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Brian Jacobson, Seattle, WA US
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| 20080309659 | METHOD FOR ACCELERATED DETERMINATION OF OCCLUSION BETWEEN POLYGONS - The invention describes a method and system for use in occlusion culling of polygons in an interactive environment, such as a game. The invention employs a boundary box to simplify the testing of occludee polygons. Occluders and occludees are also transformed into non-interpenetrating, non-overlapping polygons. Winged-edges are employed to minimize a per occludee computational cost due to precision problems that may arise at non-overlapping edges. The invention then proceeds through an active edge list to identify edge discontinuities (e.g., where an edge is added or removed from the active edge list). Depth analysis is employed to determine whether an occluder occludes an occludee at the edge discontinuity. Moreover, the invention only performs depth analysis for those locations of a screen display where an occludee is determined to reside, thereby minimizing unnecessary computations. | 12-18-2008 |
Brian Ratcliff Jacobson, Seattle, WA US
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| 20120021827 | MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO GAME WORLD DATA RECORDER - Embodiments are directed to recording and editing of multi-dimensional video game world data obtained from execution of a video game sequence. An animation editor records the game world data within a plurality of data logs after execution of an animation component of the video game and prior to providing the data to a material system and/or graphics device for rendering. The user may edit the recorded data to make changes in the recorded game sequence, by replacing sequences with other sequences, compositing one recording with another recording, layering recording sequences, and/or modifying a camera perspective during the process. The modifications may then be fed back to the animation component and/or material system. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120021828 | GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE FOR MODIFICATION OF ANIMATION DATA USING PRESET ANIMATION SAMPLES - Embodiments are directed to recording and editing of multi-dimensional video game world data obtained from execution of a video game sequence. An animation editor records the video game world data within a plurality of data logs after execution of an animation component of the video game and prior to providing the data to a material system and/or graphics device for rendering. The user may edit the recorded data to make changes in the recorded game sequence, by employing an animation preset. The user selects an animation preset and combines the preset with a target animation over a time interval. A filter or mask may be used to selectively alter portions of a character or a frame. The animation preset may be selectively stretched or compressed based on the time interval of the target animation and the length of the animation preset. | 01-26-2012 |
| 20120028706 | COMPOSITING MULTIPLE SCENE SHOTS INTO A VIDEO GAME CLIP - Embodiments are directed to compositing multi-dimensional video game world data obtained from execution of a video game world sequence. An animation editor records the video game world data within a plurality of data logs after execution of an animation component of the video game world and prior to providing the data to a material system and/or graphics device for rendering. The user may edit the recorded data to make modifications in the recorded game sequence, by compositing sequences with content such as other sequences, multiple composited recordings, and/or a modified camera perspective during the editing process. The composited modifications may then be fed back for re-recording the animation component. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120028707 | GAME ANIMATIONS WITH MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIDEO GAME DATA - Embodiments are directed to recording and editing of video game world data obtained from execution of a video game sequence. An animation editor records the game world data within a plurality of data logs after execution of an animation component of the video game and prior to providing the data to a material system and/or graphics device for rendering. The user may edit the recorded data to make changes in the recorded game sequence by replacing at least a portion of the recorded data during a selected time segment. The user may identify a fade-in portion and/or fade-out portion of the time segment over which the subject animation data and the recorded data are to be blended to create a seamless transition. In one embodiment, the added data and the recorded data may be combined using a cross-fading approach. | 02-02-2012 |
Garrett Jacobson, Seattle, WA US
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| 20090141893 | RECORDATION OF ENCRYPTED DATA TO A RECORDABLE MEDIUM - Systems and methods of recording data are disclosed herein. A secure storage area is received from a host device. The secure storage area is indicative of a portion of a memory of the recordable medium to be recorded with encrypted data. A write command is received from the host device. The write command can include at least one data block to be written to the recordable medium and a memory address indicative of a start address where the at least one data block is to be written on the recordable medium. The memory address and the secure storage area can be compared to determine whether the at least one data block falls within the secure storage area. An encryption indicator in the at least one data block can be checked to determine whether the data on the at least one data block is encrypted. If the encryption indicator indicates that the data in the at least one data block is encrypted and if the at least one data block falls within the data range an encryption bit associated with the at least one data block can be set. | 06-04-2009 |
Guy Jacobson, Camas, WA US
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| 20120110779 | TURBINE POWERED CLEANING APPARATUS - A rotary turbine cleaning device for cleaning semiconductor fabrication equipment works in conjunction with a clean room vacuum or other vacuum or other air pump. The fluid flow created by the vacuum action causes the rotors of the turbine assembly to rotate, thereby rotating the cleaning head. Attached to the cleaning head are bristles or other cleaning media which may dislodge particles from surfaces. The dislodged particles are drawn into the tube through an opening at the end of the tube and the vacuum action. | 05-10-2012 |
Irina Jacobson, Sammamish, WA US
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| 20080234271 | Arylphenylamino- and Arylphenylether-Sulfide Derivatives, Useful For the Treatment of Inflammatory and Immune Diseases, and Pharmaceutical Compositions Containing Them - The present invention relates in part to compounds of formulas (I) and (III): and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts and prodrugs thereof. These compounds can be useful for treating diseases such as inflammatory and immune diseases. The present invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and to methods of inhibiting inflammation or suppressing immune response in a subject. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100009981 | Tetracycline Derivatives with Reduced Antibiotic Activity and Neuroprotective Benefits - The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods which utilize the tetracycline scaffold, preferably the scaffold of tetracycline or minocycline, and which significantly lack antibiotic activity. The compounds have neuroprotective attributes without interfering with the drugs capacity to pass through the blood brain barrier. These compounds have neuroprotective activity because of their inhibition of neuronal cell cycle progression. The compounds are characterized in part by a fifth ring joining positions 9 and 10. | 01-14-2010 |
Janna K. Jacobson, Bellingham, WA US
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| 20110106865 | DYNAMIC EDITING OF DATA REPRESENTATIONS USING CASCADING WEIGHTS - A method and system for representing data includes providing a data representation according to defined variables and a functional relationship between the defined variables and receiving an assigned weight assigned to a defined variable. The method includes receiving a modification of a selected defined variable, and providing a further data representation according to a recalculation of an unselected defined variable, based upon the functional relationship, the assigned weight and the modified variable. Assigned weights and a plurality of modifications of the weighted variable are received. A further data representation is provided according to a further recalculation of the weighted variable based upon a weight selected from the assigned weights according to a previous modification of the weighted variable. The recalculating is performed according to a number of modifications performed since the previous modification of the weighted variable and according to a period of time since the previous modification of the weighted variable. | 05-05-2011 |
Jessaca Jacobson, Newcastle, WA US
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| 20090018959 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXCHANGING AND/OR TRANSFERRING VARIOUS FORMS OF VALUE - Methods and systems for exchanging various forms of value, including coins, currency, credit, debit, and/or bank account funds, for prepaid cash cards, credit cards, phone cards, and the like. In one embodiment, a value exchange machine includes a coin input region, a coin sorting/counting apparatus, a card reader, and a communications facility configured to communicate with a remote computer network. In another embodiment, a value exchange system includes one or more of the value exchange machines connected to one or more remote computers via a communications link. A user wishing to purchase, for example, a prepaid cash card can visit one of the value exchange machines, select the desired transaction, and pay for the card with coins, currency, a credit card, a debit card, and/or bank account funds. After confirming payment, the value exchange machine dispenses the card to the user. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20100100481 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXCHANGING AND/OR TRANSFERRING VARIOUS FORMS OF VALUE - Methods and systems for exchanging various forms of value, including coins, currency, credit, debit, and/or bank account funds, for prepaid cash cards, credit cards, phone cards, and the like. In one embodiment, a value exchange machine includes a coin input region, a coin sorting/counting apparatus, a card reader, and a communications facility configured to communicate with a remote computer network. In another embodiment, a value exchange system includes one or more of the value exchange machines connected to one or more remote computers via a communications link. A user wishing to purchase, for example, a prepaid cash card can visit one of the value exchange machines, select the desired transaction, and pay for the card with coins, currency, a credit card, a debit card, and/or bank account funds. After confirming payment, the value exchange machine dispenses the card to the user. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100198726 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXCHANGING/TRANSFERRING GIFT CARDS - Methods and systems for exchanging various forms of value, including coins, currency, credit, debit, and/or bank account funds, for prepaid cash cards, credit cards, phone cards, and the like. In one embodiment, a value exchange machine includes a coin input region, a coin sorting/counting apparatus, a card reader, and a communications facility configured to communicate with a remote computer network. In another embodiment, a value exchange system includes one or more of the value exchange machines connected to one or more remote computers via a communications link. A user wishing to purchase, for example, a prepaid cash card can visit one of the value exchange machines, select the desired transaction, and pay for the card with coins, currency, a credit card, a debit card, and/or bank account funds. After confirming payment, the value exchange machine dispenses the card to the user. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20110307378 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR EXCHANGING/TRANSFERRING GIFT CARDS - Methods and systems for exchanging various forms of value, including coins, currency, credit, debit, and/or bank account funds, for prepaid cash cards, credit cards, phone cards, and the like. In one embodiment, a value exchange machine includes a coin input region, a coin sorting/counting apparatus, a card reader, and a communications facility configured to communicate with a remote computer network. In another embodiment, a value exchange system includes one or more of the value exchange machines connected to one or more remote computers via a communications link. A user wishing to purchase, for example, a prepaid cash card can visit one of the value exchange machines, select the desired transaction, and pay for the card with coins, currency, a credit card, a debit card, and/or bank account funds. After confirming payment, the value exchange machine dispenses the card to the user. | 12-15-2011 |
Robert Jacobson, Camas, WA US
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| 20090196453 | ERGONOMIC BEHIND-THE-HEAD PERSONAL AUDIO SET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A behind-the-head personal audio set for a personal audio device is disclosed. The personal audio set has a headband portion sized to grasp the crown area of the wearer's head while aligning at least one ear cup adjacent to the wearer's ear. The headband portion defines a longitudinal, substantially horizontal, axis that substantially intersects the center of the ear cup. In disclosed preferred embodiments, the ear cup defines an ear engaging plane and the preferred geometry of this ear engaging plane with respect the headband portion's longitudinal axis and an axis of symmetry are also disclosed. Preferably, the headband portion and ear cup portion are integrally molded and ear loops are over-molded, or dual molded, thereto. | 08-06-2009 |
Steven Jacobson, Dupont, WA US
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| 20080275451 | Distal femoral cutting guide - A device and a method for establishing a position and orientation for a preliminary saw cut in a distal end of a femur to prepare the femur for installation of a prosthetic knee joint. A guide block defining a cutting plane is carried on an adjustably positioned locating arm that is supported on an alignment body that can be mounted on a femur either with or without an intramedullary rod in place in the distal end of the femur. Adjustment screws and horizontal slots in the alignment body provide for varus/valgus angular adjustment of the position of the alignment body. An adjustment guide block may have a saw guiding face defining a differently oriented cutting plane. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20110251618 | Distal femoral cutting guide - A device and a method for establishing a position and orientation for a preliminary saw cut in a distal end of a femur to prepare the femur for installation of a prosthetic knee joint. A guide block defining a cutting plane is carried on an adjustably positioned locating arm that is supported on an alignment body that can be mounted on a femur either with or without an intramedullary rod in place in the distal end of the femur. Adjustment screws and horizontal slots in the alignment body provide for varus/valgus angular adjustment of the position of the alignment body. An adjustment guide block may have a saw guiding face defining a differently oriented cutting plane. | 10-13-2011 |
Tara L. Jacobson, Mukilteo, WA US
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| 20110071942 | SYSTEM FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING ACCOUNT INFORMATION, SUCH AS INFORMATION REGARDING A FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCOUNT - A system for transferring a customer's account information from one account to a new account is described. The system utilizes a switch kit application and associated system that can determine services at the old account and facilitate the transfer of these services to the new account. | 03-24-2011 |
Thomas Lee Jacobson, Sedro-Woolley, WA US
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| 20100005994 | REMOTE FIRING DEVICE WITH DIVERSE INITIATORS - A remote firing system for remotely detonating explosive charges includes features that provide safety and efficiency improvements. These features include safety communication among multiple remote devices and multiple controller devices, a polling functionality permitting rapid deployment of system devices, electronic key systems, programmable remote devices for easy replacement of failing remote devices, and an event history log for the remote devices for efficient diagnostic evaluation. | 01-14-2010 |
William Jacobson, Burlington, WA US
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| 20110073065 | OIL TANK BREATHER LINE SOLENOID VALVE - Disclosed herein is a device which provides a safety measure to vehicles by utilizing the dead man (tether) switch, or other electrical connection, in combination with a valve and actuator, to keep oil from leaking out of the lubrication system of the vehicle in a rollover situation. | 03-31-2011 |