Patents by Inventor Nicholas John Clay

Nicholas John Clay 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).

  • Mixed but indistinguishable raster and vector image data types
    Patent number: 7148907
    Abstract: An image processing application employs the concept of integral pre-multiplied alpha channel, and combines the techniques of multi-resolution representation, graph-structured representation, and automatic and intelligent data type conversion in order to permit a computer user to mix and manipulate both raster and vector based images in a single user interface while remaining unaware of the different data types underlying the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2006
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alvy Ray Smith, John Bradstreet, Jonathan Edgar Fay, Ajai Sehgal, Tanuja Abhay Joshi, John Fitzgerald Bronskill, Daniel Gwozdz, Steven Andrew Cover, Nicholas John Clay, Edward W. Connell
  • Mixed but indistinguishable raster and vector image data types
    Patent number: 6870545
    Abstract: An image processing application employs the concept of integral pre-multiplied alpha channel, and combines the techniques of multi-resolution representation, graph-structured representation, and automatic and intelligent data type conversion in order to permit a computer user to mix and manipulate both raster and vector based images in a single user interface while remaining unaware of the different data types underlying the images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2005
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alvy Ray Smith, John Bradstreet, Jonathan Edgar Fay, Ajai Sehgal, Tanuja Abhay Joshi, John Fitzgerald Bronskill, Daniel Gwozdz, Steven Andrew Cover, Nicholas John Clay, Edward W. Connell
  • Mixed but indistinguisable raster and vector image data types
    Publication number: 20040257367
    Abstract: An image processing application employs the concept of integral pre-multiplied alpha channel, and combines the techniques of multi-resolution representation, graph-structured representation, and automatic and intelligent data type conversion in order to permit a computer user to mix and manipulate both raster and vector based images in a single user interface while remaining unaware of the different data types underlying the images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Applicant: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Alvy Ray Smith, John Bradstreet, Jonathan Edgar Fay, Ajai Sehgal, Tanuja Abhay Joshi, John Fitzgerald Bronskill, Daniel Gwozdz, Steven Andrew Cover, Nicholas John Clay, Edward W. Connell