Patents by Inventor Dwight O. Rodgers

Dwight O. Rodgers 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: 11475617
    Abstract: In implementations of path-constrained drawing with visual properties based on a drawing tool, a digital artwork editing system includes a user interface in which a constraint path can be designated in a digital artwork. A stroke input can be sampled as it is drawn with a drawing tool and for each processing interval of the stroke input, a start point of the stroke input and a tangent line to the constraint path is determined. An end point of the stroke input is projected onto a parallel line that is through the start point and parallel to the tangent line, and a stroke is rendered along this line. Hence, the stroke is rendered based on the stroke input in a piecewise linear fashion, simultaneously constrained by the constraint path and rendered based on how the drawing tool is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20210248799
    Abstract: In implementations of path-constrained drawing with visual properties based on a drawing tool, a digital artwork editing system includes a user interface in which a constraint path can be designated in a digital artwork. A stroke input can be sampled as it is drawn with a drawing tool and for each processing interval of the stroke input, a start point of the stroke input and a tangent line to the constraint path is determined. An end point of the stroke input is projected onto a parallel line that is through the start point and parallel to the tangent line, and a stroke is rendered along this line. Hence, the stroke is rendered based on the stroke input in a piecewise linear fashion, simultaneously constrained by the constraint path and rendered based on how the drawing tool is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 11004247
    Abstract: In implementations of path-constrained drawing with visual properties based on a drawing tool, a digital artwork editing system includes a user interface in which a constraint path can be designated in a digital artwork. A stroke input can be sampled as it is drawn with a drawing tool and for each processing interval of the stroke input, a start point of the stroke input and a tangent line to the constraint path is determined. An end point of the stroke input is projected onto a parallel line that is through the start point and parallel to the tangent line, and a stroke is rendered along this line. Hence, the stroke is rendered based on the stroke input in a piecewise linear fashion, simultaneously constrained by the constraint path and rendered based on how the drawing tool is used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20200320763
    Abstract: In implementations of path-constrained drawing with visual properties based on a drawing tool, a digital artwork editing system includes a user interface in which a constraint path can be designated in a digital artwork. A stroke input can be sampled as it is drawn with a drawing tool and for each processing interval of the stroke input, a start point of the stroke input and a tangent line to the constraint path is determined. An end point of the stroke input is projected onto a parallel line that is through the start point and parallel to the tangent line, and a stroke is rendered along this line. Hence, the stroke is rendered based on the stroke input in a piecewise linear fashion, simultaneously constrained by the constraint path and rendered based on how the drawing tool is used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Adobe Inc.
    Inventor: Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 10521835
    Abstract: A digital medium environment includes a content provider that receives a request for content and provides the requested content to a computing device. An improved advertisement detection method implemented by the content provider comprises determining whether the requesting computing device is blocking advertisements provided with the content. If the requesting computing device is blocking advertisements, the content provider may prevent the requested content from being displayed unless a user of the requesting device selects an alternate option for viewing the requested content. Alternate options for viewing the requested content include purchasing a subscription to the content provider, paying the content provider to view only the requested content, or enabling display of advertisements at the requesting computing device. The improved advertisement detection method protects content provider revenue streams and informs users of alternate options for viewing content from a trusted content source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Adobe Inc.
    Inventors: Shrinidhi P. Karanth, Gopalakrishna M. P. Sharma, Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20170337600
    Abstract: A digital medium environment includes a content provider that receives a request for content and provides the requested content to a computing device. An improved advertisement detection method implemented by the content provider comprises determining whether the requesting computing device is blocking advertisements provided with the content. If the requesting computing device is blocking advertisements, the content provider may prevent the requested content from being displayed unless a user of the requesting device selects an alternate option for viewing the requested content. Alternate options for viewing the requested content include purchasing a subscription to the content provider, paying the content provider to view only the requested content, or enabling display of advertisements at the requesting computing device. The improved advertisement detection method protects content provider revenue streams and informs users of alternate options for viewing content from a trusted content source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Applicant: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Shrinidhi P. Karanth, Gopalakrishna M.P. Sharma, Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20170244959
    Abstract: Techniques for selecting a view of a video are described for videos having multiple views of a real-world scene that are captured simultaneously. When playback of a video is initiated, an object of interest is identified and tracked by automatically switching between multiple views of the video in order to maintain the object in view within a viewport as the object moves between the multiple views. A user input may be received at a scrub bar of the viewport, prompting generation of a thumbnail preview of the video based on a selected view of the video and a time of the video relating to the user input. The correction may be based on a view that is currently displayed in the viewport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Angela Ranjeet, Pavan Kumar, Kiran Chandra Zagabattuni, Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Publication number: 20170148057
    Abstract: Various implementations provide improved advertisement workflow techniques designed to increase click-through rates in the context of a digital medium environment. When content, such as streaming video, is received and has an associated advertisement, an option can be provided to enable the user to defer viewing of the advertisement. If the user selects the defer viewing option, the advertisement is placed in a deferred advertisement queue for later viewing and the user can proceed directly to consuming their content. The user can then choose to view deferred advertisements at any time that is convenient to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Inventors: Shrinidhi Karanth Parameshwar, Dwight O. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 7478158
    Abstract: A method of enforcing network bandwidth limitation includes receiving a request from a client for transmission of a server's feed data and receiving a client timestamp from the client. The method further includes determining if feed data in a previous transmission from the server to the client has been lost, and if so, reimbursing the client for the lost data. The method further includes determining if the client is eligible to receive the requested feed data transmission from the server, and if the client is eligible, then immediately transmitting of the most recent available requested feed data from the server to the client, but if the client is not eligible, then preventing the transmission and withholding the feed data from the client without prolonging the duration of any network connection from the server to the client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2009
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Dwight O. Rodgers, Brian P. Connolly, James T. Morris, Laurent E. Sellier, Basil C. Hosmer