JOHN CLIFFORD MOORE
Medical Practice in Madison, WI

6829536, Dec 7, 2004

Sep 12, 2001

09/952409

John S. Moore - Middleton WI

Weather Central, Inc. - Madison WI

G06F 1900

702 3, 7317016

Weather information provided to a system for processing is converted from a weather information source coordinate system to a three-dimensional XYZ coordinate system. Processing of the weather information, e. g. , to determine a current location and predicted path of weather phenomena, and to determine geographic locations which are or may be affected by the weather phenomena, is accomplished in the three-dimensional XYZ coordinate system. Locations in the three-dimensional XYZ coordinate system may be converted to two-dimensional screen xy coordinates for the display of weather phenomena indications over a geographic map display without converting the weather phenomena locations to a latitude/longitude coordinate system.

6823263, Nov 23, 2004

Oct 11, 2000

09/686029

Terence F. Kelly - Madison WI
Grant H. Brohm - Madison WI
Richard T. Daly - Madison WI
Victor W. Marsh - Fitchburg WI
John S. Moore - Middleton WI
Brett A. Wilt - Madison WI

Weather Central, Inc. - Madison WI

G06F16900

702 3

A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual users geographic location and which are provided automatically to the individual user. A user establishes an individualized user profile in which the user defines a particular location of interest, a contact address, and optionally, a personalized activity weather condition profile, establishing a preferred weather condition profile for activities of interest. A detailed and accurate weather forecasting model is run to provide high geographical and temporal resolution forecast data. The resulting modeled forecast data may be constrained by an operator using a constrainer module. The high resolution forecast data is compared to the individual user profile and a personalized weather report for the particular location, times, and conditions of interest are provided automatically to the individual, e. g. , via e-mail and/or at a personalized internet web page.

6335765, Jan 1, 2002

Nov 8, 1999

09/435552

Richard T. Daly - Madison WI
David N. Erickson - Madison WI
Terence F. Kelly - Madison WI
Victor W. Marsh - Fitchburg WI
John S. Moore - Middleton WI

Weather Central, Inc. - Madison WI

H04N 974

348586, 348598, 348587, 345425, 345114

A virtual three-dimensional presentation in accordance with the present invention includes three layers, a three-dimensional background layer, a two-dimensional video insert layer, and a three-dimensional foreground layer. A surface, the Z-sphere, is defined in the virtual three-dimensional space of the three-dimensional scene with reference to the aim point of a virtual camera looking at the three-dimensional scene being created. The three-dimensional foreground layer scene may include a key which defines the transparency of objects in the foreground layer. The two-dimensional video insert layer may be generated by positioning a presenter, or other object, in a chroma-key set. The two-dimensional video insert layer may be distorted before being composited with the background and foreground such that elements of the two-dimensional video appear to move across a three-dimensional floor of the three-dimensional scene.

6339747, Jan 15, 2002

Apr 5, 2000

09/543046

Richard T. Daly - Madison WI
David N. Erickson - Madison WI
Terence F. Kelly - Madison WI
Victor W. Marsh - Fitchburg WI
John S. Moore - Middleton WI
Randall T. Wiggins - Madison WI

Weather Central, Inc. - Madison WI

G06F16900

702 3

A system and method for preparing and manipulating a weather display including accurately displaying the current position of a weather storm cell and predicting and displaying a future path of the cell is provided. Various operator tools and functions are provided in a graphical user interface to allow an operator to prepare a weather display for broadcast, and to manipulate the display during a live weather presentation. A position and predicted track of a storm cell may be determined based on weather information from a first weather information source, e. g. , NEXRAD, and displayed on a weather display. The displayed position of the storm cell and track is updated between the receipt of NEXRAD information updates to maintain an accurate display of storm cell position. Updates of the displayed storm cell position may be provided periodically between NEXRAD updates based on storm cell speed and heading information contained in the latest available NEXRAD data. Preferably, the displayed storm cell position and track is updated between the receipt of NEXRAD updates based on weather information received from a second weather information source, e. g.

2006020, Sep 21, 2006

Mar 31, 2006

11/395682

Terence Kelly - Madison WI, US
John Moore - Middleton WI, US
David Erickson - Madison WI, US

G09G 5/00

345632000

A dynamic graphical information presentation is generated and overlaid onto a time-lapse video image sequence to form a combined graphical information and time-lapse photography presentation. The time-lapse photography video image sequence and dynamic graphical information presentation are preferably time synchronized in the combined presentation. For a weather presentation of past weather conditions, the time-lapse photography video image sequence may be a video image sequence of sky conditions, with the dynamic graphical information presentation generated based on weather conditions recorded for the same period of time from a weather information source. For a presentation of forecast weather conditions, the time-lapse photography video image sequence may be selected from a database of stored pre-recorded sequences, with the dynamic graphical information presentation derived from forecast weather condition information.

2011024, Oct 13, 2011

Apr 12, 2011

13/085104

John S. Moore - Middleton WI, US
Victor W. Marsh - Fitchburg WI, US
Richard T. Daly - Madison WI, US

H04N 13/00

348 43, 348E13064

A virtual three-dimensional presentation in accordance with the present invention includes three stereoscopic layers, a stereoscopic background layer, a stereoscopic video insert layer, and a stereoscopic three-dimensional foreground layer. A surface, the Z-sphere, is defined in the virtual three-dimensional space of the three-dimensional scene with reference to the aim point, the distance between the cameras, and the distance from the camera of the video scene, of a virtual stereoscopic camera looking at the three-dimensional scene being created. The separation of the virtual stereoscopic camera lens and distance to the aim point are set based on the stereoscopic cameras that are creating the video insert layer. The stereoscopic three-dimensional foreground layer scene may include a key which defines the transparency of objects in the foreground layer. The stereoscopic video insert layer may be generated by positioning a presenter, or other object, in a chroma-key set which is captured with a stereoscopic camera. The stereoscopic video insert layer may be distorted before being composited with the background and foreground such that elements of the stereoscopic video appear to move across a three-dimensional floor of the stereoscopic three-dimensional scene.

7058510, Jun 6, 2006

Nov 22, 2004

10/995048

Terence F. Kelly - Madison WI, US
Grant H. Brohm - Madison WI, US
Richard T. Daly - Madison WI, US
Victor W. Marsh - Fitchburg WI, US
John S. Moore - Middleton WI, US
Brett A. Wilt - Madison WI, US

Weather Central, Inc. - Madison WI

G01W 1/00

702 2

A system and method for generating weather reports and the like which are precisely computed automatically for a particular individual user's geographic location and which are provided automatically to the individual user. A user establishes an individualized user profile in which the user defines a particular location of interest, a contact address, and optionally, a personalized activity weather condition profile. A detailed and accurate weather forecasting model is run to provide high geographic and temporal resolution forecast data. The high resolution forecast data is compared to the individual user profile and a personalized weather report for the particular location, times, and conditions of interest are provided automatically to the individual, e. g. , via e-mail and/or at a personalized internet web page. A detailed weather forecast report may be provided in an easily readable tabular form, with notable weather conditions, e. g.

6961061, Nov 1, 2005

Apr 19, 2002

10/126446

Chad W. Johnson - Cross Plains WI, US
John S. Moore - Middleton WI, US

Weather Central, Inc. - Madison WI

G06T013/00

345473, 702 3, 345634

A system and method for generating a realistic weather forecast visualization. Realistic weather graphics and animations are combined with a view of a location of interest to allow weather presentation viewers to visualize future forecast weather conditions as they would actually be seen. A forecast weather video presentation may be formed by selecting and combining pre-rendered or pre-recorded video segments based on user selected time period and location parameters and model generated forecast weather data.

2008010, May 1, 2008

Jul 31, 2007

11/888316

Chad Johnson - Cross Plains WI, US
John Moore - Middleton WI, US

G06T 15/70

345473000, 348E05051, 348E05058

A system and method for generating a realistic weather forecast visualization. Realistic weather graphics and animations are combined with a few of view of location of interest to allow weather presentation viewers to visualize future forecast weather conditions as the would actually be seen. A forecast weather video presentation may be formed by selecting and combining pre-rendered or pre-recorded video segments based on user selected time period and location parameters and model generated forecast weather data.