Patents by Inventor Gyung Rock Kim

Gyung Rock 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).

  • Patent number: 9849004
    Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a wearable robot, the method including: measuring a ground reaction force (GRF) exerted on a wearer's soles; calculating a time variation rate of the measured GRF; measuring the wearer's knee joint angle; and detecting a time point at which the calculated time variation rate of the GRF and the measured knee joint angle cross each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong Do Choi, Young Do Kwon, Gyung Rock Kim, Ji Min Kim, Young Bo Shim, Tae Sin Ha
  • Patent number: 9833896
    Abstract: There are provided a wearable robot and a method of controlling the same. The method includes obtaining a joint angle and a joint angular velocity of a plurality of joints, calculating a target joint angle of one joint among the plurality of joints using a joint angle and a joint angular velocity of at least one joint among the other joints, calculating assistive torque to be applied to the one joint using the calculated target joint angle, and outputting the calculated assistive torque to the one joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Min Kim, Gyung Rock Kim, Jong Do Choi, Tae Sin Ha
  • Patent number: 9463570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wearable robot for assisting a wearer's intended motion, including: one or more links configured to support the wearer; one or more joints unit configured to connect the links to each other; a controller configured to determine the wearer's intended motion, and to calculate at least one torque based on the wearer's intended motion; and a driver configured to generate the calculated torque in the joints. According to the wearable robot, a wearer's intended motion may be determined in real time based on a velocity of the wearer's center of gravity. At this time, by using a pressure sensor, reliability of the motion determination may increase. Also, joint movements may be effectively controlled according to the wearer's intended motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gyung Rock Kim, Ji Min Kim, Young Bo Shim, Jong Do Choi, Tae Sin Ha
  • Patent number: 9439733
    Abstract: A surgical robot system includes a slave device provided with a surgical instrument and a master device to control motion of the surgical instrument. The master device includes a master manipulation module having a manipulation tool, to which a pose recognizer is attached, and a master control module that estimates a pose of the manipulation tool using pose information acquired via the pose recognizer, generates a surgical instrument pose control signal corresponding to the estimated pose of the manipulation tool, and transmits the control signal to the slave device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Sin Ha, Won Jun Ko, Young Do Kwon, Gyung Rock Kim, Byung Kwon Choi
  • Publication number: 20160229055
    Abstract: There are provided a wearable robot and a method of controlling the same. The method includes obtaining a joint angle and a joint angular velocity of a plurality of joints, calculating a target joint angle of one joint among the plurality of joints using a joint angle and a joint angular velocity of at least one joint among the other joints, calculating assistive torque to be applied to the one joint using the calculated target joint angle, and outputting the calculated assistive torque to the one joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Ji Min KIM, Gyung Rock KIM, Jong Do CHOI, Tae Sin HA
  • Publication number: 20150158175
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a wearable robot for assisting a wearer's intended motion, including: one or more links configured to support the wearer; one or more joints unit configured to connect the links to each other; a controller configured to determine the wearer's intended motion, and to calculate at least one torque based on the wearer's intended motion; and a driver configured to generate the calculated torque in the joints. According to the wearable robot, a wearer's intended motion may be determined in real time based on a velocity of the wearer's center of gravity. At this time, by using a pressure sensor, reliability of the motion determination may increase. Also, joint movements may be effectively controlled according to the wearer's intended motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Gyung Rock KIM, Ji Min KIM, Young Bo SHIM, Jong Do CHOI, Tae Sin HA
  • Publication number: 20150119996
    Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a wearable robot, the method including: measuring a ground reaction force (GRF) exerted on a wearer's soles; calculating a time variation rate of the measured GRF; measuring the wearer's knee joint angle; and detecting a time point at which the calculated time variation rate of the GRF and the measured knee joint angle cross each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventors: Jong Do CHOI, Young Do KWON, Gyung Rock KIM, Ji Min KIM, Young Bo SHIM, Tae Sin HA
  • Publication number: 20140303643
    Abstract: A surgical robot system includes a slave device provided with a surgical instrument and a master device to control motion of the surgical instrument. The master device includes a master manipulation module having a manipulation tool, to which a pose recognizer is attached, and a master control module that estimates a pose of the manipulation tool using pose information acquired via the pose recognizer, generates a surgical instrument pose control signal corresponding to the estimated pose of the manipulation tool, and transmits the control signal to the slave device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Sin Ha, Won Jun Ko, Young Do Kwon, Gyung Rock Kim, Byung Kwon Choi