John R Macmillan, 75435 Cervantes Rd, Portola Valley, CA 94028

6624814, Sep 23, 2003

Nov 6, 1998

09/187912

Peter Karow - Hamburg, DE
John R. MacMillan - Portola Valley CA

Adobe Systems Incorporated - San Jose CA

G06T 1100

345467

Method and apparatus for justifying text rendered from a digital font at an output pointsize. The invention includes using a kerning value for a character pair including a space character and a nonspace character to place the nonspace character at a margin. The invention can be used in conjunction with a font having first kerning metrics for a small pointsize and for a different large pointsize. The kerning value can be obtained by interpolating the small pointsize metrics and the large pointsize metrics.

2012013, Jun 7, 2012

Dec 1, 2010

12/957700

Erik Garfinkel - Palo Alto CA, US
John R. MacMillan - Portola CA, US

B28B 7/10

264336, 425441, 425258

A casting machine for fabrication of precast concrete structural members, which includes side walls and end dams which are all movable from an open position to a closed position, and a bottom casting surface, where the bottom casting surface, side walls, and end dams serving to form a mold surrounding a cavity configured to contain wet concrete. Concrete is poured into the cavity when the self-releasing mold is in closed position. The side walls, and end dams are automatically movable to the open position when the concrete has solidified so that a precast concrete structural member is automatically released from the self-releasing mold. Also a precast modular system for automated concrete structural member fabrication, which includes a concrete mixing system, a concrete delivery subsystem, a block transport subsystem, and a plurality of casting machines, where each casting machine includes a self-releasing mold.

5937420, Aug 10, 1999

Jul 23, 1996

8/686212

Peter Karow - Hamburg, DE
John R. MacMillan - Portola Valley CA

Adobe Systems Incorporated - San Jose CA

G06F 1721

707518

A computer-implemented method for spacing characters rendered from a digital font at an output pointsize. The font has first spacing metrics for a small pointsize and for a different large pointsize. The method includes calculating a separation by interpolating the small pointsize metrics and the large pointsize metrics and spacing the pair as a function of the calculated separation. Embodiments may include the following features. The font has spacing metrics for at least three different pointsizes. The spacing metrics include left sidebearings, right sidebearings, or kerning values. A kerning value for a character pair is generated by interpolating a first kerning value at a small pointsize and a second kerning value at a large pointsize to the output pointsize. The invention also features a computer program on a computer-readable medium having instructions for rendering characters and two sets of spacing metrics at two different pointsizes. The invention also features a computer program having instructions for rendering a set of characters and a set of kerning values for all pairs consisting of one character from the set of characters and the space character.

2015029, Oct 15, 2015

May 29, 2015

14/724816

Erik Garfinkel - Palo Alto CA, US
John R. MacMillan - Portola Valley CA, US

B28B 7/10
E04C 2/04
E04C 1/00
B28B 7/22

A method of fabrication for precast concrete structural members, including providing an automated concrete structural member fabrication system, including at least one casting machine having a self-releasing mold which includes side walls and end dams which are pivotally movable from an open position to a closed position, and a bottom casting surface, where the bottom casting surface, the side walls, and the end dams surround a cavity when the side walls and the end dams are in closed position, and a removable mold core subsystem which is removably positionable within the cavity; moving the mold sides, the mold end dams and the bottom casting surfaces to a closed position; positioning the mold core subsystem within the cavity; filling the cavity with wet concrete; idling the casting machine until the wet concrete has achieved initial set to form an initial set concrete block; automatically releasing the self-releasing mold from the initial set concrete block; and removing the initial set concrete block from the casting machine.

2015029, Oct 15, 2015

May 29, 2015

14/724812

Erik Garfinkel - Palo Alto CA, US
John R. MacMillan - Portola Valley CA, US

B28C 1/00

A concrete delivery subsystem for delivering concrete to a number of casting machines, including a concrete mixing source, a concrete hopper assembly, and a rail system. Also, a system for automated concrete structural member fabrication, including a concrete mixing system, a concrete delivery subsystem, a block transport subsystem, and a number of casting machines, each casting machine having a self-releasing mold for fabrication of precast concrete structural members.