Patents by Inventor Randy Crane

Randy Crane 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).

  • System and method for classifying pixels
    Patent number: 9424490
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to processing image pixels. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a system for classifying pixels comprising retrieval logic; a pixel storage allocation including a plurality of pixel slots, each pixel slot being associated individually with a pixel, where the retrieval logic is configured to cause the pixels to be allocated into the pixel slots in an input sequence; pipelined processing logic configured to output, for each of the pixels, classification information associated with the pixel; and scheduling logic configured to control dispatches from the pixel slots to the pipelined processing logic, where the scheduling logic and pipelined processing logic are configured to act in concert to generate the classification information for the pixels in an output sequence that differs from and is independent of the input sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Adam James Muff, John Allen Tardif, Susan Carrie, Mark J. Finocchio, Kyungsuk David Lee, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Randy Crane
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CLASSIFYING PIXELS
    Publication number: 20150379376
    Abstract: Embodiments are disclosed that relate to processing image pixels. For example, one disclosed embodiment provides a system for classifying pixels comprising retrieval logic; a pixel storage allocation including a plurality of pixel slots, each pixel slot being associated individually with a pixel, where the retrieval logic is configured to cause the pixels to be allocated into the pixel slots in an input sequence; pipelined processing logic configured to output, for each of the pixels, classification information associated with the pixel; and scheduling logic configured to control dispatches from the pixel slots to the pipelined processing logic, where the scheduling logic and pipelined processing logic are configured to act in concert to generate the classification information for the pixels in an output sequence that differs from and is independent of the input sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Adam James Muff, John Allen Tardif, Susan Carrie, Mark J. Finocchio, Kyungsuk David Lee, Christopher Douglas Edmonds, Randy Crane
  • Crashworthy external auxiliary fuel tank for aircraft
    Patent number: 6491255
    Abstract: An external auxiliary fuel tank for aircraft including a crashworthy bladder carried within an elongated shell. A center structure is carried by the shell intermediate opposing ends thereof, through which the bladder passes. A mounting assembly is carried by the center structure for attaching the fuel tank to an aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventors: Jeff Bracken, Randy Crane, Bill York