公开(公告)号：US20080259039A1

公开(公告)日：2008-10-23

申请号：US11553431

申请日：2006-10-26

申请人： Kenneth Kocienda ,  Richard Williamson

发明人： Kenneth Kocienda ,  Richard Williamson

IPC分类号： G06F3/041 ,  G06F3/02 ,  G09G5/00 ,  G06F3/048

CPC分类号： G06F3/04886 ,  G06F3/0238

摘要： A portable electronic device may display one of a plurality of soft keyboards in a first display area and input characters in a second display area. The user may select a key on the soft keyboard, causing a plurality of objects corresponding to the plurality of soft keyboards to be displayed. The user may then select one of the objects, and the soft keyboard corresponding to the selected object is displayed and made operational. The soft keyboards corresponding to the objects not selected are not made operational.

摘要翻译： 便携式电子设备可以在第一显示区域中显示多个软键盘中的一个，并在第二显示区域中输入字符。 用户可以选择软键盘上的键，从而显示与多个软键盘对应的多个对象。 然后，用户可以选择对象中的一个，并且显示对应于所选择的对象的软键盘并使其可操作。 与未选择的对象相对应的软键盘不可操作。

公开(公告)号：US20060271123A1

公开(公告)日：2006-11-30

申请号：US11498414

申请日：2006-08-02

申请人： Robert Greenberg ,  Richard Williamson

发明人： Robert Greenberg ,  Richard Williamson

IPC分类号： A61N1/00

CPC分类号： A61N1/36046 ,  A61N1/0543

摘要： The invention is a method of automatically adjusting an electrode array to the neural characteristics of an individual patient. By recording neural response to a predetermined input stimulus, one can alter that input stimulus to the needs of an individual patient. A minimum input stimulus is applied to a patient, followed by recording neural response in the vicinity of the input stimulus. By alternating stimulation and recording at gradually increasing levels, one can determine the minimum input that creates a neural response, thereby identifying the threshold stimulation level. One can further determine a maximum level by increasing stimulus until a predetermined maximum neural response is obtained.

公开(公告)号：US20050273141A1

公开(公告)日：2005-12-08

申请号：US11115620

申请日：2005-04-27

申请人： Robert Greenberg ,  Richard Williamson ,  Joseph Schulman ,  Reza Rassool ,  Lee Mandell ,  Abraham Seidman

发明人： Robert Greenberg ,  Richard Williamson ,  Joseph Schulman ,  Reza Rassool ,  Lee Mandell ,  Abraham Seidman

IPC分类号： A61N1/05 ,  A61N1/36 ,  G06T3/40 ,  A61N1/08 ,  A61N1/10

CPC分类号： A61N1/36046 ,  G06T3/40

摘要： A method and apparatus for improving visual acuity when providing a visual image from a “high” resolution input device to a “low” resolution output device. The described invention is of particular use when the output device is an array of electrodes as part of a retinal prosthesis used to restore vision to a visually-impaired patient. In that various limitations may, within the foreseeable future, limit the density of such an electrode array (and thus the resolution of the output image), the present invention teaches techniques to assign processed pixel subsets of a higher resolution image to a single electrode. By varying the pixel subsets, e.g., by jittering, and/or altering the processing criteria, the perceived visual acuity may be further improved. Alternatively and additionally, such processing may be further extended to drive neighboring electrodes in combination to thus stimulate virtual electrode sites and thus further enhance visual acuity.

摘要翻译： 当从“高”分辨率输入装置向“低”分辨率输出装置提供视觉图像时，用于提高视力的方法和装置。 当输出设备是用作将视力恢复到视觉障碍患者的视网膜假体的一部分的电极阵列时，所描述的本发明是特别有用的。 因此，在可预见的将来可能会限制这种电极阵列的密度（因此输出图像的分辨率）的各种限制，本发明教导了将更高分辨率图像的经处理的像素子集分配给单个电极的技术。 通过例如通过抖动和/或改变处理标准来改变像素子集，可以进一步改善感知的视敏度。 另外地和另外地，这样的处理可以进一步延伸以组合驱动相邻电极，从而刺激虚拟电极位置，从而进一步提高视敏度。

公开(公告)号：US06952706B2

公开(公告)日：2005-10-04

申请号：US10237141

申请日：2002-09-05

申请人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Daniel Willhite ,  Jack Greenfield

发明人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Daniel Willhite ,  Jack Greenfield

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F7/00

CPC分类号： G06F8/24 ,  G06F9/4488 ,  G06F9/449 ,  Y10S707/99944 ,  Y10S707/99945

摘要： A method for providing stand-in objects, where relationships among objects are automatically resolved in an object oriented relational database model without the necessity of retrieving data from the database until it is needed. A “fault” class is defined, as well as fault objects whose data haven't yet been fetched from the database. An object that's created for the destination of a relationship whenever an object that includes the relationship is fetched from the database. When an object is fetched that has relationships, fault objects are created to “stand-in” for the destination objects of those relationships. Fault objects transform themselves into the actual enterprise objects—and fetch their data—the first time they're accessed. Subsequently, messages sent to the target objects are responded to by the objects themselves.This delayed resolution of relationships occurs in two stages: the creation of a placeholder object for the data to be fetched, and the fetching of that data only when it's needed. By not fetching an object until the application actually needs it, unnecessary interaction with the database server is therefore prevented.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提供待机对象的方法，其中对象之间的关系在面向对象的关系数据库模型中自动解析，而无需从数据库中检索数据库直到需要。 定义了“故障”类，以及尚未从数据库中获取数据的故障对象。 每当从数据库中提取包含关系的对象时，都会为关系的目标创建一个对象。 当获取具有关系的对象时，会创建故障对象，以便为这些关系的目标对象“入站”。 故障对象将自身转化为实际的企业对象，并且在第一次访问时获取数据。 随后，发送到目标对象的消息由对象本身响应。 这种关系的延迟解决发生在两个阶段：创建要获取的数据的占位符对象，仅在需要时才提取该数据。 通过在应用程序实际需要之前不获取对象，因此可以避免与数据库服务器的不必要的交互。

公开(公告)号：US06820268B2

公开(公告)日：2004-11-16

申请号：US10233079

申请日：2002-08-29

申请人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Jack Greenfield ,  Daniel Willhite

发明人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Jack Greenfield ,  Daniel Willhite

IPC分类号： G06F900

CPC分类号： G06F8/38 ,  Y10S707/99944

摘要： The present invention comprises a method for allowing a data controlling object to interface with any number of user interface objects without requiring separate interface code for each user interface object and without restricting the user interface to certain predetermined designs. The present method provides objects called association objects that are interposed between a data controlling object and each user interface object. Each kind of user interface object has a corresponding association object. The association object for a particular kind of user interface object contains code that allows the association object to interact with the specific kind of user interface object with which it is associated. Each association object also presents a standard interface to a data controlling object, regardless of the kind of user interface object with which the association object is associated. The association object takes care of any conversion or translation that must be performed to convert a data value sent by the data controlling object into an appropriate value that can be displayed by the user interface object. Accordingly, instead of requiring different interface code for each kind of user interface object used, a data controlling object requires only a single block of interface code for communicating with all association objects, which in turn provide the user interface specific code needed for each kind of user interface object.

摘要翻译： 本发明包括一种允许数据控制对象与任何数量的用户界面对象接口而不需要用于每个用户界面对象的单独的接口代码并且不限制用户界面到某些预定设计的方法。 本方法提供了被插入在数据控制对象和每个用户界面对象之间的关联对象的对象。 每种用户界面对象都有一个对应的关联对象。 用于特定类型的用户界面对象的关联对象包含允许关联对象与其所关联的特定类型的用户界面对象进行交互的代码。 每个关联对象还向数据控制对象呈现标准接口，而不管关联对象与哪个用户界面对象相关联。 关联对象负责将数据控制对象发送的数据值转换为用户界面对象可显示的适当值必须执行的任何转换或转换。 相应地，数据控制对象仅需要一个接口代码块来与所有的关联对象进行通信，而不需要使用不同的接口代码，而这些接口代码又提供了每种类型的用户界面特定的代码 用户界面对象。

公开(公告)号：US06704744B1

公开(公告)日：2004-03-09

申请号：US09663854

申请日：2000-09-18

申请人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Jack Greenfield ,  Daniel Willhite

发明人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Jack Greenfield ,  Daniel Willhite

IPC分类号： G06F1730

CPC分类号： G06F17/30595 ,  G06F17/3041 ,  G06F17/30607 ,  Y10S707/99933 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99944

摘要： The present invention creates a model that maps object classes in an object-oriented environment to a data source. The model maps the relationship between properties of each object class and data of the data source. The present invention can be used with a data source such as a relational database, user interface, file system, or object-oriented database. An application's object classes and data source schema are designed independent of the other since the model can be used to map one to the other. The model is comprised of entities and attributes. An entity maps to an object class and to at least one table of the DBMS. An entity contains attributes either simple or derived. A simple attribute maps to a DBMS column. A derived attribute is a combination of other attributes and does not directly map to a DBMS column. A relationship creates a link between entities of the model. A relationship can be used to flatten an attribute or flatten a relationship. A flattened attribute is an attribute of one entity that is added to another entity. A flattened relationship is created by the elimination of intermediate relationships between two entities. Relationships can be either unidirectional or bidirectional. A unidirectional relationship has a single traversal path that has a source entity and a destination. A bidirectional relationship has two traversal paths. A reflexive relationship can be created using a single entity. The model is used to synchronize object properties and the data of the data source.

摘要翻译： 本发明创建将面向对象环境中的对象类映射到数据源的模型。 该模型映射每个对象类的属性和数据源的数据之间的关系。 本发明可以与诸如关系数据库，用户界面，文件系统或面向对象的数据库之类的数据源一起使用。 应用程序的对象类和数据源模式是独立于另一方设计的，因为该模型可用于将一个对象映射到另一个。 该模型由实体和属性组成。 实体映射到对象类和DBMS的至少一个表。 实体包含简单或派生的属性。 一个简单的属性映射到一个DBMS列。 派生属性是其他属性的组合，不直接映射到DBMS列。 关系在模型的实体之间创建一个链接。 关系可以用来平坦化一个属性或平坦化关系。 平坦属性是添加到另一个实体的一个实体的属性。 通过消除两个实体之间的中间关系创建一个扁平化的关系。 关系可以是单向还是双向。 单向关系具有单个遍历路径，其具有源实体和目的地。 双向关系具有两个遍历路径。 可以使用单个实体创建反身关系。 该模型用于同步对象属性和数据源的数据。

公开(公告)号：US06223227B1

公开(公告)日：2001-04-24

申请号：US08831634

申请日：1997-04-09

申请人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Daniel Willhite ,  Jack Greenfield

发明人： Richard Williamson ,  Linus Upson ,  Daniel Willhite ,  Jack Greenfield

IPC分类号： G06F900

CPC分类号： G06F8/24

摘要： A method for providing stand-in objects, where relationships among objects are automatically resolved in an object oriented relational database model without the necessity of retrieving data from the database until it is needed. A “fault” class is defined, as well as fault objects whose data haven't yet been fetched from the database. An object that's created for the destination of a relationship whenever an object that includes the relationship is fetched from the database. When an object is fetched that has relationships, fault objects are created to “stand-in” for the destination objects of those relationships. Fault objects transform themselves into the actual enterprise objects—and fetch their data—the first time they're accessed. Subsequently, messages sent to the target objects are responded to by the objects themselves. This delayed resolution of relationships occurs in two stages: the creation of a placeholder object for the data to be fetched, and the fetching of that data only when it's needed. By not fetching an object until the application actually needs it, unnecessary interaction with the database server is therefore prevented.

摘要翻译： 一种用于提供待机对象的方法，其中对象之间的关系在面向对象的关系数据库模型中自动解析，而无需从数据库中检索数据库直到需要。 定义了“故障”类，以及尚未从数据库中获取数据的故障对象。 每当从数据库中提取包含关系的对象时，都会为关系的目标创建一个对象。 当获取具有关系的对象时，会创建故障对象，以便为这些关系的目标对象“入站”。 故障对象将自身转化为实际的企业对象，并且在第一次访问时获取数据。 随后，发送到目标对象的消息由对象本身进行响应。关系的这种延迟解决发生在两个阶段：创建要获取的数据的占位符对象，以及仅在需要时获取该数据。 通过在应用程序实际需要之前不获取对象，因此可以避免与数据库服务器的不必要的交互。

公开(公告)号：US20190105496A1

公开(公告)日：2019-04-11

申请号：US15937427

申请日：2018-03-27

申请人： Xiaoyi Min ,  Alexander Kent ,  Richard Williamson

发明人： Xiaoyi Min ,  Alexander Kent ,  Richard Williamson

IPC分类号： A61N1/36 ,  A61N1/372 ,  A61N1/05

摘要： A computer implemented method and system is provided for managing neural stimulation therapy. The method comprises under control of one or more processors configured with program instructions. The method delivers a series of candidate stimulation waveforms having varied stimulation intensities to at least one electrode located proximate to nervous tissue of interest. A parameter defines the candidate stimulation waveforms is changed to vary the stimulation intensity. The method identifies a first candidate stimulation waveform that induces a paresthesia-abatement effect, while continuing to induce a select analgesic effect. The method further identifies a second candidate stimulation waveform that does not induce the select analgesic effect. The method sets a stimulation therapy based on the first and second candidate stimulation waveforms.

公开(公告)号：US09875013B2

公开(公告)日：2018-01-23

申请号：US12565755

申请日：2009-09-24

申请人： Kenneth L. Kocienda ,  Richard Williamson

发明人： Kenneth L. Kocienda ,  Richard Williamson

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F9/00 ,  G06F17/00 ,  G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/16 ,  H04M1/725 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0484

CPC分类号： G06F3/0488 ,  G06F1/1626 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/017 ,  G06F3/04842 ,  G06F3/04883 ,  G06F3/04886 ,  G06F2203/04805 ,  G06F2203/04806 ,  H04M1/72552 ,  H04M1/72561 ,  H04M2250/22 ,  H04M2250/70

摘要： In some embodiments, a device displays content on a touch screen display and detects input by finger gestures. In response to the finger gestures, the device selects content, visually distinguishes the selected content, and/or updates the selected content based on detected input. In some embodiments, the device displays a command display area that includes one or more command icons; detects activation of a command icon in the command display area; and, in response to detecting activation of the command icon in the command display area, performs a corresponding action with respect to the selected content. Exemplary actions include cutting, copying, and pasting content.

公开(公告)号：US08615432B2

公开(公告)日：2013-12-24

申请号：US12767102

申请日：2010-04-26

申请人： James Alexander Howard ,  William Bedford Turner ,  Christopher Blumenberg ,  Richard Williamson

发明人： James Alexander Howard ,  William Bedford Turner ,  Christopher Blumenberg ,  Richard Williamson

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/0255 ,  G06Q30/02

摘要： The present technology presents targeted content, such as a targeted application, within a primary application, in such a fashion that the targeted application is a separate process from the primary application. The targeted application is targeted to a specific user by compiling targeting data, generally describing aspects related to the user and information about the primary application for use by an application server, which processes the targeting data to determine suitable content. The present technology further achieves a balance between the need to protect a user's information and sharing some of this information with trusted sources for selecting targeted content to be displayed within a primary application by providing an operating system process to accept requests and compile targeting data for determined targeted content from the primary application without sharing the targeting data with the primary application.

摘要翻译： 本技术以主要应用程序中的目标应用程序（例如目标应用程序）呈现目标应用程序，使得目标应用程序是与主应用程序不同的进程。 目标应用程序通过编译定位数据来定向到特定用户，通常描述与用户有关的方面以及由应用服务器使用的主要应用程序的信息，处理目标数据以确定合适的内容。 本技术进一步实现了保护用户信息的需要与信任来源之间的一些信息共享，以便通过提供操作系统过程来接受请求并编制目标数据以确定所需要的主要应用程序来显示主要应用中的目标内容 而不与主应用程序共享定位数据。