Patents by Inventor Steven E. Lees

Steven E. Lees 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: 10586509
    Abstract: Described are examples for adjusting display level properties across multiple displays. One or more ranges of display brightness capability values that are supported by a given display device can be received for multiple display devices. For each of the multiple display devices, at least a portion of display brightness capability values in the one or more ranges of display brightness capability values can be mapped to selectable brightness levels available in an operating system. One of the selectable brightness levels can be determined as selected via the operating system. For each of the multiple display devices, a corresponding display brightness capability value mapped to the one of the selectable brightness levels can be determined and indicated to each of the multiple display devices, such that the multiple display devices may set different display brightness capability value brightness, but the brightness may be perceptually similar across the display devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Katie Anderson, Marcus John Andrews, Jocelyn Berrendonner, Steven E. Lees, Kiran Muthabatulla, Lukasz Konrad Brodzinski, Katherine Blair Huffman, Hideyuki Nagase
  • Publication number: 20190189084
    Abstract: Described are examples for adjusting display level properties across multiple displays. One or more ranges of display brightness capability values that are supported by a given display device can be received for multiple display devices. For each of the multiple display devices, at least a portion of display brightness capability values in the one or more ranges of display brightness capability values can be mapped to selectable brightness levels available in an operating system. One of the selectable brightness levels can be determined as selected via the operating system. For each of the multiple display devices, a corresponding display brightness capability value mapped to the one of the selectable brightness levels can be determined and indicated to each of the multiple display devices, such that the multiple display devices may set different display brightness capability value brightness, but the brightness may be perceptually similar across the display devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Katie ANDERSON, Marcus John ANDREWS, Jocelyn BERRENDONNER, Steven E. LEES, Kiran MUTHABATULLA, Lukasz Konrad BRODZINSKI, Katherine Blair HUFFMAN, Hideyuki NAGASE
  • Patent number: 5742828
    Abstract: Source code including application defined expressions and non-conforming identifiers are compiled to executable code. The source code is written with an application defined expression or non-conforming identifier enclosed between a predefined pair of matching separators, such as square brackets. When a sequence of characters between the predefined separators is encountered in the source code during compiling, a symbol table is searched for a matching identifier. If found, the characters are interpreted as a non-conforming identifier and bound to the matching identifier. If not found, the characters are interpreted as an application defined expression and bound to a function call for an evaluating function provided in an application library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1998
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis Mark Canady, Alan Carter, Ilan Gabriel Caron, Mark Leslie Roberts, David Gordon Bradlee, Steven E. Lees