Patents by Inventor Byungkuk Sohn

Byungkuk Sohn 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).

  • Patent number: 11945651
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, the method including a first robot receiving user input including a request for delivery of a predetermined article, the first robot transmitting information based on the user input to a server, the server identifying a supporting robot capable of supporting a task corresponding to the delivery request, the server requesting the task from a second robot identified as the supporting robot, the second robot receiving the article, and the second robot moving to a delivery destination included in the delivery request, thereby improving use convenience through cooperation between the robots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Byungkuk Sohn
  • Patent number: 11500393
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, including receiving user input including a request for a predetermined service, by a first robot, transmitting information based on the user input to a server, by the first robot, identifying a support robot for supporting a task corresponding to the service request, by the server, making a request to the second robot identified to be the support robot for the task, by the server, and performing the task, by the second robot, wherein the first robot is different from the second robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Byungkuk Sohn
  • Publication number: 20220324646
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, the method including a first robot receiving user input including a request for delivery of a predetermined article, the first robot transmitting information based on the user input to a server, the server identifying a supporting robot capable of supporting a task corresponding to the delivery request, the server requesting the task from a second robot identified as the supporting robot, the second robot receiving the article, and the second robot moving to a delivery destination included in the delivery request, thereby improving use convenience through cooperation between the robots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Byungkuk SOHN
  • Patent number: 11285608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot system including a plurality of robots and a server for communicating with the robots and monitoring and controlling the state of the robots, wherein the robots include different kinds of robots, and the server provides an integrated user interface including information about the different kinds of robots to a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngwoo Jea, Taekmin Kwon, Hyungmin Kim, Pilju Mun, Byungkuk Sohn
  • Publication number: 20210373576
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, including recognizing identification information of a user, by a first robot, transmitting a recognition result of the identification information of the user to a server system including one or more servers, by the first robot, receiving user input including a shopping cart service request from the user, by the first robot, transmitting information based on the user input to the server system, by the first robot, determining a support robot for supporting a task corresponding to the service request, by the server system, making a request to a second robot identified to be the support robot for the task, by the server system, and performing the task, by the second robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Byungkuk SOHN
  • Publication number: 20210365046
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling a robot system, including receiving user input including a request for a predetermined service, by a first robot, transmitting information based on the user input to a server, by the first robot, identifying a support robot for supporting a task corresponding to the service request, by the server, making a request to the second robot identified to be the support robot for the task, by the server, and performing the task, by the second robot, wherein the first robot is different from the second robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Byungkuk SOHN
  • Publication number: 20210146547
    Abstract: Disclosed is a robot system including a plurality of robots and a server for communicating with the robots and monitoring and controlling the state of the robots, wherein the robots include different kinds of robots, and the server provides an integrated user interface including information about the different kinds of robots to a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Youngwoo JAE, Taekmin KWON, Hyungmin KIM, Pilju MUN, Byungkuk SOHN
  • Publication number: 20200218254
    Abstract: A method of controlling a robot, including operating in a following travel mode of following a user, operating in a guide mode for providing an escort service of providing guidance to a predetermined destination according to a received detection signal, and switching back to the following travel mode upon detecting specific movement of the user, in the guide mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byungkuk Sohn, Byungjoon Kim