Patents by Inventor Lutz Gerhard
Lutz Gerhard 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: 11301635Abstract: Style extensibility is provided to shapes in a diagram by editing text files. A structured data model is used to render the diagram representing items provided by the user in a text-based format such as a bulleted list. A style engine determines style properties for style labels assigned to key shapes of the diagram. Style properties include features associated with the shapes and their content that preserve an overall look-and-feel of the diagram. Color scheme(s) are also provided through the style labels. A layout engine uses layout definitions based on user input and default parameters along with style label assignments to render a presentation model. Style properties may be modified and new styles added after the diagram is rendered.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Janet L. Schorr, Thomas C. Underhill
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Patent number: 10956660Abstract: A facility for generating a graphic image is described. The facility receives from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes. The facility discerns from the body of text a textual organization. The facility then generates a graphic image conveying the discerned textual organization.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Dawn M. Wright, Gary A. Pritting, Lutz Gerhard, Matthew J. Kotler, Cynthia C. Shelly
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Patent number: 10514830Abstract: Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Patrick Bacus, Seth Daniel Micarelli, Alla Taborisskaya, Joseph King, Lutz Gerhard, Amanda Leigh Font, Craig Reeves Brookes, Andrew Scott Craft
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Publication number: 20190228071Abstract: Style extensibility is provided to shapes in a diagram by editing text files. A structured data model is used to render the diagram representing items provided by the user in a text-based format such as a bulleted list. A style engine determines style properties for style labels assigned to key shapes of the diagram. Style properties include features associated with the shapes and their content that preserve an overall look-and-feel of the diagram. Color scheme(s) are also provided through the style labels. A layout engine uses layout definitions based on user input and default parameters along with style label assignments to render a presentation model. Style properties may be modified and new styles added after the diagram is rendered.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Janet L. Schorr, Thomas C. Underhill
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Patent number: 10248647Abstract: Style extensibility is provided to shapes in a diagram by editing text files. A structured data model is used to render the diagram representing items provided by the user in a text-based format such as a bulleted list. A style engine determines style properties for style labels assigned to key shapes of the diagram. Style properties include features associated with the shapes and their content that preserve an overall look-and-feel of the diagram. Color scheme(s) are also provided through the style labels. A layout engine uses layout definitions based on user input and default parameters along with style label assignments to render a presentation model. Style properties may be modified and new styles added after the diagram is rendered.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2015Date of Patent: April 2, 2019Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Janet L. Schorr, Thomas C. Underhill
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Patent number: 9990060Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for processing stylus interactions with a device and drawing the results of those interactions in a manner that reduces noise and latency. This includes selecting a filter based on a velocity of an input, the velocity determined by comparing coordinates and timestamps associated with the input events. A first filter may be determined using previous input events to reduce latency and a second filter may be determined using previous and subsequent input events to improve accuracy of the filter selection. An output may be generated using the first filter and/or the second filter to combine the benefits of the reduced latency and the increased accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2018Date of Patent: June 5, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Heidi Christine Schubert, Lutz Gerhard
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Patent number: 9898099Abstract: Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for processing stylus interactions with a device and drawing the results of those interactions in a manner that reduces noise and latency. This includes selecting a filter based on a velocity of an input, the velocity determined by comparing coordinates and timestamps associated with the input events. A first filter may be determined using previous input events to reduce latency and a second filter may be determined using previous and subsequent input events to improve accuracy of the filter selection. An output may be generated using the first filter and/or the second filter to combine the benefits of the reduced latency and the increased accuracy.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2014Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Heidi Christine Schubert, Lutz Gerhard
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Publication number: 20170364221Abstract: Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2017Publication date: December 21, 2017Inventors: Michael Patrick Bacus, Seth Daniel Micarelli, Alla Taborisskaya, Joseph King, Lutz Gerhard, Amanda Leigh Font, Craig Reeves Brookes, Andrew Scott Craft
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Patent number: 9778824Abstract: Virtual bookmarks can be set in digital content to enable a user to quickly locate a portion of interest. A user can provide an input to enter into an overview mode wherein multiple pages of content are displayed concurrently. The user can navigate through the pages, and when a bookmarked page is caused to no longer appear on the display an overlay element such as a thumbnail of the page can be positioned near the edge of the display, representing the current relative location of the page in the overview. A user can select one of the displayed pages to view, or can select the bookmark overlay element to return to the current page. A user can perform an action to cause the bookmarked page to be updated, or can perform various actions to cause multiple bookmarks to be created with respect to the content.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Michael Patrick Bacus, Seth Daniel Micarelli, Alla Taborisskaya, Joseph King, Lutz Gerhard, Amanda Leigh Font, Craig Reeves Brookes, Andrew Scott Craft
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Publication number: 20170060827Abstract: A facility for generating a graphic image is described. The facility receives from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes. The facility discerns from the body of text a textual organization. The facility then generates a graphic image conveying the discerned textual organization.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Dawn M. Wright, Gary A. Pritting, Lutz Gerhard, Matthew J. Kotler, Cynthia C. Shelly
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Patent number: 9529786Abstract: A facility for generating a graphic image is described. The facility receives from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes. The facility discerns from the body of text a textual organization. The facility then generates a graphic image conveying the discerned textual organization.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 27, 2016Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLCInventors: Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Dawn M. Wright, Gary A. Pritting, Lutz Gerhard, Matthew J. Kotler, Cynthia C. Shelly
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Publication number: 20160041968Abstract: Style extensibility is provided to shapes in a diagram by editing text files. A structured data model is used to render the diagram representing items provided by the user in a text-based format such as a bulleted list. A style engine determines style properties for style labels assigned to key shapes of the diagram. Style properties include features associated with the shapes and their content that preserve an overall look-and-feel of the diagram. Color scheme(s) are also provided through the style labels. A layout engine uses layout definitions based on user input and default parameters along with style label assignments to render a presentation model. Style properties may be modified and new styles added after the diagram is rendered.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2015Publication date: February 11, 2016Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Janet L. Schorr, Thomas C. Underhill
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Patent number: 9170987Abstract: Style extensibility is provided to shapes in a diagram by editing text files. A structured data model is used to render the diagram representing items provided by the user in a text-based format such as a bulleted list. A style engine determines style properties for style labels assigned to key shapes of the diagram. Style properties include features associated with the shapes and their content that preserve an overall look-and-feel of the diagram. Color scheme(s) are also provided through the style labels. A layout engine uses layout definitions based on user input and default parameters along with style label assignments to render a presentation model. Style properties may be modified and new styles added after the diagram is rendered.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2006Date of Patent: October 27, 2015Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLCInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Janet L. Schorr, Thomas C. Underhill
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Publication number: 20150100874Abstract: Techniques are disclosed for revealing extra margin area for paginated digital content, referred to herein as an extra margins mode. For example, the extra margins mode may be used to reveal/expose extra margin area (galley area) at the perimeter of one or more pages of an eBook or a photo of a photo album. Once galley area is exposed, a user can add content to the galley area, such as annotations using a stylus. In some cases, the extra margins mode may be configured to expose galley area for one or more pages in response to a reveal command input, such as a pinch gesture, a drag gesture, or an inward flick gesture from near the edge of a page using a stylus. The extra margins mode may also be configured to hide exposed galley areas in response to a hide command input, such as spread gesture.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2013Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: barnesandnoble.com llcInventors: Matthew Pallakoff, Charles Neugebauer, Lutz Gerhard, Luis D. Mosquera, David Gates
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Patent number: 8619083Abstract: Providing high frame rate image rendering using multiple image layers per frame. A plurality of image layers having different resolutions are arranged in order of increasing resolution. Beginning with the image layer having the lowest resolution, the image layer is upsampled to a resolution of a next image layer having a higher resolution. The upsampled image layer is blended with the next image layer. The upsampling and blending continues for each of the image layers to produce a blended image. The blended image is provided for display as a frame of video. Aspects of the invention produce a high-resolution composite image during animated navigation across zoom and pan states.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2009Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Radoslav Petrov Nickolov, Lutz Gerhard, Ming Liu, Raman Narayanan, Drew Edward Steedly
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Patent number: 8533622Abstract: In accordance with one or more aspects, different pages of a digital book are displayed in each of two display areas of a device using a book display model. In response to a request to semantically zoom out, the digital book is displayed in a broader context, the broader context using a context display model rather than the book display model. In response to additional requests to semantically zoom out, the digital book is displayed in increasingly broader contexts. Additionally, in response to requests to semantically zoom in, the digital book is displayed in increasingly narrower contexts until the digital book is displayed in the book display model rather than the context display model.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Julio Estrada, Lutz Gerhard
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Publication number: 20130232410Abstract: A facility for generating a graphic image is described. The facility receives from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes. The facility discerns from the body of text a textual organization. The facility then generates a graphic image conveying the discerned textual organization.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2013Publication date: September 5, 2013Applicant: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Dawn M. Wright, Gary A. Pritting, Lutz Gerhard, Matthew J. Kotler, Cynthia C. Shelly
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Publication number: 20130141463Abstract: A simultaneously interactive map display and textual listing is presented where both are simultaneously displayed on a display device. The display area of the display device is divided between the map display and the textual listing with one of them receiving a greater proportion than the other. User input directed to the one receiving the greater proportion can be responded to in a traditional manner, while user input directed to the one receiving the lesser proportion can cause a transition whereby the display area is re-proportioned and, with such re-proportioning, the user input can also be responded to in a traditional manner. Additionally, user selections in the textual listing can be simultaneously reflected in the map display, and vice versa, irrespective of which has the greater proportion of the display area. Optionally, a re-proportioning transition can be triggered by such user selections.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: June 6, 2013Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATIONInventors: Donald A. Barnett, Tim Wantland, Hoon Kong, Lutz Gerhard, Michael Bray
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Patent number: 8446411Abstract: Images and/or collections of images may be rendered in a way that adapts to ambient circumstances, and that may enhance a user's perception of experience quality. When an image is requested for display, it is determined whether a rendered version of the image exists. If no rendered version of the image exists, then an imposter image is displayed. The imposter image may include arbitrary colors and/or patterns. If an appropriate rendered version of the image exists, then the rendered version may be displayed in place of the imposter version. While the imposter or rendered image is being displayed, the image may be retrieved, and may be rendered at other resolutions (e.g., successively higher resolutions). The choice of resolutions may be adapted to available transmission bandwidth, display speed, or other considerations.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 21, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lutz Gerhard, Benjamin Vanik
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Patent number: 8438486Abstract: A facility for generating a graphic image is described. The facility receives from a user a body of text whose creation is not subject to any rules or prototypes. The facility discerns from the body of text a textual organization. The facility then generates a graphic image conveying the discerned textual organization.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Lawrence Fubini Waldman, Dawn M. Wright, Gary A. Pritting, Lutz Gerhard, Matthew J. Kotler, Cynthia C. Shelly