Patents by Inventor Daniel J. Clark

Daniel J. Clark 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).

  • Publication number: 20240068943
    Abstract: Instrument control and data acquisition in advanced analytic systems that utilize optical pulses for sample analysis are described. Clocking signals for data acquisition, data processing, communication, and/or other data handling functionalities can be derived from an on-board pulsed optical source, such as a passively mode-locked laser. The derived clocking signals can operate in combination with one or more clocking signals from a stable oscillator, so that instrument operation and data handling can tolerate interruptions in operation of the pulsed optical source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Quantum-Si Incorporated
    Inventors: Jonathan M. Rothberg, Benjamin Cipriany, Faisal R. Ahmad, Joseph D. Clark, Daniel B. Frier, Michael Ferrigno, Mel Davey, Thomas Raymond Thurston, Brett J. Gyarfas, Todd Rearick, Jeremy Christopher Jordan
  • Patent number: 9922571
    Abstract: A small aircraft includes a computer system configured to determine its own location, establish a datalink with a ground station and send the location information to the ground station in an ADS-B compliant format. The ground station then transmits the ADS-B compliant small aircraft information as a virtual ADS-B signal from the small aircraft to air traffic controllers and local ADS-B capable aircraft. Likewise, a ground station incorporates a virtual ADS-B In function to receive ADS-B information in a non-ADS-B datalink channel. The ground station performs ADS-B In applications without the burden of the small aircraft carrying the actual ADS-B equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Rockwell Collins, Inc.
    Inventors: William T. Greenleaf, Daniel J. Clark, Phillip L. Ellery
  • Patent number: 9245365
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for dynamic digital image compositing using a digital image template. A request is received to generate a composite digital image at a user-specified resolution based on a master digital image. Each of a plurality of digital image templates includes image data representing a different, particular resolution of the master digital image. The digital image templates can be stored in a common file with the master digital image. One of the digital image templates associated with a resolution that is at least as high as and closest to the user-specified resolution is selected for compositing. Composite image data is then generated based on the selected digital image template. Next, the composite image is rendered based on the composite image data and scaled to the user-specified resolution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Bob van Manen, Daniel J. Clark, Brian McPheeters
  • Publication number: 20150131923
    Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for dynamic digital image compositing using a digital image template. A request is received to generate a composite digital image at a user-specified resolution based on a master digital image. Each of a plurality of digital image templates includes image data representing a different, particular resolution of the master digital image. The digital image templates can be stored in a common file with the master digital image. One of the digital image templates associated with a resolution that is at least as high as and closest to the user-specified resolution is selected for compositing. Composite image data is then generated based on the selected digital image template. Next, the composite image is rendered based on the composite image data and scaled to the user-specified resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Bob van Manen, Daniel J. Clark, Brian McPheeters
  • Patent number: 8752978
    Abstract: An LED retrofit tube that has an outer body that is substantially a lens so as to enable light generated by LEDs and light reflected therewithin to pass through substantially the entire tube. The tube includes an extrusion to support a circuit board having light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted thereto. The extrusion is located substantially with the lens. The circuit boards may include LEDs mounted on both sides to provide primary lighting and secondary lighting (backlighting). The extrusion may include grooves to allow the backlighting to pass therethrough. Rotational endcaps include an inner portion and an outer portion that can rotate with respect to one another to enable the tube to be rotated and the light dispersed therefrom to be focused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Keystone L.E.D. Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John R. Bloom, Walter M. Bloom, Jr., Craig S. Cressman, Richard A. Frantz, Daniel J. Clark
  • Patent number: 8604712
    Abstract: An LED luminaires power supply that isolates dangerous line power from the LED luminaires. The power supply's footprint may enable retrofitting in existing lighting fixtures (e.g., replace ballast in florescent tube troffer). The power supply may individually power a plurality of LED luminaires based on power requirements of the individual LED luminaires. The power supply may receive and interpret TRIAC dimmer signals and/or other lighting protocol commands and provide dimming and/or other lighting scenarios to the LED luminaires. The power supply may include identification readers to read identification and/or power requirements for the LED luminaires being powered thereby (stored in luminaires or in adapters connected to luminaires). The LED luminaires driven by the power supply may include individual lighting fixtures (e.g., LED tubes, LED bulbs), a plurality of LED light arrays in a single light fixture (e.g., LED street lights, LED high hats), or some combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Keystone L.E.D. Holdings LLC
    Inventors: John R. Bloom, Walter M. Bloom, Richard A. Frantz, Daniel J. Clark
  • Patent number: 8264503
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering an artwork comprising a first plurality of objects. At least one common attribute shared by a second plurality of objects in the artwork may be automatically identified. The second plurality of objects may comprise a subset of the first plurality of objects. Each object of the second plurality of objects may be automatically assigned to a group. It may be determined whether the group is located within an area to be rendered. The group may be culled if the group is not located within the area to be rendered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandre S. Parenteau, Daniel J. Clark
  • Publication number: 20120212953
    Abstract: An LED retrofit tube that has an outer body that is substantially a lens so as to enable light generated by LEDs and light reflected therewithin to pass through substantially the entire tube. The tube includes an extrusion to support a circuit board having light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted thereto. The extrusion is located substantially with the lens. The circuit boards may include LEDs mounted on both sides to provide primary lighting and secondary lighting (backlighting). The extrusion may include grooves to allow the backlighting to pass therethrough. Rotational endcaps include an inner portion and an outer portion that can rotate with respect to one another to enable the tube to be rotated and the light dispersed therefrom to be focused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: August 23, 2012
    Inventors: John R. Bloom, Walter M. Bloom, JR., Craig S. Cressman, Richard A. Frantz, Daniel J. Clark
  • Publication number: 20120043909
    Abstract: An LED luminaires power supply that isolates dangerous line power from the LED luminaires. The power supply's footprint may enable retrofitting in existing lighting fixtures (e.g., replace ballast in florescent tube troffer). The power supply may individually power a plurality of LED luminaires based on power requirements of the individual LED luminaires. The power supply may receive and interpret TRIAC dimmer signals and/or other lighting protocol commands and provide dimming and/or other lighting scenarios to the LED luminaires. The power supply may include identification readers to read identification and/or power requirements for the LED luminaires being powered thereby (stored in luminaires or in adapters connected to luminaires). The LED luminaires driven by the power supply may include individual lighting fixtures (e.g., LED tubes, LED bulbs), a plurality of LED light arrays in a single light fixture (e.g., LED street lights, LED high hats), or some combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Applicant: KEYSTONE L.E.D. HOLDINGS LLC
    Inventors: John R. Bloom, Walter M. Bloom, Richard A. Frantz, Daniel J. Clark
  • Patent number: 7847798
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer-readable storage medium are disclosed for rendering artwork using a graphics processing unit (GPU). The GPU may comprise a depth buffer and a stencil buffer. Artwork input comprising one or more dirty regions and one or more clip paths may be received at the GPU. A culling operation may be performed on the artwork input. The culling operation may comprise configuring the depth buffer to reject pixels located outside a union of the one or more dirty regions. A clipping operation may be performed on the artwork input. The clipping operation may comprise configuring the stencil buffer to reject pixels located outside an intersection of the one or more clip paths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Alexandre S. Parenteau, Daniel J. Clark
  • Patent number: 7535475
    Abstract: A virtual view tree for representing a document. A virtual view tree is maintained by an application, rather than a renderer (e.g., graphics rendering library) called upon by the application to display the document. The view tree is virtual in that nodes need not be created until they are to be displayed. When instructed to display the document, the renderer requests nodes and their attributes. The nodes may be cached while the renderer works on their content, but may be removed from memory anytime thereafter. Only a subset of the virtual view tree's nodes is stored at one time, and only in non-persistent storage. The application includes various APIs for navigating a virtual view tree, describing its attributes and caching its nodes. The APIs may be directly accessible to the renderer or may be invoked by subsystems of the application (e.g., client, tree navigation and caching subsystems).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Peter Sorotokin, Richard A. Dermer, Daniel J. Clark
  • Patent number: 6049339
    Abstract: A system for blending graphical objects using planar map representations is described. A page description representation of an input document's graphical objects is converted, at least in part, into a planar map representation. A color is assigned to each region in the planar map as a function of the region's associated paths' transparency characteristics. In one embodiment, if the graphical processing system exhausts its memory during processing, those paths already converted to planar maps are rasterized. Any subsequent processing of graphical objects is thereafter performed in raster format. In another embodiment, an output page is divided into tiles where each tile may be rasterized independent of the other tiles. In yet another embodiment, graphical objects are processed in reverse order compared to their arrangement in the page description language representation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Stephen N. Schiller, Daniel J. Clark
  • Patent number: 5303334
    Abstract: Apparatus and method for rendering graphic images as bit maps, including: (1) an input for receiving digital input commands; (2) a command interpreter to interpret the input commands and convert them into commands suitable for use inside the system; (3) a halftone screening section; and (4) a rendering section which outputs data suitable for use by a raster display or marking engine. The method and apparatus render multiple output pixels during each clock cycle and apply halftone screens or gray fills to an image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1994
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas E. Snyder, Daniel J. Clark, James McClure