Patents by Inventor Insook Choi

Insook Choi 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).

  • Patent number: 8555417
    Abstract: A sleeping cap for lifting the face of a person away from a sleeping surface to prevent facial wrinkles comprises a U-shaped basic form covered with a fabric and having first and second extensions, each of the extensions being flexibly positioned within the fabric adjacent to each leg end of the U-shaped basic form, and the fabric covering the end of first extension is attached to the fabric at the end of the second extension to form the sleeping cap. Straps from each side of the sleeping cap secure the cap on the person's head. An alternate embodiment provides an elastic encased in the sleeping cap not having straps, and including a one piece foam rubber basic form enclosed within two stitched pieces of fabric, a lace ring with a ribbon at the top edge of the lace ring, and the lace ring is tacked to a portion of the basic form, to form a gathered top of the sleeping cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Inventor: Insook Choi
  • Patent number: 8181277
    Abstract: A sleeping cap for lifting the face of a person away from a sleeping surface to prevent facial wrinkles comprises a U-shaped basic form covered with a fabric and having first and second extensions, each of the extensions being flexibly positioned within the fabric adjacent to each leg end of the U-shaped basic form, and the fabric covering the end of the first extension is attached to the fabric at the end of the second extension to form the sleeping cap. Straps from each side of the sleeping cap secure the cap on the person's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2012
    Inventor: Insook Choi
  • Publication number: 20110231984
    Abstract: A sleeping cap for lifting the face of a person away from a sleeping surface to prevent facial wrinkles comprises a U-shaped basic form covered with a fabric and having first and second extensions, each of the extensions being flexibly positioned within the fabric adjacent to each leg end of the U-shaped basic form, and the fabric covering the end of first extension is attached to the fabric at the end of the second extension to form the sleeping cap. Straps from each side of the sleeping cap secure the cap on the person's head. An alternate embodiment provides an elastic encased in the sleeping cap not having straps, and including a one piece foam rubber basic form enclosed within two stitched pieces of fabric, a lace ring with a ribbon at the top edge of the lace ring, and the lace ring is tacked to a portion of the basic form, to form a gathered top of the sleeping cap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Insook Choi
  • Patent number: 6009394
    Abstract: A system and method is provided for navigating a manifold in a high-dimensional space and to interface sound to movement. According to the system of the invention, an input movement sensor operates to capture movement of an object in relation to the manifold. The captured movement is then communicated to generate a control signal in a higher dimensional phase space. A window space translates information from the phase space to render a representation of the relation between the location of the object and the manifold. Sound quality changes are related to movement. Sound output is via a sound synthesizer which generates sound relating to input movement. In a preferred embodiment, movement of an object in relation to a manifold is captured in a three-dimensional virtual reality environment. In a preferred embodiment the manifold is sound generated. The captured movement is then communicated in order to generate a higher dimensional phase space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1999
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
    Inventors: Robin L. Bargar, Insook Choi, Camille M. Goudeseune
  • Patent number: 5945986
    Abstract: A system and method for authoring and providing sounds in real time in conjunction with running of a silent computer application program wherein the silent computer application is of a type that is capable of having a plurality of different pre-selected states. The silent application is modified to include a function that evaluates the pre-selected states of the silent computer program application, stores data describing each of the different pre-selected states in a respective state-describing message array; and sends a plurality of message tags, wherein each one of the plurality of message tags includes a respective one of the state-describing message arrays. The system for authoring and providing sounds additionally comprises a sound authoring program which exists as a process separate from the silent application. The sound authoring program comprises a message tag translator that receives the message tags sent from the silent application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 31, 1999
    Assignee: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Inventors: Robin Bargar, Insook Choi