Patents Assigned to HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 10663258
    Abstract: Provided are a gunnery control system and a gunnery control method using the gunnery control system. The gunnery control system includes: an imaging device configured to photograph a target and to measure a distance to the target and a degree of a turning angle to the target; a gunnery device configured to fire at the target; and a controller configured to receive, from the imaging device, location information of the imaging device, the gunnery device, and the target, and to control a firing operation of the gunnery device by using the location information, wherein the controller is further configured to control a location and a photographing direction of the imaging device and to control a location and a firing direction of the gunnery device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Dong Hwan Choi
  • Patent number: 10637713
    Abstract: Provided is a remote controller for controlling an object placed in a remote location. The remote controller may include: a communication interface configured to form a communication channel with the object; an operator including an input interface configured to receive a user input, and at least one first magnet; a movement sensor configured to detect a movement of the operator generated by the user input, and measure characteristics of the movement of the operator; at least one second magnet disposed around the first magnet; a controller configured to, in response to the detection of the movement, apply a current to at least one of the first magnet and the second magnet to generate a magnetic force applied to the operator, wherein the controller is further configured to adjust the current to change the magnetic force according to the measured characteristics of the movement of the operator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Woong Park, Gap Seong Kim
  • Patent number: 10638098
    Abstract: Provided is a surveillance method. The surveillance method includes detecting an event occurring region from an image obtained by using a first image sensor; and, when the event occurring region satisfies a preset condition, moving an identification unit on which a second image sensor is mounted in a direction corresponding to the event occurring region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HeeSeo Chae, HoNam Song, JoonHo Park
  • Publication number: 20200124381
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for controlling a striking device. The apparatus for controlling the striking device equipped with a weapon to strike a target includes: a display unit which displays an image captured by a camera mounted on the striking device; a control unit which controls firing of the weapon; and a manipulation unit which transmits a fire signal to the control unit, wherein the control unit calculates the number of rounds of ammunition left in the striking device, calculates an accuracy rate which is a probability that the striking device will hit the target, and determines whether the target can be neutralized by considering the calculated number of rounds of ammunition left and the calculated accuracy rate for the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bong Kyung SUK
  • Patent number: 10563992
    Abstract: A method for optimal path generation includes generating a candidate path to be taken by a platform to move from a start point to a final point, splitting the candidate path into a preset number of sections, calculating a curvature variation of each of the sections, acquiring an optimal path parameter that minimizes a sum of the curvature variations, by changing a path parameter of the candidate path, and determining, as the candidate path corresponding to the optimal path parameter as an optimal path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JinHan Lee
  • Publication number: 20200041272
    Abstract: Provided is a map generation system including a vehicle such as a robot and a remote control apparatus, wherein the vehicle includes a distance sensor configured to output object-distance data; and a processor configured to transmit to the remote control apparatus the object-distance data excluding a portion of data about object-distances which are shorter than a predetermined object-distance, and the remote control apparatus is configured to generate a map based on the object-distance data received from the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Seo CHAE, Yun Geun CHOE, Jae Chan PARK
  • Patent number: 10541394
    Abstract: Provided is a battery mounting assembly including a battery portion, and a battery mounting portion on which the battery portion slides to be mounted, wherein the battery portion includes: a first guide configured to guide a sliding movement of the battery portion; a first connection terminal arranged on a surface of the battery portion; a fixing pin arranged on the battery portion; and a fixing pin retreat button configured to retreat the fixing pin, wherein the battery mounting portion includes: a second guide configured to guide the sliding movement of the battery portion; a second connection terminal arranged on a surface of the battery mounting portion and connected to the first connection terminal; and a fixing hole formed in the surface of the battery mounting portion and into which the fixing pin is inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seokhoon Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190335341
    Abstract: Provided is a robot operating method in which a host device operates a task robot which performs a task by performing wireless communication with the host device in a designated task execution region. At least one mobile relay robot that relays communication between the host device and the task robot is put in between the host device and the task robot. The number of mobile relay robots to be put in between the host device and the task robot is set according to a longest distance between the host device and the task robot and an environment of the task execution region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae Hyuk JU, Jik Han JUNG
  • Patent number: 10458735
    Abstract: Provided are a combined loading device and method. The combined loading device includes a first housing in which a shell is inserted; a second housing in which a charge is inserted, the second housing being connected to the first housing; a first support located in the first housing and configured to allow the shell or the charge to be seated thereon and linearly moved; and a driving unit located inside the first housing, connected to the first support, and configured to move the first support on which the shell is seated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Ki Yoon, Jae Yi Oh
  • Patent number: 10449963
    Abstract: A following cruise control method is provided for controlling a control vehicle to follow a target vehicle, the following cruise control method including: determining one of a plurality of vehicles cruising in a group as the target vehicle based on preset priorities of the plurality of vehicles; receiving following-target information comprising at least one of driving information, position information, and state information from the target vehicle; controlling follow-cruising of the control vehicle to follow the target vehicle with a preset following distance from the target vehicle by generating a driving command based on the following-target information; determining whether the target vehicle is abnormal based on the following-target information; and in response to the target vehicle being determined to be abnormal, stopping the follow-cruising of the control vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Seo Chae, Tae Ryong Kim, Tae Hyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 10415908
    Abstract: An ammunition supply system includes a weapon mounted on an exterior of a fighting vehicle; a magazine loading unit mounted on the exterior of the fighting vehicle and configured to load a magazine for the weapon; a hatch unit configured to form an entrance to allow a combatant to enter and exit the fighting vehicle; and a hatch lifting unit configured to supply power to the hatch unit to move in a vertical direction with respect to the fighting vehicle. The hatch unit includes: a hatch door unit through which the combatant enters and exits the fighting vehicle, and a hatch passage part forming a passage for connecting the hatch door unit and an interior of the fighting vehicle. The hatch passage part includes a first opening facing the magazine loading unit so that the magazine is transferred from the interior of the fighting vehicle to the magazine loading unit without the combatant being exposed to the exterior of the fighting vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bong Kyung Suk, Kang Il Lee, Joo Wan Hwang
  • Patent number: 10386840
    Abstract: Provided are a cruise control system and method for an autonomous apparatus having a Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) device. The cruise control system is implemented by at least one hardware processor and includes an input unit configured to receive scanning information from the LIDAR device, the scanning information related to peripheral environment of the autonomous apparatus; and a main controller configured to determine a scannable region of the peripheral environment and an unscannable region of the peripheral environment based on the scanning information, and to generate obstacle information by detecting a first sunken region in the scannable region and a second sunken region in the unscannable region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yun Geun Choe, Hee Seo Chae, Jik Han Jung, Woo Yeol Kim
  • Patent number: 10369695
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device for planning a path of a mobile robot and a method for planning a path of a mobile robot. The device for planning a path of a mobile robot and the method for planning a path of a mobile robot, according to the present invention, extend a route planning tree by sampling grid-based nodes between a start point and a target point of the mobile robot. Therefore, the present invention can configure a path plan of the mobile robot to be a path optimized within a quick time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin Han Lee
  • Patent number: 10373015
    Abstract: Provided are a system and method of detecting moving objects. The system stores pixel information regarding each of pixels included in frames of the video in a storage, sets a background model comprising at least one background model element, the at least one background model element indicating at least one of a reference visual property and a reference usage time, determines whether the pixels are background pixels or foreground pixels by comparing the pixel information with the at least one background model element, and updating the background model based on a result of the comparing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignees: HANWHA TECHWIN CO., LTD., HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD., HANWHA PRECISION MACHINERY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Youngmin Baek, Jikhan Jung, Jisung Kim
  • Patent number: 10362277
    Abstract: A following apparatus which follows a target object while photographing the target object includes a driving apparatus configured to move a main body, a photographing portion configured to continuously photograph the target object, and a controller configured to obtain an area value of the target object in a live-view motion picture from the photographing portion, obtain a distance value according to the obtained area value, and control the driving apparatus to maintain a distance between the photographing portion and the target object at a reference distance value according to the obtained distance value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hee Seo Chae, Jik Han Jung, Yun Geun Choe
  • Patent number: 10343472
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an amphibious vehicle includes an engine, a land propeller generating a propulsion force on land, a water propeller generating a propulsion force on water, a power distributor distributing power to the land propeller and the water propeller, a transmission for changing a shift ratio of the power supplied to the land propeller, and a controller, wherein the controller selects and executes one of a land mode for controlling travel on land, a water mode for controlling travel on the water, and a transition mode controlling the travel in a transition region, and the controller maintains an engine output torque in the land mode to be constant and maintains an engine output speed in the water mode and the transition mode to be constant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kyung Won Han
  • Patent number: 10339370
    Abstract: A method of determining obstacle collision by using an object moving path includes: acquiring a topological skeleton corresponding to a path area on an image including a moving path of an object and an obstacle; determining, from among skeleton points forming the topological skeleton, branch points that are interconnecting points between branches of the topological skeleton; determining a target branch from among the branches by using the branch points; selecting, from among points forming the target branch, a plurality of target points to determine whether the moving path is a collision path of the object; and determining whether the moving path is the collision path by using the target points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: HANWHA DEFENSE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: JinHan Lee