Patents by Inventor Christian B. Schormann

Christian B. Schormann 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).

  • Visual state manager for control skinning
    Patent number: 8314801
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state. In one embodiment, a computer system accesses state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to. The state properties include visual properties and transition description information. The computer system determines the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state and automatically generates an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Young, Steven Charles White, Christian B. Schormann
  • VISUAL STATE MANAGER FOR CONTROL SKINNING
    Publication number: 20090219294
    Abstract: Embodiments described herein are directed to automatically generating an animation for a transition between a current state and a new state. In one embodiment, a computer system accesses state properties of a visual element corresponding to a current state the visual element is in and a new state the visual element is to be transitioned to. The state properties include visual properties and transition description information. The computer system determines the differences between the visual properties of the current state and the new state and automatically generates an animation based on the determined differences between the visual properties for the current state and the new state, such that the animation is playable to transition the visual element from the current state to new state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Young, Steven Charles White, Christian B. Schormann