Patents by Inventor Garth B. D. Shoemaker
Garth B. D. Shoemaker 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).
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Patent number: 9760235Abstract: In an implementation, an image is distorted for display on a display device to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the image. A brightness level of the appearance of the lens for display on the display device is adjusted such that the brightness level of the appearance of the lens differs from a brightness level of the portion of the image that surrounds the appearance of the lens.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: CALLAHAN CELLULAR L.L.C.Inventors: Timothy Lochner, Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Andrew Carlisle, Andrew Skiers, Zeenat Jetha
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Patent number: 9299186Abstract: A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image being a collection of polygons having polygons defined by three or more shared edges joined at vertex points, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification decreases, the focal and shoulder regions having respective perimeters; subdividing polygons in the collection of polygons proximate to at least one of the perimeters, as projected with the polygons onto a base plane, by inserting one or more additional vertex points and additional edges into the polygons to be subdivided; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation by displacing the vertex points onto the lens and perspectively projecting the displacing onto a view plane in a direction aligned with aType: GrantFiled: December 8, 2014Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignee: CALLAHAN CELLULAR L.L.C.Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, David J. P. Baar, Ali Solehdin
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Publication number: 20150084960Abstract: A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image being a collection of polygons having polygons defined by three or more shared edges joined at vertex points, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification decreases, the focal and shoulder regions having respective perimeters; subdividing polygons in the collection of polygons proximate to at least one of the perimeters, as projected with the polygons onto a base plane, by inserting one or more additional vertex points and additional edges into the polygons to be subdivided; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation by displacing the vertex points onto the lens and perspectively projecting the displacing onto a view plane in a direction aligned with aType: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2014Publication date: March 26, 2015Inventors: Garth B.D. Shoemaker, David J.P. Baar, Ali Solehdin
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Patent number: 8907948Abstract: A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image being a collection of polygons having polygons defined by three or more shared edges joined at vertex points, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification decreases, the focal and shoulder regions having respective perimeters; subdividing polygons in the collection of polygons proximate to at least one of the perimeters, as projected with the polygons onto a base plane, by inserting one or more additional vertex points and additional edges into the polygons to be subdivided; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation by displacing the vertex points onto the lens and perspectively projecting the displacing onto a view plane in a direction aligned with aType: GrantFiled: May 4, 2010Date of Patent: December 9, 2014Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, David J. P. Baar, Ali Solehdin
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Patent number: 8711183Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region having diminishing magnification, the focal region having a perimeter defined by a radius r from a line segment; receiving one or more signals to adjust at least one of the radius r and a length len of the line segment to thereby adjust the perimeter; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Mark H. A. Tigges
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Patent number: 8687017Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; creating a focal region image for the focal region by scaling the original image within the focal region by a focal region magnification; creating a shoulder region image for the shoulder region by scaling the original image within the shoulder region by a shoulder region magnification, the shoulder region magnification being less than the focal region magnification; and, overlaying the focal region image and the shoulder region image on the original image to thereby generate the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2011Date of Patent: April 1, 2014Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V., L.L.C.Inventor: Garth B. D. Shoemaker
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Patent number: 8416266Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 23, 2009Date of Patent: April 9, 2013Assignee: Noregin Assetts N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Collette Ostler
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Patent number: 8350872Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region having diminishing magnification, the focal region having a perimeter defined by a radius r from a line segment; receiving one or more signals to adjust at least one of the radius r and a length len of the line segment to thereby adjust the perimeter; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2012Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Mark H. A. Tigges
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Publication number: 20120200606Abstract: In one or more implementations, a signal is received selecting a geographic location in an original image of a digital map for display on a display. The original image is distorted to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the digital map for display on the display, the appearance of the lens including a focal region that includes a magnification of the geographic location and a base region that surrounds the focal region.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2012Publication date: August 9, 2012Applicant: NOREIGIN ASSETS N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Zeenat Jetha, Andrew Carlisle, Andrew Sklers, David J.P. Baar, Garth B.D. Shoemaker
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Publication number: 20120098866Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region having diminishing magnification, the focal region having a perimeter defined by a radius r from a line segment; receiving one or more signals to adjust at least one of the radius r and a length len of the line segment to thereby adjust the perimeter; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2012Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: NOREGIN ASSETS N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Garth B.D. Shoemaker, Mark H.A. Tigges
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Patent number: 8139089Abstract: In an implementation, an appearance of lens is displayed on a display device for a selected region of an image to magnify the selected region of the image in comparison with a portion of the image outside of the appearance of the lens. A zoomed-in view of the image is displayed on the display device by increasing magnification of the portion of the image outside the appearance of the lens successively as an animation until the magnification of the portion of the image outside of the appearance of the lens corresponds with the magnification of the selected region of the image within the appearance of the lens, at which point the appearance of the lens is no longer displayed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2009Date of Patent: March 20, 2012Assignee: Noregin Assets, N.V., L.L.C.Inventors: Michael Doyle, Zeenat Jetha, Garth B. D. Shoemaker
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Patent number: 8120624Abstract: In one or more implementations, a signal is received selecting a geographic location in an original image of a digital map for display on a display. The original image is distorted to give an appearance of a lens being applied to the digital map for display on the display, the appearance of the lens including a focal region that includes a magnification of the geographic location and a base region that surrounds the focal region.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2009Date of Patent: February 21, 2012Assignee: Noregin Assets N.V. L.L.C.Inventors: Zeenat Jetha, Andrew Carlisle, Andrew Skiers, David J. P. Baar, Garth B. D. Shoemaker
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Patent number: 8106927Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region having diminishing magnification, the focal region having a perimeter defined by a radius r from a line segment; receiving one or more signals to adjust at least one of the radius r and a length len of the line segment to thereby adjust the perimeter; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2005Date of Patent: January 31, 2012Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Mark H. A. Tigges
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Publication number: 20120007889Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; creating a focal region image for the focal region by scaling the original image within the focal region by a focal region magnification; creating a shoulder region image for the shoulder region by scaling the original image within the shoulder region by a shoulder region magnification, the shoulder region magnification being less than the focal region magnification; and, overlaying the focal region image and the shoulder region image on the original image to thereby generate the presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2011Publication date: January 12, 2012Inventor: Garth B.D. Shoemaker
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Patent number: 8031206Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, comprising: establishing a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; creating a focal region image for the focal region by scaling the original image within the focal region by a focal region magnification; creating a shoulder region image for the shoulder region by scaling the original image within the shoulder region by a shoulder region magnification, the shoulder region magnification being less than the focal region magnification; and, overlaying the focal region image and the shoulder region image on the original image to thereby generate the presentation.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2006Date of Patent: October 4, 2011Inventor: Garth B. D. Shoemaker
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Publication number: 20110069086Abstract: A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen of a client coupled over a network to a server, comprising: establishing a lens having a focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region; if the lens is in transit between first and second locations for the region-of-interest in the original image, applying the lens to the original image by a first method to generate the presentation at the client; and, if the lens is stationary in the original image, receiving the presentation from the server, the server applying the lens to the original image by a second method to generate the presentation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2009Publication date: March 24, 2011Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, Mark H. A Tigges, David J. P. Baar, Michael Doyle, Zeenat Jetha, Stacy Gorkoff
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Publication number: 20100262907Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2009Publication date: October 14, 2010Inventors: Garth B.D. Shoemaker, Michael Doyle, Richard Rupp, Collette Ostler
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Publication number: 20100208968Abstract: A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image being a collection of polygons having polygons defined by three or more shared edges joined at vertex points, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification decreases, the focal and shoulder regions having respective perimeters; subdividing polygons in the collection of polygons proximate to at least one of the perimeters, as projected with the polygons onto a base plane, by inserting one or more additional vertex points and additional edges into the polygons to be subdivided; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation by displacing the vertex points onto the lens and perspectively projecting the displacing onto a view plane in a direction aligned with aType: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2010Publication date: August 19, 2010Inventors: Garth B.D. Shoemaker, David J.P. Baar, Ali Solehdin
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Patent number: 7773101Abstract: In an implementation, an appearance of a lens is applied to an original image by a data processing system to produce a presentation for display on a display screen, the appearance of the lens having a focal region at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region. A data interaction mode is provided by the data processing system to interact with underlying data of the focal region if a cursor is positioned over the focal region in the presentation. A lens interaction mode is provided by the data processing system to adjust one or more parameters of the appearance of the lens if the cursor is positioned over the shoulder region in the presentation. The presentation is displayed on the display screen.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2009Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Inventor: Garth B. D. Shoemaker
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Patent number: 7714859Abstract: A method in a computer system for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an original image for display on a display screen, the original image being a collection of polygons having polygons defined by three or more shared edges joined at vertex points, the method comprising: establishing a lens for the region-of-interest, the lens having a magnified focal region for the region-of-interest at least partially surrounded by a shoulder region across which the magnification decreases, the focal and shoulder regions having respective perimeters; subdividing polygons in the collection of polygons proximate to at least one of the perimeters, as projected with the polygons onto a base plane, by inserting one or more additional vertex points and additional edges into the polygons to be subdivided; and, applying the lens to the original image to produce the presentation by displacing the vertex points onto the lens and perspectively projecting the displacing onto a view plane in a direction aligned with aType: GrantFiled: August 31, 2005Date of Patent: May 11, 2010Inventors: Garth B. D. Shoemaker, David J. P. Baar, Ali Solehdin