Derek A Smith

US Patent:

6502783, Jan 7, 2003

Filed:

Aug 15, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/639279

Inventors:

Derek T. Smith - Eagle ID
Tony T. Ibarra - Nampa ID
Merle Bicknell - Nampa ID
Todd D. Higgins - Nampa ID

Assignee:

Micron Technology, Inc. - Boise ID

International Classification:

B65H 1808

US Classification:

2425303, 242393, 242534, 242540, 242541, 2425942, 2425943

Abstract:

A carrier tape recycling apparatus for receiving bare carrier tape from a manufacturing system and for winding the carrier tape onto a plurality of tape reels for reuse. The carrier tape recycling apparatus includes a reel drive mechanism configured to support and rotationally drive a plurality of tape reels such that bare carrier tape dispensed from the manufacturing system may be wound onto the tape reels. The reel drive mechanism provides a slip drive allowing each tape reel disposed in the recycling apparatus to rotate and receive carrier tape independent of other tape reels disposed in the recycling apparatus, so as to compensate for variation in the rate at which carrier tape is supplied to each tape reel disposed in the carrier tape recycling apparatus. The present invention also includes a method of using the recycling apparatus to recycle bare carrier tape dispensed from a manufacturing system.

US Patent:

7110940, Sep 19, 2006

Filed:

Oct 30, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/284854

Inventors:

Derek H. Smith - Bothell WA, US
Brian L. Schmidt - Bellevue WA, US
Georgios Chrysanthakopoulos - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G10L 21/00
G06F 3/16

US Classification:

704200, 704503

Abstract:

Efficient recursive audio processing of one or more input data streams using a multistage processor for performing one or more predetermined functions and programmable audio effects. A first stage performs a first predetermined function, such as frequency shifting function. Intermediate results are preferably mixed. The second stage applies programmable audio effects to the mixed data, such as a reverberation effect, and stores the second stage output in a destination mix bin. The second stage output is preferably transferred to a main memory accessible to a primary processor. The second stage output is directed back to the first stage of the multistage processor to perform a second predetermined function, such as three dimensional spatialization. The primary processor modifies parameters of the first predetermined function to efficiently perform dynamic operations, such as Doppler shifts and volume transitions between multiple sound sources and a mixture of those sounds as a single point source.

US Patent:

7634727, Dec 15, 2009

Filed:

Apr 26, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/114510

Inventors:

Maciej Maciesowicz - Duvall WA, US
Barry Steinglass - Redmond WA, US
Derek Smith - Snohomish WA, US
David Pickford - Redmond WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 17/00

US Classification:

715249, 715243, 715273

Abstract:

A game system utilizes a codecs abstraction laver (CAL) to allow the game system to accommodate new and/or modified codecs without requiring the game application code to be modified. The CAL, functioning as an application programming interface (API), operates between media sources and the game application. The game application interacts with the CAL and not the codec. Differences between codecs are transparent to the game application. New codecs can be introduced and used by existing applications without modifying the existing application code. The CAL processes media from a variety of sources such as memory, files, http sources, queues, custom sources, external drives, or game media sources (e. g. , XMedia). The CAL determines the source of the media, the type of media being received (e. g. , audio, video, image, animation, or game), and the codec used to compress the media.

US Patent:

7663045, Feb 16, 2010

Filed:

Sep 20, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/230977

Inventors:

Brian Lloyd Schmidt - Bellevue WA, US
David Anthony William Pickford - Redmond WA, US
Derek Hedin Smith - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G10H 7/00

US Classification:

84600, 463 35

Abstract:

A user of a game system can replace background music from a game with the user's selected background music, while still hearing any other audio streams (e. g. sound effects related to gameplay). A music engine and system audio mixer allow the playback of the user's requested replacement music. The game tags background music streams with an identifier indicating that they are background music, and such streams are muted at the music engine and system audio mixer (if the game is using the provided music engine in order to play the game's audio streams) or by the game if the game is using a game music engine and has received information indicating that a mute request has been issued.

US Patent:

7991890, Aug 2, 2011

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/954680

Inventors:

Brian Lloyd Schmidt - Bellevue WA, US
Christopher M. Pirich - Seattle WA, US
Derek H. Smith - Snohomish WA, US
Gregory A. Martinez - Seattle WA, US
Jon Marcus Randall Whitten - Sammamish WA, US
Joshua G. Poley - Redmond WA, US
Maciej Maciesowicz - Duvall WA, US
Michael Cory Maston - Sammamish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/173

US Classification:

709226

Abstract:

Communication between a game console having a communication port and a portable device is facilitated by determining that a portable device has been directly connected to the communication port, determining the protocol associated with the portable device, and communicating with the portable device using a driver associated with the determined protocol. An ancillary application may handle the communication between the game console and the portable device while a game or entertainment application executes concurrently on the game console. The game application may execute in a reserved predetermined amount of hardware resources of the game console while the ancillary application may execute concurrently using the remaining hardware resources.

US Patent:

8384719, Feb 26, 2013

Filed:

Aug 1, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/184990

Inventors:

Brendan K. Reville - Seattle WA, US
Stacey Law - Redmond WA, US
Derek Smith - Snohomish WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 15/00

US Classification:

345473, 345474, 345475, 463 7, 463 42, 709204, 709206, 715706, 715758

Abstract:

Mechanisms for accessorizing avatars with animated items. Avatars may be accessorized by items that have animations that are item specific, or they may be accessorized by items that apply to the entire body of the avatars. In addition, such item accessories may apply to avatars across different game titles and they may be added during the execution of a game, whether using a user interface or the game itself (e. g. receiving accessories for achieving certain milestones in a game). Such accessories may also be obtained from remote sources as packages, and then applied locally to avatars.

US Patent:

8446414, May 21, 2013

Filed:

Nov 14, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/271690

Inventors:

Brendan K. Reville - Seattle WA, US
Thomas A. Langan - Seattle WA, US
Dan B. Kroymann - Bothell WA, US
Derek H. Smith - Snohomish WA, US
Stacey Law - Redmond WA, US
Bjorn Toft Madsen - Ashby de la Zouch, GB
Rodney Alan Boyd - London, GB

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06T 15/70

US Classification:

345473, 345419, 345426, 463 1, 463 31, 463 32, 463 37, 463 40

Abstract:

Disclosed is an application programming interface (API) that provides for an extensible avatar system. In one embodiment an API may allow video game applications to retrieve structures of data which represent an avatar. The game can then take those structures and incorporate the data into its own rendering system. In another embodiment an API may allow a video game application to render an avatar to a render target or texture wherein the video game system performs rendering and animation functions.

US Patent:

20060068911, Mar 30, 2006

Filed:

Sep 30, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/954684

Inventors:

Christopher Pirich - Seattle WA, US
Derek Smith - Snohomish WA, US
Gregory Martinez - Seattle WA, US
James Yagelowich - Kirkland WA, US
Jon Whitten - Sammamish WA, US
Maciej Maciesowicz - Duvall WA, US
Mark McCracken - Redmond WA, US
Michael Maston - Sammamish WA, US
Andrew Murphy - Seattle WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 19/00
G06F 17/00

US Classification:

463040000

Abstract:

Communication between a game console having a communication port and a personal computer is facilitated by implementing a shared folder on the personal computer that can be accessed via the communication port. The game console and personal computer may communicate via a Server Message Block compatible code, a Universal Plug and Play networking protocol, and the like. To save memory, the SMB compatible code (or other code) may not support the full set of SMB protocol features (or other protocol features).

Address:

175 Webster Park Ave, Columbus, OH 43214

Phone:

6149153124

VIN:

2HJYK16517H523910

Make:

HONDA

Model:

RIDGELINE

Year:

2007

Address:

400 Wall St APT 415, Seattle, WA 98121

Phone:

3608636822

VIN:

WBAWB73507P032305

Make:

BMW

Model:

3 SERIES

Year:

2007