Patents by Inventor Hong-Bum Shin

Hong-Bum Shin 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: 8376964
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for analyzing a sleep structure according to non-restrictive weight detection. The apparatus includes load cells one installed in the predetermined locations of a bed and configured to detect the weight of a target person; low-pass filters for outputting low-pass filtered signals that belong to the outputs of the load cells; high-pass filters for outputting high-pass filtered signals that belong to the outputs of the load cells; a multiplexer for selecting any one from among the outputs of the low-pass filters and the high-pass filters; a controller configured to detect information about the target person's sleep from the low-pass filtered signals and the high-pass filtered signals, which belong to the outputs of the high-pass filters and the low-pass filters, respectively, and are input through the multiplexer, and determine the target person's sleeping pattern; and a display unit for displaying determination results of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Seoul National University Industry Foundation
    Inventors: Kwang-Suk Park, Do-Un Jeong, Jin-Woo Seo, Hong-Bum Shin, Jong-Min Choi, Byung Hun Choi, Jong Hee Han