Robert Arthur Dain

7039234, May 2, 2006

Jul 19, 2001

09/909416

Erik M. Geidl - Bellevue WA, US
Robert A. Dain - Redmond WA, US
Donald D. Karlov - Woodinville WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06K 9/00

382187

Described is electronic ink maintained as a software object, thereby associating ink functionality with electronic ink data. The ink may be separated into words or characters, with one object per word or character. By the associated functionality, applications that deal with embedded objects in general can automatically benefit from electronic ink, including having the object's functionality render the ink data as part the application's document. Further, because the ink data is maintained as an object, the data is automatically persisted in association with the document into which it is embedded. Ink-aware applications may call on methods of the electronic ink object to adjust formatting, search recognized ink along with text, and perform other functions. Via the electronic ink object, electronic ink substantially approaches much of the behavior normally available with text data, without requiring applications to interpret the ink data.

7286705, Oct 23, 2007

Apr 3, 2006

11/397789

Erik M. Geidl - Bellevue WA, US
Robert A. Dain - Redmond WA, US
Donald D. Karlov - Woodinville WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06K 9/00

382187, 382100

Described is electronic ink maintained as a software object, thereby associating ink functionality with electronic ink data. The ink may be separated into words or characters, with one object per word or character. By the associated functionality, applications that deal with embedded objects in general can automatically benefit from electronic ink, including having the object's functionality render the ink data as part the application's document. Further, because the ink data is maintained as an object, the data is automatically persisted in association with the document into which it is embedded. Ink-aware applications may call on methods of the electronic ink object to adjust formatting, search recognized ink along with text, and perform other functions. Via the electronic ink object, electronic ink substantially approaches much of the behavior normally available with text data, without requiring applications to interpret the ink data.

7292727, Nov 6, 2007

Apr 3, 2006

11/397598

Erik M. Geidl - Bellevue WA, US
Robert A. Dain - Redmond WA, US
Donald D. Karlov - Woodinville WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06K 9/00

382188, 382100, 382301, 345179

Described is electronic ink maintained as a software object, thereby associating ink functionality with electronic ink data. The ink may be separated into words or characters, with one object per word or character. By the associated functionality, applications that deal with embedded objects in general can automatically benefit from electronic ink, including having the object's functionality render the ink data as part the application's document. Further, because the ink data is maintained as an object, the data is automatically persisted in association with the document into which it is embedded. Ink-aware applications may call on methods of the electronic ink object to adjust formatting, search recognized ink along with text, and perform other functions. Via the electronic ink object, electronic ink substantially approaches much of the behavior normally available with text data, without requiring applications to interpret the ink data.

8479112, Jul 2, 2013

May 13, 2003

10/436232

Joshua Clow - Bellevue WA, US
Ravipal Soin - Sammamish WA, US
Robert A. Dain - Redmond WA, US
Michael S. Kaplan - Redmond WA, US
Wei Wu - Kirkland WA, US

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

G06F 3/048

715773, 715202, 715236, 345171, 345173

Multiple language inputs may be provided to various applications programs and/or threads in a computer system. Such inputs may be directed to various software systems on the computer for further processing, wherein the software systems provide language-specific processing. Each application program and/or thread within an application program active on or accessible by the computer may have a different selected input language. More specifically, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for this process may include: (a) determining an input language for a first application program accepting input through a computer; and (b) selecting at least one software system capable of accepting or operating on at least some of the input based, at least in part, on the input language determined for the first application program. The software system(s) may include at least one member selected from the group of: a soft keyboard generator, a handwriting recognizer, and a speech recognizer. In some examples, the input language of various software systems on the computer may be tied to the input language of another software system, such as the soft keyboard.

20130297289, Nov 7, 2013

Jul 1, 2013

13/932940

RAVIPAL SOIN - SAMMAMISH WA, US
ROBERT A. DAIN - REDMOND WA, US
MICHAEL S. KAPLAN - REDMOND WA, US
WEI WU - KIRKLAND WA, US

G06F 17/28

704 8

Multiple language inputs may be provided to various applications programs and/or threads in a computer system. Such inputs may be directed to various software systems on the computer for further processing, wherein the software systems provide language-specific processing. Each application program and/or thread within an application program accessible by the computer may have a different selected input language. More specifically, systems, methods, and computer-readable media for this process may include: (a) determining an input language for a first application program accepting input through a computer; and (b) selecting at least one software system capable of accepting or operating on at least some of the input based, at least in part, on the input language determined for the first application program. In some examples, the input language of various software systems on the computer may be tied to the input language of another software system, such as the soft keyboard.

6373488, Apr 16, 2002

Oct 18, 1999

09/420606

Elon Gasper - Bellevue WA
Robert Dain - Newcastle WA
Boon Chew - Seattle WA

Sierra On-Line - Bellevue WA

G06T 1700

345427, 345419

A computerized method for three-dimensional display of tree-structured data using an intermediary restructured data set to facilitate compatibility with graphics programs, such as the Virtual Reality Modeling Language. An exemplary embodiment transformation of genealogical data illustrates an application.

20190170996, Jun 6, 2019

Oct 30, 2018

16/175550

- Carlsbad CA, US
Christopher MARTIN - Bothell WA, US
Frank METTING - Bothell WA, US
Jason MECHAM - Snohomish WA, US
Robert DAIN - Lynnwood WA, US
Larry RYSTROM - Mill Creek WA, US
Paul Adrian BOESCHOTEN - Redmond CA, US
Steven W. LYTLE - Mill Creek WA, US

G02B 21/36

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for sample image capture using integrated control. A digital microscope or other imaging device can be associated with a sample chamber containing cell, tissue, or other sample material. The chamber can be configured to operate using a variety of environmental variables, including gas concentration, temperature, humidity, and others. The imaging device can be configured to operate using a variety of imaging variables, including magnification, focal length, illumination, and others. A central system control module can be used to configure the settings of those hardware elements, as well as others, to set up and carry out an image capture event. The system control module can be operated to control the physical, optical, chemical, and/or other parameters of the overall imaging environment from one central control point. The variables used to produce the image capture can be configured to dynamically variable during the media capture event.

20140340499, Nov 20, 2014

May 14, 2013

13/894185

- CARLSBAD CA, US
Frank Metting - Bothell WA, US
Jason Mecham - Snohomish WA, US
Robert Dain - Lynnwood WA, US
Larry Rystrom - Mill Creek WA, US
Christopher Martin - Bothell WA, US
Paul Boeschoten - Redmond CA, US
Steven Lytle - Mill Creek WA, US

G02B 21/36

348 79

Embodiments relate to systems and methods for sample image capture using integrated control. A digital microscope or other imaging device can be associated with a sample chamber containing cell, tissue, or other sample material. The chamber can be configured to operate using a variety of environmental variables, including gas concentration, temperature, humidity, and others. The imaging device can be configured to operate using a variety of imaging variables, including magnification, focal length, illumination, and others. A central system control module can be used to configure the settings of those hardware elements, as well as others, to set up and carry out an image capture event. The system control module can be operated to control the physical, optical, chemical, and/or other parameters of the overall imaging environment from one central control point. The variables used to produce the image capture can be configured to dynamically variable during the media capture event.