Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC

Lasermotive, Inc.

Jonathan C Kagle

Gilad Odinak

Thomas J Nugent, Jr

John Carlton Platt

Russell Irvin Sanchez

Hagai Thomas Attias

Victoria Elizabeth Milton

Barbary J Brunner

Courtney L Latta

Richard A Barrie

Roger B Gulrajani

Embodiments are directed towards a multi-stage wireless power transmission system that includes a transmitting unit and a receiving unit. The transmitting unit transmits a power beam to the receiving unit, which converts the power beam into local electrical power and provides it to a personal electronic device without a corded connection between the receiving unit and a mains power supply. The transmitting unit includes a light-based transmitter to generate and transmit a power beam towards the receiving unit. The receiving unit includes a receiver to receive at least a portion of the power beam and to convert the received power beam into local electrical power. The receiving unit also includes a power output unit to provide the received local power to a personal electronic device when the personal electronic device, which is separable from the receiving unit, is electrically coupled to the power output unit.

Wireless power transmitter and receiver with cordless operation

Wireless power transmitter and receiver

Subscription based content is decrypted for one or more trial periods without shortening the subscription period for the device. The subscription period for the content does not start until the expiration of the last trial period. The subscription logic included with the device monitors a packet value received in a broadcast to determine when the device is receiving a packet within a trial period. The packet value is time-based such that the subscription logic can determine when the device has exceeded the number of allowed trial periods as well as to determine when the subscription ends.

Trial usage for encrypted subscription-based data

Preview content is automatically downloaded to a user's device. When desired, the user may obtain more detailed information relating to the preview information. The more detailed information may be personalized to the user. The user may customize the preview content they receive on their device. For example, using a web interface, the user may select which preview information they wish to receive on their device. Preview content may also be automatically configured for the user. The preview information may be displayed on a low power auxiliary display which is readily visible by the user. The more detailed information may be automatically downloaded based on a user's preferences, or the user may explicitly request to receive the more detailed information.

Previews of information for selected download on auxiliary display

Disclosed is a digital apparatus, such as a digital camera, which generates a digital representation of an image. The digital apparatus includes an image sensor having an array of pixels. An analog-to-digital converter converts electrical signals from the array of pixels into digital data representative of the image. Information indicative of locations of defective pixels in the pixel array is stored in a pixel defect memory. Compensation circuitry compensates the digital data representative of the image using the information indicative of the locations of the defective pixels. Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing a digital apparatus having compensation for defective pixels.

Error calibration for digital image sensors and apparatus using the same

A method and system for synchronizing multiple versions of multimedia objects is provided. Each multimedia object may be identified by a unique identifier. In addition, a history graph may be generated and maintained for each object, where the history graph includes nodes that store unique identifiers and whose vectors describe the relationship between the multimedia objects. Metadata may be used to describe the transformations of objects.

Method and apparatus for synchronizing multiple versions of digital data

A digital audio recording device is provided with an audio recorder adapted to receive sound waves and to provide in response a digital audio data stream. The recording device also includes an image recorder which provides digital representations of multiple still frame images. A synchronizer receives the digital audio data stream and the digital representations of the still frame images and provides as an output the digital audio data stream synchronized with the still frame images. An image selection input provides interactive synchronization of particular still frame images with particular portions of the audio data stream. In addition, methods of synchronizing the audio data stream and the still frame images are provided.

Method and apparatus for synchronizing audio recordings with digital still frame images

A method and apparatus for reducing the image acquisition time in a digital imaging device by processing segments of the image through an image processing pipeline and storing the processed image segments. Processing segments of the image allows the digital imaging device to write processed data segments to a storage medium while other image segments are being processed. Any portion of the image processing pipeline may be divided to perform parallel processing on the image segments to increase processing speed.

Method and apparatus for reducing image acquisition time in a digital imaging device

A method for generating a hypertext markup language (HTML) page in which a style template is selected for a predetermined region of a web page layout. The predetermined region of the web page layout is a horizontal region spanning an entire width of the web page layout. The selected style template can be, for example, a title template, a text template, an audio template, a picture template, a parallel column template or a navigational bar template, and is selected by selecting a graphical icon representing the style of the template. The selected style template includes at least one HTML code defining a style of the style template and can include a space for information that is related to the style of the style template. Information related to the style of the template, such as a title, text, hypertext link information, a pointer to a file containing information that is to be inserted into the selected template, image information, graphical information and/or audio information, is inserted into the space before uploading the finished web page layout to a server. Typically, a plurality of selected style templates are concatenated to generate the finished web page layout. A finished web page layout is then uploaded to the server.

Simplified design for HTML

A method and apparatus are provided for organizing media objects in a database using contextual information for a media object and known media objects, categories, indexes and searches, to arrive at an inference for cataloging the media object in a database. The media object may then be cataloged in the database according to the inference. A method and apparatus are provided for clustering media objects by forming groups of unlabeled data and applying a distance metric to said group.

Managing media objects in a database

A method and apparatus is provided for reducing the image acquisition time in a digital imaging device by processing segments of the image through an image processing pipeline and storing the processed image segments. Processing segments of the image allows the digital imaging device to write processed data segments to a storage medium while other image segments are being processed. Any portion of the image processing pipeline may be divided to perform parallel processing on the image segments to increase processing speed.

A method and a camera perform processing functions based on a preliminary frame of light before capturing a second frame of light that forms a final camera image. After the light for the final image is captured, additional post-capture processing is performed on image data produced from that light. The results of the pre-capture processing are combined with the results of the post-capture processing to produce a final set of image data.

Method and apparatus for capturing images

Creation of web pages on hand-held devices such as digital cameras and personal digital assistants (PDAs) is made feasible by a system for generating mark-up language based on a compact template mapping file created on the hand-held device. Through a user interface, a user of the hand-held device creates the template mapping file, which associates a selected on of the templates stored on the host computer with one or more source files, which may include text, image and audio files. HTML templates (files containing the actual and usually lengthy formatting commands that accomplish the style selected by the user) and other large files needed to create compelling web pages reside on the host computer, not on the hand-held device. In a synchronization operation, where the hand-held computer is operably connected to the host computer, the source files are merged with the selected style templates according to mapping information in the template mapping file. The invention is especially applicable to digital cameras having features of a PDA and provides users with the capability to remotely create their own websites which incorporate images they have obtained with the digital camera.

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Jonathan C Kagle