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).

  • Publication number: 20200120199
    Abstract: Provided are a method of providing a notification and a device for the same. The method of providing the notification has an effect in that a terminal detects a surrounding situation and recognizes the surrounding situation, thereby providing a notification according to a preset notification setting based on the recognized surrounding situation. The terminal can be connected to an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, a device related to a 5G service, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Wonho SHIN, Taehyun KIM
  • Publication number: 20200101600
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control system to control a robot. The control system to control the robot according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a transceiver and a processor. The transceiver receives information of a user within each unit zone, wherein a plurality of robots is disposed in a zone. The processor is configured to determine a density for each respective unit zone from among the plurality of zones, determine an average density for each respective group zone from among the plurality of group zones based on the determined density, determine a priority for each group zone based on the respective determined average density, and control movements of one or more robots based on the determined priority, wherein the controlling of the movements is performed by extracting a feature from the user based on machine learning and setting the priority based on the extracted feature of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Beomoh KIM, Taehyun KIM, Jonghoon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200092519
    Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence video conference system. The artificial intelligence video conference system learns content of speech of a speaker and a displayed screen using an artificial intelligence during video conference and performs various functions required for the video conference or search various information related to the video conference, thereby conducting the video conference more smoothly. At least one device of the artificial intelligence video conference system 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: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonho SHIN, Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200090643
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of recognizing a voice in a speech recognition device includes receiving a wakeup word in a standby mode; extracting a first characteristic value representing a voice characteristic of the wakeup word from the received word and comparing the extracted first characteristic value with a template DB; wherein the template DB stores identification information including a wakeup word made with a mechanical sound and a second characteristic value representing a voice characteristic of the mechanical sound, and entering, if the template DB does not store the second characteristic value matched to the first characteristic value, a speech recognition mode for speech recognition of a speaker and entering, if the template DB stores the second characteristic value matched to the first characteristic value, the standby mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonho SHIN, Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200090658
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonho SHIN, Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200086891
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventor: Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200065596
    Abstract: A method of controlling of an autonomous vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring state information of a driver from a sensor mounted inside the vehicle; determining a glare state of the driver based on state information of the driver; operating a primary light source blocking when recognizing a glare state of the driver; operating, by the primary light source blocking, a light source blocking device mounted on the vehicle at the moment of recognizing the glare state of the driver, and tracking a gaze direction of the driver through a first image to acquire the gaze direction of the driver; and operating secondary light source blocking, when the acquired gaze direction of the driver is outside a predetermined range. The autonomous vehicle according to the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (UAV), a robot, an AR device, a VR device, a device related to 5G service, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Beomoh KIM, Wonho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20200059551
    Abstract: A method of setting a mode of an intelligent electronic device is disclosed. The method includes collecting a plurality of sensing information through a plurality of sensors, obtaining surrounding situation information based on the plurality of collected sensing information, extracting a feature value from the obtained surrounding situation information and determining a surrounding environment based on the extracted feature value, and selecting a disturbance interruption mode corresponding to the determined result. The intelligent robot device may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an 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: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Taehyun KIM, Jichan MAENG, Wonho SHIN
  • Publication number: 20200051422
    Abstract: A home monitoring system according to an aspect of the present disclosure relates to a home monitoring system and, more particularly, to a home monitoring system that can prevent a safety accident when a child or a pet approaches a predetermined dangerous space or a home IoT device, by sensing it, controlling the home IoT device, and making a user recognize it. According to the home monitoring system of the present disclosure, one or more of an IoT device and a server of the present disclosure may be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a robot, an AR (Augmented Reality) device, a VR (Virtual Reality) device, a device associated with 5G services, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Beomoh KIM, Wonho SHIN, Taehyun KIM, Jonghoon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200047587
    Abstract: A method for controlling a temperature of a refrigerator provided in a vehicle is provided. A method for controlling a temperature of a refrigerator provided in a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure detects a foodstuff requiring a low temperature storage included in image information of an article using an artificial neutral network model, and when the foodstuff requiring the low temperature storage is detected, can prevent deterioration of the foodstuff while the article is transported through the vehicle by controlling a temperature of the refrigerator based on storage temperature information of the foodstuff requiring the low temperature storage. A temperature control device of a refrigerator installed in a vehicle of the present disclosure is associated with an artificial intelligence module, an unmmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to a 5G service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200050746
    Abstract: Disclosed herein an artificial intelligence (AI) apparatus for controlling authority to use an external device based on user identification using image recognition including a memory configured to store information on a user registered in the AI apparatus and authority information indicating whether a user is capable of use at least one external device under a predetermined condition, a communicator configured to receive a first image file obtained by photographing an environment including the at least one external device, a learning processor configured to provide the first image file to an image recognition model for specifying a face of a person included in an image file and an external device to be used by the person to specify first face information of a person included in the first image file and information on a first external device to be used by the person in the first image file, and a processor configured to control use of the first external device by the first user based on the authority, by acqui
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Bosang KIM, Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200053277
    Abstract: Provided are an intelligent device and a method of correcting an image thereof. The intelligent device includes a camera received in a body; a processor for controlling to obtain subject state information from an image transmitted from the camera; and a memory for storing the subject status information, wherein the processor is configured to determine a distortion state of a size of a subject based on the obtained subject state information, to measure a distance between the camera and the subject when the distortion state of the size of the subject is recognized, to correct a size of the subject to correspond to a ratio of the measured distance, and to correct a blank of a subject background formed by the corrected size of the subject. The intelligent device may be connected to an Artificial Intelligence (AI) module, a drone (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a device related to a 5G service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Wonho SHIN, Beomoh KIM, Taehyun KIM, Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200042865
    Abstract: A method and a device for recommending food based on an artificial intelligence based user status are disclosed. The method includes obtaining use information from a mobile terminal and an external terminal connected to the mobile terminal, determining a user status through an AI device, and determining a preferred food of the user based on the user status, thereby providing convenience for the user's life. The device for recommending food based on the artificial intelligence based user status can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, an 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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaemyung LEE, Jichan MAENG, Seungjun LEE
  • Publication number: 20200035195
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Beomoh KIM, Taehyun KIM, Wonho SHIN, Jonghoon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200033052
    Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage chamber for storing articles; a camera for photographing the inner space of the storage chamber; a control part which visually recognizes a first article image captured by the camera so as to acquire article information corresponding to the first article image; a memory for storing the acquired article information so as to generate an article image history; and a display electrically connected to the control part. Further, the control part may: acquire, through the camera, a second article image in which an article is partially hidden by any other article; detect, from the second article image, a partial article image of the article partially hidden by the other article; and identify an article matching the partial article image on the basis of the article image history.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200028706
    Abstract: An AI agent includes an information receiver configured to receive a purchase history of an article and determine whether or not a new article for storage in refrigerator requiring refrigeration or freezing storage exists in the purchase history, an information collector configured to collect capacity information on the new article for storage in refrigerator and movement path information on the new article for storage in refrigerator when the new article for storage in refrigerator exists in the purchase history, and an agent controller configured to determine an expected arrival time at which the new article for storage in refrigerator is to be received in a refrigerator based on the movement path information, and transmit the movement path information and the capacity information and the expected arrival time information on the new article for storage in refrigerator to the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200019779
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Beomoh KIM, Taehyun KIM, Wonho SHIN, Jonghoon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200009731
    Abstract: An artificial intelligence server for determining a route of a robot includes a communication unit and a processor. The communication unit is configured to receive image data for a control area from the robot or a camera installed inside the control area. The processor is configured to calculate a current density for the control area from the image data, calculate a future density for the control area using the calculated current density, determine a priority for each of group areas included in the control area based on the calculated future density, and determine the route of the robot based on the determined priority.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jonghoon CHAE, Jichan MAENG
  • Publication number: 20200012343
    Abstract: According to the present invention, a method of displaying status information for a device to a user comprises receiving a control command for controlling the device to display the status information, determining the user's location, selecting other areas than where the user is located as mapping candidate areas, and selecting at least any one or more of the mapping candidate areas as a mapping area and displaying the status information in the mapping area in a projection fashion. Embodiments of the present invention may be related to artificial intelligence (AI) modules, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), robots, augmented reality (AR) devices, virtual reality (VR) devices, and 5G service-related devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jichan MAENG, Beomoh KIM, Taehyun KIM, Wonho SHIN, Jonghoon CHAE
  • Publication number: 20200013225
    Abstract: A vehicle external information output method and an apparatus therefor are disclosed. The vehicle external information output method according to an embodiment of the present invention has the advantageous effect. A DSM camera acquires external information relating to a zone to which a user's gaze is directed. The external information is output to provide the user with a visual field having no blind spot. An autonomous vehicle according to the present invention can be associated with an artificial intelligence module, a drone (unmanned aerial vehicle, UAV), a robot, an augmented reality (AR) device, a virtual reality (VR) device, and a 5G service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jongjin PARK, Jichan MAENG