Patents by Inventor Todd Michael Plummer

Todd Michael Plummer 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).

  • Balancing multiple column layout
    Patent number: 8954842
    Abstract: A method for managing multiple columns in a document. The method includes obtaining a text stream from the document; obtaining a current fill limit associated with an initial column of the multiple columns; placing, using a layout engine, the text stream within the multiple columns according to the current fill limit; identifying, after placing the text stream, a first fill level of a final column of the multiple columns; calculating a first difference between the current fill limit and the first fill level of the final column; calculating, in response to the first difference exceeding a tolerance, a revised fill limit based on the current fill limit; placing, using the layout engine, the text stream within the multiple columns according to the revised fill limit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventors: Jason James Grams, Todd Michael Plummer
  • Approximating font metrics for a missing font when substituting an available replacement
    Patent number: 8416243
    Abstract: A method for rendering an electronic document (ED) using a page rendering device, including: identifying, within the ED, a text stream and a requested font for the text stream, where the text stream has a plurality of characters; identifying a resident font supported by the PRD as a substitute for the requested font; generating a plurality of scaled characters by scaling the plurality of characters in the resident font; and rendering, by the PRD, the ED by placing the plurality of scaled characters on a page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Laboratory U.S.A., Inc.
    Inventor: Todd Michael Plummer
  • APPROXIMATING FONT METRICS FOR A MISSING FONT WHEN SUBSTITUTING AN AVAILABLE REPLACEMENT
    Publication number: 20120229517
    Abstract: A method for rendering an electronic document (ED) using a page rendering device, including: identifying, within the ED, a text stream and a requested font for the text stream, where the text stream has a plurality of characters; identifying a resident font supported by the PRD as a substitute for the requested font; generating a plurality of scaled characters by scaling the plurality of characters in the resident font; and rendering, by the PRD, the ED by placing the plurality of scaled characters on a page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA LABORATORY U.S.A., INC.
    Inventor: Todd Michael Plummer
  • BALANCING MULTIPLE COLUMN LAYOUT
    Publication number: 20120084642
    Abstract: A method for managing multiple columns in a document. The method includes obtaining a text stream from the document; obtaining a current fill limit associated with an initial column of the multiple columns; placing, using a layout engine, the text stream within the multiple columns according to the current fill limit; identifying, after placing the text stream, a first fill level of a final column of the multiple columns; calculating a first difference between the current fill limit and the first fill level of the final column; calculating, in response to the first difference exceeding a tolerance, a revised fill limit based on the current fill limit; placing, using the layout engine, the text stream within the multiple columns according to the revised fill limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2010
    Publication date: April 5, 2012
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY INC.
    Inventors: Jason James Grams, Todd Michael Plummer