Koch, WA
Axel Koch, Renton, WA US
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20140098049 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TOUCH-BASED INPUT ON ULTRASOUND DEVICES - Systems and methods for receiving touch-based input from an operator of an imaging device are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an ultrasound imaging device is configured to receive tactile input from an operator. The imaging device presents an ultrasound image to the operator and the operator can perform one or more touch inputs on the image. Based on the received input, the imaging device can update the display of the image. | 04-10-2014 |
Christof Koch, Seattle, WA US
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20120106850 | COMPUTATION OF INTRINSIC PERCEPTUAL SALIENCY IN VISUAL ENVIRONMENTS, AND APPLICATIONS - Detection of image salience in a visual display of an image. | 05-03-2012 |
20130338803 | ONLINE REAL TIME (ORT) COMPUTER BASED PREDICTION SYSTEM - An online real-time (ORT) system and method implementing such system for real-time prediction of one of two actions or classes of action are described. Such actions are detected by corresponding transducers configured to translate the actions to time varying amplitude signals. | 12-19-2013 |
James L. Koch, Newman Lake, WA US
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20080296756 | HEAT SPREADER COMPOSITIONS AND MATERIALS, INTEGRATED CIRCUITRY, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USES THEREOF - Near net shape heat spreader components are disclosed that comprise at least one pressure-treated powder material. Heat spreaders are also described that include at least one near net shape heat spreader component, and at least one additional part. Methods of forming heat spreaders are also described that include: a) forming a base portion comprising a pressure-treated powder material and having a first surface comprising a perimeter region surrounding a heat-receiving surface; b) forming a frame portion comprising a second material; and c) joining the base portion and the frame portion. | 12-04-2008 |
Kenneth A. Koch, North Bend, WA US
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20120266099 | VIRTUAL ADDRESS BAR USER INTERFACE CONTROL - A virtual address bar user interface control is presented. The virtual address bar comprises one or more interactive address segments and one or more conventional address segments. Each interactive address segment corresponds to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on a storage device. Selection of the one or more interactive address segments navigates a user to content satisfying the predefined filters of the one or more selected interactive address segments. Each conventional address segment references content at the content's particular location on the storage device. Selection of the one or more conventional address segments navigates the user to content at the content's particular location. | 10-18-2012 |
20130263060 | VIRTUAL ADDRESS BAR USER INTERFACE CONTROL - A virtual address bar user interface control is presented. The virtual address bar comprises an interactive address segment and a conventional address segment. The interactive address segment corresponds to a predefined filter comprising selection criteria applied to content stored on a storage device. Selection of the interactive address segment causes content satisfying the predefined filter to be displayed. The conventional address segment references content at the content's particular location within a hierarchical file system structure on the storage device. Selection of the conventional address segment causes the content stored at the particular location to be displayed. | 10-03-2013 |
Laura Koch, Seattle, WA US
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20100209896 | VIRTUAL MANIPULATIVES TO FACILITATE LEARNING - Embodiments of the invention disclose a virtual manipulative to facilitate math learning. The virtual manipulative comprises a user interface to progressively form one on more columns to hold partial sums or number decompositions to assist a learner in computing a sum. | 08-19-2010 |
20110250571 | NUMBER LINE TOOL AND METHOD - A computer-implemented method for teaching math is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a number line graphic to indicate a relative order between numbers; generating a first problem comprising numbers at least some of which are indicated on the number line graphic; selectively providing guidance for solving the problem; and receiving a user's input as a solution to the first problem. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250572 | TILE TOOL AND SYSTEM FOR TEACHING MATH - A computer-implemented method for teaching math is disclosed. The method comprises displaying a challenge for a learner to solve; displaying in first area a plurality of moveable pieces; displaying a second area defining a receptacle to which the learner can move the moveable pieces in attempting to solve the challenge; and evaluating the learner's response to the challenge. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250573 | PACKING WORKSPACE TOOL AND METHOD FOR MATH LEARNING - A computer-implemented method for teaching math is disclosed. The method comprises generating a number; generating movable items corresponding to the number defining a number of place values for representing the number; graphically marking place value areas corresponding to the place values; allowing a user to move the movable items into the place value areas to represent the number in terms of its place values. | 10-13-2011 |
20110250574 | PICTURE GRID TOOL AND SYSTEM FOR TEACHING MATH - A computer-implemented method for teaching math is disclosed. The method comprises generating a problem for a user to solve; generating a graphical representation of a number associated with the problem; wherein the graphical representation is selected to facilitate subitizing of the number; and overlaying visual guidance on the graphical representation to guide a user as a means to drawing attention to a learning strategy for solving the problem; receiving and checking a user's input as a solution to the problem; and indicating to the user a correctness of the solution. | 10-13-2011 |
Paul Koch, Redmond, WA US
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20140372356 | PREDICTIVE PRE-LAUNCH FOR APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods of pre-launching applications in a computer system, said applications being likely to be activated by a user from a terminated and/or suspended process state, are disclosed. The pre-launching of an application may be based on the assessed probability of the application being activated—as well as the level of availability of system resources to affect such pre-launching. Applications may be pre-launched based on these and other conditions/considerations, designed to improve the user's experience of a quick launch of applications in the background. Several prediction models are presented to provide a good estimate of the likelihood of an application being activated by a user. Such prediction models may comprise an adaptive predictor (based on past application usage situations) and/or a switch rate predictor (based on historic data of an application being switched and, possibly, having a decay rate applied to such switch rate measure). | 12-18-2014 |
Paul B. Koch, Seattle, WA US
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20120005131 | Combining Human and Machine Intelligence to Solve Tasks With Crowd Sourcing - Methods are described for ideally joining human and machine computing resources to solve tasks, based on the construction of predictive models from case libraries of data about the abilities of people and machines and their collaboration. Predictive models include methods for folding together human contributions, such as voting, with machine computation, such as automated visual analyses, as well as the routing of tasks to people based on prior performance and interests. An optimal distribution of tasks to selected participants of the plurality of participants is determined according to a model that considers the demonstrated competencies of people based on a value of information analysis that considers the value of human computation and the ideal people for providing a contribution. | 01-05-2012 |
Peter Aaron Koch, Kent, WA US
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20160114883 | ACTIVELY-CONTROLLED SUPERHYDROPHOBIC SURFACES - Active superhydrophobic surface structures are actively-controlled surface structures exhibiting a superhydrophobic state and an ordinary state. Active superhydrophobic surface structures comprise an outer elastomeric covering defining an exposed surface, a controlled group of MEMS (micro-electro-mechanical system) actuators at least covered by the elastomeric covering, and, a controlled region of the exposed surface corresponding to the controlled group. The controlled region has a superhydrophobic state in which the controlled region is textured. The controlled region also has an ordinary state in which the controlled region is smooth (i.e., less textured than in the superhydrophobic state). Active superhydrophobic surface structures may be part of an apparatus that includes a controller and/or one or more sensors. The controller, sensors, and the controlled region may form a feedback loop in which the active superhydrophobic surface is actively controlled. | 04-28-2016 |
Ruppert Koch, Redmond, WA US
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20130060834 | DISTRIBUTED MESSAGING SYSTEM CONNECTIVITY AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT - A distributed messaging system includes a gateway having an interface to receive client messages and having access to a gateway database and to a messaging host that supports multiple partitions that are executed on processors of a cluster of processors. Each of the partitions supports execution of at least one message broker. The gateway database includes a mapping between each of the message brokers and one of the multiple partitions. An admin agent may periodically scan the gateway database to check if the message brokers reach a capacity threshold. The admin agent may create new message brokers and add the new message brokers to a pool of message brokers to allow new queues to be associated with the new message brokers. | 03-07-2013 |
Ruppert Rolf Koch, Redmond, WA US
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20130246561 | HIGH DENSITY HOSTING FOR MESSAGING SERVICE - Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate migrating message for a messaging service. In aspects, a determination is made that messages need to be migrated based on a threshold being crossed. In response, an agent is instructed to migrate data associated with the messages to another location. The agent uses various factors to determine one or more queues to migrate. While a queue is being migrated, during a first portion of the migration, messages may be added to and removed from the queue as senders send new messages and receivers consume messages. During a second portion of the migration, the queue is frozen to disallow the queue to be used for receiving new messages and delivering queued messages. The migration may be orchestrated to attempt to achieve certain goals. | 09-19-2013 |
Walter Von Koch, Seattle, WA US
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20080201367 | Unifying Discoverability of a Website's Services - Various embodiments provide a unified discovery control that can be incorporated as part of a web browser. The unified discovery control provides a central location that describes various services that a website has to offer. In addition, the unified discovery control can allow the user to interact with the individual services that the website has to offer as by providing the user with the ability to add, update, uninstall and/or otherwise manage the various services that are described in the unified discovery control. Thus, the unified discovery control provides a centralized management system that provides the user with a common, predictable and repeatable user experience for interacting with various services that a website can offer. | 08-21-2008 |
20120198329 | UNIFYING DISCOVERABILITY OF A WEBSITE'S SERVICES - Various embodiments provide a unified discovery control that can be incorporated as part of a web browser. The unified discovery control provides a central location that describes various services that a website has to offer. In addition, the unified discovery control can allow the user to interact with the individual services that the website has to offer as by providing the user with the ability to add, update, uninstall and/or otherwise manage the various services that are described in the unified discovery control. Thus, the unified discovery control provides a centralized management system that provides the user with a common, predictable and repeatable user experience for interacting with various services that a website can offer. | 08-02-2012 |
William J. Koch, Bellevue, WA US
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20080210817 | Energy-absorbing Square Tube Composite Stanchion - An energy absorbing structural strut employs a composite tube bonded to an end fitting with the bond being slightly lower in strength than the crushing strength of the tube in axial compression. The end fitting incorporates an anvil to rupture the tube and absorb energy upon shearing of the bond with the strut in compression. | 09-04-2008 |
20090206202 | Energy absorbing structure for aircraft - Energy absorbing structure disposed beneath the cargo area of an aircraft provides maximum energy absorption and structural strength using carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites. The energy absorbing structure uses laminated stanchions having ply drop-offs to produce stable, progressive crushing of the stanchions during a wheels-up crash landing. Integrally formed flanges on the stanchions allow direct mounting of the stanchions on the structural members of the aircraft, without the need for specialized fittings. | 08-20-2009 |
20100282904 | AIRCRAFT HAVING A FORWARD-FACING SECTION THAT DEFLECTS ELASTICALLY UNDER IMPACT LOADS - An aircraft comprises a forward-facing aircraft section including composite aircraft skin and a substructure for the skin. The substructure includes a plurality of hoop-shaped composite frames. The frames are designed to deflect elastically under bird impact loads. | 11-11-2010 |
20110101164 | COMPLIANT CROWN PANEL FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft forward pressure bulkhead and an aircraft crown panel are described herein. The forward pressure bulkhead includes a malleable and deformable dome that is configured to “catch” foreign objects, such as birds. The dome is intentionally designed to deform in response to a foreign object strike that imparts at least a threshold amount of impact energy to the bulkhead. The dome is free of rigid stiffeners and non-deformable reinforcement members that would otherwise hinder the flexible characteristic of the dome. Practical embodiments of the bulkhead utilize fewer parts, are less heavy, and are less expensive than traditional bulkheads that utilize rigid stiffeners. The crown panel has similar compliant characteristics. The crown panel is designed to simultaneously deform and deflect in response to foreign object impacts such as birds and hail. The crown panel is formed from a monolithic one-piece material, such as aluminum, and various reinforcing features are integrally formed in the material. | 05-05-2011 |
20130087657 | COMPLIANT CROWN PANEL FOR AN AIRCRAFT - An aircraft forward pressure bulkhead and an aircraft crown panel are described herein. The forward pressure bulkhead includes a malleable and deformable dome that is configured to “catch” foreign objects, such as birds. The dome is intentionally designed to deform in response to a foreign object strike that imparts at least a threshold amount of impact energy to the bulkhead. The dome is free of rigid stiffeners and non-deformable reinforcement members that would otherwise hinder the flexible characteristic of the dome. Practical embodiments of the bulkhead utilize fewer parts, are less heavy, and are less expensive than traditional bulkheads that utilize rigid stiffeners. The crown panel has similar compliant characteristics. The crown panel is designed to simultaneously deform and deflect in response to foreign object impacts such as birds and hail. The crown panel is formed from a monolithic one-piece material, such as aluminum, and various reinforcing features are integrally formed in the material. | 04-11-2013 |
20160047412 | ENHANCED THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE PIVOT BUSHING - An aircraft pivot joint bushing has enhanced thermal conductivity due to the bushing having an inner cylindrical portion which has a first thermal dissipating capacity, and an outer cylindrical portion on the inner cylindrical portion which has a second thermal dissipating capacity, where the second thermal dissipating capacity is less than the first thermal dissipating capacity. | 02-18-2016 |
Zeke Koch, Seattle, WA US
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20100077310 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR NOTIFYING APPLICATIONS OF STATE CHANGES - Described is a method and system a unified mechanism for storing device, application, and service state, as well as a rich notification brokerage architecture. Clients register with a notification broker to receive notifications for changes to state properties. When a registered state property changes, a notification broker determines which clients to notify of the state change and provides the client with a notification regarding the change. Clients may be notified whenever a state changes, when a state change meets a predetermined condition, or based on a schedule. An application may also be launched in response to a state change. An application programming interface (API) is provided that provides a unified way of accessing state change information across different components within the device. | 03-25-2010 |
20110072396 | Gallery User Interface Controls - A computing system for providing a user interface control to modify properties of items within a main application window. The computing system has a main application window, a gallery control window, a control object selection processing module, and a control object focus processing module. The main application window contains one or more application items, each application item having one or more control properties affecting a behavior of the application item. The gallery control window contains a list of one or more control objects for modifying control properties of the application items located within the main application window. Each of the control objects in the list of control objects includes a graphical icon having a selection portion and a properties portion and one or more control properties that affect one or more items within the main application window. | 03-24-2011 |
20150150027 | FLEXIBLE ARCHITECTURE FOR NOTIFYING APPLICATIONS OF STATE CHANGES - Described is a method and system a unified mechanism for storing device, application, and service state, as well as a rich notification brokerage architecture. Clients register with a notification broker to receive notifications for changes to state properties. When a registered state property changes, a notification broker determines which clients to notify of the state change and provides the client with a notification regarding the change. Clients may be notified whenever a state changes, when a state change meets a predetermined condition, or based on a schedule. An application may also be launched in response to a state change. An application programming interface (API) is provided that provides a unified way of accessing state change information across different components within the device. | 05-28-2015 |