Patents by Inventor Jong Hwa Chun

Jong Hwa Chun 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: 10139316
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bottom sampler comprising, a cable connecting plate, an outer fixing plate disposed at a lower side of the cable connecting plate, a sample barrel guide extending downwards from the outer fixing plate, and a sample barrel configured to have a sediment permeation prevention plate mounted at an outer peripheral end, and provided with a valve at opposite ends, the valve connected to a guide rod pivotally coupled to a first end of a lever operating arm, wherein the valve is closed depending on the pivoting of the lever operating arm when a seabed sample is introduced into the sample barrel to seal an inner part thereof. Accordingly, seabed samples such as gas-filled sediments can be collected and analyzed without pressure leakage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jong-Hwa Chun, Yu-Ri Kim, Young-Sang Eo, Joo-Yong Lee
  • Patent number: 10097906
    Abstract: A submarine gas-leakage monitoring system for long-term detection of gas and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The submarine gas-leakage monitoring system includes: a buoy equipped with a satellite communication unit to transmit acquired data to a satellite or to receive a command for activation or inactivation of a first submarine sensor from the satellite when the buoy is raised to float on the seawater surface; a seabed observation unit located close to a seabed, the seabed observation unit acquiring and storing information about gas leakage from the seabed and controlling the buoy such that the buoy is raised or lowered; and a signal cable equipped with the first submarine sensor that detects migration or diffusion of leaked gas and connected between the buoy and the seabed observation unit to allow a signal transmission between the buoy and the seabed observation unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Young Sang Eo, Jang Jun Bahk
  • Publication number: 20180188400
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for marine seismic refraction survey using a remotely piloted air/water drone and a method thereof for acquiring refracted wave by providing a receiver on the air/water drone among marine seismic methods, being configured to include: a surveyvessel provided with a seismicsource generating a sound; and the air/water drone moving tethered to the surveyvessel while floating on the sea or operating under water and being capable of moving to a desired location by generating a lift force and a turning force through remote control. In addition, the system is to be used for marine seismic refraction survey by providing a hydrophone and streamer and a recording system which may record the seismic wave on an air/water drone, a remotely piloted marine observation system, whereby an effect is given to be able to acquire data of seismic refraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Young-Jun KIM, Nam-Hyung Koo, Ho-Young Lee, Soon Hong Cheong, Jong Hwa Chun, Jung Ki Kim, Kyu Duk Hwang, SungDoo Hong, Sin Heo, GiDon Moon, CheolHun Jeong
  • Patent number: 9968868
    Abstract: Provided is a pore water extraction kit for extracting pore water in a seabed sediment. More specifically, provided is a pore water extraction kit of a seabed sediment for more easily extracting pore water separated from a sediment through a centrifugal separator tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Yuri Kim, Jong-Hwa Chun
  • Publication number: 20170347169
    Abstract: A submarine gas-leakage monitoring system for long-term detection of gas and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The submarine gas-leakage monitoring system includes: a buoy equipped with a satellite communication unit to transmit acquired data to a satellite or to receive a command for activation or inactivation of a first submarine sensor from the satellite when the buoy is raised to float on the seawater surface; a seabed observation unit located close to a seabed, the seabed observation unit acquiring and storing information about gas leakage from the seabed and controlling the buoy such that the buoy is raised or lowered; and a signal cable equipped with the first submarine sensor that detects migration or diffusion of leaked gas and connected between the buoy and the seabed observation unit to allow a signal transmission between the buoy and the seabed observation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Young Sang Eo, Jang Jun Bahk
  • Patent number: 9810801
    Abstract: Provided is a method for swell effect and mis-tie correction in high-resolution marine seismic data using multi-beam echo sounder data, and more particularly, a method for swell effect and mis-tie correction in high-resolution marine seismic data using multi-beam echo sounder data capable of acquiring the high-resolution marine seismic data having the swell effect and the mis-tie effectively corrected by using the multi-beam echo sounder data including water depth data of a sea-bottom having high precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF GEOSCIENCE AND MINERAL RESOURCES
    Inventors: Young-Jun Kim, Nam Hyung Koo, Won-Sik Kim, Jong-Hwa Chun
  • Publication number: 20170007945
    Abstract: Provided is a pore water extraction kit for extracting pore water in a seabed sediment. More specifically, provided is a pore water extraction kit of a seabed sediment for more easily extracting pore water separated from a sediment through a centrifugal separator tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Yuri KIM, Jong-Hwa CHUN
  • Publication number: 20160299244
    Abstract: Provided is a method for swell effect and mis-tie correction in high-resolution marine seismic data using multi-beam echo sounder data, and more particularly, a method for swell effect and mis-tie correction in high-resolution marine seismic data using multi-beam echo sounder data capable of acquiring the high-resolution marine seismic data having the swell effect and the mis-tie effectively corrected by using the multi-beam echo sounder data including water depth data of a sea-bottom having high precision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: YOUNG-JUN KIM, NAM HYUNG KOO, WON-SIK KIM, JONG-HWA CHUN
  • Patent number: 9297725
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for extracting, analyzing, and storing gas in a drilled core on a ship. The apparatus includes: a needle for core insertion inserted into the drilled core to allow the gas in the drilled core to the outside; and a first 3-way valve into which the gas passing through the needle for core insertion is introduced and which controls the introduced gas so as to be supplied to a gas storing container or gas analyzing apparatuses positioned on a ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jiyoung Choi, Jong-Hwa Chun, Ji-Hoon Kim, Jang Jun Bahk
  • Patent number: 9268051
    Abstract: Provided are a system for acquiring chirp data for profiling the shallow sedimentary layers and a method for acquiring chirp data using the same, and more particularly, a system for acquiring chirp data which includes a new apparatus capable of recording chirp raw data and manufactures a high-resolution raw section preserving polarity and phase information using the recorded chirp raw data to enhance continuity and resolution of the sedimentary layers and a method for acquiring chirp data using the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Young Jun Kim, Nam Hyung Koo, Snons Cheong, Jong Hwa Chun, Dong Keun Yoo
  • Patent number: 9207226
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing drilled submarine sediment on a ship. The apparatus includes: a core temperature measuring unit measuring temperatures of each portion of the drilled core positioned on a ship; a gas content analyzing unit analyzing a kind and a content of gases included in a submarine sediment sample collected from the drilled core in a state in which it is positioned on the ship; and a salinity measuring unit measuring salinity of the submarine sediment sample collected from the drilled core in a state in which it is positioned on the ship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Jang Jun Bahk, Byong Jae Ryu
  • Publication number: 20150260866
    Abstract: Provided are a system for acquiring chirp data for profiling the shallow sedimentary layers and a method for acquiring chirp data using the same, and more particularly, a system for acquiring chirp data which includes a new apparatus capable of recording chirp raw data and manufactures a high-resolution raw section preserving polarity and phase information using the recorded chirp raw data to enhance continuity and resolution of the sedimentary layers and a method for acquiring chirp data using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Young Jun Kim, Nam Hyung Koo, Snons Cheong, Jong Hwa Chun, Dong Keun Yoo
  • Patent number: 8908476
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for seabed exploration using an unmanned remotely operated vehicle. The apparatus for seabed exploration of the present invention includes: an unmanned remotely operated vehicle connected with a ship 2 by a cable 1; a transponder of an acoustic positioning system mounted on the unmanned remotely operated vehicle; a pinger mounted on the unmanned remotely operated vehicle and outputting a signal that is received by a receiver of an echo sounder system mounted on the ship; a measuring device mounted on the unmanned remotely operated vehicle and sensing or measuring various information on the seabed where the unmanned remotely operated vehicle is positioned; and a sediment collecting device collecting sediments of the seafloor, when the unmanned remotely operated vehicle grounds on the seafloor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Hag Ju Kim, Byong Jae Ryu, Jang Jun Bahk
  • Publication number: 20130298661
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for analyzing drilled submarine sediment on a ship. The apparatus includes: a core temperature measuring unit measuring temperatures of each portion of the drilled core positioned on a ship; a gas content analyzing unit analyzing a kind and a content of gases included in a submarine sediment sample collected from the drilled core in a state in which it is positioned on the ship; and a salinity measuring unit measuring salinity of the submarine sediment sample collected from the drilled core in a state in which it is positioned on the ship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Jang Jun Bahk, Byong Jae Ryu
  • Patent number: 8565593
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing apparatus for investigating a state of an outcrop. The photographing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a photographing unit photographing moving pictures or pictures; and a plurality of laser pointers outputting laser beams toward the outcrops photographed by the photographing unit to form laser points on the outcrops, wherein each laser point is disposed so that the laser beams output therefrom are output in parallel with laser beams output from other laser pointers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Hag Ju Kim, Dong Geun Yoo, Byong Jae Ryu
  • Publication number: 20130239672
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for extracting, analyzing, and storing gas in a drilled core on a ship.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jiyoung CHOI, Jong-Hwa CHUN, Ji-Hoon KIM, Jang Jun BAHK
  • Publication number: 20130188944
    Abstract: Provided is a photographing apparatus for investigating a state of an outcrop. The photographing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a photographing unit photographing moving pictures or pictures; and a plurality of laser pointers outputting laser beams toward the outcrops photographed by the photographing unit to form laser points on the outcrops, wherein each laser point is disposed so that the laser beams output therefrom are output in parallel with laser beams output from other laser pointers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Hag Ju Kim, Dong Geun Yoo, Byong Jae Ryu
  • Publication number: 20120204781
    Abstract: Provided are an apparatus and a method for seabed exploration using an unmanned remotely operated vehicle. The apparatus for seabed exploration of the present invention includes: an unmanned remotely operated vehicle connected with a ship 2 by a cable 1; a transponder of an acoustic positioning system mounted on the unmanned remotely operated vehicle; a pinger mounted on the unmanned remotely operated vehicle and outputting a signal that is received by a receiver of an echo sounder system mounted on the ship; a measuring device mounted on the unmanned remotely operated vehicle and sensing or measuring various information on the seabed where the unmanned remotely operated vehicle is positioned; and a sediment collecting device collecting sediments of the seafloor, when the unmanned remotely operated vehicle grounds on the seafloor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Hag Ju Kim, Byong Jae Ryu, Jang Jun Bahk
  • Patent number: 8191436
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for collecting marine deposits. The apparatus includes: a piston corer for collecting a deep part of marine deposits; a corer for collecting a surface part of marine deposits; and a trigger body connecting the corer for collecting a surface part of marine deposits and the piston corer for collecting a deep part of marine deposits to each other while being maintained at a laterally set interval. The apparatus for collecting marine deposits can greatly save costs consumed to collect marine deposits and increase accuracy of collecting the marine deposits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resouces (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Jong Hwa Chun, Byong Jae Ryu, Jin Ho Kim, Jang Jun Bahk, Young Sang Eo
  • Patent number: 8107323
    Abstract: Provided is a boomer that is a type of a seismic source generator for marine seismic survey. In the boomer for marine seismic survey according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of transducer coupling parts capable of separating and coupling a transducer are disposed on a bottom of a board floating on a surface of water, the transducer coupling parts are disposed along a straight line L forming left and right center of gravity of the board, and a transducer coupling member for mounting a transducer is provided. Further, the support is mounted on the bottom of the board, the transducer coupling part is disposed on the support, and the support is formed to control a distance from a bottom point of the board to the transducer coupling part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (Kigam)
    Inventors: Young Jun Kim, Sung Ryul Shin, Jong Hwa Chun, Dong Geun Yoo