Patents Assigned to Contec Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12574106
    Abstract: A multi-vendor ground station integrated control system according to an example embodiment includes an integrated interface unit configured to provide a ground station integrated interface through which multi-vendor equipment and parts are compatible to operate an artificial satellite, a first processor configured to operably couple to the integrated interface unit and separate dependencies between subsystems when interacting with the subsystems, and a second processor configured to operably couple to vendor equipment having different forms of the ground stations, collect motions generated from the ground stations, and control equipment of the ground stations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Patent number: 12545369
    Abstract: A marine waste disposal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise a satellite image processing unit that receives satellite images to identify and locate marine waste, and generates a map of marine waste, a waste change reasoning unit for receiving at least one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of tide, temperature, wind direction/speed, seawater flow, and wave height information to reason changes in the marine waste map, a ship control and management units that control general ships and control waste disposal ships based on marine waste maps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Patent number: 12489522
    Abstract: Provided is technology for processing demodulation, preprocessing, etc., performed by an existing modem in a hardware form for satellite information received by a ground station at a cloud level based on a software define radio (SDR) mounted to a cloud. A cloud-based satellite information receiving and processing apparatus may include a satellite information collector configured to collect, on a cloud, satellite information received from a satellite by a ground station terminal using at least one antenna; a signal processing unit configured to perform demodulation and preprocessing of the collected satellite information on the cloud based on a software define radio (SDR) mounted to the cloud; and a storage configured to record and maintain the demodulated and preprocessed satellite information on the cloud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Publication number: 20240178910
    Abstract: A multi-vendor ground station integrated control system according to an example embodiment includes an integrated interface unit configured to provide a ground station integrated interface through which multi-vendor equipment and parts are compatible to operate an artificial satellite, a first processor configured to operably couple to the integrated interface unit and separate dependencies between subsystems when interacting with the subsystems, and a second processor configured to operably couple to vendor equipment having different forms of the ground stations, collect motions generated from the ground stations, and control equipment of the ground stations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Publication number: 20240166310
    Abstract: A marine waste disposal apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention comprise a satellite image processing unit that receives satellite images to identify and locate marine waste, and generates a map of marine waste, a waste change reasoning unit for receiving at least one or more pieces of information selected from the group consisting of tide, temperature, wind direction/speed, seawater flow, and wave height information to reason changes in the marine waste map, a ship control and management units that control general ships and control waste disposal ships based on marine waste maps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Publication number: 20230421248
    Abstract: Provided is technology for processing demodulation, preprocessing, etc., performed by an existing modem in a hardware form for satellite information received by a ground station at a cloud level based on a software define radio (SDR) mounted to a cloud. A cloud-based satellite information receiving and processing apparatus may include a satellite information collector configured to collect, on a cloud, satellite information received from a satellite by a ground station terminal using at least one antenna; a signal processing unit configured to perform demodulation and preprocessing of the collected satellite information on the cloud based on a software define radio (SDR) mounted to the cloud; and a storage configured to record and maintain the demodulated and preprocessed satellite information on the cloud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Publication number: 20230419432
    Abstract: Provided is technology for generating an event satellite image by applying additional data to a satellite image captured at an occurrence point in time of a specific event. An event satellite image generation apparatus may include a satellite image information acquisition unit configured to acquire raw data of a satellite image captured at an occurrence point in time of a specific event; an additional data collector configured to collect additional data for the specific event; and an event satellite image generator configured to generate an event satellite image by recording the collected additional data in the acquired raw data of the satellite image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Publication number: 20230410326
    Abstract: Provided is a satellite information-based analysis system including a satellite information reception processing unit configured to receive satellite information in a form of raw data from a ground station terminal, to perform demodulation and preprocessing, and to store the satellite information; a standard image generator configured to generate a standard image for the stored satellite information; and an application processing unit configured to process and generate the generated standard image into a utilization image that is classified into a plurality of categories based on an intended use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Publication number: 20230386198
    Abstract: Provided is a disaster response system using a satellite image, the disaster response system including a receiver configured to receive a captured image from a satellite; a storage configured to operatively couple to the receiver and to store the received satellite image; and a central processing device configured to operatively couple to the receiver and the storage and to predict a damage occurrence probability according to occurrence of a disaster through a time series change in the satellite image, to determine a damage occurrence status, and to calculate a scale of damage in response to occurrence of the damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Patent number: 11137888
    Abstract: A device for creating the monitoring image executes display data for each display component. The display component includes an edition region and an operation check region. An operation can be checked using the operation check region while the monitoring image is created using the edition region. A monitoring image without switching devices is efficiently created.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhou, Shinichi Aramaki
  • Patent number: 11120263
    Abstract: Provided is a service providing apparatus using satellite imagery. The service providing apparatus includes a satellite image information acquirer configured to acquire a satellite image; an object extractor configured to analyze the satellite image, extract an object from the satellite image, and generate an object image corresponding to the object; a storage configured to store the satellite image and the object image; and a service processing unit configured to provide an object extraction-based service and coding data associated with the object extraction-based service, based on at least one of the satellite image and the object image, and thereby provides a method of identifying and classifying various types of objects and buildings present on the ground surface based on image data on the ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Patent number: 11115119
    Abstract: Provided is a ground station system for performing a radio frequency-free space optics (RF-FSO) linkage method, the ground station system including a first receiver including a first antenna configured to receive an optical signal including data from a satellite; a second receiver including a second antenna configured to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal including data from the satellite; and a processor configured to estimate data that is determined to have been transmitted from the satellite using the data received from the first receiver and thereby decoded and the data received from the second receiver and thereby decoded and transmit the estimated data to a data server, and thereby providing satellite communication through another satellite communication link regardless of a degradation in any one satellite communication link performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Patent number: 11010777
    Abstract: Provided is a satellite image platform providing apparatus using launch vehicle-satellite-ground station-system integration (SI). The satellite image platform providing apparatus may include a communicator configured to receive launch vehicle information about specifications of a launch vehicle, a launch date, a launch price per unit weight, and a payload capacity from a first server; and a processor configured to calculate information about a price of a satellite image platform service for each application field and a subscription fee and a support method according to a service period of the satellite image platform service, thereby performing price calculation through analysis of specifications for the satellite, the launch vehicle, and a ground station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Patent number: 10892818
    Abstract: Provided are a satellite operation service management system, a satellite operation service management apparatus, and a satellite operation service management method, and the satellite operation service management apparatus may include a ground station manager configured to generate a control signal for a space ground station based on the space ground station to be used for control of an artificial satellite and a time slot to be used by the space ground station; and a communicator configured to transmit the control signal to the space ground station to be used.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Publication number: 20200358522
    Abstract: Provided are a satellite operation service management system, a satellite operation service management apparatus, and a satellite operation service management method, and the satellite operation service management apparatus may include a ground station manager configured to generate a control signal for a space ground station based on the space ground station to be used for control of an artificial satellite and a time slot to be used by the space ground station; and a communicator configured to transmit the control signal to the space ground station to be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee LEE
  • Patent number: 10769768
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus and method for providing an application service using a satellite image. An application service providing apparatus using a satellite image may include a satellite image information acquirer configured to acquire a satellite image; an object extractor configured to analyze the satellite image, to extract an object from the satellite image, and to generate an object image corresponding to the object; a storage configured to store the satellite image and the object image; and a service processing configured to process a service based on at least one of the satellite image and the object image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sunghee Lee
  • Publication number: 20180275858
    Abstract: A device for creating the monitoring image executes display data for each display component. The display component includes an edition region and an operation check region. An operation can be checked using the operation check region while the monitoring image is created using the edition region. A monitoring image without switching devices is efficiently created.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: CONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianping ZHOU, Shinichi ARAMAKI
  • Patent number: 10020241
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure including a heat sink having a recessed portion on a first surface facing a heat generator, the recessed portion having a side surface; a heat block fit into the recessed portion, the heat block having a bottom surface and a side surface; and thermally conductive grease in contact with both of the side surface of the recessed portion and the side surface of the heat block, wherein the bottom surface of the heat block is in contact with the heat generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Contec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi Kawano
  • Publication number: 20170330817
    Abstract: A heat-dissipating structure including a heat sink having a recessed portion on a first surface facing a heat generator, the recessed portion having a side surface; a heat block fit into the recessed portion, the heat block having a bottom surface and a side surface; and thermally conductive grease in contact with both of the side surface of the recessed portion and the side surface of the heat block, wherein the bottom surface of the heat block is in contact with the heat generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: Contec Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tadashi KAWANO
  • Patent number: 6493219
    Abstract: A single semiconductor memory device replaces a variety of hard disk device types having different mounting configurations. The semiconductor memory device must have available the same mounting configuration as that of the hard disk device. Including multiple mounting configuration means, such as screw holes, in the case of the semiconductor memory device avoids the need for multiple replacement semiconductor memory device types. The multiple mounting configurations allow the semiconductor memory device to be mounted in a variety of orientations and mounting configurations. Thus, a single semiconductor memory device type can replace multiple varieties of hard disk device types without the need for extra mounting equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Assignee: Contec Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shiro Hayano, Kazuyoshi Nishiyama