Patents by Inventor Heidi Steele

Heidi Steele 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).

  • Color monitoring and analysis for color vision deficient individuals
    Patent number: 7124375
    Abstract: Displaying information to a user which includes categories of information to be displayed. The categories are displayed with each color representing a specific category, where the different categories can include at least an alarm category and a non-alarm category. Colors are selected for the two categories which can be perceived by both red dichromats and blue dichromats, and in this way, many colorblind individuals will still be able to discern between alarms and non-alarms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2006
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Heidi Steele, Ursula Schwuttke