Patents by Inventor Kwi Lee

Kwi 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).

  • Publication number: 20150004576
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for personalized sensory media play based on the inferred relationship between sensory effects and user's emotional responses. The apparatus for sensory media play comprises a sensory media playing unit playing sensory media, an emotion inference unit inferring an emotional state of a user based on a compound emotional signal of the user measured at the time of playing the sensory media; and a sensory effect determining unit determining a sensory effect property of the sensory media based on the inferred emotional state of the user, where the sensory media playing unit plays the sensory media according to the sensory effect property determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Jin YOON, Sang Wook PARK, Ji Yeon KIM, Yong Kwi LEE, Jong Hyun JANG
  • Publication number: 20140309933
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are disclosed for providing route guidance based on emotion. The apparatus includes an emotion information acquisition unit, a route information calculation unit, and a route guidance unit. The emotion information acquisition unit obtains information about a user's emotion using an emotion acquisition sensor. The route information calculation unit calculates emotion route information using the obtained emotion information and map information. The route guidance unit provides route guidance to the user using the calculated emotion route information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun-Soon SHIN, Yong-Kwi LEE, Jun JO
  • Patent number: 8862317
    Abstract: An emotion-based vehicle service system for safe driving includes a multi-emotion sensor node configured to sense emotion information of a driver and passenger in a vehicle and condition information of the vehicle. The emotion-based vehicle service system further includes an emotion cognition processing apparatus configured to analyze sensing information provided from the multi-emotion sensor node to generate emotion cognition information, and a safe driving service apparatus configured to provide an emotion-based safe driving service depending on the emotion cognition information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Soon Shin, Yong Kwi Lee, Jun Jo
  • Publication number: 20140303502
    Abstract: Provided is a method of measuring heartbeats without contact and wirelessly. The method includes searching for a sport point on which heartbeats are measured; imaging a found spot point through a thermal graphic camera and obtaining temperature related data wirelessly; and analyzing the obtained temperature related data and calculating heartbeats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Yong Kwi LEE, Sangwook PARK, Hyun Jin YOON, Ji Yeon KIM, Jong Hyun JANG
  • Patent number: 8764656
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensing device of an emotion signal and a method thereof capable of recognizing and analyzing the change in emotion by collecting at least one of the bio signals and peripheral environmental signals, guiding the state of emotion to a user, and sharing emotion information with authorized persons and communicating it between them. The sensing device of the emotion signal according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing signal processor that senses a plurality of bio signals and peripheral environment signals of a user; an emotion signal processor that generates emotion signals representing the emotional state of the user for each of the sensed bio signals and collects the emotion signals to generate an emotion index; and an emotion signal communication unit that optionally transmits the emotion signals and the emotion index to external authorized devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun-Soon Shin, Yong-Kwi Lee, Jun Jo, Ji-Hoon Kim, Jun-Sik Choi, In-Tark Han
  • Publication number: 20140163891
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing an emotion by use of a heart rate data is provided. The apparatus includes an input signal generation unit configured to receive a plurality of heart rate data, and generate input signals each having a sequence, a signal classification unit configured to classify the input signals into groups, and an emotion recognition unit configured to search for a group, to which the input signal generated by the input signal generation unit belongs, among the groups classified by the signal classification unit, and recognize a user emotion corresponding to the found group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Jun JO, Hyun-Soon SHIN, Yong-Kwi LEE
  • Publication number: 20130054090
    Abstract: An emotion-based vehicle service system for safe driving includes a multi-emotion sensor node configured to sense emotion information of a driver and passenger in a vehicle and condition information of the vehicle. The emotion-based vehicle service system further includes an emotion cognition processing apparatus configured to analyze sensing information provided from the multi-emotion sensor node to generate emotion cognition information, and a safe driving service apparatus configured to provide an emotion-based safe driving service depending on the emotion cognition information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hyun Soon SHIN, Yong Kwi LEE, Jun JO
  • Publication number: 20120308971
    Abstract: An emotion recognition device includes a user interface configured to display input-related menus and receive a control command; and a sensing unit configured to sense a bio-signal of a user or a surrounding environment signal of the user using at least one sensor. Further, the emotion recognition device includes an emotion recognition management unit configured to determine based on the sensed signal whether a transition to a danger emotional signal or a criminal emotional signal for the user has occurred, and then requesting tracking emotion recognition. Furthermore, the emotion recognition device includes a dangerous and criminal situation action unit configured to request emotion recognition handling of a dangerous or criminal situation depending on a danger or criminal emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Hyun Soon SHIN, Jun Jo, Yong Kwi Lee, YunKyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20110246072
    Abstract: A digital interior system includes a sensitivity-space-environment detection engine for collecting sensitivity information, space related information, or environmental information about an interior space. Further, the digital interior system includes an interior content generation system for generating interior content about each of objects in the interior space based on the sensitivity information, space related information or environmental information collected by the sensitivity-space-environment detection engine. Furthermore, the digital interior system includes a digital interior construction system for performing interior construction using each of pieces of interior content generated by the interior content generation system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun Soon SHIN, Intark Han, Yong Kwi Lee
  • Publication number: 20110144452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for determining emotional quotient according to emotional variation. The method for determining emotional quotient according to emotional variation includes sensing bio signals and environmental signals from a plurality of sensors; defining an emotional variation threshold value for each signal sensed at the sensing; extracting the emotional signal by analyzing the bio signals and inferring the emotional quotient for each bio signal based on the extracted emotional signal and the environmental signals; determining the emotional variation threshold values and the emotional quotient based on the inference results of the emotional quotient; and evaluating the determined emotional quotient. With the present invention, it can provide the emotional care service capable of informing and communicating the true emotional state of the person to user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Hyun-Soon SHIN, Jun Jo, Yong-Kwi Lee, Jun-Sik Choi, Jin-Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20110137137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a sensing device of an emotion signal and a method thereof capable of recognizing and analyzing the change in emotion by collecting at least one of the bio signals and peripheral environmental signals, guiding the state of emotion to a user, and sharing emotion information with authorized persons and communicating it between them. The sensing device of the emotion signal according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a sensing signal processor that senses a plurality of bio signals and peripheral environment signals of a user; an emotion signal processor that generates emotion signals representing the emotional state of the user for each of the sensed bio signals and collects the emotion signals to generate an emotion index; and an emotion signal communication unit that optionally transmits the emotion signals and the emotion index to external authorized devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hyun-Soon SHIN, Yong-Kwi Lee, Jun Jo, Ji-Hoon Kim, Jun-Sik Choi, In-Tark Han
  • Publication number: 20060086596
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electroactive solid-state actuator, including a solid polymer electrolyte film having first and second main surfaces facing each other, and first and second conductive polymer layers infiltrated into the first and second main surfaces of the solid polymer electrolyte film. Further, a method of manufacturing the electroactive solid-state actuator is provided, the method including preparing a solid polymer film having first and second main surfaces facing each other, infiltrating a monomer of a conductive polymer into the first and second main surfaces of the solid polymer film, followed by polymerization, to form first and second conductive polymer layers, and immersing the solid polymer film into an ionic liquid or liquid electrolyte to be converted to an electrically conductive polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: April 27, 2006
    Applicants: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., Sungkyunkwan University
    Inventors: Kwi Lee, Young Lee, Jae Nam, Hyouk Choi, Mi Cho, Ja Koo
  • Publication number: 20060046136
    Abstract: A method of producing a polymer capacitor includes forming a first electrode on a surface of a first ion exchange resin solid and coating a mixture of an ion exchange resin solution and a salt on the other surface of the first resin; putting a second ion exchange resin solid which has a second electrode formed on a surface thereof on the coated layer, and conducting lamination of the resulting structure to produce a composite; dissolving the salt to form pores; and filling the pores with an electrolytic solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Choong Park, Young Lee, Jae Nam, Kwi Lee
  • Publication number: 20050098972
    Abstract: A child transport vehicle and child carrier adapted therefor which enables an adult rider to transport a young child and/or include the child in his/her daily exercise routine. The child transport vehicle has at least three wheels supporting a main structural frame in triangular pattern. The vehicle is characterized by a child carrier adapted for use in combination with the main structural frame such that the child is positioned rearwardly to face an adult rider during operation. The child transport vehicle provides exercise for the adult rider and entertainment/stimulation for the child rider.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventor: Kwi Lee