Patents by Inventor Byung-In Kim
Byung-In Kim 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: 12186893Abstract: In a soft grip head, a soft grip unit having the soft grip head, and a grip device having the soft grip unit, the soft grip head has a suction pad and the suction pad makes contact with an object. The suction pad includes a sidewall and a plurality of suction cells. The sidewall divides the suction pad into a plurality of spaces, and both ends of each of the spaces are open. A plurality of suction cells is respectively formed by the spaces divided by the sidewall. The suction pad includes a material having a stiffness along an axial direction smaller than a stiffness along a width direction. The suction cells extend along the axial direction, and the width direction is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2021Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALSInventors: Sung-Hyuk Song, Byung In Kim, Sung Hwi Lee, Chan Hun Park, Dong Il Park, Jongwoo Park, Byoung-Kil Han, Hyun Mok Jung, Yongsin Seo, Jae Young Lee
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Publication number: 20240375298Abstract: A gripper includes a body portion, a deformation extension portion and a driving unit. The deformation extension portion has a gripping surface on which an object is gripped. The deformation extension portion is connected to a side surface of the body portion. The driving unit is configured to apply a force to the deformation extension portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: November 14, 2024Inventors: Sung-Hyuk SONG, Chan Hun PARK, Dong Il PARK, Byung In KIM, Jeongae BAK, Jongwoo PARK, Hyunuk SEO, Byoung-Kil HAN, Joon Ho LEE, Yongsin SEO, Jae Young LEE, Hyun Mok JUNG
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Publication number: 20240268074Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a heat dissipation structure for a heating element is provided, wherein the heat dissipation structure uses a heat sink and includes: a plate; the heating element comprising a housing configured to have one surface attached to the plate and a heating unit positioned inside the housing and emitting heat; a vapor chamber positioned in close contact with the heating element and configured to receive and diffuse the heat emitted from the heating element; a thermal pad configured to transfer the heat received from the vapor chamber to the heat sink; and the heat sink attached to the thermal pad and configured to emit the heat received from the thermal pad.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicant: GigaTera USA, Inc.Inventor: Byung In KIM
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Publication number: 20240001709Abstract: A wheel unit for overcoming an obstacle includes a hub, a plurality of unit blocks and a supporting body. The hub rotates by receiving a rotating force. The plurality of unit blocks is spaced apart from the hub and forms an outer shape of the wheel unit. The supporting body is configured to connect the hub with the unit blocks, or is filled between the hub and the unit blocks. The supporting body applies a tension to the unit blocks along a direction toward the hub, to close up the unit blocks with each other, when the wheel unit passes through a ground. The unit blocks adjacent to each other are relatively rotated or moved, when the wheel unit overcomes an obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2022Publication date: January 4, 2024Inventors: Sung Hyuk SONG, Chan Hun PARK, Byung In KIM, Jeong Ae BAK, Dong Il PARK, Jong Woo PARK, Hwi Su KIM, Hyun Uk SEO, Jae Young LEE, Yong Sin SEO, Hyun Mok JUNG
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Patent number: 11815909Abstract: A method of controlling driving of a first automated guided vehicle and a second automated guided vehicle includes: determining a first task exchange condition based on a current position of the second automated guided vehicle, a current position of the first automated guided vehicle, a first task position, and a second task position; determining a second task exchange condition based on a first estimation time taken for the first automated guided vehicle to complete a first task and a second estimation time taken for the second automated guided vehicle to move to the first task position; and when the first task exchange condition and the second task exchange condition are satisfied, exchanging the first task with the second task.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Postech Research and Business Development FoundationInventors: Yonggu Kim, Byung-In Kim, Minsu Kwon, Inhye Bang
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Patent number: 11685170Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for simultaneously performing printing of tablets and inspection on exteriors of the tablets, and provides a device for printing a tablet and inspecting an exterior of the tablet, comprising a transfer unit arranging and transferring tablets supplied from a tablet supplier in a line; a pre-printing image-capturing unit located on a transfer path on which the tablets are transferred to discriminate positions and orientations of the tablets, and disposed to capture images of exteriors of the tablets being transferred; a tablet printing unit located next to the pre-printing image-capturing unit on the transfer path on which the tablets are transferred, and printing the tablets being transferred, in consideration of discriminated results acquired from the images captured by the pre-printing image-capturing unit; and a post-printing image-capturing unit located next to the tablet printing unit on the transfer path on which the tablets are transferred, and capturing imagesType: GrantFiled: November 3, 2020Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: Enclony IncInventors: Kyung Ho Lee, Byung In Kim
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Publication number: 20230041426Abstract: In a soft actuator, a soft actuator assembly having the soft actuator, and a wearable robot having the soft actuator or the soft actuator assembly, the soft actuator includes a first spring bundle, a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad. The first spring bundle has a plurality of fine wires, and is configured to be capable of being changed between a contraction state and a relaxation state according to a change of temperature. The first conductive pad has a first connector electrically connected to a first end of the first spring bundle. The second conductive pad has a second connector electrically connected to a second end of the first spring bundle. The first connector is fixed between the first conductive pad and the first spring bundle, and the second connector is fixed between the second conductive pad and the first spring bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Cheol-hoon PARK, Seyoung KIM, Sung-Hyuk SONG, Hyunuk SEO, Sang-Yong HAM, Hyun Mok JUNG, Byung In KIM, Seongjun PARK, Kyungjun CHOI
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Publication number: 20220314461Abstract: In a soft grip head, a soft grip unit having the soft grip head, and a grip device having the soft grip unit, the soft grip head has a suction pad and the suction pad makes contact with an object. The suction pad includes a sidewall and a plurality of suction cells. The sidewall divides the suction pad into a plurality of spaces, and both ends of each of the spaces are open. A plurality of suction cells is respectively formed by the spaces divided by the sidewall. The suction pad includes a material having a stiffness along an axial direction smaller than a stiffness along a width direction. The suction cells extend along the axial direction, and the width direction is substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2021Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Sung-Hyuk SONG, Byung In KIM, Sung Hwi LEE, Chan Hun PARK, Dong Il PARK, Jongwoo PARK, Byoung-Kil HAN, Hyun Mok JUNG, Yongsin SEO, Jae Young LEE
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Publication number: 20220229444Abstract: A method of controlling driving of a first automated guided vehicle and a second automated guided vehicle includes: determining a first task exchange condition based on a current position of the second automated guided vehicle, a current position of the first automated guided vehicle, a first task position, and a second task position; determining a second task exchange condition based on a first estimation time taken for the first automated guided vehicle to complete a first task and a second estimation time taken for the second automated guided vehicle to move to the first task position; and when the first task exchange condition and the second task exchange condition are satisfied, exchanging the first task with the second task.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2021Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Yonggu KIM, Byung-In KIM, Minsu Kwon, Inhye Bang
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Publication number: 20210387465Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for simultaneously performing printing of tablets and inspection on exteriors of the tablets, and provides a device for printing a tablet and inspecting an exterior of the tablet, comprising a transfer unit arranging and transferring tablets supplied from a tablet supplier in a line; a pre-printing image-capturing unit located on a transfer path on which the tablets are transferred to discriminate positions and orientations of the tablets, and disposed to capture images of exteriors of the tablets being transferred; a tablet printing unit located next to the pre-printing image-capturing unit on the transfer path on which the tablets are transferred, and printing the tablets being transferred, in consideration of discriminated results acquired from the images captured by the pre-printing image-capturing unit; and a post-printing image-capturing unit located next to the tablet printing unit on the transfer path on which the tablets are transferred, and capturing imagesType: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2020Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Kyung Ho LEE, Byung In KIM
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Patent number: 10577192Abstract: A tablet transfer apparatus includes a fixed plate provided with a rotary shaft penetrating therethrough, a negative pressure space formed therein to allow negative pressure to be partially applied to the negative pressure space, and a suction hole communicating at least with the negative pressure space; and a rotary plate combined with the rotary shaft to rotate, and provided with a concave groove formed in a circumferential surface of the rotary plate to communicate with the negative pressure space.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: ENCLONY INCInventors: Kyung-Ho Lee, Byung-In Kim
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Patent number: 10531139Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for recommending media. A system for recommending media includes a user data server to store media watched data and rating data for a plurality of users; a grouping processor coupled to the user data server that aggregates users into groups based on criteria applied to the media watched data and the rating data stored in the user data server; and a collective score processor coupled to the grouping processor that calculates a collective score for the groups with a collective scoring system.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Inventor: Byung-In Kim
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Patent number: 10442634Abstract: A tablet inspection apparatus includes a supply unit including a rotary plate inclinedly disposed, and a transfer plate having a downwardly inclined surface, inclined outwardly on the same level as top dead center of the rotary plate while rotating with the rotary plate around the rotary plate, a first rotary unit inclinedly disposed with respect to the supply unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction, and a second rotary unit installed on one side of the first rotary unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: October 15, 2019Assignee: ENCLONY INCInventors: Kyung-Ho Lee, Byung-In Kim
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Patent number: 10377577Abstract: A tablet supply apparatus includes: a base frame; a rotary plate rotatably installed on the base frame to outwardly position a tablet by centrifugal force, and inclinedly positioned to have a top dead center point and a bottom dead center point; a transfer plate positioned to surround the rotary plate, rotated with the rotary plate, and having an inclined surface outwardly and downwardly inclined on the same level as that of the top dead center point of the rotary plate, in order to receive the tablet from the top dead center point of the rotary plate; and a guide unit disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the transfer plate, the guide unit allowing the tablet, positioned and transferred on the inclined surface of the transfer plate, to be discharged toward the rotary plate of the inspection unit by centrifugal force and a sliding movement.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: ENCLONY INCInventors: Kyung-Ho Lee, Byung-In Kim
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Publication number: 20190028749Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for recommending media. A system for recommending media includes a user data server to store media watched data and rating data for a plurality of users; a grouping processor coupled to the user data server that aggregates users into groups based on criteria applied to the media watched data and the rating data stored in the user data server; and a collective score processor coupled to the grouping processor that calculates a collective score for the groups with a collective scoring system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Inventor: Byung-In Kim
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Patent number: 10018792Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transceiver extension device. A transceiver extension device is provided for connection with an enclosure including a cage for a circuit board and a transceiver. The transceiver extension device includes an extension cage configured to accommodate the transceiver, an extension connector configured to be inserted into the cage of the enclosure, and an extension circuit board configured to transmit a signal of a second transceiver to the circuit board in the enclosure.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2016Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: KMW U.S.A., Inc.Inventors: Byung In Kim, Sang Cheon Park
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Publication number: 20180148273Abstract: A tablet inspection apparatus includes a supply unit including a rotary plate inclinedly disposed, and a transfer plate having a downwardly inclined surface, inclined outwardly on the same level as top dead center of the rotary plate while rotating with the rotary plate around the rotary plate, a first rotary unit inclinedly disposed with respect to the supply unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction, and a second rotary unit installed on one side of the first rotary unit, and formed such that suction force is applied in a certain section in a circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: May 31, 2018Inventors: Kyung-Ho LEE, Byung-In KIM
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Publication number: 20180105369Abstract: A tablet supply apparatus includes: a base frame a rotary plate rotatably installed on the base frame to outwardly position a tablet by centrifugal force, and inclinedly positioned to have a top dead center point and a bottom dead center point; a transfer plate positioned to surround the rotary plate, rotated with the rotary plate, and having an inclined surface outwardly and downwardly inclined on the same level as that of the top dead center point of the rotary plate, in order to receive the tablet from the top dead center point of the rotary plate; and a guide unit disposed on the outer peripheral surface of the transfer plate, the guide unit allowing the tablet, positioned and transferred on the inclined surface of the transfer plate, to be discharged toward the rotary plate of the inspection unit by centrifugal force and a sliding movement.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: April 19, 2018Inventors: Kyung-Ho LEE, Byung-In KIM
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Publication number: 20180100813Abstract: A tablet transfer apparatus includes a fixed plate provided with a rotary shaft penetrating therethrough, a negative pressure space formed therein to allow negative pressure to be partially applied to the negative pressure space, and a suction hole communicating at least with the negative pressure space; and a rotary plate combined with the rotary shaft to rotate, and provided with a concave groove formed in a circumferential surface of the rotary plate to communicate with the negative pressure space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Applicant: ENCLONY INCInventors: Kyung-Ho LEE, Byung-In KIM
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Publication number: 20170115460Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transceiver extension device. A transceiver extension device is provided for connection with an enclosure including a cage for a circuit board and a transceiver. The transceiver extension device includes an extension cage configured to accommodate the transceiver, an extension connector configured to be inserted into the cage of the enclosure, and an extension circuit board configured to transmit a signal of a second transceiver to the circuit board in the enclosure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Inventors: Byung In KIM, Sang Cheon PARK