Patents by Inventor Georges Winkenbach

Georges Winkenbach has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method and system for selecting elements in a graphical user interface
    Patent number: 7218330
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method and system for selecting elements in a graphical user interface (GUI) is presented. The method and system improves upon existing approaches by simplifying an element selection perimeter created in a document within a GUI. Preliminary selections and rejections of elements that are located inside or outside of an element selection perimeter, respectively, are also performed. The simplification of the element selection perimeter and the preliminary selections and rejections of elements provide element selections in a GUI quickly, using a minimized number and complexity of computations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2007
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Georges A. Winkenbach, Iain Clifford Heath, Scott M. LeGendre
  • Method and system for generating graphic illustrations according to a stroke texture and a tone
    Patent number: 5847712
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for generating an illustration having the steps of inputting a plurality of strokes in an area having a designated dimension, assigning a texture and tone to the area, where the tone determines the nature and quantity of the plurality of strokes, generating the texture and the tone assigned in that portion of the illustration, and outputting the illustration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1998
    Assignee: University of Washington
    Inventors: David H. Salesin, Georges Winkenbach, Michael P. Salisbury, Sean Anderson, Ronen Barzel