Patents by Inventor Douglas K. Olson

Douglas K. Olson 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).

  • Assigning a hot spot in an electronic artwork
    Patent number: 8819544
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
  • ASSIGNING A HOT SPOT IN AN ELECTRONIC ARTWORK
    Publication number: 20110219296
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
  • Assigning a hot spot in an electronic artwork
    Patent number: 7949943
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
  • Assigning a hot spot in an electronic artwork
    Patent number: 7139970
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey H. Michaud, Douglas K. Olson
  • ASSIGNING A HOT SPOT IN AN ELECTRONIC ARTWORK
    Publication number: 20020052891
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods implementing a technique for creating an electronic artwork with a hot area. For a selected layer of the artwork, a non-transparent region is identified and an action is assigned to an area corresponding to the non-transparent region, the action defining a function that will be activated when the area is selected. The technique is advantageous in computer application programs that composite images from layers and for producing HTML (HyperText Markup Language) output that refers to a corresponding composited image, where the action is a URL and the area is defined by an image map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: JEFFREY H. MICHAUD, DOUGLAS K. OLSON
  • Image preview system
    Patent number: 6313824
    Abstract: A method of previewing an image displayed in a first video graphics environment as it will appear in a second differently palettized video graphics environment. The method includes determining the appearance of the image as it will appear in the second video graphics environment, and concurrent with displaying the image in the first video graphics environment, displaying the appearance of the image as it will appear in the second video graphics environment. The invention also features a method of tailoring how an image displayed in a first video graphics environment appears in a second video graphics environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Douglas E. Meisner, Douglas C. Shimonek, Douglas K. Olson