Donald A Barnett

US Patent:

8239783, Aug 7, 2012

Filed:

Feb 15, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/705800

Inventors:

Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong - Seattle WA, US
Donald Allen Barnett - Monroe WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/14
G06F 3/17

US Classification:

715784, 345589, 345619, 345646, 382128, 600425, 348214, 3482221, 348312, 34833301, 348362, 348372

Abstract:

A user interface can display active and passive content. For example, a camera viewfinder image can be displayed on a screen, as part of a strip, concatenated with one or more other images, for example, images that were previously taken with the camera. A user can cause the viewfinder image and the other images to move together across the screen. This can allow a user to easily examine the other images and the viewfinder image without, for example, switching between different screens in a user interface. Media captured with a device can be associated with a media category by positioning a user interface element near one or more other elements associated with the category.

US Patent:

8319772, Nov 27, 2012

Filed:

Jul 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/842880

Inventors:

Jeffrey Cheng-Yao Fong - Seattle WA, US
Donald Allen Barnett - Monroe WA, US
Eric Neal Braff - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345419

Abstract:

Techniques and tools are described for rendering views of a map in which map metadata elements are layered in 3D space through which a viewer navigates. Layering of metadata elements such as text labels in 3D space facilitates parallax and smooth motion effects for zoom-in, zoom-out and scrolling operations during map navigation. A computing device can determine a viewer position that is associated with a view altitude in 3D space, then render for display a map view based upon the viewer position and metadata elements layered at different metadata altitudes in 3D space. For example, the computing device places text labels in 3D space above features associated with the respective labels, at the metadata altitudes indicated for the respective labels. The computing device creates a map view from points of the placed labels and points of a surface layer of the map that are visible from the viewer position.

US Patent:

20110234504, Sep 29, 2011

Filed:

Jun 23, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/822063

Inventors:

Donald A. Barnett - Monroe WA, US
Veronica Y. Law - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 3/041

US Classification:

345173

Abstract:

Multi-axis navigation techniques are described. In implementations, a user interface is output by a computing device, the user interface includes a first axis and a second axis that include parameters that are navigable via one or more gestures. One or more items are chosen by the computing device for concurrent display with the first and second axes that correspond to a first one of the parameters of the first axis and a second one of the parameters of the second axis.

US Patent:

20120009896, Jan 12, 2012

Filed:

Nov 5, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/940913

Inventors:

Shamik Bandyopadhyay - Lake Stevens WA, US
Donald A. Barnett - Monroe WA, US
Vikram Kapoor - Redmond WA, US
Veronica Y. Law - Seattle WA, US
Kathryn C. Lemson - Redmond WA, US
Tirthankar Sengupta - Redmond WA, US
Divya Tyamagundlu - Bellevue WA, US
Ahmad Bilal - Duvall WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04W 12/08
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

455411, 715764

Abstract:

Apparatus and methods are disclosed for allowing smart phone users to “capture the moment” by allowing easy access to a camera application when a mobile device is in an above-lock (or locked) mode, while also preventing unauthorized access to other smart phone functionality. According to one embodiment of the disclosed technology, a method of operating a mobile device having an above-lock state and a below-lock state comprises receiving input data requesting invocation of an camera application when the mobile device is in the above-lock state and invoking the requested camera application on the device, where one or more functions of the requested application are unavailable as a result of the mobile device being in the above-lock state.

US Patent:

20120064946, Mar 15, 2012

Filed:

Sep 9, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/878880

Inventors:

Eric Voetberg - Seattle WA, US
Donald A. Barnett - Monroe WA, US
Tracy Ard - Sammamish WA, US
Peter Giffin - Redmond WA, US
Tirthankar Sengupta - Redmond WA, US
Veronica Y. Law - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

H04B 1/38
G09G 5/377

US Classification:

455566, 345634, 345684

Abstract:

A method and apparatus are disclosed for allowing sizing adjustment of a filmstrip view, wherein multiple images are displayed simultaneously on a touch screen. In one embodiment, a user can scale images down in a filmstrip view in order to increase a number of visible images. In another embodiment, the scaling of a filmstrip view can be dynamically modified based on scrolling speed. For example, the faster a user flicks a touch screen (i.e., the faster the gesture speed), the smaller the image size of the filmstrip so that more images appear on a single screen. By reducing the size of the images, the user can customize the filmstrip view and scroll through more images at a higher speed without dropping images or information. Additionally, the resolution can remain constant.

US Patent:

20120096373, Apr 19, 2012

Filed:

Oct 13, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/904127

Inventors:

Blaise H. Aguera y Arcas - Seattle WA, US
Scott V. Fynn - Seattle WA, US
Donald Barnett - Monroe WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 1/32
G06F 3/048

US Classification:

715764, 713323

Abstract:

A device may have a plurality of displays, such as a high-power display and a low-power display. The low-power display may be used to display various types of information. Some examples of information that may be displayed on the low-power display include personal customizations of the device (e.g., skins, tattoos, text or graphics, etc.), a battery meter, a signal strength meter, the date and time, or any other type of information. In one example, the device has a separate processor that drives the low-power display, so that the low-power display can be used while the device is in sleep mode or off. In another example, an application that runs on the device's regular processor uses the high- and low-power displays cooperatively to display output from an application. The low-power display can be wrapped around the edges and/or corners of the device, to make effective use of the device's surface area.

US Patent:

20120124461, May 17, 2012

Filed:

Nov 16, 2010

Appl. No.:

12/947578

Inventors:

Donald Barnett - Monroe WA, US
Tim Wantland - Redmond WA, US
Gonzalo Ramos - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00
G06F 15/16

US Classification:

715230, 709203

Abstract:

Techniques to annotate street level images with contextual information are described. A map application may comprise a street level component that when executed by a processor is operative to generate annotated street view images of a location. The street level component may comprise a street view component operative to generate a street view image from multiple street level images, the street view image having one or more objects located within the street view image. The street level component may further comprise a metadata component communicatively coupled to the street view component, the metadata component operative to generate a horizontal metadata panel having object metadata positioned in approximate vertical alignment with a corresponding object in the street view image, and combine the horizontal metadata panel with the street view image to form an annotated street view image. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

US Patent:

20130083017, Apr 4, 2013

Filed:

Nov 21, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/683994

Inventors:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA, US
Donald A. Barnett - Monroe WA, US
Eric Neal Braff - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

MICROSOFT CORPORATION - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345419

Abstract:

Techniques and tools are described for rendering views of a map in which map metadata elements are layered in 3D space through which a viewer navigates. Layering of metadata elements such as text labels in 3D space facilitates parallax and smooth motion effects for zoom-in, zoom-out and scrolling operations during map navigation. A computing device can determine a viewer position that is associated with a view altitude in 3D space, then render for display a map view based upon the viewer position and metadata elements layered at different metadata altitudes in 3D space. For example, the computing device places text labels in 3D space above features associated with the respective labels, at the metadata altitudes indicated for the respective labels. The computing device creates a map view from points of the placed labels and points of a surface layer of the map that are visible from the viewer position.