Patents by Inventor Chi-Kin Lam

Chi-Kin Lam has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20140149911
    Abstract: Disclosed is a musical instrument simulator executable on a portable computing device to cause the portable computing device to: display a first interface defining a plurality of keys and at least one key modifier; and generate a target sound in response to a user manipulation of one or more of the plurality of keys and the at least one key modifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Inventor: Chi Kin Lam
  • Patent number: 7202940
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting a target which uses composition correlation filters with score reaffirmation post processing for acquiring a target. The method and system uses target decision rules that are based on comparing the dot products, or peaks, of three score reaffirmation filters and their registered LADAR image to detect a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2007
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: Chi-Kin Lam, Thomas Dean Cook
  • Patent number: 5966678
    Abstract: A computer software program for replacing drop-out pixels and erroneous re values in the range channel of a laser detection and ranging system with a median pixel value in a moving square window centered about a pixel being processed whenever a co-registered intensity pixel value in the intensity channel falls below an intensity threshold. During the processing of each range pixel of the target, the computer software program will not alter the range value of the pixel if its corresponding intensity pixel has an intensity value above the intensity threshold. When the intensity value of the corresponding intensity pixel is below the threshold, the intensity guided filter replaces the range value with the median value of all the "good" pixels within a moving window the size of a kernel having X and Y dimensions. This results in the intensity guided filter smoothing out noisy pixels in the range channel of while retaining edge pixel values for the image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1999
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventor: Chi-Kin Lam