Patents by Inventor Steven Hard

Steven Hard 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).

  • Animation curve reduction for mobile application user interface objects
    Patent number: 9754398
    Abstract: Techniques are described by which the data associated with a 3D animation may be reduced in a manner that does not result in perceptible visual artifacts when the animation is rendered on the display of a target device. Animation curve reduction is achieved by the removal of redundant animation curve samples, and is independently guided for different object attributes or animation channels by the nature of the attribute and one or more display parameters of the target device for which the animation is intended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter John Cardwell, Paul J. Furio, Richard Steven Harding, Stephen Wallace Johnson, Valere Joseph Vanderschaegen
  • Fibrous substrates
    Publication number: 20050211403
    Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in methods of making fibrous substrates and in particular to such substrates containing an elongate impermeable element which can be easily verified through an aperture in the substrate. The substrate has an elongate element partially embedded therein and at least one discrete aperture extending through the fibrous substrate exposing at least a part of the elongate element, wherein at least one edge of the elongate element is exposed in the aperture(s).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2003
    Publication date: September 29, 2005
    Inventor: Steven Hard