Patents Assigned to Answeray Inc.
  • Patent number: 12467854
    Abstract: Disclosed is an optical probe device for analyzing a component of an underwater substance, the optical probe device including: a light source unit for emitting excitation light; a sensing unit for emitting the excitation light into underwater and collecting scattered light scattered from the underwater; a spectroscopy unit for analyzing the scattered light; a light transmitting unit for connecting the light source unit and the sensing unit, and the sensing unit and the spectroscopy unit; and a cap having an opening on one side, configured to receive the sensing unit therein, and configured to allow an air layer inside the opening to separate the sensing unit from an underwater environment when the opening is lowered and submerged in the underwater in the state where the opening is disposed to cover a water surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2025
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 12326363
    Abstract: Proposed is a spectroscope including a disperser configured to disperse incident signal light, wherein the disperser includes a bandpass filter configured to spectroscopically process the signal light by pivoting according to a driving signal and a light-receiving element configured to receive the signal light spectroscopically processed by bands and output a corresponding electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventors: Seong Ho Cho, Gajendra Pratap Singh
  • Patent number: 12313552
    Abstract: A Raman spectroscopic device includes a light capturing unit between a light analysis unit and a target, the light analysis unit includes a light sensor, a light collection lens, a diffraction grating, a light generator, a dichroic mirror, and a light passing lens, and the light capturing includes one first light guide and at least one second light guide, which are arranged sequentially toward the target from the light analysis unit, receives light of the light generator from the light passing lens and transmits the light to the target or receives scattered light from the target and transmits the scattered light to the light passing lens by means of the first light guide and the second light guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 12163893
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample ingredient analysis apparatus including a first spectrum collection unit configured to radiate first light to a sample in order to generate a first spectrum and to concentrate the first spectrum, a second spectrum collection unit configured to radiate second light to the sample in order to generate a second spectrum and to concentrate the second spectrum, a data analyzer configured to receive the first and second spectra from the first and second spectrum collection units, to generate first and second spectral data based on the first and second spectra, and to calculate the first and second spectral data in order to obtain spectral data, and a data terminal configured to receive the first and second spectra data and the spectral data from the data analyzer and to display the first and second spectra and the spectral data to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 12117341
    Abstract: Disclosed is a spectrometer including a slit unit and a collimating member sequentially arranged along a path of pre-diffraction radiation light, a focusing member and a detection unit sequentially arranged along a path of post-diffraction radiation light, and the diffraction grating located between the collimating member and the focusing member, wherein the slit unit, the collimating member, the diffraction grating, and the focusing member are seated in one plane and are spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the detection unit is spaced apart from one plane and is located under or above the diffraction grating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20240310284
    Abstract: A Raman spectroscopic device includes a light capturing unit between a light analysis unit and a target, the light analysis unit includes a light sensor, a light collection lens, a diffraction grating, a light generator, a dichroic mirror, and a light passing lens, and the light capturing includes one first light guide and at least one second light guide, which are arranged sequentially toward the target from the light analysis unit, receives light of the light generator from the light passing lens and transmits the light to the target or receives scattered light from the target and transmits the scattered light to the light passing lens by means of the first light guide and the second light guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho CHO
  • Patent number: 12055437
    Abstract: A spectrometer that includes: a first diffraction grating configured to spectroscopically process provided light; a first detection unit configured to condense light spectroscopically processed by the first diffraction grating and to output an electrical signal corresponding to condensed light; a second diffraction grating configured to spectroscopically process 0th order light provided by the first diffraction grating; and a second detection unit configured to condense light spectroscopically processed by the second diffraction grating and to output an electrical signal corresponding to condensed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventors: Seong Ho Cho, Gajendra Pratap Singh
  • Publication number: 20240219306
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sample ingredient analysis apparatus including a first spectrum collection unit configured to radiate first light to a sample in order to generate a first spectrum and to concentrate the first spectrum, a second spectrum collection unit configured to radiate second light to the sample in order to generate a second spectrum and to concentrate the second spectrum, a data analyzer configured to receive the first and second spectra from the first and second spectrum collection units, to generate first and second spectral data based on the first and second spectra, and to calculate the first and second spectral data in order to obtain spectral data, and a data terminal configured to receive the first and second spectra data and the spectral data from the data analyzer and to display the first and second spectra and the spectral data to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho CHO
  • Patent number: 11946803
    Abstract: Disclosed is Raman spectroscopy equipment including a light source unit configured to generate excitation light, a first optical fiber configured to transmit the excitation light received from the light source unit, a light radiation unit configured to receive the excitation light from the first optical fiber, a target material located near the light radiation unit, the target material being configured to receive the excitation light from the light radiation unit and to generate first scattered light, a light focusing unit configured to concentrate the first scattered light in the vicinity of the target material and the light radiation unit and to change the first scattered light to second scattered light, a second optical fiber configured to transmit the second scattered light received from the light focusing unit, and a spectroscopy unit configured to convert the second scattered light received from the second optical fiber into an electrical signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 11879846
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of processing a Raman spectroscopy signal. The method includes: obtaining a first resolution of Raman spectroscopy by irradiating a target sample with broadband excitation light; calculating a Raman spectroscopy signal corresponding to the Raman spectroscopy of the first resolution; and calculating a signal corresponding to a second resolution of Raman spectroscopy that is higher than the first resolution by deconvoluting a Raman light signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Cho
  • Publication number: 20230296435
    Abstract: Proposed is a spectroscope including a disperser configured to disperse incident signal light, wherein the disperser includes a bandpass filter configured to spectroscopically process the signal light by pivoting according to a driving signal and a light-receiving element configured to receive the signal light spectroscopically processed by bands and outputs a corresponding electrical signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: ANSWERAY INC.
    Inventors: Seong Ho CHO, Gajendra Pratap SINGH
  • Patent number: 11307091
    Abstract: A hard-apertureless spectrometer includes a housing, a collimator configured to collimate light provided from a soft-aperture of a target, a diffraction grating configured to spectroscopically analyze the collimated light, a condenser configured to condense the spectroscopically analyzed light, and a photodetector configured to receive the condensed light output from the condenser and detect a target characteristic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Answeray Inc.
    Inventors: Seong Ho Cho, Gajendra Pratap Singh