of determining whether device identification information is stored in the storage; performing a first designation processing; a second designation processing; wherein the first designation processing includes: a first specifying processing of specifying the image processing device; a first selection screen display processing of displaying a first selection screen; and, when the user operation of designating the device object is received, a first storing processing, and wherein the second designation processing includes: a second specifying processing of specifying an image processing device; a second selection screen display processing of displaying a second selection screen; and, when the user operation of designating the device object is received, a second storing processing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Norihiko Asai
  • Patent number: 10866728
    Abstract: One embodiment provides a method, including: receiving, at a notch taskbar integrally coupled to an information handling device, an indication to perform an action, wherein the notch task bar is positioned adjacent to a notch of the information handling device; and performing, using a processor, the action Other aspects are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: David W. Douglas, Koji Kawakita, Moriyuki Tsuchihashi, Kazuo Fujii
  • Patent number: 10860196
    Abstract: Techniques for edit experience for transformation of digital content are delivered in a digital medium environment. According to various implementations, an image editor system receives edits to a digital image to transform the digital image and generate an edited image. An edit experience is then generated that is presentable to recreate the image transformation process. The image editor system outputs the edit experience to enable a user to interact with the edit experience to reproduce the image transformation, such as via a step-by-step process. In at least some implementations, edits to a particular digital image are saved as presets that can be suggested for editing other images, such as images that are determined to be similar to an edited image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Eric Nichoson, Edward Christopher Wright, Christopher James Gammon, Christian Thomas Cantrell