Nicholas S Wilson

US Patent:

20200372208, Nov 26, 2020

Filed:

Aug 14, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/993968

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Taylor S. Williams - Seattle WA, US
Craig A. Macomber - Seattle WA, US
Paul J. Kwiatkowski - Redmond WA, US
Marcel Lugosan - Kirkland WA, US
Travis P. Dorschel - Issaquah WA, US
Simon J. Schaffer - Seattle WA, US
Shane J. Clifford - Woodinville WA, US
Nicholas J. Wilson - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 40/171
G06F 3/0354
G06F 3/0488

Abstract:

Techniques are presented for enhanced erasing of digital ink. The ink erasing feature of a content creation application can preserve the complex shapes that can result from partial erasure of ink strokes. The ink erasing feature can receive ink stroke data from an ink stroke and display the ink stroke. The ink erasing feature can then receive and display an eraser stroke that contacts the ink stroke. Once the eraser stroke is received, the ink erasing feature can determine whether any eraser segment of the eraser stroke contacts the ink stroke. If an eraser segment does not contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature discards the eraser segment. If an eraser segment does contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature can update the ink stroke data based on amount of overlap and location of contact between the eraser stroke and the ink stroke.

US Patent:

20190102079, Apr 4, 2019

Filed:

Sep 29, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/721734

Inventors:

- Redmond WA, US
Taylor S. Williams - Seattle WA, US
Craig A. Macomber - Seattle WA, US
Paul J. Kwiatkowski - Redmond WA, US
Marcel Lugosan - Kirkland WA, US
Travis P. Dorschel - Issaquah WA, US
Simon J. Schaffer - Seattle WA, US
Shane J. Clifford - Woodinville WA, US
Nicholas J. Wilson - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 3/0488
G06F 17/24
G06F 3/038

Abstract:

Techniques are presented for enhanced erasing of digital ink. The ink erasing feature of a content creation application can preserve the complex shapes that can result from partial erasure of ink strokes. The ink erasing feature can receive ink stroke data from an ink stroke and display the ink stroke. The ink erasing feature can then receive and display an eraser stroke that contacts the ink stroke. Once the eraser stroke is received, the ink erasing feature can determine whether any eraser segment of the eraser stroke contacts the ink stroke. If an eraser segment does not contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature discards the eraser segment. If an eraser segment does contact the ink stroke, the ink erasing feature can update the ink stroke data based on amount of overlap and location of contact between the eraser stroke and the ink stroke.

US Patent:

20180232386, Aug 16, 2018

Filed:

Sep 1, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/694604

Inventors:

- Seattle WA, US
Nicholas Wilson - Seattle WA, US
Robert Gebert - Seattle WA, US
Thomas Scott Urban - Seattle WA, US
Michael Adam Krasnow - Seattle WA, US
Steven Haber - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/30
G06F 11/14

Abstract:

A facility for snapshot space accounting for a storage system, such as a filesystem is disclosed. The facility enables users to quickly and easily determine the amount of storage space that would be released or recovered if a snapshot were to be purged. The facility may work in conjunction with, or as part of, a snapshot service. The facility maintains an expiration data structure and a count data structure and uses these data structures in implementing the disclosed snapshot space accounting techniques. The expiration data structure represents the life cycle of each snapshot element maintained by the facility while the count data structure represents, for pairs of snapshots, the size of the information stored in the snapshot data that expired and that spans the corresponding pair of snapshots.

US Patent:

20170364482, Dec 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/800594

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Paul J. Kwiatkowski - Redmond WA, US
Jeremy M. Price - Kirkland WA, US
Andras Nagy - Bellevue WA, US
Nicholas J. Wilson - Seattle WA, US
Alexander K. Horton - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/21
G06F 17/22

Abstract:

A layout engine generates a visual layout tree for a visual description tree of a document whose content is to be rendered in one or more display areas. A visual description tree describes the content of a document along with formatting and logical arrangement the content. Visual description nodes of a visual description tree represent the organization of the constituent elements a document hierarchically. A visual layout tree defines the layout of a document within one or more display areas. Visual layout nodes of a visual layout tree represent the layout of the content of a document hierarchically. The layout engine receives as input a visual description tree and generates the corresponding visual layout tree. A rendering engine then inputs the visual layout tree and generates a graphics buffer containing the pixels representing the layout of the document as defined by the visual layout tree.

US Patent:

20170364489, Dec 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/800609

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Paul J. Kwiatkowski - Redmond WA, US
Jeremy M. Price - Kirkland WA, US
Andras Nagy - Bellevue WA, US
Nicholas J. Wilson - Seattle WA, US
Alexander K. Horton - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/22
G06T 11/00
G06F 17/21

Abstract:

A layout engine generates a visual layout tree for a visual description tree of a document whose content is to be rendered in one or more display areas. A visual description tree describes the content of a document along with formatting and logical arrangement the content. Visual description nodes of a visual description tree represent the organization of the constituent elements a document hierarchically. A visual layout tree defines the layout of a document within one or more display areas. Visual layout nodes of a visual layout tree represent the layout of the content of a document hierarchically. The layout engine receives as input a visual description tree and generates the corresponding visual layout tree. A rendering engine then inputs the visual layout tree and generates a graphics buffer containing the pixels representing the layout of the document as defined by the visual layout tree.

US Patent:

20170364491, Dec 21, 2017

Filed:

Jul 15, 2015

Appl. No.:

14/800628

Inventors:

- Bellevue WA, US
Paul J. Kwiatkowski - Redmond WA, US
Jeremy M. Price - Kirkland WA, US
Andras Nagy - Bellevue WA, US
Nicholas J. Wilson - Seattle WA, US
Alexander K. Horton - Seattle WA, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/22
G06F 17/21

Abstract:

A layout engine generates a visual layout tree for a visual description tree of a document whose content is to be rendered in one or more display areas. A visual description tree describes the content of a document along with formatting and logical arrangement the content. Visual description nodes of a visual description tree represent the organization of the constituent elements a document hierarchically. A visual layout tree defines the layout of a document within one or more display areas. Visual layout nodes of a visual layout tree represent the layout of the content of a document hierarchically. The layout engine receives as input a visual description tree and generates the corresponding visual layout tree. A rendering engine then inputs the visual layout tree and generates a graphics buffer containing the pixels representing the layout of the document as defined by the visual layout tree.