Patents by Inventor Won Pil Yu
Won Pil Yu 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).
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Patent number: 11480974Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a topological map for navigation of a robot. The method for generating a topological map for navigation of a robot, performed by the apparatus for building the topological map for the navigation of the robot, includes calculating the physical size of a single pixel on a metric map of a space in which a mobile robot is to navigate, extracting the physical coordinates of the pixel on the metric map, building node data and edge data for the navigation of the mobile robot using the physical coordinates, and generating a topological map for the navigation of the mobile robot based on the built node data and the built edge data.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yu-Cheol Lee, Won-Pil Yu, Song Li
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Publication number: 20210011135Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for detecting laser reflectors for mobile robot localization. The method includes collecting scan information data corresponding to positions of surrounding objects using a laser scanner mounted on a mobile robot; generating a reflector cluster based on reflection intensities of the scan information data; classifying the reflector cluster into individual reflector clusters, each of the individual reflector clusters corresponding to each of the laser reflectors; determining whether each of the individual reflector clusters is a valid individual reflector cluster corresponding to an actual individual laser reflector or not based on geometric filtering on die each of the individual reflector clusters; and calculating position of the actual individual laser reflector based on at least one of the scan information data corresponding to the valid individual reflector cluster.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2020Publication date: January 14, 2021Inventors: Yu-Cheol LEE, Won-Pil YU
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Publication number: 20190310653Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for generating a topological map for navigation of a robot. The method for generating a topological map for navigation of a robot, performed by the apparatus for building the topological map for the navigation of the robot, includes calculating the physical size of a single pixel on a metric map of a space in which a mobile robot is to navigate, extracting the physical coordinates of the pixel on the metric map, building node data and edge data for the navigation of the mobile robot using the physical coordinates, and generating a topological map for the navigation of the mobile robot based on the built node data and the built edge data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2019Publication date: October 10, 2019Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yu-Cheol LEE, Won-Pil YU, Song LI
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Patent number: 9554507Abstract: A mowing boundary area recognizing apparatus of a mowing robot includes a ground state measurer configured to acquire environment data of a ground based on a grass length on the ground, a determiner configured to determine the grass length on the ground on a basis of the ground environment data to recognize a mowing boundary area, and a controller configured to adjust running of the mowing robot to a mowing area for which mowing is needed.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: January 31, 2017Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jae Hyun Park, Sung Lok Choi, Won Pil Yu
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Patent number: 9310807Abstract: A method of creating an indoor environment map includes acquiring encoded position information by detecting revolutions of wheels when a mobile unit travels using encoders to predict a position of the mobile unit based on the encoded position information, acquiring a measured distance from the mobile unit to an object existing in a surrounding environment using the distance measuring sensor, predicting a position of the mobile unit to be moved, estimating a distance from the mobile unit to the object at the predicted position of the mobile unit, determining whether the estimated distance is matched with the measured distance, correcting the predicted position of the mobile unit to estimate a position of the mobile unit to be moved by the matching of the predicted position with the measured position, and creating the indoor environment map using the corrected position and the measured distance.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2010Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Yu-Cheol Lee, Sang Ik Na, Won Pil Yu, Kyu Seo Han
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Patent number: 9098088Abstract: The method for building an outdoor map for a moving object according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a real satellite image for an outdoor space to which the moving object is to move; calculating pixel information including sizes of length and width pixels and a physical distance of one pixel in the real satellite image; measuring a reference position coordinate for a reference position selected from the real satellite image; and linking a pixel number corresponding to the reference position, the reference position coordinate, and the pixel information to the real satellite image in order to build the outdoor map for the moving object, and further includes creating information on a road network in which the moving object navigates based on the pixel number corresponding to the reference position, the reference position coordinate, and the pixel information.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yu Cheol Lee, Jae Yeong Lee, Won Pil Yu
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Publication number: 20150096276Abstract: Provided is a mowing boundary area recognizing apparatus of a mowing robot. The mowing boundary area recognizing apparatus includes a ground state measurer configured to acquire environment data of a ground based on a grass length on the ground, a determiner configured to determine the grass length on the ground on a basis of the ground environment data to recognize a mowing boundary area, and a controller configured to adjust running of the mowing robot to a mowing area for which mowing is needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: April 9, 2015Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jae Hyun PARK, Sung Lok CHOI, Won Pil YU
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Patent number: 8935096Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for fast path search using learning of a heuristic function according to the present invention. An apparatus for fast path search according to the present invention includes: an input unit to receive destination information from a user, and to receive a search request for a path to the received destination information; a location recognizing unit to obtain current location information of the user when the search request for the path is received; and a control unit to search a map for a path from a start node corresponding to the current location information to a destination node corresponding to the destination information using a heuristic evaluation function.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2012Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Lok Choi, Hee Sung Chae, Won Pil Yu
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Publication number: 20130253827Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for fast path search using learning of a heuristic function according to the present invention. An apparatus for fast path search according to the present invention includes: an input unit to receive destination information from a user, and to receive a search request for a path to the received destination information; a location recognizing unit to obtain current location information of the user when the search request for the path is received; and a control unit to search a map for a path from a start node corresponding to the current location information to a destination node corresponding to the destination information using a heuristic evaluation function.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2012Publication date: September 26, 2013Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Sung Lok Choi, Hee Sung Chae, Won Pil Yu
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Patent number: 8296064Abstract: A path search method of a mobile object in a grid map having a plurality of cells, each having an identical size, is provided. The path search method includes: generating a block map having a plurality of blocks by merging a specific number of cells in the grid map; obtaining a block path by finding a path from a starting position to a destination position in the block map; and obtaining a final path of the mobile object by performing a cell-based path search on cells in the blocks on the block path.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jae-Yeong Lee, Won Pil Yu
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Publication number: 20120236287Abstract: The present invention adjusts images received from plural cameras that are oriented to plural directions and combines the images with distance information. Thereafter, the circumstantial environment is visualized based on a moving object using an augmented reality technique to provide to a user. Specifically, the present invention adjusts images in plural directions and adds the distance information to improve the accuracy and uses a visualization method that displays the images with respect to the moving object.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2012Publication date: September 20, 2012Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Jae Yeong LEE, Hee Sung CHAE, Seung Hwan PARK, Won Pil YU
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Publication number: 20120162425Abstract: The device for securing visibility for a driver includes an input unit obtaining an image of an area in front of a moving object; a first estimating unit estimating from the image a geometric relationship between the moving object and its surrounding environment to output geometric relationship information; a second estimating unit estimating from the image an optical characteristic of the environment to output optical characteristic information; a first correcting unit adjusting brightness and contrast of the image based on the optical characteristic information and eliminating blob noise resulting from the environment; a second correcting unit compensating for vibration of the image based on the geometric relation information and eliminating motion blur; a synthesizing unit restoring, based on the geometric relationship information, empty space of the image resulting from the blob noise elimination and the vibration compensation and extracting and highlighting principal information of the image to acquire nType: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sung Lok CHOI, Won Pil YU
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Publication number: 20120163662Abstract: The method for building an outdoor map for a moving object according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: receiving a real satellite image for an outdoor space to which the moving object is to move; calculating pixel information including sizes of length and width pixels and a physical distance of one pixel in the real satellite image; measuring a reference position coordinate for a reference position selected from the real satellite image; and linking a pixel number corresponding to the reference position, the reference position coordinate, and the pixel information to the real satellite image in order to build the outdoor map for the moving object, and further includes creating information on a road network in which the moving object navigates based on the pixel number corresponding to the reference position, the reference position coordinate, and the pixel information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Yu Cheol LEE, Jae Yeong LEE, Won Pil YU
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Publication number: 20120155711Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for analyzing a video. The video analyzing apparatus includes a route analyzing unit configured to analyze a subject of a first-person view video and an object represented in the first-person view video based on the first-person view video and generate route information of the subject and the object; and an event analyzing unit configured to classify the first-person view video as a semantic event using the route information.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2011Publication date: June 21, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sahngwon RYOO, Jae Yeong LEE, Sung Lok CHOI, Won Pil YU
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Publication number: 20120141094Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for generating training videos and recognizing situations, using composed videos. The method for generating training videos using composed videos according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes generating composed videos based on configuration information of an original video; selecting the composed videos satisfying structural constraints of situations among the generated composed videos; and configuring the training videos including the selected composed videos.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 2, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sahngwon RYOO, Won Pil YU
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Patent number: 8027515Abstract: Provided is a system and method for providing location information of robot in real time using an artificial mark. The system includes: an image processing module for obtaining an image signal by photographing artificial marks installed at a predetermined space with a space coordinate and detecting an image coordinate of artificial mark from the obtaining the image signal; a location calculating module for calculating a current location by comparing the image coordinate of detected artificial mark and a pre-stored space coordinate of artificial mark; and an artificial mark identifying module for updating current location information by selectively using one of an artificial mark tracing process and an image coordinate estimating process.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2005Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jae Yeong Lee, Heesung Chae, Won Pil Yu, Young Jo Cho
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Patent number: 8000537Abstract: Provided are an optical vision chip (OVC) and an image recognition method using the OVC. The OVC includes: a first display displaying an object image; a second display displaying a standard model image; and an optical sensor optically or electrically coupling the object image and the standard model image respectively displayed on the first and second displays and outputting a difference between the object image and the standard model image as an electrical signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2007Date of Patent: August 16, 2011Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sahnggi Park, Won Pil Yu, Kwang Ryong Oh
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Publication number: 20110010083Abstract: A path search method of a mobile object in a grid map having a plurality of cells, each having an identical size, is provided. The path search method includes: generating a block map having a plurality of blocks by merging a specific number of cells in the grid map; obtaining a block path by finding a path from a starting position to a destination position in the block map; and obtaining a final path of the mobile object by performing a cell-based path search on cells in the blocks on the block path.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2007Publication date: January 13, 2011Inventors: Jae-Yeong Lee, Won Pil Yu
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Publication number: 20100121488Abstract: A method of creating an indoor environment map includes acquiring encoded position information by detecting revolutions of wheels when a mobile unit travels using encoders to predict a position of the mobile unit based on the encoded position information, acquiring a measured distance from the mobile unit to an object existing in a surrounding environment using the distance measuring sensor, predicting a position of the mobile unit to be moved, estimating a distance from the mobile unit to the object at the predicted position of the mobile unit, determining whether the estimated distance is matched with the measured distance, correcting the predicted position of the mobile unit to estimate a position of the mobile unit to be moved by the matching of the predicted position with the measured position, and creating the indoor environment map using the corrected position and the measured distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2010Publication date: May 13, 2010Inventors: Yu-Cheol LEE, Sang Ik Na, Won Pil Yu, Kyu Seo Han
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Patent number: 7681464Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for detecting the tension, moving direction, and length of a connector. The detecting apparatus includes a connector including one end connected inside the movement detecting apparatus and other end disposed at an outer side of the movement detecting apparatus, a tension detector measuring a tension force applied to the connector by detecting a minute change in a parameter of the tension detector when the other end of the connector is pulled away from the movement detecting apparatus, a direction detector measuring a movement of the connector in horizontal and vertical directions in a plane substantially perpendicular to the tension so as to detect a direction of the tension force applied to the connector, and a length detector detecting a length of the connector extended from the movement detecting apparatus by the tension force applied to the connector.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2006Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Nakju Doh, Won Pil Yu, Sang Ik Na, Yu-Cheol Lee, Hyo-Sung Ahn