Patents by Inventor Heon Min Lim

Heon Min Lim 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).

  • Handwriting style data input via keys
    Patent number: 7961903
    Abstract: The subject disclosure pertains to an input system and method. Patterns can be received with respect to one or more keys. Based in part on selected keys, a pattern can be identified or inferred. Accordingly, a user is able to gesture over or with respect to a keypad to input data. More particularly, data can be entered by handwriting or drawing patterns representing characters, among other things, utilizing keys or like mechanisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2011
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventor: Heon Min Lim
  • Mobility assist device
    Patent number: 6977630
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a visual mobility assist device which provides a conformal, augmented display to assist a moving body. When the moving body is a motor vehicle, for instance (although it can be substantially any other body), the present invention assists the driver in either lane keeping or collision avoidance, or both. The system can display objects such as lane boundaries, targets, other navigational and guidance elements or objects, or a variety of other indicators, in proper perspective, to assist the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2005
    Assignee: University of Minnesota
    Inventors: Max Donath, Craig R. Shankwitz, Heon Min Lim, Bryan Newstrom, Alec Gorjestani, Sameer Pardy, Lee Alexander, Pi-Ming Cheng
  • Mobility assist device
    Publication number: 20040066376
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a visual mobility assist device which provides a conformal, augmented display to assist a moving body. When the moving body is a motor vehicle, for instance (although it can be substantially any other body), the present invention assists the driver in either lane keeping or collision avoidance, or both. The system can display objects such as lane boundaries, targets, other navigational and guidance elements or objects, or a variety of other indicators, in proper perspective, to assist the driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 8, 2004
    Inventors: Max Donath, Craig R. Shankwitz, Heon Min Lim, Bryan Newstrom, Alec Gorjestani, Sameer Pardhy, Lee Alexander, Pi-Ming Cheng