Patents by Inventor Hong Seok Seo

Hong Seok Seo 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: 20220163452
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spectroscopic apparatus includes a laser irradiation device that receives an orthogonal code including a series of bits each having a first value or a second value, generates a control signal having a pulse that has a width shorter than a width of a bit section in the bit section corresponding to a bit having the first value, generates a pulsed laser beam having a pulse width shorter than the bit section using the pulse as a trigger, and irradiates an incident beam including the generated pulsed laser beam to a sample, and a detector that receives a detection signal generated from the sample and the orthogonal code, generates an orthogonal code signal of the same waveform as that of the incident beam, based on the orthogonal code, and demodulates a Raman signal, based on a correlation between the generated orthogonal code signal and the Raman signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Won Kyoung LEE, Hong-Seok SEO
  • Publication number: 20220137387
    Abstract: Provided are a pulse compressor and a two-photon excited fluorescence microscope. The microscope includes a light source which generates a laser beam having a pulse, a pulse compressor which compresses the pulse of the laser beam, an objective lens which provides the laser beam to a specimen, and image sensors which receive the laser beam and obtain images of the specimen. The pulse compressor may include a grating plate, a corner cube provided on one side of the grating plate, and a retroreflector provided on the other side of the grating plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Dong Hoon SONG, Hong-Seok SEO, Chul HUH
  • Publication number: 20220064702
    Abstract: An apparatus for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) diagnosis includes a transmitter that includes a multi-wavelength light source outputting a first light source signal and a second light source signal, which have different wavelengths, and that applies the first light source signal and the second light source signal to a DNA sample, a code generator that generates a first code signal and a second code signal corresponding to the first light source signal and the second light source signal, respectively, a delay controller that generates a first delay signal and a second delay signal corresponding to the first code signal and the second code signal, respectively, and a receiver that compares the first and second fluorescent signals emitted from the DNA sample with the first and second delay signals, and accumulatively integrates the first fluorescent signal or the second fluorescent signal based on the comparison result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hong-Seok SEO, Won Kyoung LEE, Jeong Won PARK, Chul HUH
  • Patent number: 11217958
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode light source package includes: a seed light source for outputting signal beams; a pump beam source for outputting pump beams; and at least one mirror for transmitting the signal beams to a core of an output optical fiber and transmitting the pump beams to first cladding of the output optical fiber, wherein the seed light source, the pump beam source, and the at least one mirror are realized in a semiconductor chip, and the output optical fiber is connected to an end terminal of the semiconductor laser diode light source package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hong-Seok Seo, Bongki Mheen, Gyu Dong Choi
  • Patent number: 11193828
    Abstract: A spectroscopic apparatus includes a splitter that receives a first detected signal output from a sample to which an incident beam is irradiated, and outputs a reflected signal and a second detected signal by splitting the first detected signal, and a signal processor that receives the reflected signal and the second detected signal, and extracts a Raman signal from the second detected signal in response to the received reflected signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Won Kyoung Lee, Hong-Seok Seo
  • Publication number: 20210151947
    Abstract: Disclosed is a femtosecond laser device. The femtosecond laser device includes a pulse oscillator configured to generate a laser pulse, a pulse width stretcher configured to stretch a width of the laser pulse, a pulse width compressor connected to the pulse width stretcher to compress the width of the laser pulse, a pulse amplifier disposed between the pulse width compressor and the pulse width stretcher to amplifier an intensity of the laser pulse, and a nonlinear pulse attenuator including an optical fiber connected between the pulse width amplifier and the pulse width stretcher and deformed to have a spiral shape, a stretched length, or a twist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Hoon SONG, Hong-Seok SEO
  • Publication number: 20210123807
    Abstract: A spectroscopic apparatus includes a splitter that receives a first detected signal output from a sample to which an incident beam is irradiated, and outputs a reflected signal and a second detected signal by splitting the first detected signal, and a signal processor that receives the reflected signal and the second detected signal, and extracts a Raman signal from the second detected signal in response to the received reflected signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Won Kyoung LEE, Hong-Seok SEO
  • Publication number: 20200088850
    Abstract: A LIDAR system is provided. The LIDAR system includes: a light transmitting unit configured to drive a plurality of light emitting elements by light emitting units to irradiate light to different positions of a target object; and a light receiving unit configured to detect light that is reflected at different positions of the target object and then is incident to different light receiving positions through a plurality of light receiving regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Bongki MHEEN, Hong-Seok SEO, Gyu Dong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190353592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a sensor and a system for measuring an analyte using surface plasmon resonance. The sensor may include: an optical fiber including a core layer, and a plasmon resonance layer which is formed to surround an outer surface of the core layer and on which the analyte is disposed; an acoustic wave perturbation generator connected to one side of the optical fiber, and generating acoustic wave perturbation to a mode which enters into the core layer to allow the mode to exit the plasmon resonance layer; and a detector for detecting the mode passing through the inside of the core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Won Kyoung LEE, Bong Kyu KIM, Hong-Seok SEO
  • Patent number: 10408924
    Abstract: There are provided an optical receiver and a laser radar including the same. The optical receiver includes a plurality of optical detecting units configured to convert an optical signal reflected from a target into an electrical signal and to output the electrical signal, a signal combiner configured to combine output signals of the plurality of light detecting regions, a plurality of switches provided between the plurality of optical detecting units and the signal combiner, and a controller configured to control the plurality of switches so that the plurality of optical detecting units are selectively connected to the signal combiner based on whether the optical signal to reflected from the target is input. Therefore, it is possible to make a module small, to improve stability and reliability, and to reduce a signal to noise ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Bongki Mheen, Hong-Seok Seo, Min Hyup Song, Gyu Dong Choi
  • Publication number: 20190181605
    Abstract: A semiconductor laser diode light source package includes: a seed light source for outputting signal beams; a pump beam source for outputting pump beams; and at least one mirror for transmitting the signal beams to a core of an output optical fiber and transmitting the pump beams to first cladding of the output optical fiber, wherein the seed light source, the pump beam source, and the at least one mirror are realized in a semiconductor chip, and the output optical fiber is connected to an end terminal of the semiconductor laser diode light source package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Hong-Seok SEO, Bongki MHEEN, Gyu Dong CHOI
  • Patent number: 9905987
    Abstract: A laser radar system includes a first light source unit including a signal light source—a seed laser diode or a light source for amplifying a laser beam from the seed laser diode—and a pump laser diode, a second light source unit disposed to be spaced apart from the first light source unit, the second light source unit including an optical amplifier for amplifying a signal output from the first light source unit, and an optical connector for connecting the first light source unit and the second light source unit to each other, wherein the second light source unit is disposed at an end of a laser transceiver unit of the laser radar system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hong-Seok Seo, Bong Ki Mheen, Min Hyup Song, Gyu Dong Choi
  • Patent number: 9857472
    Abstract: Provided is a laser radar system. The laser radar system includes a first transmission and reception unit sequentially radiating a first laser beam to a plurality of locations within a first view range and receiving a reflected light; and a second transmission and reception unit sequentially radiating a second laser beam to a plurality of locations within a second view range and receiving a reflected light, wherein each of the first transmission and reception unit and the second transmission and reception unit is fixed to a loader and independently searches for the first view range and the second view range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Bongki Mheen, Myoungsook Oh, Jae-Sik Sim, Jung-Ho Song, Hong-Seok Seo, Minhyup Song
  • Patent number: 9791570
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser radar apparatus. The laser radar apparatus includes: a light transmission unit configured to output a laser pulse by using a light source; a light reception unit configured to receive a reflected laser pulse in connection with the laser pulse; and a controller configured to adjust a repetition rate of the laser pulse of the light source, in which the controller adjusts the repetition rate of the laser pulse based on at least one of reception power, a target distance, a movement speed, a vertical angle, and a radiation angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hong Seok Seo, Bong Ki Mheen, Myoung Sook Oh, Jae Sik Sim, Jung Ho Song, Min Hyup Song
  • Publication number: 20170293020
    Abstract: Provided is a scanning device including a transmission module configured to divide a scan target into a plurality of scan areas and alternately irradiate a first laser light and a second laser light to the scan areas that are sequentially arranged, a reception module configured to receive laser lights reflected from each of the scan areas, and an image generation module configured to generate divided images of each of the scan areas by using the reflected laser lights and generate a whole image of the scan target based on the divided images and an edge component of the reflected laser lights, wherein the transmission module is configured to trigger a rising edge of a trigger signal to generate the first laser light and trigger a falling edge of the trigger signal to generate the second laser light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Min Hyup SONG, Bong Ki MHEEN, Hong-Seok SEO, Gyu Dong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170264069
    Abstract: A laser radar system includes a first light source unit including a signal light source —a seed laser diode or a light source for amplifying a laser beam from the seed laser diode —and a pump laser diode, a second light source unit disposed to be spaced apart from the first light source unit, the second light source unit including an optical amplifier for amplifying a signal output from the first light source unit, and an optical connector for connecting the first light source unit and the second light source unit to each other, wherein the second light source unit is disposed at an end of a laser transceiver unit of the laser radar system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hong-Seok SEO, Bong Ki MHEEN, Min Hyup SONG, Gyu Dong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170261371
    Abstract: There are provided an optical receiver and a laser radar including the same. The optical receiver includes a plurality of optical detecting units configured to convert an optical signal reflected from a target into an electrical signal and to output the electrical signal, a signal combiner configured to combine output signals of the plurality of light detecting regions, a plurality of switches provided between the plurality of optical detecting units and the signal combiner, and a controller configured to control the plurality of switches so that the plurality of optical detecting units are selectively connected to the signal combiner based on whether the optical signal to reflected from the target is input. Therefore, it is possible to make a module small, to improve stability and reliability, and to reduce a signal to noise ratio.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTIT UTE
    Inventors: Bongki MHEEN, Hong-Seok SEO, Min Hyup SONG, Gyu Dong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20170264878
    Abstract: Provided herein is a scanning device including a transmitting module dividing a subject into a plurality of image regions and emitting laser beam onto the plurality of image regions by an interlaced method, a receiving module receiving reflected laser beam from the subject, and a signal processing module scanning a shape of the subject by a Time Of Flight (TOF) technique based on the reflected laser beam, wherein the signal processing module generates a single image with respect to the shape of the subject by overlapping subframes generated by the interlaced method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Min Hyup SONG, Bong Ki MHEEN, Hong-Seok SEO, Gyu Dong CHOI
  • Patent number: 9733344
    Abstract: Provided herein a laser radar apparatus including a plurality of light transmission and reception modules arranged concavely in an opposite direction to a scanning direction based on a surface vertical to the scanning direction, wherein each of the plurality of light transmission and reception modules comprises a transmitter configured to deflect a laser beam and to irradiate the deflected laser beam to a target; and a receiver configured to receive the laser beam reflected from the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jae Sik Sim, Ki Soo Kim, Bong Ki Mheen, Myoung Sook Oh, Hong Seok Seo, Jung Ho Song, Yong Hwan Kwon, Dong Sun Kim, Min Hyup Song, Gyu Dong Choi
  • Patent number: 9549102
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for implementing an active imaging system. A method of obtaining an image in an active imaging system including: dividing an imaging region, and determining a plurality of divided imaging regions; scanning each of the plurality of divided imaging regions based on a laser; collecting reflected light for each of the plurality of divided imaging regions, and generating a plurality of divided images by an image sensor; and generating a whole image for the imaging region based on the plurality of divided images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Ho Song, Bong Ki Mheen, Myoung Sook Oh, Yong Hwan Kwon, Dong Sun Kim, Hong Seok Seo, Min Hyup Song, Jae Sik Sim