公开(公告)号：US08296216B2

公开(公告)日：2012-10-23

申请号：US09903390

申请日：2001-07-09

申请人： Dean Furbush ,  Richard G. Ketchum ,  Daniel B. Franks ,  John Malitzis ,  Thomas P. Moran ,  Peter Martyn

发明人： Dean Furbush ,  Richard G. Ketchum ,  Daniel B. Franks ,  John Malitzis ,  Thomas P. Moran ,  Peter Martyn

IPC分类号： G06Q40/00

CPC分类号： G06Q40/04

摘要： An electronic market for trading of securities includes a plurality of client stations for entering quotes for securities and a server process that receives quotes from the clients, aggregates the quotes and causes a total of all aggregated quotes to be displayed for a plurality of price levels on the client systems. The market uses a graphical user that depicts aggregated quotes in an aggregate window a plurality of price levels of a product traded in the market. The market also includes processes to handle lock/cross market conditions, match-off of order flow and provides a central quote/order collector that interfaces to disparate order delivery systems to minimize dual liability of market makers.

摘要翻译： 证券交易的电子市场包括多个用于输入证券报价的客户站，以及从客户接收报价的服务器进程，汇总报价，并导致将所有汇总报价的总计显示在多个价格水平上 客户端系统。 市场使用图形用户，其在聚合窗口中描绘在市场上交易的产品的多个价格水平的汇总报价。 市场还包括处理锁定/交叉市场状况的流程，订单流动的匹配，并提供了一个中央报价/订单收集器，与不同的订单交付系统相互接触，以最大限度地减少做市商的双重责任。

公开(公告)号：US07093202B2

公开(公告)日：2006-08-15

申请号：US10104523

申请日：2002-03-22

申请人： Eric Saund ,  Edward Lank ,  David J. Fleet ,  James V. Mahoney ,  Daniel L. Larner ,  Thomas P. Moran

发明人： Eric Saund ,  Edward Lank ,  David J. Fleet ,  James V. Mahoney ,  Daniel L. Larner ,  Thomas P. Moran

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06T11/20

CPC分类号： G06F3/0481

摘要： A graphical input and display system having a user interface for selecting and creating image object elements includes input devices permitting a user to manipulate elements of electronic images. A processor, connected to the system, receives requests for various image object selection operations and also accesses a memory structure. The system memory structure includes a user interaction module, which allows a user to select image objects, an image object selection module for interpreting imprecise image object selection paths, and data memory.

公开(公告)号：US06509912B1

公开(公告)日：2003-01-21

申请号：US09005978

申请日：1998-01-12

申请人： Thomas P. Moran ,  William J. van Melle ,  Patrick Chiu

发明人： Thomas P. Moran ,  William J. van Melle ,  Patrick Chiu

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G06F3/04883

摘要： Domain objects for use in a freeform graphics system. Domain objects are context specific representations of information that are used in a freeform graphics system. Domain objects are represented in a freeform graphics system by a graphic object (icon) representing an instance of the domain object. The icon representing a domain object may be manipulated like any other graphic object. Domain objects are defined by a domain object class which define attributes, a set of action rules and layouts. The attributes describe the information or data associated with the domain object. The set of action rules map user actions and system events to operations that may be performed on the domain object. The layouts define how domain object information is displayed as an icon.

摘要翻译： 用于自由格式图形系统的域对象。 域对象是在自由格式图形系统中使用的信息的上下文特定表示。 域对象通过表示域对象实例的图形对象（图标）在自由形状图形系统中表示。 表示域对象的图标可以像任何其他图形对象一样被操纵。 域对象由定义属性的一个域对象类定义，一组动作规则和布局。 属性描述与域对象相关联的信息或数据。 一组操作规则将用户操作和系统事件映射到可能对域对象执行的操作。 布局定义域对象信息如何显示为图标。

公开(公告)号：US06470095B2

公开(公告)日：2002-10-22

申请号：US09170896

申请日：1998-10-13

申请人： James V. Mahoney ,  Patrick Chiu ,  Thomas P. Moran ,  William J. van Melle

发明人： James V. Mahoney ,  Patrick Chiu ,  Thomas P. Moran ,  William J. van Melle

IPC分类号： G06K948

CPC分类号： G06K9/00463

摘要： The spatial separations between clusters of objects on the electronic work surface are analyzed to automatically generate borders, which may be used in at least two manners. The borders may become explicit editable borders within an output image. Alternatively, the borders created may be implicit ephemeral borders. According to an aspect, a method uses the sufficient stability grouping technique to determine grouping of elements in the input image array into the text lines in the output text lines array. According to another aspect, a method uses the sufficient stability grouping technique to determine the amount of vertical expansion to apply to each text line so as to create text regions in the output array which correspond to the text lines in the input text lines array. According to yet another aspect, a method takes the text regions array as input and extracts enclosure borders from the text regions. The method according to this aspect applies distance thresholding and edge labeling based upon the contents of the text lines array. According to still another aspect, a method extracts structured borders from the text regions array. The method according to this aspect applies two-dimensional projection operations based upon the contents of the text lines array. According to yet still another aspect, a method extracts freeform linear borders from the text regions array. The freeform linear borders result from a Voronoi tesselation performed upon the contents of text regions array.

摘要翻译： 分析电子工作表面上的物体簇之间的空间分离，以自动生成边界，其可以至少两种方式使用。 边框可能会成为输出图像中的显式可编辑边框。 或者，创建的边界可能是隐式的临时边界。 根据一个方面，一种方法使用足够的稳定性分组技术来确定输入图像阵列中的元素到输出文本行阵列中的文本行中的分组。 根据另一方面，一种方法使用足够的稳定性分组技术来确定应用于每个文本行的垂直扩展量，以便在输出阵列中创建与输入文本行阵列中的文本行对应的文本区域。 根据另一方面，一种方法将文本区域阵列作为输入并从文本区域中提取封闭边界。 根据该方面的方法基于文本行数组的内容应用距离阈值和边缘标记。 根据另一方面，一种方法从文本区域阵列中提取结构化边界。 根据该方面的方法基于文本行数组的内容应用二维投影操作。 根据另一方面，一种方法从文本区域阵列中提取自由形式的线性边界。 自由形式的线性边界是由对文本区域数组的内容执行的Voronoi细分。

公开(公告)号：US06326946B1

公开(公告)日：2001-12-04

申请号：US09156031

申请日：1998-09-17

申请人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Eric Saund ,  Beverly L. Harrison ,  Roy Want ,  William J. van Melle ,  Kenneth P. Fishkin ,  Anuj Uday Gujar

发明人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Eric Saund ,  Beverly L. Harrison ,  Roy Want ,  William J. van Melle ,  Kenneth P. Fishkin ,  Anuj Uday Gujar

IPC分类号： G09G500

CPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/0425

摘要： An enhanced information collage that combines a computational system with a physical information collage to preserve the advantages of conventional information collages while alleviating many problems associated with such collages. A physical information collage (e.g. a pin board with spatially differentiated pin mounted task cards, each card having a detectable identity tag) can be made part of a computational system by sensing the identity, position, and contents of the collage component artifacts. In effect, each collage component has its content and position stored in a database, with movement of a particular component resulting in update of the database to record the new position of that component. Further provided are Operator Icon components which may be used to provide digital services, such as combining, erasing, saving, or transferring, to other collage components.

摘要翻译： 增强的信息拼贴，将计算系统与物理信息拼贴相结合，以保护常规信息拼贴的优点，同时减轻与此类拼贴相关的许多问题。 可以通过感测拼贴组件工件的身份，位置和内容，将物理信息拼贴（例如具有空间差异的针脚安装的任务卡的针板，每个具有可检测的身份标签的卡）构成计算系统的一部分。 实际上，每个拼贴组件的内容和位置都存储在数据库中，特定组件的移动导致更新数据库以记录该组件的新位置。 还提供了可以用于向其他拼贴组件提供诸如组合，删除，保存或转移的数字服务的操作者图标组件。

公开(公告)号：US06308822B1

公开(公告)日：2001-10-30

申请号：US09360333

申请日：1999-07-22

申请人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Anne-Marie Bauman ,  Mark Allison Bauman

发明人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Anne-Marie Bauman ,  Mark Allison Bauman

IPC分类号： B65G2732

CPC分类号： B65G27/32

摘要： Conveying apparatuses, indication assemblies, methods of indicating operation of a conveying apparatus, and methods of operating a conveying apparatus are provided. According to one aspect, a conveying apparatus includes a frame; a bed configured to convey material in a direction; a drive device configured to impart movement to the bed; and an indication assembly configured to indicate operation of the conveying apparatus in an operational state. Another aspect provides a method of indicating operation of a conveying apparatus comprising: providing a conveying apparatus including a bed; supporting the bed using a frame; imparting movement to the bed to induce movement of material within the bed; and indicating operation of the conveying apparatus in an operational state.

摘要翻译： 提供输送设备，指示组件，指示输送设备的操作的方法以及操作输送设备的方法。 根据一个方面，一种传送装置包括一个框架; 床，被配置为沿方向传送材料; 驱动装置，其构造成将运动赋予所述床; 以及指示组件，被配置为指示处于操作状态的输送装置的操作。 另一方面提供一种指示输送装置的操作的方法，包括：提供包括床的输送装置; 使用框架支撑床; 赋予床的运动以引起床内材料的移动; 并指示输送装置处于操作状态的操作。

公开(公告)号：US5861886A

公开(公告)日：1999-01-19

申请号：US670915

申请日：1996-06-26

申请人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Patrick Chiu ,  William J. van Melle ,  Gordon P. Kurtenbach

发明人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Patrick Chiu ,  William J. van Melle ,  Gordon P. Kurtenbach

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/00

CPC分类号： G06F3/04817 ,  G06F3/04842

摘要： A system for creating and manipulating groups of graphic objects using enclosures. A persistent graphic object, such as a closed loop is drawn around a set of graphic objects as an enclosure. When the enclosure is selected the enclosure and the set of graphic objects within are grouped. Besides moving graphic objects into and out of the enclosure, the contents of a group can then be modified by 1) graphically altering the enclosure loop to include or remove graphic objects, 2) fusing groups by moving one of them so that their enclosure loops overlap (i.e., they "fuse" into one), 3) fusing groups through gestures which "touch" enclosure loops of the groups to be fused or 4) splitting the group into multiple groups through a splitting gesture.

摘要翻译： 使用外壳创建和操作图形对象组的系统。 围绕作为外壳的一组图形对象绘制诸如闭环的持久图形对象。 选择机箱时，机箱和其中的图形对象组将分组。 除了将图形对象移入和移出外壳之外，还可以通过以下方式修改一个组的内容：1）以图形方式更改机箱循环以包含或删除图形对象; 2）通过移动其中一个来融合组，使其机箱环重叠 （即，它们“融合成一体”），3）通过“触摸”要融合的组的机箱环的手势融合组，或者4）通过分割手势将组分成多个组。

公开(公告)号：US5592608A

公开(公告)日：1997-01-07

申请号：US138548

申请日：1993-10-15

申请人： Karon A. Weber ,  Alex D. Poon ,  Thomas P. Moran

发明人： Karon A. Weber ,  Alex D. Poon ,  Thomas P. Moran

IPC分类号： G06K9/20 ,  G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F17/30 ,  G06K9/62 ,  G06F3/14

CPC分类号： G06K9/222 ,  G06F17/30259

摘要： A user-interactive method for use in a processor-controlled machine provides a user with the capability to establish associations among image segments in a data structure that indicate visually-displayed but otherwise not recognized or interpreted information, for the purpose of retrieving the unrecognized data from the data structure without performing a recognition operation. A user selects and designates a visually recognizable, but computationally unrecognized, displayed image segment as a coherent display object, called a key object, to function as an indexing mechanism. The user then associates the key object with data objects, which may also be computationally unrecognized, that are stored in a target data structure. The key object can be used as an access mechanism to retrieve the target data without recognition of either the key object or the target data. For this reason the method is particularly useful in systems that provide for a stylus- or pen-based computing interface, since it provides a flexible and powerful information indexing capability while avoiding the need to perform generally error prone recognition operations on handwritten or other graphical symbols. A key object is assigned a unique identifier that is computationally distinguishable from other key object identifiers, and a key object-to-data association is established between the unique identifier and the target display object. A well-designed graphical user interface permits key objects to be easily created, associated with displayed information, and reused.

摘要翻译： 在处理器控制的机器中使用的用户交互方法为用户提供了在数据结构中的图像段之间建立关联的能力，该数据结构指示可视地显示但是不被识别或解释的信息，以便检索无法识别的数据 从数据结构而不执行识别操作。 用户选择并指定视觉上可识别但是计算上无法识别的显示的图像片段作为被称为关键对象的相干显示对象，用作索引机制。 然后，用户将密钥对象与存储在目标数据结构中的数据对象（也可能是计算上无法识别的）相关联。 密钥对象可以用作访问机制来检索目标数据而不识别密钥对象或目标数据。 因此，该方法在提供基于笔或笔的计算界面的系统中特别有用，因为它提供了灵活和强大的信息索引能力，同时避免了在手写或其他图形符号上执行普遍易出错的识别操作的需要 。 一个关键对象被分配一个与其他关键对象标识符在计算上可区分的唯一标识符，并且在唯一标识符和目标显示对象之间建立了一个关键对象到数据关联。 精心设计的图形用户界面允许轻松创建关键对象，与显示的信息相关联并重新使用。

公开(公告)号：US5404439A

公开(公告)日：1995-04-04

申请号：US869559

申请日：1992-04-15

申请人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Elin R. Pederson ,  Michael K. McCall ,  Frank G. Halasz

发明人： Thomas P. Moran ,  Elin R. Pederson ,  Michael K. McCall ,  Frank G. Halasz

IPC分类号： G06T11/80 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06T11/00 ,  G06F15/62

CPC分类号： G06T11/00 ,  G06F3/04842

摘要： A computer-controlled graphics display system providing improved means for selecting objects for joint action. The invention helps the user of a graphical user interface more easily select a group of objects that are meaningfully related to each other. Objects are usually created serially in time by a user, but they are typically selected by spatial grouping in graphical user interfaces. The invention shows that such a spatial grouping can be refined by considering the temporal grouping of objects. Algorithms are proposed which combine both spatial and temporal grouping to produce the most appropriate grouping of objects, i.e., groupings that most likely conform to the user's intentions.

摘要翻译： 一种计算机控制的图形显示系统，其提供用于选择用于联合动作的对象的改进装 本发明帮助图形用户界面的用户更容易地选择彼此有意义相关的一组对象。 对象通常由用户在时间上连续创建，但它们通常在图形用户界面中通过空间分组来选择。 本发明表明，可以通过考虑对象的时间分组来改进这样的空间分组。 提出了将空间和时间分组组合以产生最合适的对象分组（即，最可能符合用户意图的分组）的算法。

公开(公告)号：USD344500S

公开(公告)日：1994-02-22

申请号：US864903

申请日：1992-04-03

申请人： Richard H. Bruce ,  Scott A. Elrod ,  Thomas P. Moran ,  Frank G. Halasz ,  Malcolm S. Smith ,  Dallas R. Grove ,  Richard J. Goldstein

设计人： Richard H. Bruce ,  Scott A. Elrod ,  Thomas P. Moran ,  Frank G. Halasz ,  Malcolm S. Smith ,  Dallas R. Grove ,  Richard J. Goldstein