Patents by Inventor Kar Ann Toh

Kar Ann Toh 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: 8957857
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling a mouse pointer, providing a display unit; an image photographing unit for photographing images of a first object and a second object; and a controller for setting a point between the first object and the second object detected from the photographed images as a position of a mouse pointer on the display unit, and when a distance between the first object and the second object is less than a predetermined distance, determining that a user selection instruction for the point has been input. The device detects movement of fingers using differential images according to the movement of the fingers, so that even when a continuously changing surrounding lighting or a user face having the similar color with the finger is included in a background, it is possible to accurately identify the movement of the fingers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Dong-Hyuk Lee, Mu-Sik Kwon, Sangyoun Lee, Kar-Ann Toh, Hyobin Lee, Youngsung Kim, Beom-Seok Oh, Sooyeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20110193778
    Abstract: Disclosed is a device for controlling a mouse pointer, providing a display unit; an image photographing unit for photographing images of a first object and a second object; and a controller for setting a point between the first object and the second object detected from the photographed images as a position of a mouse pointer on the display unit, and when a distance between the first object and the second object is less than a predetermined distance, determining that a user selection instruction for the point has been input. The device detects movement of fingers using differential images according to the movement of the fingers, so that even when a continuously changing surrounding lighting or a user face having the similar color with the finger is included in a background, it is possible to accurately identify the movement of the fingers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2011
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University
    Inventors: Dong-Hyuk LEE, Mu-Sik Kwon, Sangyoun Lee, Kar-Ann Toh, Hyobin Lee, Youngsung Kim, Beom-Seok Oh, Sooyeon Kim
  • Patent number: 7236617
    Abstract: A reference minutiae template comprising reference minutiae and a first partial minutiae template, which overlaps the reference minutiae template, the first partial minutiae template comprising first minutiae, are selected. The reference minutiae of the reference minutiae template are matched with the first minutiae of the first partial minutiae template. Using the matched minutiae, a transformation function is determined, which describes the relation between the reference minutiae and the first minutiae. The first minutiae, which are located outside the overlapping region, are transformed using the transformation function, thereby generating a new reference template. Furthermore, a second partial minutiae template is selected, which overlaps the new reference minutiae template, the second partial minutiae template comprising second minutiae.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2007
    Assignees: Nanyang Technological University, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Wei Yun Yau, Kar Ann Toh, Xudong Jiang