Patents by Inventor In Kui Cho

In Kui Cho 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: 20230135487
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node may comprise: receiving one or more polarized radio signals transmitted from a second communication node included in the communication system through one or more receive polarized antennas included in the first communication node; performing a receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation so that a detection result for a magnitude of an electric field excited by the one or more polarized radio signals is maximized; and receiving a first polarized signal transmitted from the second communication node through at least part of the one or more receive polarized antennas based on a result of the receive polarized antenna alignment state adjustment operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Hoon OH, Jang Yeol KIM, Jae Ho LEE, Hyun Joon LEE, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20230140065
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission resonator using a conducting wire with a vertical rectangular cross-section is disclosed. The wireless power transmission resonator may include a first element including a first element upper part arranged in an upper end of a resonator and a first element lower part arranged in a lower end of the resonator, wherein the first element upper part and the first element lower part each may include a spiral layer having a spiral structure that is wound to face a wide surface of a conducting wire including a vertical rectangular cross-section and a second element arranged in a center of the resonator and between the first element upper part and the first element lower part and including a spiral layer having a spiral structure that is wound to face the wide surface of the conducting wire including the vertical rectangular cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Inventors: Je Hoon YUN, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, In Kui CHO, Gwangzeen KO, Dong Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20230120470
    Abstract: Provided is a low-loss planar spiral coil which may include a conductive wire wound N turns, and a conductive wire corresponding to each number of turns may be formed in a way that an inner surface, close to a center of the spiral coil, and an outer surface, located on an opposite side of the inner surface, have different heights from each other based on a flat lower surface, and may be formed in way that a vertical cross-section of an upper surface connecting an uppermost end of the inner and outer surfaces has a constant height variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Je Hoon YUN, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20230030303
    Abstract: An image processing-based foreign substance detection method in a wireless charging system and a device performing the method are disclosed. A method for detecting a foreign substance according to an example embodiment includes an operation of acquiring an image of a charging area of a wireless charging system, an operation of detecting, based on an RGB value of a frame of the image, a foreign substance in the charging area, an operation of discriminating a type of the foreign substance, and an operation of performing power control of the wireless charging system according to the type of the foreign substance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Gwangzeen KO, Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO, Woo Jin BYUN, Je Hoon YUN
  • Publication number: 20220407365
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless charging system for removing a foreign object and a foreign object removing method of the wireless charging system that may detect whether a foreign object is attached using a sensor of the wireless charging system to automatically and quickly remove the foreign object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220394854
    Abstract: A method and system for manufacturing a coil for wireless charging are disclosed herein. The method may include manufacturing a printed circuit board, generating a coil-shaped metal pattern on the printed circuit board, and generating an additional metal pattern on the top of the metal pattern using a 3D metal printer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Gwangzeen KO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Woo Jin BYUN, Je Hoon YUN, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 11509170
    Abstract: A wireless power receiving apparatus, according to an example embodiment, may include a receiving coil in which a first wire including a copper core and a second wire not including a copper core are wound around a same axis. The second wire may be located at a pitch of the first wire, and a diameter of the second wire may correspond to the pitch of the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: In Kui Cho, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, Ho Jin Lee, Dong Won Jang
  • Patent number: 11502555
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system and method are disclosed. The wireless power transmission system includes a plurality of wireless power transmitters configured to provide power to a plurality of wireless power receivers, and a controller configured to control the wireless power transmitters based on information of the wireless power receivers. The controller is configured to receive information of a wireless power receiver from the wireless power receiver, calculate a transmission parameter associated with a transmission efficiency of power to be provided to the wireless power receiver using the information of the wireless power receiver, and provide power to the wireless power receiver through the wireless power transmitters based on the transmission parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Sang-Won Kim, Ho Jin Lee, In Kui Cho, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Jang Yeol Kim, Je Hoon Yun, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunjoon Lee, Dong Won Jang
  • Publication number: 20220360295
    Abstract: An antenna device for magnetic field communication may include: a first coil; a second coil; a third coil; a first capacitor connected to a 1-1 terminal of the first coil; a second capacitor connected to a 2-1 terminal of the second coil; a third capacitor connected to a 3-1 terminal of the third coil; and an input port including a first input terminal connected to a 1-2 terminal of the first coil, a 2-2 terminal of the second coil, and a 3-2 terminal of the third coil, and a second input terminal connected to the first capacitor, the second capacitor, and the third capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: In Kui CHO, Jang Yeol KIM, Jung Hoon OH, Jae Woo LEE, Jae Ho LEE, Hyun Joon LEE, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Woo Jin BYUN, Je Hoon YUN
  • Patent number: 11444366
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resonator for expanding a transfer distance. A conical resonator includes a metal layer configured to operate according to a resonant frequency, and a dielectric layer coupled to the top or bottom of the metal layer to space the metal layer apart from another metal layer without overlap, wherein the metal layer and the dielectric layer have a Swiss-roll structure, and include an input face to which power is supplied on the bottom and an open face on the top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICSAND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jung Ick Moon, Je Hoon Yun, In Kui Cho, Ho Jin Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jang Yeol Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Hyunjoon Lee, Dong Won Jang
  • Publication number: 20220196827
    Abstract: A method for calculating an altitude of a target through an apparatus for calculating an altitude of the target, which comprises a plurality of MIMO radar virtual antennas, may comprise: receiving electromagnetic waves reflected from the target through a pair of virtual antennas classified into an upper antenna and a lower antenna and alternately arranged in two columns linearly; obtaining range information and phase information of the target from the pair of virtual antennas by analyzing the electromagnetic waves; and calculating altitude information of the target from position information of the pair of virtual antennas, and the range information and the phase information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyung Ju KIM, Sung Jin YOO, Byung Jang JEONG, Woo Jin BYUN, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220200662
    Abstract: A magnetic field communication method and apparatus using a giant magnetoimpedance (GMI) magnetometer are disclosed. The magnetic field communication apparatus includes a GMI magnetometer configured to detect a first communication signal based on a received magnetic field signal, a first signal extractor configured to extract a second communication signal comprising a message signal from the first communication signal, a second signal extractor configured to extract a third communication signal by removing a magnetization frequency signal from the second communication signal, and a third signal extractor configured to extract the message signal by removing a carrier wave frequency signal from the third communication signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jang Yeol KIM, Jaewoo LEE, HYUNJOON LEE, In Kui CHO, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Je Hoon YUN, Dong Won JANG, Seunghun RYU, Seungyoung AHN
  • Publication number: 20220179017
    Abstract: An atomic magnetometer, which operates in a communication system using a magnetic signal in a very low frequency (VLF) band, may comprise: a vapor cell comprising one or more alkaline metal atoms; a pump light source configured to provide circularly polarized pump beams to the vapor cell; an irradiation light source configured to provide linearly polarized irradiation beams to the vapor cell; a magnetic signal detecting unit configured to detect a magnetic signal by measuring a polarization rotation angle from the linearly polarized irradiation beam passing through the vapor cell; and a bias magnetic field control unit configured to control a bias magnetic field applied to the vapor cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Joon LEE, Jang Yeol KIM, Jae Woo LEE, In Kui CHO, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Je Hoon YUN, Dong Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20220158501
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a reduction coil and an electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus including the reduction coil, and more particularly, an electromagnetic wave reduction apparatus including a reduction coil between a transmission coil and a reception coil to reduce, through the reduction coil, unnecessary electromagnetic waves generated in a process of transmitting electromagnetic waves generated by the transmission coil to the reception coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220140662
    Abstract: Provided is a robot charging apparatus to wirelessly charge a robot capable of walking, which includes a plurality of receiving coils fixed to legs of a robot and a transmitting coil moved and provided according to a position of the robot and wirelessly charges the robot in such a manner that the transmitting coil is provided between the plurality of receiving coils and coupled to the receiving coils by a magnetic field output from the transmitting coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220131417
    Abstract: A wireless power transmitting device includes: an upper coil including a first conical coil and a first spiral coil disposed beneath the first conical coil; a lower coil including a second spiral coil disposed to face the first spiral coil and a second conical coil disposed beneath the second spiral coil; a connecting stub configured to connect the upper coil and the lower coil to each other; and a power source configured to supply a power to the upper coil or the lower coil. The first spiral coil and the second spiral coil generate an electric field and a magnetic field in a resonance state to transfer at least some of the power from the power source to an external wireless power receiving device through the electric field and the magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Je Hoon YUN, Sang Won KIM, Seong Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Woo Jin BYUN, Dong Won JANG, In Kui CHO
  • Publication number: 20220103020
    Abstract: Provided are a wireless charging system for removing a foreign object and a foreign object removing method of the wireless charging system that may detect whether a foreign object is attached using a sensor of the wireless charging system to automatically and quickly remove the foreign object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Ick MOON, Sang-Won KIM, Seong-Min KIM, In Kui CHO
  • Patent number: 11199595
    Abstract: The atomic magnetometer includes a light source device configured to output a linearly polarized irradiation light and a circularly polarized pump light, a first vapor cell including an alkali metal atom, receiving the linearly polarized irradiation light, and outputting a first transmitted light, a second vapor cell including an alkali metal atom, receiving the linearly polarized irradiation light, and outputting a second transmitted light, a magnetic field application device configured to apply a bias magnetic field in opposite directions to the first vapor cell and the second vapor cell, and a measuring device configured to obtain the magnetic field signal based on a differentiation of a first polarization rotation signal corresponding to a polarization state of the first transmitted light and a second polarization rotation signal corresponding to a polarization state of the second transmitted light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyunjoon Lee, In Kui Cho, Jang Yeol Kim, Jaewoo Lee, Ho Jin Lee, Sang-Won Kim, Seong-Min Kim, Jung Ick Moon, Woo Cheon Park, Je Hoon Yun, Dong Won Jang
  • Publication number: 20210351630
    Abstract: A wireless power transmission system and method are disclosed. The wireless power transmission system includes a plurality of wireless power transmitters configured to provide power to a plurality of wireless power receivers, and a controller configured to control the wireless power transmitters based on information of the wireless power receivers. The controller is configured to receive information of a wireless power receiver from the wireless power receiver, calculate a transmission parameter associated with a transmission efficiency of power to be provided to the wireless power receiver using the information of the wireless power receiver, and provide power to the wireless power receiver through the wireless power transmitters based on the transmission parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Sang-Won KIM, Ho Jin LEE, In Kui CHO, Seong-Min KIM, Jung Ick MOON, Jang Yeol KIM, Je Hoon YUN, Jaewoo LEE, HYUNJOON LEE, Dong Won JANG
  • Publication number: 20210322793
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of radiating wave energy available for unmanned automatic operation and apparatuses for performing the same. The method includes obtaining a dielectric characteristic of a object by performing a reconstruction calculation based on a scattered signal that is scattered from the object and pre-measured information on the object, determining a wave radiation parameter for adjusting energy of a wave to be radiated to a lesion of the object by performing a characteristic analysis operation based on the dielectric characteristic, and determining the energy of the wave to be high-power energy based on the wave radiation parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kwang Jae LEE, Soon Ik JEON, Woo Jin BYUN, In Kui CHO