Patents by Inventor Heinz W. Schuller

Heinz W. Schuller 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: 8095366
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the instructional nature of fonts and/or the ability to create instructional fonts. Font characters are modified based on user interaction to enhance the user's understanding and/or fluency of the word. The font characters can have sound, motion, and altered appearance. When altering the appearance of the characters, the system operates on a set of control points associated with characters, changes the position of the characters, and changes the influence of the portion of characters on a set of respective spline curves. A designer or other user can customize the fonts and user experience by creating an episode package that specifies words to include in the user interface, and details about actions to take when certain events fire. The episode package can include media effects to play when a particular event associated with the media effect occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret K. Johnson, Heinz W. Schuller, Howard W. Phillips, Michel Pahud
  • Patent number: 7730403
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the instructional nature of fonts and/or the ability to create instructional fonts. Font characters are modified based on user interaction to enhance the user's understanding and/or fluency of the word. The font characters can have sound, motion and altered appearance. When altering the appearance of the characters, the system operates on a set of control points associated with characters, changes the position of the characters, and changes the influence of the portion of characters on a set of respective spline curves. A designer or other user can customize the fonts and user experience by creating an episode package that specifies words to include in the user interface, and details about actions to take when certain events fire. The episode package can include media effects to play when a particular event associated with the media effect occurs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret K. Johnson, Heinz W. Schuller, Howard W. Phillips, Michel Pahud
  • Publication number: 20070226615
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the instructional nature of fonts and/or the ability to create instructional fonts. Font characters are modified based on user interaction to enhance the user's understanding and/or fluency of the word. The font characters can have sound, motion and altered appearance. When altering the appearance of the characters, the system operates on a set of control points associated with characters, changes the position of the characters, and changes the influence of the portion of characters on a set of respective spline curves. A designer or other user can customize the fonts and user experience by creating an episode package that specifies words to include in the user interface, and details about actions to take when certain events fire. The episode package can include media effects to play when a particular event associated with the media effect occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicants: Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Patent Group
    Inventors: Margaret K. Johnson, Heinz W. Schuller, Howard W. Phillips, Michel Pahud
  • Publication number: 20070226641
    Abstract: Various technologies and techniques are disclosed that improve the instructional nature of fonts and/or the ability to create instructional fonts. Font characters are modified based on user interaction to enhance the user's understanding and/or fluency of the word. The font characters can have sound, motion, and altered appearance. When altering the appearance of the characters, the system operates on a set of control points associated with characters, changes the position of the characters, and changes the influence of the portion of characters on a set of respective spline curves. A designer or other user can customize the fonts and user experience by creating an episode package that specifies words to include in the user interface, and details about actions to take when certain events fire. The episode package can include media effects to play when a particular event associated with the media effect occurs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2006
    Publication date: September 27, 2007
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Margaret K. Johnson, Heinz W. Schuller, Howard W. Phillips, Michel Pahud