Patents by Inventor Deokwon YUN

Deokwon YUN 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).

  • Monitoring and control system and method for plant factory based on TV white spaces
    Patent number: 10172297
    Abstract: A monitoring and control system and method for a plant factory based on TV white spaces (TVWSs) are disclosed. The monitoring and control system for the plant factory includes a sensor assembly installed inside and outside a plant factory and measuring an environmental state, an actuator assembly installed inside the plant factory and creating a growing environment, and a central data processing assembly assigning a TV white space (TVWS) channel to the sensor assembly and the actuator assembly, receiving the environmental state from the sensor assembly through the TVWS channel, generating a control signal controlling the actuator assembly to meet a predetermined conditions for an internal environment of the plant factory for an optimal state of growth of crops in response to the environmental state, and transmitting the control signal to the actuator assembly through the TVWS channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: Foundation of Soongsil University-Industry Cooperation
    Inventors: Woncheol Lee, Hyungmin Chang, Joopyoung Choi, Deokwon Yun, Kyumin Park
  • MONITORING AND CONTROL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PLANT FACTORY BASED ON TV WHITE SPACES
    Publication number: 20160165812
    Abstract: A monitoring and control system and method for a plant factory based on TV white spaces (TVWSs) are disclosed. The monitoring and control system for the plant factory includes a sensor assembly installed inside and outside a plant factory and measuring an environmental state, an actuator assembly installed inside the plant factory and creating a growing environment, and a central data processing assembly assigning a TV white space (TVWS) channel to the sensor assembly and the actuator assembly, receiving the environmental state from the sensor assembly through the TVWS channel, generating a control signal controlling the actuator assembly to meet a predetermined conditions for an internal environment of the plant factory for an optimal state of growth of crops in response to the environmental state, and transmitting the control signal to the actuator assembly through the TVWS channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Woncheol LEE, Hyungmin CHANG, Joopyoung CHOI, Deokwon YUN, Kyumin PARK