Patents by Inventor Byoung-Soo Kim

Byoung-Soo Kim 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).

  • Publication number: 20220269269
    Abstract: A mobile robot platform system evolves autonomous driving ability of a mobile robot through reinforcement learning in various environments. The mobile robot platform system includes a remote control unit configured to perform remote control of the mobile robot according to its purpose of use; an autonomous driving unit configured to autonomously drive the mobile robot in an autonomous driving section based on a preset criterion; a data collection unit configured to collect data for driving of the mobile robot; a learning unit configured to train the mobile robot using reinforcement learning data including the collected data; and a determination unit configured to determine a remote control section and the autonomous driving section based on a level of the training when the mobile robot moves to a corresponding destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOTIS CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo KIM, In Yong HA, Woo Sik YANG, Yoon Seok PYO
  • Publication number: 20220266933
    Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot is provided. The autonomous mobile robot includes an upper module including a cargo space provided therein, and a cover, a lower module positioned under the upper module and providing a driving force, a driving module provided in the lower module, and a control unit that controls an operation of the driving module, in which the driving module includes a plurality of pairs of wheels capable of asynchronously contacting a road surface or ground so as to overcome a step or a stair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo KIM, In Yong HA, Woo Sik YANG, Yoon Seok PYO
  • Publication number: 20220266649
    Abstract: A driving module of an autonomous mobile robot is provided. The driving module includes a first wheel in constant contact with ground or road surface and having a first rotational axis; second and third wheels constrained in their positions relative to each other; a rear bar on which a second rotational axis of the second wheel is positioned at one end, an upper axis portion is provided at the other end, and an intermediate axis portion is provided in the middle; a front bar on which a third rotational axis of the third wheel is positioned at one end, in which the other end of the front bar is pivotably coupled to the intermediate axis portion; and a suspension unit of which one end is pivotably coupled to the upper axis portion and the other end is pivotably coupled to the third rotational axis or the front bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOTIS CO, LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo KIM, In Young HA, Woo Sik YANG, Han Cheol CHO, Young Rae PARK
  • Publication number: 20220258818
    Abstract: An autonomous mobile robot is provided. The autonomous mobile robot includes an upper module including a cargo space provided therein, and a cover, a lower module positioned under the upper module and providing a driving force, and a driving module provided in the lower module, in which the driving module includes a plurality of pairs of wheels capable of asynchronously contacting a road surface or ground so as to overcome a step or a stair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo Sik YANG, Byoung Soo KIM, In Yong HA
  • Publication number: 20220261368
    Abstract: A system and method for efficient communication bus arbitration in a communication protocol are provided. The system and method for efficient communication bus arbitration are a system and method for slave communication bus arbitration in multi-drop communication, and provide efficient and fast communication speed by improving the packet structure in a manner in which a slave controller sequentially responds to a query of a master controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Jun KO, Soo Kyung SON, Dae Sung CHOI, Hee Il KIM, Byoung Soo KIM, In Yong HA
  • Publication number: 20220258331
    Abstract: A module and method for linking information of a plurality of driving units, and a module and method for linking driving units of a robot system in which a master controls a plurality of driving units included in a plurality of slave devices through communication are provided. The module and method for linking driving units of a robot system provide compatibility with an existing robot motion table that uses one driving unit for one device without requiring a separate conversion operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2022
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Hyun KIM, Soo Kyung SON, Dae Sung CHOI, Jin Wook ON, Byoung Soo KIM, In Yong HA
  • Patent number: 11370110
    Abstract: A multi-axis actuator according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a rectangular parallelepiped housing having first and second output surfaces vertical to each other, and first and second facing surfaces, which are respectively arranged in parallel to the first and second output surfaces so as to be vertical to each other; a first output gear for rotating around a first rotary shaft vertical to the first output surface; a second output gear for rotating around a second rotary shaft vertical to the second output surface, wherein the second rotary shaft is positioned at a height different from that of the first rotary shaft; and first and second driving motors provided inside the housing so as to respectively provide rotating power to the first and second output gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo Kim, Yong Jin Eum, Woo Sik Yang
  • Publication number: 20220198522
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for providing information to a customer terminal of a user registered as a member, the method comprising: an authentication step of receiving information of the customer terminal through an authentication unit to check whether a customer has joined as a member; a first transmission step of transmitting an information list through a storage unit connected to the customer terminal; a guidance step of guiding through the information list by voice through an operation terminal connected to the customer terminal; a second transmission step of transmitting, to the customer terminal, information selected through the customer terminal from the information list through a guide unit connected to the customer terminal; and a third transmission step of transmitting a DM corresponding to the selected information through a DM processing unit connected to the customer terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventor: Byoung Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220118608
    Abstract: Proposed is an elastic body having variable rigidity, wherein the elastic body is used in a series elastic actuator module, connects an input and an output, and has a rigidity that varies according to the applied torque. The elastic body having variable rigidity comprises: a connection part which receives torque from the input side or the output side; and a spring part connected to and receiving torque from the one selected from among the input side and the output side which is different from the connection part, wherein the spring part is formed integrally with the connection part and has a rigidity that varies as the connection part and the spring part come into contact with each other due to deformation caused by the applied torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Wook JANG, Hyoung Chul NAM, Byoung Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20210403877
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for inducing dedifferentiation form somatic cells to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSs) and method of inducing dedifferentiation using same, wherein the composition for inducing dedifferentiation and the method of inducing dedifferentiation increases the efficiency of dedifferentiation from somatic cells to iPSs by stimulating CXC chemokine receptor 2 (CXCR2), which is a receptor on human somatic ells, and thus may be effectively used for inducing the dedifferentiation to iPSs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Byoung Soo KIM, Seung Jin LEE
  • Patent number: 11161259
    Abstract: An actuator module includes a drive unit for generating a rotational force, a deceleration unit connected to the drive unit to receive the rotational force therefrom for reducing a rotational speed transmitted thereto to increase the rotational force, a flexible unit connected to the deceleration unit to receive the rotational force therefrom and having a plurality of elastic members in a stacked form, the elastic members being variable by an external force, and an output unit connected to the flexible unit to receive the rotational force therefrom for outputting the transmitted rotational force to the outside, wherein the elastic members have the same elastic force or different elastic forces, and are selectively varied depending on the magnitude of the external force applied to the output unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoungchul Nam, Byoung Soo Kim, Ungkwon Yun
  • Patent number: 11105397
    Abstract: A gear module includes: an external gear eccentrically rotating and having a plurality of teeth formed along an outer peripheral surface thereof; and an internal gear having a plurality of grooves formed along an inner peripheral surface thereof, wherein each groove and each pin come into contact with each other with two contact points, and each groove is formed concavely from an overlapping portion between a first circular sector having a first curvature radius r1 larger than a curvature radius of each pin and a first circular arc coming into contact with one contact point and a second circular sector having a second curvature radius larger than the curvature radius of each pin and a second circular arc coming into contact with another contact point, the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius passing through a center point of each pin and having the same size as each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyoung Chul Nam, Byoung Soo Kim, Wook Jang
  • Publication number: 20210164541
    Abstract: A gear module includes: an external gear eccentrically rotating and having a plurality of teeth formed along an outer peripheral surface thereof; and an internal gear having a plurality of grooves formed along an inner peripheral surface thereof, wherein each groove and each pin come into contact with each other with two contact points, and each groove is formed concavely from an overlapping portion between a first circular sector having a first curvature radius r1 larger than a curvature radius of each pin and a first circular arc coming into contact with one contact point and a second circular sector having a second curvature radius larger than the curvature radius of each pin and a second circular arc coming into contact with another contact point, the first curvature radius and the second curvature radius passing through a center point of each pin and having the same size as each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Hyoung Chul NAM, Byoung Soo KIM, Wook JANG
  • Publication number: 20210062144
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a placenta-derived cell-conditioned medium for inducing dedifferentiation into induced pluripotent stem cells from somatic cells and a method for inducing dedifferentiation using the same. When the placenta-derived cell-conditioned medium for inducing dedifferentiation according to the present disclosure is employed, personalized dedifferentiation stem cells can be stably established using a medium composed of human-derived products only. Provision of a human placenta-derived environment similarly represents an in vivo environment and allows the production of a cell therapy product without problems for clinical application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Byoung Soo KIM, Seung Jin LEE, Ka Won KANG
  • Publication number: 20210046659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an actuator module with a flexible unit, and more particularly, to an actuator module mounted on an articulated robot and having a flexible unit capable of detecting an abnormal load through sensor-based accurate load measurement to improve essential stability of the actuator module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hyoungchul NAM, Byoung Soo KIM, Ungkwon YUN
  • Patent number: 10792805
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a semi-hollow actuator module and, more particularly, to a semi-hollow actuator module that has solved the problem that wires (cables) are entangled when an actuator module including a motor and a reducer therein is combined with another actuator module or a module connection member, etc. by improving a connection structure of the wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo Kim, Yong Jin Eum
  • Publication number: 20200276702
    Abstract: A multi-axis actuator according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a rectangular parallelepiped housing having first and second output surfaces vertical to each other, and first and second facing surfaces, which are respectively arranged in parallel to the first and second output surfaces so as to be vertical to each other; a first output gear for rotating around a first rotary shaft vertical to the first output surface; a second output gear for rotating around a second rotary shaft vertical to the second output surface, wherein the second rotary shaft is positioned at a height different from that of the first rotary shaft; and first and second driving motors provided inside the housing so as to respectively provide rotating power to the first and second output gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Byoung Soo KIM, Yong Jin EUM, Woo Sik YANG
  • Publication number: 20200150685
    Abstract: A driving system includes a central controller, a plurality of driving paths forming a least crossing position, and a plurality of autonomous driving devices configured to drive along at least one of the driving paths through the crossing position. The central controller is configured to determine a plurality of target driving devices from among the autonomous driving devices that are within a certain range of the crossing position, designate one of the target driving devices as a master driving device and the other of the target driving device as slave driving devices. The master driving device controls passage of the slave driving devices through the crossing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Byoung-Soo KIM, Hae-Joong KIM, Kwang-Young IM, Ri CHOE
  • Patent number: D956841
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ung Kwon Yun, Byoung Soo Kim, Wook Jang
  • Patent number: D961693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: ROBOTIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byoung Soo Kim, Eui Dong Kim