John Lawrence Miller
Architects at Palomino Cir, West Linn, OR

2007013, Jun 7, 2007

Dec 4, 2005

11/294078

John Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Hyun-Ju Vega - Portland OR, US

G06F 7/00

707101000

Leaf node items within a tree data structure are efficiently deleted. A leaf node item of a leaf node of the tree data structure is marked for deletion. The leaf node is marked as containing leaf node items that have been marked for deletion. A flag for a region encompassing the leaf node within a linear representation of the tree data structure is set. The linear representation of the tree data structure has a number of regions, each of which encompass one or more of the leaf nodes and that have a corresponding flag. Periodically, the tree data structure is cleaned. Each region of the linear representation for which the corresponding flag is set is scanned for leaf nodes that have been marked as containing leaf node items that have been marked for deletion. Each such leaf node item that within each such leaf node is found is deleted.

2011022, Sep 22, 2011

Jan 4, 2011

12/984568

Clifford J. Luty - Orlando FL, US
Bruce A. Dickerson - Tigard OR, US
Bruce Ellison - Lake Oswego OR, US
John L. Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US

FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. - Wilsonville OR

G01J 5/08, G02B 27/64, G02B 7/198

250353, 359555, 359861

Imaging systems in which an undedicated optical component—i.e., a component that would be present in the system even in the absence of image stabilization—is configured to undergo corrective motion and/or other correction of image data, and thus to function as a stabilization component. The stabilization component may be a mirror and/or a lens, and a positioner may be provided to tilt, rotate, and/or otherwise precisely adjust the position and orientation of the stabilization component to improve image resolution, compensate for platform motions such as platform vibration, and/or improve image tracking. Because an undedicated optical component functions as the stabilization component, the stabilization occurs upstream, rather than downstream, from separation (if any) of the incoming image data into two or more beams. As a result, only one stabilization component is required regardless of whether the system is configured to split the image data into multiple data channels, and imaging systems as described herein therefore may be particularly well-suited for integration into a shared-aperture imaging system. In some embodiments, the coefficients of thermal expansion of selected system components—including optics, optical support structures, and/or positioners—may be substantially the same or closely matched.

2008004, Feb 14, 2008

Aug 1, 2006

11/461703

Scott D. Lashley - Portland OR, US
John F. Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Robert J. Weiman - Castro Valley CA, US

G06F 17/30

707202

A method and apparatus for providing efficient space utilization of WORM media while maintaining transactional consistency are disclosed. In response to a transaction, a binary large object (BLOB) associated with the transaction is stored on a staging area of a non-volatile storage medium. A determination is then made as to whether or not a rollback operation needs to be performed on the transaction. If a rollback operation needs not to be performed on the transaction, the BLOB is migrated from the staging area of the non-volatile storage medium to a WORM medium after the transaction has been committed.

2008000, Jan 3, 2008

Jun 28, 2006

11/427203

Scott David Lashley - Portland OR, US
John Frederic Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Clarence Madison Pruet - Flower Mound TX, US
Daniel Alan Wood - Fremont CA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 17/30

707202

A partial-blocking consistency point system identifies transaction updates with a consistency point ID associated with a consistency point sequence number, records consistency point data that identify a location of the partial-blocking consistency point, flushes to a non-volatile storage the transaction updates identified with the consistency point sequence number without blocking transaction activity, and hardens to the non-volatile storage the recorded partial-blocking consistency point so that data associated with the recorded partial-blocking consistency point can be recovered. The consistency point sequence number is incremented each time the partial-blocking consistency point is recorded to uniquely identify the partial-blocking consistency point and transaction updates associated with the partial-blocking consistency point. The transaction updates identified with the consistency point sequence number are processed to improve efficiency of the flushing of the transaction updates.

2008004, Feb 21, 2008

Aug 15, 2006

11/464771

Bingjie Miao - Tigard OR, US
Scott David Lashley - Portland OR, US
John Frederic Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US

G06F 17/30, G06F 12/00

707200

A method of searching for information within a database that includes: identifying a set of leading index key columns, from among a plurality of index key columns, that has a limited number of unique values; utilizing the identified set of leading index key columns to perform an index scan in order to retrieve each unique value from the set of leading index key columns; and utilizing each of the retrieved unique values from the set of leading index key columns to perform an index lead key self-join operation, such that predicates on the non-leading index key columns are utilized to position an index scan operation.

2006017, Aug 10, 2006

Feb 9, 2005

11/053991

John Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Jeff Frank - Santa Barbara CA, US
Andrew Teich - West Linn OR, US

G02B 26/10

250334000

Systems and methods provide high and low resolution cameras. For example, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a camera system provides wide and narrow fields of view simultaneously. An operator may select different views to be provided by the camera system (e.g., a wide field of view, a narrow field of view, or the combination of the wide and narrow field of views).

2009027, Nov 5, 2009

Apr 6, 2009

12/419226

John L. Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Cynthia Iseman Archer - Beaverton OR, US
Milton S. Worley - Lake Oswego OR, US

FLIR SYSTEMS, INC. - Wilsonvilee OR

G06K 9/40

382274

Systems, including apparatus and methods, for obtaining and/or correcting images, particularly from atmospheric and/or other distortions. These corrections may involve, among others, determining corrective information in a first (e.g., visible) wavelength regime, and then applying the corrective information in a second (e.g., longer) wavelength regime, such as infrared (IR) or millimeter-wave (MMW) wavelengths, in real time or with post-processing. For example, these corrections may include scaling a phase diversity correction from one wavelength to another. These systems may be useful in any suitable imaging context, including navigation, targeting, search and rescue, law enforcement, and/or surveillance, among others.

7965314, Jun 21, 2011

Mar 23, 2006

11/388696

John L. Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Jeff Frank - Santa Barbara CA, US
Andrew C. Teich - West Linn OR, US

Flir Systems, Inc. - Wilsonville OR

H04N 5/33, G02F 1/01

348164, 250330

Systems and methods are disclosed for providing foveal images. For example, high and low resolution images can be combined to provide foveal images. Parameters other than resolution can vary between the larger and smaller images of the foveal image. Real, artificial, 2D and 3D images can be used in any desired combination to form foveal images. The use of such foveal images can substantially enhance the ability of viewers to accurately and reliably interpret the content of images and provide reduce bandwidth for image transmission.

2007000, Jan 4, 2007

Aug 19, 2005

11/207536

John Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Cynthia Archer - Beaverton OR, US
Milton Worley - Lake Oswego OR, US

G06K 9/40, G06K 9/64

382254000, 382279000

Systems, including apparatus and methods, for obtaining and/or correcting images, particularly from atmospheric and/or other distortions. These corrections may involve, among others, determining corrective information in a first (e.g., visible) wavelength regime, and then applying the corrective information in a second (e.g., longer) wavelength regime, such as infrared (IR) or millimeter-wave (MMW) wavelengths, in real time or with post-processing. For example, these corrections may include scaling a phase diversity correction from one wavelength to another. These systems may be useful in any suitable imaging context, including navigation, targeting, search and rescue, law enforcement, and/or surveillance, among others.

2007019, Aug 23, 2007

Feb 17, 2006

11/357254

Bruce Ellison - Lake Oswego OR, US
John Miller - Lake Oswego OR, US
Gerard Morelli - Beaverton OR, US
Bruce Dickerson - Tigard OR, US

F41G 7/00

244003100

Systems, including apparatus and methods, for driving airflow along a surface of a gimbal, thereby cooling the system and potentially allowing operation at higher ambient temperatures.