Patents by Inventor Kang Woo Lee

Kang Woo 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).

  • Patent number: 8924462
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a service of a network robot system based on remote procedure calls and a method thereof. The apparatus for controlling services of a network robot system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a terminal agent calling an asynchronous procedure of the robot services to acquire asynchronous operation objects and performing asynchronous operations on the asynchronous operation objects according to previously established scheduling policies, when receiving an execution of robot services from a service server through a network; and a plurality of drivers executing the robot services according to the asynchronous operations of the terminal agent. By this configuration, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can avoid resource collision due to resource approach at a plurality of robot services, improve the simultaneity of the robot services, and implement operation applications for high performance control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Intellectual Discovery Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kun Ouk Kim, Kang Woo Lee, Young Ho Suh
  • Publication number: 20140376208
    Abstract: An optical structure includes a body facing a light emitting surface of a light emitting diode package and including a portion protruding toward the light emitting surface of the light emitting diode package, where a surface of the protruding portion faces the light emitting surface and forms a reflective surface of the optical structure; and a leg elongated from a periphery of the body toward the point light source, where the leg supports the body to be spaced apart from the light emitting diode package.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Kyu SHIM, Kang-Woo LEE, In Sun HWANG, Do Hun KIM, Hyoung-Joo KIM, Tae Yong RYU
  • Patent number: 8820844
    Abstract: A frame type dump deck for a dump truck includes a front panel having a pocket formed in a center portion of the front panel having side wall panels which extend perpendicularly from an interior face of the center portion. Two side panels attached to opposing ends of the interior face of the front panel extend in a deck length direction. A floor panel has floor frames arranged in two parallel rows which extend in the deck length direction and terminate at the front panel. Pocket frames extend from the terminal ends of the floor frames in parallel along each edge of the pocket, and include top portions connected via a pocket reinforcement member. The pocket frames are integrally formed on an outside face of the front panel so that an eye end cylinder may be connected to a cylinder hinge above the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Ji Hoon Moon, Kang Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20140183904
    Abstract: A frame type dump deck for a dump truck includes a front panel having a pocket formed in a center portion of the front panel having side wall panels which extend perpendicularly from an interior face of the center portion. Two side panels attached to opposing ends of the interior face of the front panel extend in a deck length direction. A floor panel has floor frames arranged in two parallel rows which extend in the deck length direction and terminate at the front panel. Pocket frames extend from the terminal ends of the floor frames in parallel along each edge of the pocket, and include top portions connected via a pocket reinforcement member. The pocket frames are integrally formed on an outside face of the front panel so that an eye end cylinder may be connected to a cylinder hinge above the pocket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Inventors: Ji Hoon MOON, Kang Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20140126236
    Abstract: An optical sheet includes a base film, a prism pattern formed in a first area of the base film, and a diffusion member formed in a second area of the base film. The prism pattern has a plurality of parallel prisms on a light-exiting surface. The diffusion member includes a plurality of scatter members in the base film to scatter light, or a plurality of irregularly arranged lenses on one or more of the light-incident surface and the light-exiting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: HYUN-HWA SONG, Kang-Woo Lee, Ki-Se Lee, Jin-Sung Choi, Sang-Woo Ha
  • Publication number: 20140079286
    Abstract: A method for object recognition recognizing an object included in an image comprises extracting image features from the image; extracting a first candidate object matched to each of the image features with the highest similarity score from among objects within an object database which previously stores information about a target object for recognition; extracting a second candidate object based on a first matching score of the first candidate object; and based on a second matching score of the second candidate object calculated by matching features of the second candidate object and the image features, recognizing whether the second candidate object is the target object included in the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kang Woo LEE, Hyoung Sun KIM, Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 8660693
    Abstract: Provided is a technique that enables a robot to be remotely controlled (by a server) and enables a robot component to access an external component (a component of a server) in order for cooperation of heterogeneous robots operating on the basis of different component models. A component integration apparatus for collaboration of a heterogeneous robot according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a standard interface unit that provides a common standard interface for controlling components that control the individual functions of the robot; an adapter component that transmits commands to enable external components to call the components through the standard interface unit; and a proxy component that transmits commands to enable the components to call the external components through the standard interface unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Young-Ho Suh, Kang-Woo Lee, Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8657480
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a display panel which displays images, a light source unit which generates and emits a light, a reflective sheet disposed below the display panel, and a plate disposed between the reflective sheet and the display panel. The reflective sheet includes a light diffusion pattern provided on an upper surface thereof facing the display panel, which diffusely reflects the light, to guide the light provided from the light source unit toward the display panel. The plate is spaced apart from the reflective sheet by a predetermined distance and includes a plurality of prisms provided on a lower surface thereof facing the reflective sheet to selectively reflect and transmit the light, which is provided from both the light source unit and the reflective sheet, according to an incident angle of the light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hoon Lee, Se-Ki Park, Jae-Joong Kwon, Seung-Mo Kim, Cheol-Yong Noh, Kang-Woo Lee, Sung-Wook Kang
  • Publication number: 20130346353
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a collaboration application includes a state chart configured to have tasks for a variety of states; and a coordinator configured to provide a collaboration service using a collaboration application, wherein the collaboration application comprises a task connected to composite behavior of a tree structure and a state to perform the tasks, the tree structure having a parent behavior and a child behavior on a basis of the state chart.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Youngho SUH, Kang-Woo LEE, Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 8596818
    Abstract: An optical member includes; an incident surface on which light is incident, an exit surface which is disposed substantially opposite the incident surface and from which the light exits, a prism pattern disposed on the exit surface, and a diffusion pattern which is aligned with the prism pattern and is disposed in a total internal reflection region in which the light incident on the incident surface is totally internally reflected by the prism pattern and output through the incident surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kang-Woo Lee, Seung-Mo Kim, Jin-Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 8517564
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes first light sources emitting first light in a first wavelength range, second light sources emitting second light in a second wavelength range which is at least partially different from the first wavelength range, and an optical member on which light emitted from the first light sources and the second light sources is incident. A distance between adjacent first light sources, and a distance between adjacent second light sources is defined as an average pitch. The average pitch of the second light sources arranged in a specific direction, is larger than the average pitch of the first light sources arranged in the specific direction. The optical member has a reflectance with respect to the second light, which is larger than a reflectance with respect to the first light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joong-Hyun Kim, Ju-Hwa Ha, Kang-Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20130218395
    Abstract: Disclosed are a mobile apparatus and a method for controlling the same. More particularly, disclosed are an autonomous mobile apparatus and a method for controlling the same. The method for controlling an autonomous mobile apparatus disclosed in the specification includes: recognizing a direction of a call signal based on the call signal; receiving and analyzing video information regarding the direction; estimating a position of a signal source of the call signal using the sound source localization and the detected person's shape; generating a moving command to the position of the signal source; and recognizing the subject of the signal source after movement according to the moving command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Kang Woo Lee, Hyoung sun Kim, Young Ho SUH, Joo Chan SOHN
  • Publication number: 20130159003
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for providing contents about conversation, which collect voice information from conversation between a user and another person, search contents on the basis of the collected voice information, and provide contents about the conversation between the user and the person. The method of providing contents about conversation includes: a voice information collecting step of collecting voice information from conversation between a user and another person; a keyword creating control step of creating search keywords by using the collected voice information; and a contents providing control step of searching contents by using the created search keywords, and providing the searched contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun KIM, Kang-Woo LEE, Young Ho SUH, Hyoung Sun KIM
  • Patent number: 8467579
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for estimating a distance and a position between a photographing unit and a predetermined object based on an image of the photographing unit using a single camera. An apparatus for estimating a distance of an object based on a single camera image includes: a region detector detecting an object region box including the predetermined object in an image photographed by a photographing unit; a distance estimator measuring the size of the detected object region box and estimating a distance between the predetermined object and the photographing unit on the basis of an interpolating function interpolating the relationship of the size of the object region box and distances up to the photographing unit and the predetermined object; and a position estimator generating object position information estimating the position of the predetermined object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Joon-Myun Cho, Kang-Woo Lee, Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8452319
    Abstract: Provided are an ad-hoc wireless communication method using a sector antenna, a recovery method in ad-hoc wireless communication, and an ad-hoc wireless communication system. The ad-hoc wireless communication method using a sector antenna according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, includes: transmitting a requesting message for setting a communication link while changing transmission power to each sector of the sector antenna; receiving a response message corresponding to the requesting message from a receiving node of each sector; configuring a routing table for the transmission power for each sector based on the received response message; and transmitting data at the transmission power for each sector by referring to the routing table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kang Woo Lee, Ju Derk Park, Cheol Sig Pyo, Sang Joon Park, Jong Suk Chae
  • Patent number: 8405567
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for controlling a radiation direction of a small sector antenna, used for a small wireless transmission device having limited power and calculation capabilities, capable of operating at a low power consumption with the necessity of simple calculation capabilities or without the necessity of even a few calculation capabilities. The apparatus for controlling a radiation direction of a small sector antenna includes a plurality of capacitance blocks including a plurality of capacitors each having one end commonly connected to corresponding parasitic elements and having a different capacitance. Capacitors having a capacitance corresponding to a radiation direction are selectively connected to corresponding parasitic elements through a plurality of switching units and a controller, thereby simplifying controlling and reducing power consumption for controlling the radiation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Ju Derk Park, Kang Woo Lee, Sang Joon Park
  • Publication number: 20120143941
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus for controlling a service of a network robot system based on remote procedure calls and a method thereof. The apparatus for controlling services of a network robot system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a terminal agent calling an asynchronous procedure of the robot services to acquire asynchronous operation objects and performing asynchronous operations on the asynchronous operation objects according to previously established scheduling policies, when receiving an execution of robot services from a service server through a network; and a plurality of drivers executing the robot services according to the asynchronous operations of the terminal agent. By this configuration, the exemplary embodiment of the present invention can avoid resource collision due to resource approach at a plurality of robot services, improve the simultaneity of the robot services, and implement operation applications for high performance control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kun Ouk KIM, Kang Woo Lee, Young Ho Suh
  • Publication number: 20120099304
    Abstract: A light source assembly includes first light sources emitting first light in a first wavelength range, second light sources emitting second light in a second wavelength range which is at least partially different from the first wavelength range, and an optical member on which light emitted from the first light sources and the second light sources is incident. A distance between adjacent first light sources, and a distance between adjacent second light sources is defined as an average pitch. The average pitch of the second light sources arranged in a specific direction, is larger than the average pitch of the first light sources arranged in the specific direction. The optical member has a reflectance with respect to the second light, which is larger than a reflectance with respect to the first light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joong-Hyun KIM, Ju-Hwa HA, Kang-Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20110280975
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising a bamboo plant extract for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory or blood circulation disease. The extracts from bamboo plant have potent anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting NO production and circulation-improving activity by inhibiting elastase activity and, healing the wound of vascular endothelial cell, activating u-PA expression and inhibiting PAI-1 expression, lowering cholesterol deposit and inhibiting neointima formation, therefore it can be used as the therapeutics or health care food for treating and preventing inflammatory or blood circulation diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 17, 2011
    Applicant: UNIGEN, INC.
    Inventors: Sung-Sick Woo, Tae Hyung Jo, Dong Seon Kim, Sun-Young Sung, Seon-Gil Do, Young Chul Lee, Jeong Bum Nam, Jong Ha Ryu, Kang Woo Lee, Hee Sun Sung, Young Moon Heo, Mi-Sun Oh, Ji Nyeo Cho, Sookyoung Sung, Ju Yeon Lee, Tae Woo Kim, Ji Sook Song, Seoung Ho Lee, Mi Ran Kim
  • Patent number: 8042963
    Abstract: An optical member includes a base body, a plurality of light-concentrating lenses and a plurality of light-diffusing patterns. The base body has a first surface and a second surface which is opposite to the first surface and receives light from light sources. The light-concentrating lenses are formed on the first surface. The light-diffusing patterns are respectively formed at positions of the second surface respectively corresponding to the light sources to reduce an amount of light reflected by the light-concentrating lenses. Each of the light-diffusing patterns includes curved surfaces extending in a first direction and has a width which is in a predetermined range. The light-diffusing patterns are separated from one another in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Mo Kim, Kang-Woo Lee, Jin-Sung Choi