Patents Assigned to Microinfinity, Inc.
  • Patent number: 9470708
    Abstract: Provided is a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) resonating accelerometer. The MEMS resonating accelerometer according to the present invention comprises: a first inertial mass; a second inertial mass which is spaced at a predetermined distance from the first inertial mass on a first axis; an elastic body which is provided between the first and second inertial masses so as to apply elasticity; and a tuning fork which is connected to the elastic body and measures the change of frequency according to acceleration, wherein the longitudinal direction of the tuning fork is parallel to a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis, the elastic body has an opening portion being in a circular shape with a portion thereof removed, and one end of the tuning fork penetrates the opening portion and is connected to the inner surface of the elastic body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: MICROINFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Gyun Jeong, Jin-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 9222801
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for correcting an error of a gyro sensor, and more particularly, a method and apparatus for correcting an error of a gyro sensor installed in a mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: MICROINFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Do-Hyung Kim, Hak-Young Chung, Jin-Woo Song, Guen-Rok Ryu
  • Patent number: 8886384
    Abstract: Provided is a lawn mower for forming images. The lawn mower includes: an image input unit receiving an image to be formed in a lawn area; a position detection unit detecting position information of the lawn mower on a movement path of the lawn mower; a lawn mowing unit processing a lawn according to any one of a plurality of lawn processing patterns which corresponds to each position on the movement path while the lawn mower moves along the movement path; and a control unit analyzing the image received from the image input unit, determining a lawn processing pattern, which corresponds to the position information detected by the position detection unit, to express the image in the lawn area and controlling the lawn mowing unit according to the determined lawn processing pattern and independently of the movement path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Microinfinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Hakyoung Chung, Lauro Ojeda
  • Publication number: 20140238132
    Abstract: Provided is a micro electro mechanical system (MEMS) resonating accelerometer. The MEMS resonating accelerometer according to the present invention comprises: a first inertial mass; a second inertial mass which is spaced at a predetermined distance from the first inertial mass on a first axis; an elastic body which is provided between the first and second inertial masses so as to apply elasticity; and a tuning fork which is connected to the elastic body and measures the change of frequency according to acceleration, wherein the longitudinal direction of the tuning fork is parallel to a second axis which is perpendicular to the first axis, the elastic body has an opening portion being in a circular shape with a portion thereof removed, and one end of the tuning fork penetrates the opening portion and is connected to the inner surface of the elastic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: MICROINFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Gyun Jeong, Jin-Woo Song
  • Patent number: 8619023
    Abstract: Provided is an input device for operating in a three-dimensional space and inputting user instructions. The input device includes a first operation unit that calculates a first rotation angle in a coordinate system independent of the attitude of the device based on the output value of a first sensor, a second operation unit that calculates a second rotation angle in the coordinate system based on the output value of a second sensor, an attitude angle measuring unit that calculates the attitude angle of the input device by combining the first rotation angle and the second rotation angle, and an intensity calculation unit that calculates force intensity in the coordinate system using acceleration of the input device and the attitude angle of the input device obtained in the attitude measuring unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Microinfinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyu-Cheol Park, Jung-Hwan Lee, Won-Jang Park, Byung-Chun Sakong, Sang-Bum Kim, Woo-Hee Yang
  • Publication number: 20120158236
    Abstract: Provided is a lawn mower for forming images. The lawn mower includes: an image input unit receiving an image to be formed in a lawn area; a position detection unit detecting position information of the lawn mower on a movement path of the lawn mower; a lawn mowing unit processing a lawn according to any one of a plurality of lawn processing patterns which corresponds to each position on the movement path while the lawn mower moves along the movement path; and a control unit analyzing the image received from the image input unit, determining a lawn processing pattern, which corresponds to the position information detected by the position detection unit, to express the image in the lawn area and controlling the lawn mowing unit according to the determined lawn processing pattern and independently of the movement path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: MICROINFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: HAKYOUNG CHUNG, Lauro Ojeda
  • Publication number: 20120063269
    Abstract: Provided is a rotary type distance estimation apparatus. The rotary type distance estimation apparatus includes: a signal transmission unit transmitting a signal for measuring a distance to an obstacle; a signal reception unit receiving the signal reflected by the obstacle; a distance calculation unit calculating the distance to the obstacle by processing the received signal; a rotation unit rotating a direction of the signal transmitted from the signal transmission unit; and a determination unit determining the direction of the signal within a predetermined angle range according to what number of times the received signal matches based on a rotation angle per sampling of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: MICROINFINITY, INC.
    Inventor: Hakyoung Chung
  • Patent number: 8089352
    Abstract: Provided are a control apparatus and method. The control apparatus includes: a measurement module which measures a motion of the control apparatus due to an external force; and a signal generation module which generates a signal corresponding to the measured motion, wherein the signal is transmitted to a display device to adjust a state of the display device according to the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Microinfinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyu-Cheol Park, Jung-Hwan Lee, Won-Jang Park, Byung-Chun Sakong, Sang-Bum Kim
  • Publication number: 20090066533
    Abstract: Provided are a control apparatus and method. The control apparatus includes: a measurement module which measures a motion of the control apparatus due to an external force; and a signal generation module which generates a signal corresponding to the measured motion, wherein the signal is transmitted to a display device to adjust a state of the display device according to the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Applicant: MICROINFINITY, INC.
    Inventors: Kyu-Cheol Park, Jung-Hwan Lee, Won-Jang Park, Byung-Chun Sakong, Sang-Bum Kim
  • Patent number: 7433795
    Abstract: Provided is a method and apparatus for controlling the precision of the rotation angle of a rotation of a dynamic apparatus, including the step of determining a conversion factor of a gyroscope installed in the dynamic apparatus to control the rotary movement to be a first conversion factor; a first step of measuring an output angular velocity in the case of applying a predetermined test operation to the gyroscope; a second step of measuring a second conversion factor based on the test operation and the output angular velocity corresponding to the test operation; a third step of computing an error between the first conversion factor and the second conversion factor; and a fourth step of updating the first conversion factor of the gyroscope by the second conversion factor in the case the error is more than a predetermined standard value, wherein in the case the dynamic apparatus is on standby or an operation command with respect to a predetermined operation is inputted, the first through fourth steps are perfo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Microinfinity, Inc.
    Inventors: Hakyoung Chung, Jinwoo Song
  • Publication number: 20070299626
    Abstract: Provided are method and apparatus for recognizing space according to the movement of an input device. A method of recognizing space according to the movement of an input device, the method comprising: measuring angular velocity data using an angular velocity sensor; measuring acceleration data using an accelerometer; estimating a bias of the angular velocity sensor using the acceleration data; calculating Euler angles between a reference navigational frame and a body frame using the angular velocity data and the acceleration data; and identifying position information of the input device according to the movement of the input device by using the calculated Euler angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 27, 2007
    Applicants: MICROINFINITY, INC., MICROTECH SYSTEM, INC.
    Inventors: Jinwoo Song, Sangsoo Yim