Arnold, WA
Carmal Arnold, Clear Lake, WA US
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20130227781 | Patient Movement Support Device and Method - A push board device and method of use is disclosed for supporting an individual's lower body while the patient is in a prone position and exerting force on the device to slide along a bed surface. The device comprises a lower leg press member attached to an elongated board member, where the board connects to the side rails of a patient bed and the leg press member provides a location for which the patient to support themselves during sliding movement. Embodiments of the leg press member include a solid, rounded member or a tubular member having an open interior to provide storage for a low friction sliding sheet therein. The board member is positioned between two side rails of a hospital bed or similar structure to allow the user to securely push against the device. The low friction sheet assists in movement of an individual and reduces resistance. | 09-05-2013 |
Chris Arnold, Vancouver, WA US
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20100079559 | Fluid Circulation System - Various apparatus and methods are disclosed in which fluid is circulated across one or more print heads. | 04-01-2010 |
20100220127 | Ink Delivery System - An ink delivery system includes a plurality of ink supplies, an air pressure source to generate ink pressure for each ink supply, an ink valve associated with each ink supply, where each ink valve is configured to prevent a reverse flow of ink from a pen to the associated ink supply, and each ink valve has a switch configured to provide an open signal when the ink valve is open, and a controller configured to determine one of a normal ink condition, an out of ink condition or a system pressure problem based on receiving the open signals and to regulate the pressure source according to the determination. | 09-02-2010 |
Christopher J. Arnold, Vancouver, WA US
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20100283822 | Apparatus and Methods for Purging Air from a Fluid Conveying Tube - An apparatus for purging air from a fluid conveying tube includes a housing member comprising an inner bore having an inlet and an outlet ( | 11-11-2010 |
20140285573 | CLEANING OF FLUID EJECTION ASSEMBLY - A method includes applying a nominal back pressure to a fluid ejection assembly and nozzles to form a first amount of back pressure therein by a back pressure regulator. The method also includes applying a first pressure to lower the first amount of back pressure within the fluid ejection assembly and the nozzles to form a second amount of back pressure therein by a pressurization module in response to an activation of a cleaning operation. The method also includes moving at least one of the fluid ejection assembly and a wicking member against each other to perform the cleaning operation. The wicking member moves relative to the fluid ejection assembly against and across the nozzle surface to transfer fluid residue from at least one of the nozzle surface and the nozzles to a portion of the wicking member to form a used wicking member portion. | 09-25-2014 |
Halan P. Arnold, Aberdeen, WA US
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20160121457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LOW PRESSURE PIERCING USING A WATERJET CUTTER - A high-pressure waterjet cutting system includes a pump operable to produce a flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid, a piston receiving the flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid and reciprocating in response to a pressure differential produced by the flow of pressurized hydraulic fluid, and an intensifier connected to the piston and operable to produce a high-pressure flow of water in response to reciprocation of the piston. A valve is positioned to receive the flow of hydraulic fluid and is movable between a first position in which the pressure differential is a first value and a second position in which the pressure differential is a second value less than the first value. | 05-05-2016 |
Jeff Arnold, Sammamish, WA US
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20110225543 | USER INTERFACE WITH PREVIEW TRANSITIONS - A user interface is described that temporarily displays portions of a page that reside outside of the viewable area of the screen. An animated transition creates a brief preview of at least one user interface feature. Additionally, the user interface feature is then animated out of the viewable area in a way to suggest a location of the feature. In one embodiment, a target page that is being opened controls the transition and animates features into and out of the viewable area to create the temporary preview. In another embodiment, the target page includes user interface elements that can asynchronously control the preview animation independent from the main content of the target page. In yet another embodiment, a transition coordinator can coordinate the timing between animating out a foreground application while animating in a target application. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225547 | CONTROL OF TIMING FOR ANIMATIONS IN DYNAMIC ICONS - Dynamic icons are described that can employ animations, such as visual effects, audio, and other content that change with time. If multiple animations are scheduled to occur simultaneously, the timing of the animations can be controlled so that timing overlap of the animations is reduced. For example, the starting times of the animations can be staggered so that multiple animations are not initiated too close in time. It has been found that too much motion in the user interface can be distracting and cause confusion amongst users. | 09-15-2011 |
Jeffery Arnold, Sammamish, WA US
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20130093791 | TOUCHSCREEN SELECTION VISUAL FEEDBACK - Various embodiments are described for systems and methods for providing visual feedback indicating a touch selection of an element on a touch-sensitive display. In one example, the method may include displaying the element in a first orientation on the display. A rotation scaling factor may be established that is based on a distance between an element, point of reference and a display point of reference. Based on the rotation scaling factor, a rotation amount of the element is determined. When a touch selection of the element is received, the method includes rotating the element by the rotation amount to a second orientation, and displaying the element in the second orientation on the display. | 04-18-2013 |
Jeffery G. Arnold, Sammamish, WA US
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20120185788 | USER INTERFACE WITH VERTICAL TEXT ELEMENTS FOR AN EAST-ASIAN DEFINED LAYOUT - A method and system are disclosed for displaying a user interface text element in an East-Asian mode so that system-based text can be displayed vertically on a user interface. In one embodiment, a device can dynamically switch between a Latin-based layout (horizontally displayed text elements) and an East-Asian based layout (vertically displayed text elements) based on global device settings, such as a language setting or a locale setting. Such settings can be dynamically modified by the user to change the display modes. | 07-19-2012 |
20130042199 | AUTOMATIC ZOOMING FOR TEXT SELECTION/CURSOR PLACEMENT - Disclosed herein are tools and techniques for using a single-finger single touch to zoom content. In one embodiment disclosed herein, a single-finger single touch on a touch screen displaying at least a page of content is detected. At least in response to the detecting the single-finger single touch, a page zoom is performed. | 02-14-2013 |
20140098108 | CONTROL OF TIMING FOR ANIMATIONS IN DYNAMIC ICONS - Dynamic icons are described that can employ animations, such as visual effects, audio, and other content that change with time. If multiple animations are scheduled to occur simultaneously, the timing of the animations can be controlled so that timing overlap of the animations is reduced. For example, the starting times of the animations can be staggered so that multiple animations are not initiated too close in time. It has been found that too much motion in the user interface can be distracting and cause confusion amongst users. | 04-10-2014 |
20150254281 | METADATA-BASED PHOTO AND/OR VIDEO ANIMATION - Techniques are described herein that are capable of providing metadata-based photo and/or video animation. For instance, multiple images (e.g., still images) of a scene may be combined into an image sequence. An image may be selected from the multiple images to represent the scene. Such an image may be referred to as a primary image. Metadata may be associated with the primary image. The metadata may include a reference to the image sequence. | 09-10-2015 |
Jeff G. Arnold, Sammamish, WA US
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20160034154 | Application Launcher Sizing - Application launcher sizing techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a likely usage context is determined, by a computing device, of a user in interacting with the computing device. An application launcher is dynamically sized within a display area of the user interface by the computing device based on the determined likely usage context of the user. The application launcher is configured for output responsive to an input received from a user and includes a plurality of representations of applications that are selectable to navigate to a user interface corresponding with a respective said application. | 02-04-2016 |
20160048294 | Direct Access Application Representations - Direct access application representation techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a user interface is exposed by an operating system of a computing device. The user interface includes a concurrent display of a plurality of representations of applications that are selectable by a user to launch respective applications, at least one of the plurality of representations includes a concurrent display of a plurality of user-selectable targets for a respective application, and each of the plurality of user-selectable targets is selectable by a user to obtain direct access to a respective one of a plurality of application functionality of the respective application. Responsive to an input indicative of user selection of one of the plurality of user-selectable targets of the at least one representation of the respective application, the direct access is provided to the respective one of the plurality of application functionality of the respective application. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048305 | Group-Based User Interface Rearrangement - Group-based user interface rearrangement techniques are described. In one or more embodiments, a display manager module is configured to output a user interface for display via a display device. The user interface is configured to present an arrangement of graphics in groups in which the graphics visually represent and enable selectable access to underlying content items. The display manager module is configured to detect input indicative of a rotation of the display device. The display manager module may also detect other display-change events, such as changing the display device that is used to output the user interface. In response to detection of such events, the display manager module determines a rearrangement of the graphics that corresponds to the particular event. | 02-18-2016 |
20160048319 | Gesture-based Access to a Mix View - Techniques for gesture-based access to a mixed view associated with an application representation are described. In one or more implementations, a user interface is exposed by an operating system of a computing device. The user interface includes a concurrent display of a plurality of representations of applications that are selectable by a user to launch respective applications. Gesture-based techniques can be used to interact with an application representation to cause one or more visible targets to appear adjacent the representation. The individual targets are individually associated with some type of application functionality, e.g., a quick action or a deep link into content associated with the application. An individual target can then be selected, e.g., touch-selected, by a user to initiate the associated functionality. | 02-18-2016 |
John F. Arnold, Monroe, WA US
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20140143825 | Reputation-Based In-Network Filtering of Client Event Information - A policy management system is described herein which generates rules based, at least in part, on reputation information provided by at least one reputation source and client event information forwarded by filtering logic. The policy management system then deploys the rules to the filtering logic. The filtering logic, which resides in-network between clients and at least one service, uses the rules to process client event information sent by the clients to the service(s). In one illustrative environment, the service corresponds to an ad hosting service, which uses the policy management system and filtering logic to help prevent malicious client traffic from reaching the ad host service, or otherwise negatively affecting the ad hosting service. | 05-22-2014 |
Jordan Douglas Arnold, Bainbridge Island, WA US
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20110029598 | MOBILE DEVICE NOTIFICATION CONTROLS SYSTEM AND METHOD - Provided herein are systems and methods for facilitating mobile device users to control notifications pushed to their mobile devices. | 02-03-2011 |
Mark T. Arnold, Freeland, WA US
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20090064445 | Prewash dish cleaning device - A pre-wash device for dishes and/or utensils includes a vacuum chamber comprising a collection vessel open to the vacuum chamber, a food material collection pan exhausting into the vacuum chamber at a location where material from the collection pan falls into the collection vessel at an end of the collection vessel open to the vacuum chamber, and a blower having an intake in the vacuum chamber and an exhaust directed and focused to force food material on plates and/or utensils into the collection pan. | 03-12-2009 |
20090126142 | Prewash dish cleaning device - A vacuum pre-wash device includes a vacuum chamber that includes a collection vessel open to the vacuum chamber. A vacuum hose exhausts into the vacuum chamber at a location where material from the vacuum hose falls into the collection vessel at an end of the collection vessel open to the vacuum chamber. | 05-21-2009 |
Peter J. Arnold, Snowhomish, WA US
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20100267524 | EXERCISE APPARATUS WITH FLEXIBLE ELEMENT - An exercise device includes a flexible support element and a step height adjustment mechanism. The flexible support element couples at least one crank to a right foot support and a left foot support. The step height adjustment mechanism allows a person to adjust a step height of a path through which the left and right foot supports move. | 10-21-2010 |
20110224048 | EXERCISE APPARATUS WITH FLEXIBLE ELEMENT - An exercise device includes a flexible support element and a step height adjustment mechanism. The flexible support element couples at least one crank to a right foot support and a left foot support. The step height adjustment mechanism allows a person to adjust a step height of a path through which the left and right foot supports move. | 09-15-2011 |
Peter J. Arnold, Snohomish, WA US
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20130023384 | EXERCISE APPARATUS WITH FLEXIBLE ELEMENT - An exercise device includes first and second coupling systems at each comprise a flexible element. In one implementation, the exercise device further comprises a step height adjustment mechanism. The flexible element of the first and second coupling systems couples at least one crank to a right foot support and a left foot support. The step height adjustment mechanism allows a person to adjust a step height of a path through which the left and right foot supports move. | 01-24-2013 |
20130210585 | ADAPTIVE MOTION EXERCISE DEVICE - An exercise device comprises first and second crank arms configured to rotate 180 degrees out of phase with respect to one another about a first axis; a track; first and second foot links, first and second footpads carried by the first and second foot links between the first link portion and the second link portion and first and second front arms. Each of the first and second foot links has a first link portion that moves along the track while pivoting. Each of the first and second front arms has a first arm portion pivotally coupled to one of the foot links and a second arm portion pivotally coupled one of the crank arms. In one embodiment, a disc rotates in response to movement of the first foot link along the track, wherein a magnet facing the disc forms an eddy brake. | 08-15-2013 |
20140187390 | INCREMENTAL WEIGHT AND SELECTOR - An exercise apparatus comprises an incremental weight system. The incremental weight system comprises an incremental weight and an incremental weight selector. The incremental weight selector is liftable by a weight lift and has a lever movable between a lowered position and a raised position to actuate the selector between an engaged position engaging the incremental weight such that the incremental weight is liftable with a first weight by the weight lift and a disengaged position disengaged from the incremental weight such that the first weight is liftable independent of the incremental weight. | 07-03-2014 |
20150306451 | SELECTABLE STRIDE ELLIPTICAL - An exercise apparatus comprises a frame, a left foot link supporting a left foot pad, a right foot link supporting a right foot pad in a left foot link supporting a left foot pad. The right foot pad is linked to the left foot pad so as to synchronously move out of phase with the left foot pad through an elliptical path having an adjustable step height and an adjustable stride length. An adjustment synchronizer is operably coupled to the left foot link and the right foot link to synchronously adjust both the step height and the stride length of the elliptical path. | 10-29-2015 |
20150352402 | EXERCISE APPARATUS WITH NON-UNIFORM FOOT PAD TRANSVERSE SPACING - A method and apparatus guide inclined movement of a left foot pad in a fore-aft direction on a first side of a longitudinal centerline of an exercise apparatus and inclined movement of a right foot pad in the fore-aft direction on a second side of the longitudinal centerline of the exercise apparatus such that the right foot pad and the left foot pad are transversely spaced from the longitudinal centerline by a first distance when proximate a front of the exercise apparatus and are transversely spaced from the longitudinal centerline by second distance greater than the first distance when proximate a rear of the exercise apparatus. | 12-10-2015 |
Robert Arnold, Port Ludlow, WA US
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20080235906 | SELF-LUBRICATED BEARING ASSEMBLY - A self-lubricating bearing assembly for a hinge of a turbine engine nozzle is described. The hinge includes a bolt and a bell crank housing. The bearing assembly includes a sleeve, a pair of bushings, liners, a thrust washer and a nut. The sleeve includes a tubular and a shoulder portion. Each bushing has an inner and an outer diameter. The liners include first liners, each bonded to the inner diameter of a respective one of the bushings, a second liner disposed between the shoulder portion and a bushing, and a third liner disposed between the thrust washer and a bushing. When assembled, the tubular portion is disposed over an outer diameter of the bolt, the outer diameters of the bushings are disposed within an inner diameter of the bell crank housing, and the nut is affixed between the thrust washer and the bolt to secure the hinge assembly. | 10-02-2008 |
Robert Arnold, Bellevue, WA US
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20090012953 | Method and system for continuous, dynamic, adaptive searching based on a continuously evolving personal region of interest - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest. | 01-08-2009 |
20090012955 | Method and system for continuous, dynamic, adaptive recommendation based on a continuously evolving personal region of interest - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest. | 01-08-2009 |
20100185605 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS, DYNAMIC, ADAPTIVE SEARCHING BASED ON A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING PERSONAL REGION OF INTEREST - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments, of the present invention search for points of interest. | 07-22-2010 |
20140297415 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTINUOUS, DYNAMIC, ADAPTIVE RECOMMENDATION BASED ON A CONTINUOUSLY EVOLVING PERSONAL REGION OF INTEREST - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to flexible, user-adapted, continuous searching, on behalf of a particular user, for points of interest relevant to the user's current location within a specifically computed personal region of interest. In a general case, the personal region of interest is computed as a function of the user's level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest. The level of disposition towards the searched-for points of interest may, in turn, be based on two or more of the user's location, the current date and time, a history of the user's interaction with the POI-searching system, including user-initiated searches and user selections from displayed search results, a user profile developed for, and continuously updated on behalf of, the user, and a current context for the search, as specified by a search query or by other context-specifying means. The personal region of interest generally defines an abstract area, volume, or hypervolume within which method and system embodiments of the present invention search for points of interest. | 10-02-2014 |
Robert E. Arnold, Bellevue, WA US
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20100057690 | Automated information-provision system - Various system embodiments of the present invention are directed to an automated concierge system through which users of the automated concierge system can request and obtain many types of information and services. Unlike traditional search engines and electronic query-processing interfaces, the automated concierge systems provide much greater flexibility with respect to means of access, including types of electronic devices and communications media that can be used to access the concierge services, greater flexibility in the timing of responses to information and service requests, more efficient information and service provision, and access to a much broader range of information sources and service providers. The automated concierge systems that represent embodiments of the present invention provide state-associated searches, in contrast to the stateless searches generally provided by search engines and many electronic query-processing interfaces, and employ a generally asynchronous message-based interface, rather than the rigid request/response interfaces provided by traditional search engines and other electronic query-processing systems. | 03-04-2010 |
Steven L. Arnold, Kirkland, WA US
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20080301799 | Method and apparatus for reliable, high speed data transfers in a high assurance multiple level secure environment - A method, apparatus for passing data from a first application at a first security level to a second application in a second security level higher than the first security level is disclosed. A backchannel communications link is established between the first application and the second application, and the backchannel link is used to transmit information such as an acknowledgement message to from the second application to the first application. | 12-04-2008 |
Steven L. Arnold, Seattle, WA US
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20100192217 | System and method for information sharing between non-secure devices - A method for communicating information packets from a first host system operating in a first security domain and in accordance with a non-secure communications protocol, using a dataguard, to a second host system operating in a second security domain different than the first security domain, and where the second host system is also operating in accordance with the non-secure communications protocol. The method may involve: using a first driver operating with the dataguard to interface the dataguard with the first host system; using a first proxy task group operating with the dataguard to interface the dataguard to the first driver and to communicate with the first driver in accordance with a protocol of the first security domain; using a second driver operating with the dataguard to interface the dataguard to the second host system; and using a second proxy task group operating with the dataguard to interface the dataguard to the second proxy task group and to communicate with the second driver in accordance with a protocol of the second security domain. | 07-29-2010 |
William G. Arnold, Seattle, WA US
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20080215508 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR HUMAN BEHAVIOR MODELING IN ADAPTIVE TRAINING - A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer usable program code for simulating human behavior. Source code for predicting human behavior is located on a storage system in a network data processing system. An interpreter executing on hardware in the network data processing system includes a language interpreter and a communications module. The language interpreter executes a simulation with the source code using artificial intelligence to generate a new definition and interpreted source code. A graphical user interface processor receives the interpreted source code from the language interpreter and generates device dependent output. Devices display the device dependent output, receive user input, and send received user input to the graphical user interface processor. The communications module receives user input from the graphical user interface processor and the new definition from the language interpreter and modifies the source code to form modified source code, executed by the language interpreter. | 09-04-2008 |
20080320042 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EVALUATING AUDIO COMMUNICATIONS - An apparatus for evaluating audio communications includes: (a) a data storage device configured for identifying associative memory relations among information aspects stored in the data storage device, (b) a query device coupled with the data storage device, the query device being configured for posing queries relating to at least one of the information aspects and the associative memory relations to obtain at least one query result, and (c) a communications parsing unit coupled with at least one of the data storage device and the query device. The communications parsing unit is configured to receive the audio communications and is configured to effect identification of features related with the audio communications. The features related with the audio communications are available for inclusion among the information aspects. The data storage device periodically effects evaluation of the associative memory relations. | 12-25-2008 |