公开(公告)号：US20070153989A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-05

申请号：US11324208

申请日：2005-12-30

申请人： David Howell ,  Sridhar Sundararaman ,  David Fong ,  Frank Seide

发明人： David Howell ,  Sridhar Sundararaman ,  David Fong ,  Frank Seide

IPC分类号： H04M11/00

CPC分类号： H04M3/5307 ,  H04M2201/405 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/253 ,  H04M2203/4509

摘要： Improved systems and methods are provided for transcribing audio files of voice mails sent over a unified messaging system. Customized grammars specific to a voice mail recipient are created and utilized to transcribe a received voice mail by comparing the audio file to commonly utilized words, names, acronyms, and phrases used by the recipient. Key elements are identified from the resulting text transcription to aid the recipient in processing received voice mails based on the significant content contained in the voice mail.

摘要翻译： 提供了改进的系统和方法，用于转录通过统一消息系统发送的语音邮件的音频文件。 通过将音频文件与收件人使用的常用词，名称，首字母缩略词和短语进行比较，创建和利用特定于语音邮件收件人的定制语法来转录接收到的语音邮件。 从所得到的文本转录中识别关键要素，以帮助接收者基于语音邮件中包含的重要内容来处理接收的语音邮件。

公开(公告)号：US20060083357A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-20

申请号：US11086828

申请日：2005-03-22

申请人： David Howell ,  David Fong

发明人： David Howell ,  David Fong

IPC分类号： H04M1/64

CPC分类号： H04M3/4931 ,  G10L15/26 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/5307 ,  H04M3/533 ,  H04M3/53333 ,  H04M2201/39 ,  H04M2201/40 ,  H04M2203/254 ,  H04M2203/4509

摘要： A system that concurrently provides multiple user interface (UI) mechanisms that facilitate control of an application state machine (e.g., unified message system). More particularly, the invention can create two relatively distinct user experiences, one via dual tone multi-frequency (DTMF) navigation and another through speech recognition navigation of a unified message system. In accordance therewith, one single underlying state machine can be used. Navigation and flow control (e.g., state transitions) in the state machine can be leveraged by multiple UI mechanisms that actively co-exist. The invention introduces speech recognition features together with other input mechanisms to drive the UI of an application state machine (e.g., unified messaging system). The speech recognition UI can be designed to provide a natural navigation through the application independent of a DTMF UI.

摘要翻译： 同时提供便于控制应用状态机（例如，统一消息系统）的多个用户界面（UI）机制的系统。 更具体地，本发明可以创建两个相对不同的用户体验，一种通过双音多频（DTMF）导航，另一种通过统一消息系统的语音识别导航。 因此，可以使用一个单一的底层状态机。 状态机中的导航和流控制（例如，状态转换）可以由主动共存的多个UI机制来利用。 本发明将语音识别特征与其他输入机制一起引入以驱动应用状态机（例如，统一消息收发系统）的UI。 语音识别UI可以被设计为提供独立于DTMF UI的应用的自然导航。

公开(公告)号：US20060083358A1

公开(公告)日：2006-04-20

申请号：US11087007

申请日：2005-03-22

申请人： David Fong ,  David Howell

发明人： David Fong ,  David Howell

IPC分类号： H04M11/00 ,  H04M1/64

CPC分类号： H04M3/5307 ,  H04M3/385 ,  H04M3/42153 ,  H04M3/42204 ,  H04M3/5322 ,  H04M3/53366 ,  H04M3/537 ,  H04M2201/60 ,  H04M2203/205 ,  H04M2203/2072 ,  H04M2203/253 ,  H04M2203/358 ,  H04M2203/4509 ,  H04M2203/4536 ,  H04M2203/6009

摘要： A system and/or methodology that unifies a telephonic communication component and/or system with a data (e.g., messaging) server component and/or system. The system can facilitate telephonically accessing rich information in the server (e.g., messaging server). This rich information can include email content, calendar content, contacts information, or the like. Moreover, with access to an application programming interface, the invention can add functionality to initiate email communications as well as to accept or cancel meetings. Furthermore, the invention can synchronize messages of disparate formats. By way of example a user can set an “Out of Office” (OOF) status on both an email systems and telephone voicemail system from one location in one action. In another aspect, it will be appreciated that any message or data component can be analyzed, transformed, matched and/or communicated from one system to another (e.g., server to telephone) in accordance with the subject invention.

公开(公告)号：US09058759B2

公开(公告)日：2015-06-16

申请号：US13918712

申请日：2013-06-14

申请人： Dean Beeler ,  David Howell

发明人： Dean Beeler ,  David Howell

IPC分类号： G09G5/00 ,  G06F9/44 ,  G06F3/14

CPC分类号： G09G5/006 ,  G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/1454 ,  G06F9/4411 ,  G06F9/452

摘要： A virtual display system, compatible with Windows Display Driver Model (WDDM), facilitates extending a display virtually, to any display target, such as a window on the primary display, a tablet, or another personal computer altogether. The virtual WDDM display system device has a PCI filter driver, a virtual device user mode driver and a virtual device kernel mode driver. The virtual WDDM display system interacts with a physical WDDM display device, which it uses as a surrogate renderer. The PCI filter driver is used to force enumeration of a virtual display device. The virtual device kernel mode driver uses chained callbacks at increasing IRQ levels for simulating an interrupt from a real hardware device. Continuous segments in memory are used to simulate video memory on a physical display device. DirectX extensions are used to facilitate expectations at the hardware level.

摘要翻译： 与Windows显示驱动程序模型（WDDM）兼容的虚拟显示系统有助于将显示器虚拟地扩展到任何显示目标，如主显示器，平板电脑或其他个人计算机上的窗口。 虚拟WDDM显示系统设备具有PCI过滤器驱动程序，虚拟设备用户模式驱动程序和虚拟设备内核模式驱动程序。 虚拟WDDM显示系统与物理WDDM显示设备交互，WDD显示设备用作代理渲染器。 PCI过滤器驱动程序用于强制虚拟显示设备的枚举。 虚拟设备内核模式驱动程序在增加IRQ级别时使用链接回调来模拟来自真实硬件设备的中断。 内存中的连续片段用于模拟物理显示设备上的视频内存。 DirectX扩展用于在硬件级别方便预期。

公开(公告)号：US08694888B2

公开(公告)日：2014-04-08

申请号：US12551555

申请日：2009-08-31

申请人： Tom Langmacher ,  Mary E. Massey ,  David Howell

发明人： Tom Langmacher ,  Mary E. Massey ,  David Howell

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G09G5/00

CPC分类号： G06T11/203 ,  G06T13/80

摘要： Some embodiments of the invention provide a method for presenting computer-generated characters. The method defines several frames for a character and sequentially presents the frames. Each frame depicts a particular representation of the character. Also, at least two of the frames provide different representations of the character. Some embodiments provide a method for applying effects to computer-generated characters. This method applies an effect to the computer-generated characters by first generating an effect script. It then selects the generated effect script to apply to the computer-generated characters.

摘要翻译： 本发明的一些实施例提供了一种呈现计算机生成的角色的方法。 该方法为字符定义了几个帧，并且顺序呈现帧。 每个框架描绘了该角色的特定表示。 而且，至少两个帧提供了不同的角色表示。 一些实施例提供了一种将效果应用于计算机生成的角色的方法。 此方法通过首先生成效果脚本对计算机生成的字符应用效果。 然后选择生成的效果脚本应用于计算机生成的字符。

公开(公告)号：US08489381B1

公开(公告)日：2013-07-16

申请号：US13411697

申请日：2012-03-05

申请人： Robert Spinner ,  Eli Levi ,  William Harold Leippe ,  Emery Korpi ,  Michael Lai ,  James Kuveikis ,  Richard E. Chalmers ,  Richard Engel ,  Peter F. Britch ,  William Biagiotti ,  David Howell

发明人： Robert Spinner ,  Eli Levi ,  William Harold Leippe ,  Emery Korpi ,  Michael Lai ,  James Kuveikis ,  Richard E. Chalmers ,  Richard Engel ,  Peter F. Britch ,  William Biagiotti ,  David Howell

IPC分类号： G06F9/44 ,  G06F13/10 ,  G06F13/12

CPC分类号： G01R31/2848 ,  G06F17/5022 ,  G06F19/00 ,  G16H50/50

摘要： Method and system to configure a common set of electronic components using software in order to simulate different electronic, mechanical and/or electro-mechanical instruments or instrument functions. For each instrument function or traditional mode of operation to be simulated, software models are created which when directed to the electronic components, cause the electronic components to respond to input in the same manner that the actual, traditional physical instrument would respond to satisfy the same test requirement input. The software models are preferably stored in a model repository which is searchable to enable a user to select the instrument function or traditional mode of operation to be simulated with the corresponding model being provided to the electronic components. Once the model, i.e., a function for each synthetic element, is downloaded and the electronic components configured according to the model functions, testing of the assemblies or other UUTs can begin.

摘要翻译： 用于使用软件来配置一组通用电子部件以便模拟不同的电子，机械和/或机电仪器或仪器功能的方法和系统。 对于要模拟的每种仪器功能或传统操作模式，创建软件模型，当指向电子组件时，使电子组件以与实际的传统物理仪器响应以满足相同的方式响应输入 测试要求输入 软件模型优选地存储在模型库中，其可搜索以使得用户能够选择将被提供给电子组件的对应模型来模拟的仪器功能或传统操作模式。 一旦模型，即每个合成元素的功能被下载，并且根据该模型配置的电子部件起作用，则可以开始组件或其他UUT的测试。

公开(公告)号：US20070156682A1

公开(公告)日：2007-07-05

申请号：US11320183

申请日：2005-12-28

申请人： David Howell ,  Clifford Didcock

发明人： David Howell ,  Clifford Didcock

IPC分类号： G06F17/30

CPC分类号： G10L15/19 ,  G10L2015/227 ,  G10L2015/228 ,  H04M3/4936

摘要： A system for identifying an object corresponding to user input including a first grammar, a user specific file and a controller. The first grammar is a list of objects. The user specific file designates a subset of the list of objects in the first grammar which are related to the user. The controller receives the user input and compares the user input to the objects of at least the user specific file. The controller identifies to the user the object corresponding to the user input, giving preference to those objects designated in the user specific file.

摘要翻译： 一种用于识别对应于包括第一语法，用户特定文件和控制器的用户输入的对象的系统。 第一个语法是对象列表。 用户特定文件指定与用户相关的第一语法中的对象列表的子集。 控制器接收用户输入，并将用户输入与至少用户特定文件的对象进行比较。 控制器向用户识别与用户输入相对应的对象，给予用户特定文件中指定的那些对象的偏好。

公开(公告)号：US07180477B2

公开(公告)日：2007-02-20

申请号：US10706451

申请日：2003-11-12

申请人： David Howell

发明人： David Howell

IPC分类号： G09G1/06

CPC分类号： H04N17/04 ,  G09G3/006 ,  H04N17/02

摘要： Portable automatic video device tester including a programmable video generator and analyzer, a signal conditioner/switching device, a command module, a portable computer (laptop) with an integral monitor and a portable VXI chassis for housing the video generator and analyzer, the signal conditioner/switching device and the command module. The programmable video generator and analyzer is connected to one or more video devices being tested and includes a generating mechanism for generating various forms of video test signals. The signal conditioner/switching device is also arranged in connection with the chassis and adapted to be connected to one or more of the video devices being tested. The computer communicates with the video generator and analyzer and the signal conditioner/switching device via the command module in order to conduct test operations and enable display of test results on the monitor.

摘要翻译： 便携式自动视频设备测试仪，包括可编程视频发生器和分析仪，信号调节器/开关设备，命令模块，具有集成显示器的便携式计算机（笔记本电脑）和用于容纳视频发生器和分析仪的便携式VXI机箱，信号调节器 /切换设备和命令模块。 可编程视频发生器和分析器连接到被测试的一个或多个视频设备，并且包括用于生成各种形式的视频测试信号的生成机构。 信号调节器/开关装置还被布置成与机架连接并适于连接到被测试的一个或多个视频装置。 计算机通过命令模块与视频发生器和分析仪以及信号调节器/切换装置进行通信，以进行测试操作，并在显示器上显示测试结果。

公开(公告)号：US20070029873A1

公开(公告)日：2007-02-08

申请号：US11194200

申请日：2005-08-01

申请人： David Howell

发明人： David Howell

IPC分类号： B60T8/44

CPC分类号： B60T8/4818 ,  B60T15/52

摘要： A brake system that uses a quick release valve in place of a double check valve to optimize the timing of the release of pressurized air from the brake chambers and supply lines is provided. The quick-release valve further includes a threaded exhaust port that functions as a second supply port. By using the threaded exhaust port as a second supply port, the diaphragm in the quick release valve acts similar to an unbiased diaphragm double check valve during periods of increasing air pressure, but retains the functionality of a quick release valve during periods of decreasing air pressure by favoring release through the threaded exhaust port.

摘要翻译： 提供了一种制动系统，其使用快速释放阀代替双止回阀，以优化从制动室和供应管线释放加压空气的时间。 快速释放阀还包括用作第二供给口的螺纹排气口。 通过使用螺纹排气口作为第二供应口，快速释放阀中的隔膜在增加空气压力的时期期间类似于无偏压隔膜双止回阀，但在气压降低期间保持快速释放阀的功能 有利于通过螺纹排气口释放。

公开(公告)号：US20170119062A1

公开(公告)日：2017-05-04

申请号：US14932738

申请日：2015-11-04

申请人： Jessica Howell ,  David Howell

发明人： Jessica Howell ,  David Howell

IPC分类号： A41B13/10

CPC分类号： A41B13/10 ,  A41D2300/32

摘要： An improved smock made up of fabric with waterproof absorbent lining underneath with closure mechanism, with the fabric on the top making the smock comfortable to wear. The smock is provided with a closure mechanism which is a full Velcro placed at the back side of smock such that the child wearing the smock cannot remove it easily while eating. The smock is worn like a tank top and looks like a shirt bringing less embarrassment to adults or children using it.