Patents by Inventor Simon Young TAO

Simon Young TAO 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).

  • Patent number: 11276368
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally apply color transforms to visual content. A set of color transforms in a graphics pipeline that are requested by a plurality of applications can be determined. At least one of the set of color transforms or an ordering of the set of color transforms can be modified, based on one or more arbitration rules, to generate an arbitrated set of color transforms. The visual content can be generated for display based at least in part on applying the arbitrated set of color transforms in the graphics pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Young Tao, Rajat Jain, Guangwen Yang, David Foster Spruill, Zachary Scott Northrup
  • Patent number: 11049228
    Abstract: Devices and methods for controlling display brightness may include receiving a brightness input for controlling a luminance level of at least one display in communication with the computer device. The devices and methods may include receiving high dynamic range (HDR) content and standard dynamic range (SDR) content for presentation on at least one display. The devices and methods may include generating adjusted SDR content by using the brightness input to modify luminance of the SDR content. The devices and methods may include blending the adjusted SDR content and the HDR content together to create a composed framebuffer content with the adjusted SDR content and the HDR content and transmitting the composed framebuffer content for presentation on at least one display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Young Tao, David Foster Spruill, Rajat Jain, Katie Anderson
  • Publication number: 20210074239
    Abstract: Examples described herein generally apply color transforms to visual content. A set of color transforms in a graphics pipeline that are requested by a plurality of applications can be determined. At least one of the set of color transforms or an ordering of the set of color transforms can be modified, based on one or more arbitration rules, to generate an arbitrated set of color transforms. The visual content can be generated for display based at least in part on applying the arbitrated set of color transforms in the graphics pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Young TAO, Rajat JAIN, Guangwen YANG, David Foster SPRUILL, Zachary Scott NORTHRUP
  • Publication number: 20210027435
    Abstract: Devices and methods for controlling display brightness may include receiving a brightness input for controlling a luminance level of at least one display in communication with the computer device. The devices and methods may include receiving high dynamic range (HDR) content and standard dynamic range (SDR) content for presentation on at least one display. The devices and methods may include generating adjusted SDR content by using the brightness input to modify luminance of the SDR content. The devices and methods may include blending the adjusted SDR content and the HDR content together to create a composed framebuffer content with the adjusted SDR content and the HDR content and transmitting the composed framebuffer content for presentation on at least one display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventors: Simon Young TAO, David Foster SPRUILL, Rajat JAIN, Katie ANDERSON
  • Patent number: 10839735
    Abstract: Described are examples for determining an effective color space of a display. A two-dimensional parametric surface that intersects a color volume defined for the display can be defined for at least one color volume vertex. A flat bitmap to which the two-dimensional parametric surface is mapped can be displayed, on the display, for the at least one color volume vertex. A selection of a point on the flat bitmap that corresponds to a perceived maximum color can be received for the at least one color volume vertex. The effective color space of the display can be determined based at least in part on the perceived maximum color selected for the at least one color volume vertex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Simon Young Tao, David Foster Spruill
  • Publication number: 20200211439
    Abstract: Described are examples for determining an effective color space of a display. A two-dimensional parametric surface that intersects a color volume defined for the display can be defined for at least one color volume vertex. A flat bitmap to which the two-dimensional parametric surface is mapped can be displayed, on the display, for the at least one color volume vertex. A selection of a point on the flat bitmap that corresponds to a perceived maximum color can be received for the at least one color volume vertex. The effective color space of the display can be determined based at least in part on the perceived maximum color selected for the at least one color volume vertex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Simon Young TAO, David Foster SPRUILL
  • Patent number: 10417327
    Abstract: Methods and devices for rendering interactive three-dimensional (3D) fonts may include receiving, at a text platform component executing on a computing device, a request from an application to render text. The methods and devices may include parsing the text to identify at least one glyph in the text. The methods and devices may include accessing a font file that includes a 3D glyph description associated with the at least one glyph and an interaction policy associated with the 3D glyph that determines when and how to animate the 3D glyph. The methods and devices may include rendering at least one 3D glyph based on the 3D glyph description and the interaction policy. The methods and devices may include transmitting at least one rendered 3D glyph.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Worachai Chaoweeraprasit, Richard Kirkpatrick Manning, Simon Young Tao
  • Publication number: 20180190004
    Abstract: Methods and devices for rendering interactive three-dimensional (3D) fonts may include receiving, at a text platform component executing on a computing device, a request from an application to render text. The methods and devices may include parsing the text to identify at least one glyph in the text. The methods and devices may include accessing a font file that includes a 3D glyph description associated with the at least one glyph and an interaction policy associated with the 3D glyph that determines when and how to animate the 3D glyph. The methods and devices may include rendering at least one 3D glyph based on the 3D glyph description and the interaction policy. The methods and devices may include transmitting at least one rendered 3D glyph.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Worachai CHAOWEERAPRASIT, Richard Kirkpatrick MANNING, Simon Young TAO