Patents by Inventor Chin H. B. Leong

Chin H. B. Leong 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).

  • System including a presentation apparatus, in which different items are selectable, and a control device for controlling the presentation apparatus, and control device for such a system
    Patent number: 5757739
    Abstract: A system for holding a plurality of record carriers which are each combined with an associated insert and apparatus with a given number N of record-carrier holders to each of which a given code is assigned, and a control device including a unit for generating the code of a desired record-carrier holder to select this holder and a unit for transmitting the generated code to the apparatus. The control device includes a set of flat insert carriers to which the same codes are assigned as to the record-carrier holder and which are each configured to hold at least one insert and to be movable relative to the adjacent insert carrier, the control device including an insert-carrier detection device configured to detect the code of an insert carrier relative to which the adjacent insert carrier has been moved and to transmit this code to the apparatus in order to select the desired record-carrier holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen R. Heath, Khodayar Feiz, Chin H. B. Leong, Karl Hanisch, Christoph Dobrusskin, Ruud Pollen