Patents by Inventor Soonbeom KWON

Soonbeom KWON 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: 11967157
    Abstract: A robot may include a LiDAR sensor, and a processor configured to acquire, based on a sensing value of the LiDAR sensor, a first map that covers a space where the robot is located, detect one or more obstacles existing in the space based on the sensing value of the LiDAR sensor, acquire a number of times that each of a plurality of areas in the first map is occupied by the one or more obstacles, based on location information of the one or more obstacles, determine an obstacle area based on the number of times that each of the plurality of areas is occupied by the one or more obstacles, and acquire a second map indicating the obstacle area on the first map to determine a driving route of the robot based on the second map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soonbeom Kwon, Youngil Koh, Aron Baik
  • Publication number: 20240069563
    Abstract: Provided is a robot device and a method of controlling same. The robot device includes: at least one memory storing at least one instruction; a sensor configured to detect an environment of the robot device and output detection data; and at least one processor configured to execute the at least one instruction to: acquire a map of a space where the robot device is positioned based on the detection data received from the sensor, and a reliability value of each of a plurality of areas of the map, store the map and the reliability value of each of the plurality of areas in the at least one memory, identify at least one area having a reliability value greater than or equal to a critical value, based on the reliability value of each of the plurality of areas, and identify a movement path of the robot device in the space, based on the at least one area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soonbeom KWON, Jaeha LEE, Mideum CHOI, Junyeong CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240069562
    Abstract: A robot includes: at least one sensor configured to detect an external environment within a viewing zone of the at least one sensor; at least one memory storing information on a travel space including a privacy protection zone; and at least one processor configured to: identify whether the viewing zone of the at least one sensor will be within a predetermined distance from the privacy protection zone while the robot travels along a travel path in the travel space, based on identifying that the viewing zone of the at least one sensor will be within the predetermined distance, determine whether the viewing zone of the at least one sensor will overlap with the privacy protection zone based on the travel path, and based on determining that the viewing zone of the at least one sensor will overlap with the privacy protection zone, change a heading direction of the robot from a first heading direction to a second heading direction to prevent the viewing zone of the at least one sensor from overlapping with the priva
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngil KOH, Soonbeom KWON, Seungbeom HAN
  • Patent number: 11880209
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus for providing a traversability map of a robot and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a transceiver, a memory configured to store feature information of each of a plurality of robots, and at least one processor configured to receive sensing data obtained by sensing vicinity by at least one external device from the external device from the at least one external device, through the transceiver, generate at least one map with respect to a space where the at least one external device is positioned based on the received sensing data, generate a traversability map for traversal of a robot based on feature information of at least one robot among the plurality of robots and the generated at least one map, and control the transceiver to transmit the traversability map to the robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soonbeom Kwon, Dodam Kim, Hyunki Hong
  • Publication number: 20230251663
    Abstract: A robot includes: a sensor configured to sense an environment of the robot; a driver configured to drive movement of the robot; at least one memory; and at least one processor configured to: based on identifying at least one wall through the sensor, control the driver to cause the robot to perform wall following in which the robot travels along the at least one wall, generate a map of an explored area by exploring an area in a vicinity of the robot through the sensor while the robot travels, store information on the generated map in the at least one memory, and based on the robot completing the wall following, control the driver to cause the robot to move to an exploration point in an unexplored area in the vicinity of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNELECTRONICCO., LTD.
    Inventors: Aron BAIK, Soonbeom KWON, Dohoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230058999
    Abstract: A robot may include a LiDAR sensor, and a processor configured to acquire, based on a sensing value of the LiDAR sensor, a first map that covers a space where the robot is located, detect one or more obstacles existing in the space based on the sensing value of the LiDAR sensor, acquire a number of times that each of a plurality of areas in the first map is occupied by the one or more obstacles, based on location information of the one or more obstacles, determine an obstacle area based on the number of times that each of the plurality of areas is occupied by the one or more obstacles, and acquire a second map indicating the obstacle area on the first map to determine a driving route of the robot based on the second map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soonbeom Kwon, Youngil Koh, Aron Baik
  • Publication number: 20210356972
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus for providing a traversability map of a robot and a controlling method thereof are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a transceiver, a memory configured to store feature information of each of a plurality of robots, and at least one processor configured to receive sensing data obtained by sensing vicinity by at least one external device from the external device from the at least one external device, through the transceiver, generate at least one map with respect to a space where the at least one external device is positioned based on the received sensing data, generate a traversability map for traversal of a robot based on feature information of at least one robot among the plurality of robots and the generated at least one map, and control the transceiver to transmit the traversability map to the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Soonbeom KWON, Dodam KIM, Hyunki HONG