Patents by Inventor Hong Taek Choi

Hong Taek Choi 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: 9752644
    Abstract: Provided is a non-adhesive type vibration reduction apparatus comprising: a support; a body; and an elastomer, wherein the elastomer is coupled in a non-adhesive manner in which an adhesive is not used, thereby preventing a separation of and reducing a damage of an elastomer which result from a weakening of an adhesive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dae Kwan Kim, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Patent number: 9751644
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional rigid ball driving system including: a support frame having a polyhedral shape; a rigid ball positioned at the center of an inner portion of the support frame; a plurality of ball bearings installed at corners of inner sides of the support frame, respectively, and contacting a surface of the rigid ball; and a plurality of electromagnets disposed around the ball bearings and generating magnetic fields to rotate the rigid ball; and a controller controlling the electromagnets to control a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the rigid ball.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Dae-Kwan Kim, Hyungjoo Yoon, Wooyong Kang, Yong Bok Kim, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Patent number: 9672624
    Abstract: Provided is a method for estimating and calibrating an absolute misalignment between an attitude control sensor of a satellite or a flight vehicle imaging and transmitting ground images having high resolution and an imaging payload.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyung Joo Yoon, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Publication number: 20170002893
    Abstract: Provided is a non-adhesive type vibration reduction apparatus comprising: a support; a body; and an elastomer, wherein the elastomer is coupled in a non-adhesive manner in which an adhesive is not used, thereby preventing a separation of and reducing a damage of an elastomer which result from a weakening of an adhesive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Dae Kwan KIM, Hong-Taek CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150348264
    Abstract: Provided is a method for estimating and calibrating an absolute misalignment between an attitude control sensor of a satellite or a flight vehicle imaging and transmitting ground images having high resolution and an imaging payload.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hyung Joo Yoon, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Publication number: 20150166200
    Abstract: Provided is a three-dimensional rigid ball driving system including: a support frame having a polyhedral shape; a rigid ball positioned at the center of an inner portion of the support frame; a plurality of ball bearings installed at corners of inner sides of the support frame, respectively, and contacting a surface of the rigid ball; and a plurality of electromagnets disposed around the ball bearings and generating magnetic fields to rotate the rigid ball; and a controller controlling the electromagnets to control a rotation direction and a rotation speed of the rigid ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2013
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Dae-Kwan Kim, Hyungjoo Yoon, Wooyong Kang, Yong Bok Kim, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Publication number: 20150168440
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of measuring the rotating speed of a sphere for controlling the posture of a satellite. The method includes: an accelerometer installing operation in which a pair of accelerometers is installed at each accelerometer coordinate axis, the accelerometers being located in the sphere; an accelerometer coordinate axis alignment operation in which the accelerometer coordinate axes are aligned to allow the accelerometer coordinate axes to be in line with system coordinate axes, respectively; an acceleration measuring operation in which a current is applied to an electromagnet to rotate the sphere and sequentially measure the acceleration; an acceleration calculating operation in which only the acceleration generated by the rotation of the sphere is calculated; and a rotating speed calculating operation in which the rotating speed of the sphere with respect to each coordinate axis is calculated using the acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wooyong Kang, Dae-Kwan Kim, Yong Bok Kim, Hyungjoo Yoon, Hong-Taek Choi
  • Patent number: 8346410
    Abstract: Provided are an attitude control system and method of a spacecraft of an artificial satellite that may enhance a maneuverability and a controllability by simultaneously applying a reaction wheel and a thruster among drive units used to maneuver an attitude of the spacecraft of the artificial satellite. The attitude control system may include: a thruster-based attitude controller which control firing time of thrusters mounted on the spacecraft; and a reaction wheel-based attitude controller controlling driving of a reaction wheel mounted on the spacecraft. The spacecraft may include a plurality of reaction wheels. When a defect occurs in the spacecraft due to a partial malfunction of the reaction wheels, an attitude maneuverability of the spacecraft may be corrected by simultaneously applying the thruster-based attitude controller and the reaction wheel-based attitude controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Aerospace Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Ho Seo, Ki Lyuk Yong, Shi Hwan Oh, Hong Taek Choi, Seon Ho Lee, Jo Ryeong Yim, Yong Bok Kim, Hye Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20100168938
    Abstract: Provided are an attitude control system and method of a spacecraft of an artificial satellite that may enhance a maneuverability and a controllability by simultaneously applying a reaction wheel and a thruster among drive units used to maneuver an attitude of the spacecraft of the artificial satellite. The attitude control system may include: a thruster-based attitude controller which control firing time of thrusters mounted on the spacecraft; and a reaction wheel-based attitude controller controlling driving of a reaction wheel mounted on the spacecraft. The spacecraft may include a plurality of reaction wheels. When a defect occurs in the spacecraft due to a partial malfunction of the reaction wheels, an attitude maneuverability of the spacecraft may be corrected by simultaneously applying the thruster-based attitude controller and the reaction wheel-based attitude controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Hyun Ho Seo, Ki Lyuk Yong, Shi Hwan Oh, Hong Taek Choi, Seon Ho Lee, Jo Ryeong Yim, Yong Bok Kim, Hye Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20090159753
    Abstract: A reaction wheel momentum management method using a null space vector is provided. In accordance with this method, when any one of at least four reaction wheels used for triaxial control is made unavailable or degraded, a degraded wheel is used as long as possible for improving the mobility of the behavior of a satellite. The method provides momentum management for an N-number of reaction wheels W1, W2, . . .
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 25, 2009
    Applicant: KOREA AEROSPACE RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jo Ryeong Yim, Shi Hwan Oh, Seon Ho Lee, Hyun Ho Seo, Yong Bok Kim, Hye Jin Lee, Hong Taek Choi, Ki Lyuk Yong