Patents by Inventor Dong Myung Min

Dong Myung Min 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).

  • Publication number: 20120101508
    Abstract: A movement compensating device of a surgical robot in which a surgical operation processing unit mounted with a surgical instrument is coupled to one end of a body section includes: an image information creating unit that creates image information corresponding to an image signal supplied from a camera unit; a recognition point information analyzing unit that creates analysis information on a distance and an angle between a recognition point recognized from image information pieces corresponding to a predetermined number of image frames and a predetermined reference point; a variation analyzing unit that creates variation information in distance and angle between two analysis information pieces continuously created; and a control command creating and outputting unit that creates and outputs a control command for adjusting the position of the surgical operation processing unit so that the variation in distance and angle included in the variation information be 0 (zero).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Seung Wook CHOI, Min Kyu Lee, Dong Myung Min
  • Publication number: 20110022229
    Abstract: A master interface and a driving method for a surgical robot are disclosed. The master interface is mounted on a master robot, to manipulate a slave robot connected with the master robot, and includes: a main handle coupled to the master robot; a sub-handle coupled to the main handle; a first processor configured to generate a first signal in correspondence with user manipulation on the main handle; and a second processor configured to generate a second signal in correspondence with user manipulation on the sub-handle, where the first signal and the second signal are transmitted to the slave robot independently. As the interface for the surgical master robot includes not only the handle (main handle) for manipulating the robot arm, but also an additional controller (sub-handle) for a laparoscope, etc., the operator is able to simultaneously manipulate the laparoscope, etc., while manipulating the handle, without having to stop manipulating the handle or perform an additional action separately.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Bae Sang Jang, Seung Wook Choi, Dong Myung Min, Jong Seok Won, Kwang Ha
  • Publication number: 20100274089
    Abstract: A laparoscope includes: a housing extending a particular length; a pair of lenses set in both end portions of the housing along a lengthwise direction; a pair of first reflectors mounted within the housing adjacent to the pair of lenses to reflect light from the pair of lenses towards a particular position; a second reflector mounted within the housing that receives the light reflected from the pair of first reflectors and reflects the light in a particular direction; and an optical passage coupled to the housing that receives the light reflected from the second reflector and transmits the light to a particular position. Since a single-lens laparoscope may be connected to the housing where a pair of lenses are set with a gap in-between, the diameter of the laparoscope can be reduced, and an image can be obtained that has a brightness comparable to that obtained by a single-lens laparoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Seung Wook Choi, Dong Myung Min
  • Publication number: 20100256450
    Abstract: A laparoscope includes: a housing extending a particular length; a pair of lenses set in both end portions of the housing along a lengthwise direction; a pair of first reflectors installed within the housing adjacent to the pair of lenses to reflect light from the pair of lenses towards a particular position; a second reflector installed within the housing that receives the light reflected from the pair of first reflectors and reflects the light in a particular direction; and an optical channel coupled to the housing that receives the light reflected from the second reflector and transmits the light to a particular position. Since a single-lens laparoscope may be connected to the housing where a pair of lenses are set with a gap in-between, the diameter of the laparoscope can be reduced, and an image can be obtained that has a brightness comparable to that obtained by a single-lens laparoscope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventors: Seung Wook Choi, Dong Myung Min