Patents by Inventor John C. Gnaegy

John C. Gnaegy 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: 11385781
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can perform multi-display alignment through observed user interactions. The computing device can receive user input aligning a first alignment object on a first display device with a second alignment object on a second display device. The computing device can align the display buffers for each display device based on the positions of the alignment objects in each display buffer corresponding to each display device. The computing device can align display buffers based on observed movements of graphical objects between multiple display devices. When display buffers corresponding to the display devices are misaligned, the user may correct the path of a graphical object when moving the graphical object between display devices. The computing device can detect the correction and align the display buffers of the display devices so that graphical objects are presented at the appropriate locations when moved between the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Greenebaum, Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Patent number: 11307748
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can perform multi-display alignment through observed user interactions. The computing device can receive user input aligning a first alignment object on a first display device with a second alignment object on a second display device. The computing device can align the display buffers for each display device based on the positions of the alignment objects in each display buffer corresponding to each display device. The computing device can align display buffers based on observed movements of graphical objects between multiple display devices. When display buffers corresponding to the display devices are misaligned, the user may correct the path of a graphical object when moving the graphical object between display devices. The computing device can detect the correction and align the display buffers of the display devices so that graphical objects are presented at the appropriate locations when moved between the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Greenebaum, John C. Gnaegy
  • Patent number: 11062435
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Publication number: 20210096733
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can perform multi-display alignment through observed user interactions. The computing device can receive user input aligning a first alignment object on a first display device with a second alignment object on a second display device. The computing device can align the display buffers for each display device based on the positions of the alignment objects in each display buffer corresponding to each display device. The computing device can align display buffers based on observed movements of graphical objects between multiple display devices. When display buffers corresponding to the display devices are misaligned, the user may correct the path of a graphical object when moving the graphical object between display devices. The computing device can detect the correction and align the display buffers of the display devices so that graphical objects are presented at the appropriate locations when moved between the display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Greenebaum, John C. Gnaegy
  • Publication number: 20210096730
    Abstract: In some implementations, a computing device can perform multi-display alignment through observed user interactions. The computing device can receive user input aligning a first alignment object on a first display device with a second alignment object on a second display device. The computing device can align the display buffers for each display device based on the positions of the alignment objects in each display buffer corresponding to each display device. The computing device can align display buffers based on observed movements of graphical objects between multiple display devices. When display buffers corresponding to the display devices are misaligned, the user may correct the path of a graphical object when moving the graphical object between display devices. The computing device can detect the correction and align the display buffers of the display devices so that graphical objects are presented at the appropriate locations when moved between the display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 1, 2021
    Applicant: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth I. Greenebaum, Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Publication number: 20200082514
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Patent number: 10475170
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Publication number: 20180308224
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Patent number: 10032263
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy
  • Publication number: 20170358064
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer readable media to improve the operation of a display system are disclosed. Techniques disclosed herein selectively darken a region of an image so that when text or other information is rendered into that region, the contrast between the text or other information and the underlying image in that area is sufficient to ensure the text or other information is visible and readable. In one embodiment, a region into which information is to be rendered may be combined or blended with tone mapped values of those same pixels in accordance with a given function, where the function gives more weight to the tone mapped pixel values the closer those pixels are to the midline of the region and more weight to untone-mapped image pixel values the further those pixels are from the midline of the region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Inventors: Ian C. Hendry, John C. Gnaegy