Patents by Inventor Collette Ostler

Collette Ostler 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).

  • Interacting with detail-in-context presentations
    Patent number: 8416266
    Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display surface, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a focal region with a magnification for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification varies to provide a continuous transition from the focal region to regions outside the lens; receiving a first signal for selecting the shoulder region; while receiving the first signal, receiving a second signal for selecting the focal region and for adjusting a position of the focal region relative to the shoulder region to define a degree and a direction of a folding of the focal region over the shoulder region for the lens; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Noregin Assetts N.V., L.L.C.
    Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Collette Ostler
  • Graphical user interface for detail-in-context presentations
    Patent number: 7966570
    Abstract: A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for transforming at least one of the region of interest, the focal region, and the base region; selecting the parameter using the means for selecting; transforming the visual information in accordance with a predetermined distortion function and the parameter to produce transformed visual information; and, displaying the transformed visual information on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2011
    Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V., L.L.C.
    Inventors: Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Garth Shoemaker, Collette Ostler
  • Interacting with Detail-in-Context Presentations
    Publication number: 20100262907
    Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display surface, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a focal region with a magnification for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification varies to provide a continuous transition from the focal region to regions outside the lens; receiving a first signal for selecting the shoulder region; while receiving the first signal, receiving a second signal for selecting the focal region and for adjusting a position of the focal region relative to the shoulder region to define a degree and a direction of a folding of the focal region over the shoulder region for the lens; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Garth B.D. Shoemaker, Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Collette Ostler
  • GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR DETAIL-IN-CONTEXT PRESENTATIONS
    Publication number: 20070130540
    Abstract: A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for transforming at least one of the region of interest, the focal region, and the base region; selecting the parameter using the means for selecting; transforming the visual information in accordance with a predetermined distortion function and the parameter to produce transformed visual information; and, displaying the transformed visual information on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2007
    Publication date: June 7, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Garth Shoemaker, Collette Ostler
  • Graphical user interface for detail-in-context presentations
    Patent number: 7197719
    Abstract: A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for transforming at least one of the region of interest, the focal region, and the base region; selecting the parameter using the means for selecting; transforming the visual information in accordance with a predetermined distortion function and the parameter to produce transformed visual information; and, displaying the transformed visual information on the display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2007
    Assignee: Idelix Software Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Garth Shoemaker, Collette Ostler
  • Graphical user interface for detail-in-context presentations
    Publication number: 20020180801
    Abstract: A method for displaying a region of interest within visual information on a display screen of a computer, the region of interest including a focal region and a base region. The method includes the steps of: providing means for selecting at least one parameter for transforming at least one of the region of interest, the focal region, and the base region; selecting the parameter using the means for selecting; transforming the visual information in accordance with a predetermined distortion function and the parameter to produce transformed visual information; and, displaying the transformed visual information on the display screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Publication date: December 5, 2002
    Inventors: Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Garth Shoemaker, Collette Ostler