Patents Assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • Patent number: 11467319
    Abstract: A rainwater guiding device for a meteorological observation balloon for preventing the observer and electronic devices held by the observer from getting wet by rainwater by guiding the rainwater flowing down along the surface of the balloon to the outside of the observer's workspace during the rawinsonde levitation operation for upper atmospheric observation, wherein the rainwater guiding device is composed of a double-cone structure comprising an inner cone closely contacted with the surface of the balloon around the inlet and an outer cone formed on the outside of the inner cone, wherein the inner cone and the outer cone have funnel shapes, each of which has a conical portion at the upper portion as a shape gradually widening in the upward direction, and an extension portion at the lower portion extending vertically downward from a neck portion, which is a neck portion below the conical portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Seon Jeong Kim, Geon Tae Kim, Hyoung Gu Nam
  • Patent number: 11401021
    Abstract: A cover for a rawinsonde balloon includes a cover main body with an inner surface forming inner space and an outer surface. The rawinsonde balloon is inserted into the inner space of the cover main body. Further, the cover includes an inlet, positioned at a preliminary free end of the cover main body, for allowing the rawinsonde balloon to be inserted into the inner space and the cover additionally includes an inlet control member for controlling a size of the inlet and fixing a controlled size of the inlet. Furthermore, the cover includes a plurality of basic cover fixing members formed or located respectively at a plurality of basic preliminary fixed ends on the outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Geon Tae Kim, Seon Jeong Kim, Sang Don Lee, Seung Hyeop Lee
  • Publication number: 20220206185
    Abstract: A rainwater guiding device for a meteorological observation balloon for preventing the observer and electronic devices held by the observer from getting wet by rainwater by guiding the rainwater flowing down along the surface of the balloon to the outside of the observer's workspace during the rawinsonde levitation operation for upper atmospheric observation, wherein the rainwater guiding device is composed of a double-cone structure comprising an inner cone closely contacted with the surface of the balloon around the inlet and an outer cone formed on the outside of the inner cone, wherein the inner cone and the outer cone have funnel shapes, each of which has a conical portion at the upper portion as a shape gradually widening in the upward direction, and an extension portion at the lower portion extending vertically downward from a neck portion, which is a neck portion below the conical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Seon Jeong KIM, Geon Tae KIM, Hyoung Gu NAM
  • Patent number: 11369817
    Abstract: A watchtower vehicle, including: a top plate engaged with a top of a vehicle; an extendable boom, with a first end thereof engaged with the top plate, wherein the extendable boom is allowed to be inclined from a vertical axis of the top plate within a first angle range; a main sensor mounting unit, engaged with a second end of the extendable boom, for mounting at least one sensor thereon, wherein the main sensor mounting unit is allowed to be inclined from a longitudinal axis of the extendable boom within a second angle range; a sensor module unit including the sensor mounted on the main sensor mounting unit; and a control module for controlling or supporting another module to control at least one of the extendable boom within the first angle range and the main sensor mounting unit within the second angle range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Geon Tae Kim, Seon Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11371729
    Abstract: A radiation shielding device for meteorological observation with internal air circulation including: a body for allowing meteorological sensors to be mounted therein; a cover for covering the body by engaging with the body; and a modified Venturi tube which is physically formed while the body and the cover are engaged with each other; wherein, the modified Venturi tube is configured as a first opening for receiving external air from an exterior of the body, a second opening for receiving internal air from an interior of the body, and a third opening for releasing the received external air and the received internal air, and wherein, the external air gets into the modified Venturi tube through the first opening, the internal air gets into the modified Venturi tube through the second opening, and the external air and the internal air are released from the modified Venturi tube through the third opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Geon Tae Kim, Seon Jeong Kim, Ka Woong Kang, Mi Eun Park
  • Publication number: 20220183614
    Abstract: A method of predicting a personalized pollen allergy includes generating a personal allergic symptom diary by recording a daily allergic symptom and daily drug taking information of a user, calculating a daily symptom index using a pollen calendar of a region corresponding to a location of the user and the daily allergic symptom, extracting allergy generation risk grades for each pollen generation species and allergy-sensitive tree species of the user by using the pollen generation species and a pollen generation grade extracted from the pollen calendar, and the daily symptom index, and generating a personalized pollen calendar based on the extracted information, and generating a personalized risk forecast for each city and county for the user by applying the allergy generation risk grades for each pollen generation species and the allergy-sensitive tree species to a Metrological Administration pollen forecast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Kyu Rang Kim, Mae Ja Han, Ju Young Shin, Seung Bum Kim, Jae Won Oh
  • Patent number: 11347909
    Abstract: A method, controlling device, and system for simulating a generation of black ice on a road including steps of: (a) in response to an ambient atmosphere being determined as in a (1-1)-st state, changing the ambient atmosphere to be in a (1-2)-nd state by referring to a (1-1)-st simulation variable corresponding to a temperature of the ambient atmosphere and a (1-2)-nd simulation variable corresponding to a humidity of the ambient atmosphere; and (ii) in response to a road specimen being determined as in a (2-1)-st state, changing the road specimen to be in a (2-2)-nd state by referring to a (2-1)-st simulation variable corresponding to a temperature of the road specimen and a (2-2)-nd simulation variable corresponding to a residual precipitation; (b) applying a triggering action; and (c) determining whether the black ice is generated on the road specimen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Mi Eun Park, Hyoung Gu Nam, Geon Tae Kim, Baek Jo Kim
  • Publication number: 20220113450
    Abstract: A method is provided of calculating the total amount of artificial precipitation in a seeded area compared to a non-seeded area, which is capable of increasing the reliability of quantitative determination of seeding effect, observation data, and numerical model prediction data obtained from artificial precipitation experiments, of increasing the amount of water resources through weather modification experiments, of accomplishing various effects (drought reduction, forest fire prevention, fine dust reduction, fog reduction, hail suppression, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Yonghun RO, Ki-Ho CHANG, Joo-Wan CHA, Sanghee CHAE, Woonseon JUNG, Chulkyu LEE
  • Patent number: 11279460
    Abstract: A rotating gas injection device for preventing damage to a rawinsonde balloon, comprising: a handgrip part; a gas injection tube; a ball bearing module including an inner ring, an outer ring, wherein the inner ring and the outer ring are rotatably engaged by means of the balls; and an outer ring cover positioned outside of the outer ring to form space between the outer ring cover and the outer ring; wherein, after an insertion of a neck of the rawinsonde balloon into the space, a distance between the outer ring and the outer ring cover is controlled to be decreased so that the neck of the rawinsonde balloon makes tight contact, and in response to an external force exerted on the neck of the rawinsonde, the outer ring is allowed to be rotated together with the neck by means of the balls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Hyoung Gu Nam, Hyun Uk Kim, Hae Min Kim, Geon Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220043019
    Abstract: A method for calculating a true wind direction and a true wind speed by adjusting measured values of an anemometer mounted on a vehicle based on observation errors caused by a degree of slant of the vehicle and a device using the same are provided. The method includes steps of: (I) acquiring a Gt, which is information on the degree of slant corresponding to a current time t, from an electronic compass module, and (II) acquiring a Wmt which is information on a measured wind measured by the anemometer at the current time t, to acquire a Wmt?, which is information on a measured corrected wind in a space after a first error correction on the Wmt by referring to the Gt, to thereby calculate a first true wind direction and a first true wind speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Applicant: National Institute of Meteorological Sciences
    Inventors: Geon Tae Kim, Seon Jeong Kim
  • Patent number: 11181495
    Abstract: A rainwater detection device for detecting rainwater is provided. The rainwater detection device includes: a panel having a surface; rainwater sensing wires on the surface; and a rainwater sensor (i) physically connected with the rainwater sensing wires without an electrical connection if a condition is unsatisfied and (ii) physically and electrically connected with the rainwater sensing wires if the condition is satisfied; wherein a first wire, one of the rainwater sensing wires, is separated from a second wire, another of the rainwater sensing wires, by an interval, without contacting each other and wherein the rainwater sensing wires are connected to opposite polarity of an electrode connected with the rainwater sensor, and wherein the condition is that a first state where no current flows between the first and the second wires is changed to a second state where current flows between the first and the second wires due to the rainwater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Geon Tae Kim, Seon Jeong Kim, Yoo Jun Kim, Baek Jo Kim
  • Patent number: 11112281
    Abstract: A covering device for protecting an anemometer engaged with an external frame on a moving body is provided. The covering device includes: a propeller protecting part including (1_1)-st and (1_2)-nd case units for protecting a propeller, wherein space created by combining the (1_1)-st and (1_2)-nd case units holds the propeller; a body protecting part including (2_1)-st and (2_2)-nd case units for protecting a main body and its vertical tail, wherein space created by combining the (2_1)-st and (2_2)-nd case units holds the main body and the vertical tail; and a supporting member protecting part including (3_1)-st and (3_2)-nd case units for protecting a supporting member, wherein space created by combining the (3_1)-st and (3_2)-nd case units holds the supporting member; wherein the (3_1)-st and (3_2)-nd case units engage the external frame, to allow all the case units to be fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Geon Tae Kim, Seon Jeong Kim, Bo Young Ahn, Hyoung Gu Nam, Hyun Bong Kim, Jeong Sun Lee, Yoon Sook Shin, Baek Jo Kim
  • Patent number: 9746373
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for detecting photons according to an atmospheric condition, using a function of adjusting light quantity that can significantly improve reliability of an atmospheric condition analysis result by minimizing noise in a spectrum by maintaining the quantity of incident light uniform within a predetermined range regardless of atmospheric conditions and changes, and to a method of adjusting light quantity. The apparatus for detecting photons in accordance with atmospheric conditions using a function of adjusting light quantity includes: an apparatus case having a light inlet; a light quantity adjuster disposed under the light inlet and adjusting quantity of incident light such that a predetermined quantity of light travels inside; and a controller controlling operation of the light quantity adjuster in accordance with intensity of light detected by the light quantity adjuster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Young Suk Oh, Tae Young Goo, Jin Ho Shin, Jong Ho Lee, Kyu Sun Chung, Bok Haeng Heo