Patents by Inventor Jichan MAENG
Jichan MAENG 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).
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Patent number: 11455792Abstract: A robot for detecting a dangerous situation using artificial intelligence includes a memory configured to store a voice recognition model for inferring whether a current situation is the dangerous situation from voice data and an image recognition model for inferring whether the current situation is the dangerous situation from image data, and a processor configured to acquire one or more of the voice data or the image data and output a notification indicating the dangerous situation when the dangerous situation is detected from the voice data using the voice recognition model or when the dangerous situation is detected from the image data using the image recognition model.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jichan Maeng, Beomoh Kim, Taehyun Kim, Wonho Shin, Jonghoon Chae
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Patent number: 11432694Abstract: Disclosed herein is a travel method of an intelligent robot cleaner. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to minimize a cleaning travel path in a cleaning target region and thus reduce a cleaning time by accumulating a plus unit point when the cleaner travels along a plurality of cleaning travel paths, accumulating a minus unit point when the cleaner travels along an overlapped cleaning travel path among the plurality of cleaning travel paths, and determining a final cleaning travel path by learning the accumulated unit point. The intelligent robot cleaner can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Taehyun Kim, Beomoh Kim, Jichan Maeng, Wonho Shin, Jonghoon Chae
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Patent number: 11423877Abstract: A robot for providing a guidance service in a first language using artificial intelligence includes a microphone configured to receive voice data, a camera configured to acquire image data, an output unit, and a processor configured to determine a second language used to provide the guidance service based on one or more of the voice data or the image data, change the language used to provide the guidance service from the first language to the second language when the determined second language is different from the first language and output the guidance service through the output unit in the changed second language.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Wonho Shin, Jichan Maeng
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Patent number: 11414095Abstract: A vehicle control method and an intelligent computing device for controlling a vehicle are disclosed. An intelligent computing device for controlling a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure acquires a direction of a line of sight of a passenger of a vehicle through at least one sensor included in the vehicle and displays driving information of the vehicle through at least one of a plurality of displays included in the vehicle on the basis of the direction of the line of sight of the passenger, to thereby provide convenience to the passenger. One or more of the autonomous vehicle, the intelligent computing device and the server of the present disclosure can be associated with artificial intelligence (AI) modules, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, 5G service related devices, etc.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventor: Jichan Maeng
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Patent number: 11385643Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) moving agent is provided. The AI moving agent includes a traveling actuator configured to drive the artificial intelligence moving agent, at least one sensor configured to obtain data for determining an occupied region, and at least one processor configured to determine an occupied region of one or more objects based on the data, and obtain an adjustment zone by resetting a restricted zone set by a user based on the occupied region of the one or more objects.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jichan Maeng, Taehyun Kim, Jonghoon Chae
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Patent number: 11380323Abstract: Disclosed is an intelligent presentation method. The intelligent presentation method of the present disclosure may support a presentation to be smoothly performed by learning content of the presentation while a presenter is presenting and performing a function required for the presentation in response to a command voice. The intelligent presentation-assisting device of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to a 5G service, and the like.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wonho Shin, Jichan Maeng
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Publication number: 20220183531Abstract: An artificial intelligence dishwasher including a dish rack on which dishes are arranged, a spray nozzle configured to spray washing water toward the dishes, a washing pump configured to feed washing water stored in a sump to the spray nozzle, a washing motor configured to drive the washing pump, a camera configured to capture the dish rack to obtain a dish arrangement image, and a processor configured to provide the dish arrangement image to a dish recognition model to obtain dish information included in the dish arrangement image, determine a washing cycle for the dishes based on the dish information, and control driving of the washing motor according to the determined washing cycle is provided. A dishwashing method is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2022Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wonho Shin, Beomoh Kim, Taehyun Kim, Jichan Maeng, Jonghoon Chae
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Patent number: 11328717Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, an operating method thereof, and a system including a plurality of artificial intelligence devices. An electronic device according to the present invention includes a voice receiving unit configured to receive a voice, a communication unit configured to perform communication with an artificial intelligence (AI) server set to be activated by a preset wake-up word, and a control unit configured to acquire profile information through communication with at least one artificial intelligence device communicating with the artificial intelligence server, and register the at least one artificial intelligence device by storing the acquired profile information and a list of executable commands matched to the profile information.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 10, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Jichan Maeng
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Patent number: 11308954Abstract: Provided are a method of associating an AI device with a device based on a behavior pattern of a user and a device therefor. The method of associating the AI device with the device according to an embodiment of the invention receives a preset behavior pattern of the user sensed by a first camera from the first camera, receives a voice command for controlling an operation of the device from the user, and transmits the voice command to the device, thus allowing devices having no AI function to be used in conjunction with the AI device. The AI device and the dive of the invention may be associated with artificial intelligence modules, drones (unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, devices related to 5G service, etc.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Jichan Maeng
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Patent number: 11276399Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a guide robot and a method of operating the same. A guide robot according to the present disclosure includes a voice receiving unit to receive a voice, a controller to determine whether the received voice includes a preset wake-up word, and a wireless communication unit to perform communication with an artificial intelligence (AI) server set to be activated by the preset wake-up word. At this time, the control unit transmits the received voice to the artificial intelligence server, receives result information from the artificial intelligence server, and outputs the received result information, when the received voice includes the preset wake-up word. And, the control unit outputs a response voice selected according to a predetermined reference when the received voice does not include the preset wake-up word. The guide robot may be operated by artificial intelligence.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.Inventors: Wonho Shin, Jichan Maeng
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Publication number: 20220055648Abstract: The present invention relates to an artificial intelligent vehicle, and to a vehicle control device and a control method thereof estimating and recommending a destination of a driver boarded on a vehicle, including: a memory including driving path information of the vehicle, and when an engine of the vehicle is started, among the travel path information, a processor detecting at least one first driving path information based on a location of the vehicle and a time at which the engine is started, calculating an estimated probability for each of the first destinations extracted from each of the first driving path information, and controlling the vehicle so that at least one of the first destinations is output as an estimated destination based on the calculated estimated probability.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2019Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Wonho SHIN, Jichan MAENG
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Patent number: 11250869Abstract: Disclosed are an electronic device performing an audio zoom based on speaker detection using lip reading and a method for controlling the electronic device. According to an embodiment, the electronic device detects a direction of a sound source while recording a video and determines a speaker's direction via facial recognition and mouth shape recognition in the sound source direction. Microphone beamforming may be performed based on the speaker's direction. Thus, the accuracy of audio zoom may be enhanced.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jichan Maeng, Jonghoon Chae
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Patent number: 11227412Abstract: An artificial intelligence apparatus for calibrating a color of a display panel includes a camera configured to capture an image displayed by the display panel; and a processor configured to: transmit a signal for outputting a color reference image to the display panel, receive, via the camera, a captured image for the display panel, calculate a color offset for the display panel in a predetermined unit based on the color reference image and the captured image, determine an output color calibration value for the display panel using the calculated color offset, and transmit the determined output color calibration value to the display panel.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2019Date of Patent: January 18, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jichan Maeng, Beomoh Kim, Taehyun Kim, Wonho Shin, Jonghoon Chae
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Publication number: 20210401255Abstract: An artificial intelligence robot includes a camera configured to acquire image data, a memory configured to store an object recognition model used to recognize an object from the image data, and a processor configured to acquire a speech command, determine whether an intention of the acquired speech command is object search, recognize an object from the image data based on the object recognition model during traveling when the intention of object search, and output a notification indicating that the object has been recognized when the recognized object is an intended object.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2019Publication date: December 30, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jonghoon CHAE, Beomoh KIM, Taehyun KIM, Jichan MAENG, Wonho SHIN
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Patent number: 11211047Abstract: An artificial intelligence device for learning a de-identified speech signal includes a memory configured to store a speech recognition model, a microphone configured to acquire an original speech signal, and a processor configured to perform de-identification with respect to the acquired original speech signal and perform speech recognition with respect to the de-identified speech signal through the speech recognition model.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: December 28, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wonho Shin, Jichan Maeng
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Patent number: 11200888Abstract: An artificial intelligence device for providing a speech recognition function includes a memory configured to store a basic wake-up word used to activate the speech recognition function of the artificial intelligence device and an additional wake-up word used to control operation of the artificial intelligence device, a microphone configured to receive a speech command, and a processor configured to determine whether a current situation is an additional wake-up word recognition situation when the basic wake-up word is recognized from the speech command and perform operation corresponding to the remaining command excluding the basic wake-up word from the speech command upon determining that the current situation is the additional wake-up word recognition situation.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wonho Shin, Jichan Maeng
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Publication number: 20210382477Abstract: A method of managing an intelligent robot device is disclosed. The method of managing the intelligent robot device is able to provide best airport services to airport users by respectively arranging a plurality of intelligent robot devices in a plurality of zones of the airport and redistributing a corresponding zone of an intelligent robot device providing airport services to remaining intelligent robot devices. The intelligent robot device may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2019Publication date: December 9, 2021Inventors: Taehyun KIM, Beomoh Kim, Jichan MAENG, Jonghoon CHAE
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Publication number: 20210361136Abstract: Disclosed herein is a travel method of an intelligent robot cleaner. According to the present disclosure, it is possible to minimize a cleaning travel path in a cleaning target region and thus reduce a cleaning time by accumulating a plus unit point when the cleaner travels along a plurality of cleaning travel paths, accumulating a minus unit point when the cleaner travels along an overlapped cleaning travel path among the plurality of cleaning travel paths, and determining a final cleaning travel path by learning the accumulated unit point. The intelligent robot cleaner can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, devices related to 5G services, and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Inventors: Taehyun KIM, Beomoh KIM, Jichan MAENG, Wonho SHIN, Jonghoon CHAE
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Publication number: 20210366473Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, an operating method thereof, and a system including a plurality of artificial intelligence devices. An electronic device according to the present invention includes a voice receiving unit configured to receive a voice, a communication unit configured to perform communication with an artificial intelligence (AI) server set to be activated by a preset wake-up word, and a control unit configured to acquire profile information through communication with at least one artificial intelligence device communicating with the artificial intelligence server, and register the at least one artificial intelligence device by storing the acquired profile information and a list of executable commands matched to the profile information.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 18, 2019Publication date: November 25, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventor: Jichan Maeng
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Publication number: 20210354310Abstract: Proposed is a method for determining, by a movable robot, a position of a speaker, wherein the movable robot includes first to fourth microphones installed at four vertexes of a quadrangle of a horizontal cross section of the robot respectively, wherein the method includes: receiving a wake-up voice through first and third microphones disposed respectively at first and third vertices in a diagonal direction; obtaining a first reference value of the first microphone and a second reference value of the third microphone based on the received wake-up voice; comparing the obtained first and second reference values to select the first microphone; selecting a second microphone disposed at a second vertex, wherein the first and second microphones are on a front side of the quadrangle; calculating a sound source localization (SSL) value based on the selected first and second microphones; and tracking a position of the speaker based on the SSL value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Wonho SHIN, Jichan MAENG