Patents by Inventor Kamin LEE
Kamin LEE 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: 11779180Abstract: A robot cleaner for cleaning in consideration of a floor state through artificial intelligence includes a cleaning unit including a suction unit and a mopping unit, a driving unit to drive the robot cleaner, and a processor to obtain a carpet area or a rug area based on cleaning data, and to control the driving unit to change an entrance direction of the robot cleaner when the robot cleaner enters the carpet area or the rug area.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Seungah Chae
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Publication number: 20230140893Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an artificial intelligence apparatus capable of classifying and detecting an item of an unseen class having high visual similarity to an item of a seen class that has been learned and known in advance, and a method for detecting an unseen class items thereof, and when the item image is input, generate encoded data by encoding the item image, generate decoded data by decoding the encoded data using a codebook of a plurality of codebooks in which encoded data for each item class is stored, corresponding to a pre-learned item class, and detect the unknown item by classifying the class of the item image based on the generated decoded data.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2022Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Hyoeun KIM, Kamin LEE, Seungah CHAE, Heeyeon CHOI, Yeonjee JUNG, Hyejeong JEON
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Patent number: 11625508Abstract: The present invention includes an artificial intelligence device and a method for operating the same. The artificial intelligence device includes a communication unit that receives indoor area map data and indoor area image data from at least one external device, and a processor that generates first furniture placement map data in which a placement position of at least one piece of furniture is mapped, provides the first furniture placement map data to a furniture placement model, and obtains second furniture placement map data in which a placement position of at least one piece of furniture is changed, based on indoor area map data and indoor area image data.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11556844Abstract: An embodiment of the present invention provides an artificial intelligence (AI) robot for determining a cleaning route using sensor data, comprising: a sensor unit including at least one of an image sensor, a depth sensor or a shock sensor; a cleaning unit including at least one of a suction unit or a mopping unit; a driving unit configured to drive the AI robot; and a processor configured to: acquire the sensor data from the sensor unit, determine a complex area using the acquired sensor data, create a virtual wall for blocking an entry into the determined complex area, determine the cleaning route in consideration of the created virtual wall, and control the cleaning unit and the driving unit based on the determined cleaning route.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Seungah Chae, Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee
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Patent number: 11550328Abstract: An AI apparatus and an operating method are provided, the AI apparatus includes a communication interface to receive 3D sensor data and bumper sensor data from a first cleaner, a processor to generate surrounding situation map data based on the 3D sensor data and the bumper sensor data, and a learning processor to generate learning data by labeling area classification data for representing whether the surrounding situation map data corresponds to the stuck area, and to train a stuck area classification model based on the learning data. The processor transmits the trained stuck area classification model to a second cleaner through the communication interface.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kamin Lee, Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11525627Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator may include a storage compartment, a door, one or more cameras provided in the door, a global DB configured to store a plurality of default food identification items and a plurality of default product names respectively corresponding to the plurality of default food identification items, and a local DB configured to store edited product names and a food identification item corresponding to the edited product names, and a processor configured to photograph an internal image of the storage compartment, obtain one or more food identification items from the photographed internal image, and if the obtained one or more food identification items are stored in the local DB, recognize one or more product names of the obtained one or more food identification items as product names of the food identification items stored in the local DB.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2021Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaehong Kim, Heeyeon Choi, Hyunseok Shin, Yongsuk Lee, Soungmin Im, Kamin Lee, Hangil Jeong, Hyoeun Kim, Hyejeong Jeon
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Publication number: 20220343098Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator may include a storage compartment, an outer door, one or more cameras provided in the outer door, a global DB configured to store a plurality of default food identification items and a plurality of default product names respectively corresponding to the plurality of default food identification items, and a local DB configured to store edited product names and a food identification item corresponding to the edited product names, and a processor configured to photograph an internal image of the storage compartment through the one or more cameras, obtain a food identification item from the photographed internal image, determine whether the obtained food identification item is stored in the local DB, and when the food identification item is not stored in the local DB, determine whether the obtained food identification item is stored in the global DB.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaehong Kim, Hangil Jeong, Hyoeun Kim, Heeyeon Choi, Kamin Lee, Hyejeong Jeon
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Publication number: 20220325945Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a refrigerator may include a storage compartment, a door, one or more cameras provided in the door, a global DB configured to store a plurality of default food identification items and a plurality of default product names respectively corresponding to the plurality of default food identification items, and a local DB configured to store edited product names and a food identification item corresponding to the edited product names, and a processor configured to photograph an internal image of the storage compartment, obtain one or more food identification items from the photographed internal image, and if the obtained one or more food identification items are stored in the local DB, recognize one or more product names of the obtained one or more food identification items as product names of the food identification items stored in the local DB.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Jaehong KIM, Heeyeon CHOI, Hyunseok SHIN, Yongsuk LEE, Soungmin IM, Kamin LEE, Hangil JEONG, Hyoeun KIM, Hyejeong JEON
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Patent number: 11399685Abstract: Disclosed herein is an artificial intelligence cleaner. The artificial intelligence cleaner includes a memory configured to store a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) map for a cleaning space; a driving unit configured to drive the artificial intelligence cleaner; and a processor configured to collect a plurality of cleaning logs for the cleaning space, divide the cleaning space into a plurality of cleaning areas using the SLAM map and the collected plurality of cleaning logs, determine a cleaning route of the artificial intelligence cleaner in consideration of the divided cleaning areas, and control the driving unit according to the determined cleaning route.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11378966Abstract: A robot cleaner for recognizing a stuck situation through artificial intelligence includes a driving unit to drive the robot cleaner, a sensing unit configured to acquire three-dimensional (3D) image data and a bumper event, a memory configured to store a stuck situation recognition model for inferring the stuck situation of the robot cleaner, and a processor configured to convert the 3D image data and the bumper event into surrounding map image data, infer the stuck situation of the robot cleaner from the 3D image data and the bumper event using the stuck situation recognition model, and control the driving unit according to an inference result.Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11330951Abstract: Disclosed herein is a robot cleaner including a driving motor, a communication interface configured to receive, from an external cleaner, first cleaning record information including cleaning path information generated based on location information of the external cleaner, a memory configured to store second cleaning record information including the cleaning path information generated based on location information of the robot cleaner, and a processor configured to generate a cleaning plan of the robot cleaner based on the first cleaning record information and the second cleaning record information and control the driving motor such that the driving motor travels according to the cleaning plan.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11318614Abstract: A robot cleaner to avoid a stuck situation through artificial intelligence (AI) may acquire a surrounding map, based on the sensing information, determine escape path factors based on the surrounding map by using the compensation model, if the stuck situation of the robot cleaner is detected, and control the driving motor such that the robot cleaner travels, based on the determined escape path factors.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2019Date of Patent: May 3, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kamin Lee, Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11307593Abstract: An artificial intelligence (AI) device for guiding an arrangement location of an air cleaning device includes a memory to store an air cleaning device arrangement model to infer the arrangement location of the air cleaning device based on information on fine dust in a house and a processor configured to acquire information on a map of the house and information on fine dust distribution in the house, and to determine the arrangement location of the air cleaning device based on the information on the map and the information on the fine dust distribution, by using the air cleaning device arrangement model.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Seungah Chae
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Patent number: 11269342Abstract: A robot cleaner for avoiding a stuck situation using artificial intelligence includes a sensing unit configured to detect the stuck situation of the robot cleaner, a driving unit to drive the robot cleaner, and a processor configured to determine a rotation angle of the robot cleaner when the stuck situation is detected through the sensing unit, control the driving unit such that the robot cleaner rotates by the determined rotation angle, and control the driving unit such that the robot cleaner reverses by a certain distance after rotating by the rotation angle.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun Kim, Suyeon Kim, Kamin Lee, Minho Lee, Seungah Chae
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Publication number: 20210330163Abstract: Disclosed herein is an artificial intelligence cleaner. The artificial intelligence cleaner includes a memory configured to store a simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) map for a cleaning space; a driving unit configured to drive the artificial intelligence cleaner; and a processor configured to collect a plurality of cleaning logs for the cleaning space, divide the cleaning space into a plurality of cleaning areas using the SLAM map and the collected plurality of cleaning logs, determine a cleaning route of the artificial intelligence cleaner in consideration of the divided cleaning areas, and control the driving unit according to the determined cleaning route.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2019Publication date: October 28, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Suyeon KIM, Kamin LEE, Seungah CHAE
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Publication number: 20210204785Abstract: Disclosed is an artificial intelligence moving agent. The artificial intelligence moving agent includes a communicator in communication with a terminal of a user, a camera for shooting an image, and a processor for detecting a movement of an object, providing an image of the object to an artificial intelligence model to obtain information on whether to transmit the image of the object when the movement of the object is detected, and transmitting the image of the object to the terminal based on the obtained information.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kamin LEE, Suyeon KIM, Seungah CHAE
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Publication number: 20210121035Abstract: Disclosed herein is a robot cleaner including a driving motor, a communication interface configured to receive, from an external cleaner, first cleaning record information including cleaning path information generated based on location information of the external cleaner, a memory configured to store second cleaning record information including the cleaning path information generated based on location information of the robot cleaner, and a processor configured to generate a cleaning plan of the robot cleaner based on the first cleaning record information and the second cleaning record information and control the driving motor such that the driving motor travels according to the cleaning plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun KIM, Suyeon KIM, Kamin LEE, Seungah CHAE
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Publication number: 20210114213Abstract: A robot cleaner to avoid a stuck situation through artificial intelligence (AI) may acquire a surrounding map, based on the sensing information, determine escape path factors based on the surrounding map by using the compensation model, if the stuck situation of the robot cleaner is detected, and control the driving motor such that the robot cleaner travels, based on the determined escape path factors.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kamin LEE, Kokeun KIM, Suyeon KIM, Seungah CHAE
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Publication number: 20210116929Abstract: An AI apparatus and an operating method are provided, the AI apparatus includes a communication interface to receive 3D sensor data and bumper sensor data from a first cleaner, a processor to generate surrounding situation map data based on the 3D sensor data and the bumper sensor data, and a learning processor to generate learning data by labeling area classification data for representing whether the surrounding situation map data corresponds to the stuck area, and to train a stuck area classification model based on the learning data. The processor transmits the trained stuck area classification model to a second cleaner through the communication interface.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2019Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kamin LEE, Kokeun KIM, Suyeon KIM, Seungah CHAE
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Publication number: 20210064792Abstract: The present invention includes an artificial intelligence device and a method for operating the same. The artificial intelligence device includes a communication unit that receives indoor area map data and indoor area image data from at least one external device, and a processor that generates first furniture placement map data in which a placement position of at least one piece of furniture is mapped, provides the first furniture placement map data to a furniture placement model, and obtains second furniture placement map data in which a placement position of at least one piece of furniture is changed, based on indoor area map data and indoor area image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 30, 2020Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.Inventors: Kokeun KIM, Suyeon KIM, Kamin LEE, Seungah CHAE