Patents by Inventor Matthew Nicholas McKnett

Matthew Nicholas McKnett 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).

  • Publication number: 20190004675
    Abstract: A flexible layout system is disclosed herein that improves infinite scrolling capabilities and other animations in software calendars. In an implementation, a time period of a viewport in a user interface may change relative to a panel in a calendar. As the viewport changes, a mapping component informs other components of a new time period coming into view in the view port as a result of a scrolling event. The mapping component may also respond to requests from another component with layout information for the visual representation of the new time period (e.g. position and dimension). In this manner, the responsibility for determining layout information is encapsulated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Nathan Bradley Duke, Zachary Justin Miller, Steven G. Frank, Robert Steven Meyer, Matthew Nicholas McKnett
  • Patent number: 8462171
    Abstract: A digital imaging tool and a method for enhancing, or adjusting, a saturation contrast of a digital image is provided. The digital imaging tool may convert an original color space of a digital image to a second color space having a saturation channel. The digital imaging tool may define a function based, at least partially, on one or more user-provided parameters. Saturation values of pixels of the digital image, in the second color space, may be adjusted, or enhanced, by applying each of the saturation values to the defined function to produce corresponding enhanced saturation values. The second color space then may be converted back to the original color space and a saturation-enhanced version of the digital image may be presented and/or saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Micrososft Corporation
    Inventors: Bradley Lawrence Hinkel, Eric Paul Bennett, Morgan Avery Conbere, Ellen Towle Kephart, Matthew Nicholas McKnett
  • Publication number: 20100201886
    Abstract: A digital imaging tool and a method for enhancing, or adjusting, a saturation contrast of a digital image is provided. The digital imaging tool may convert an original color space of a digital image to a second color space having a saturation channel. The digital imaging tool may define a function based, at least partially, on one or more user-provided parameters. Saturation values of pixels of the digital image, in the second color space, may be adjusted, or enhanced, by applying each of the saturation values to the defined function to produce corresponding enhanced saturation values. The second color space then may be converted back to the original color space and a saturation-enhanced version of the digital image may be presented and/or saved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley Lawrence Hinkel, Eric Paul Bennett, Morgan Avery Conbere, Ellen Towle Kephart, Matthew Nicholas McKnett