Patents by Inventor Kyung Rock KIM
Kyung Rock KIM 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: 10912692Abstract: A standing-up assistance method and apparatus may measure a pressure applied to a part of a body of a user, acquire information about a torque corresponding to the measured pressure, and provide an assistance force to the body of the user based on the information about the torque.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kyung-Rock Kim
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Publication number: 20210022945Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing a motion of a user are provided. The apparatus may map each of right leg angle information and left leg angle information to context information by comparing each of the right leg angle information and left leg angle information to a comparison value and/or preset threshold, may generate a motion event corresponding to the context information based on a criterion, and may recognize the motion of the user based on the motion event and a previous motion of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2020Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Rock KIM, Youngbo SHIM, Sunghwan AHN, Jusuk LEE, Bokman LIM, Jun-Won JANG
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Patent number: 10874575Abstract: A method and apparatus for helping a user walk may verify whether the user is in a standing state and calculate a torque that controls balance of the user, and an assistance force for controlling balance may be provided for the user based on the torque generated by an actuator.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jusuk Lee, Kyung-Rock Kim, Keehong Seo, Bokman Lim, Jun-Won Jang
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Patent number: 10835442Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing a motion of a user are provided. The apparatus may map each of right leg angle information and left leg angle information to context information by comparing each of the right leg angle information and left leg angle information to a comparison value and/or preset threshold, may generate a motion event corresponding to the context information based on a criterion, and may recognize the motion of the user based on the motion event and a previous motion of the user.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTDInventors: Kyung-Rock Kim, Youngbo Shim, Sunghwan Ahn, Jusuk Lee, Bokman Lim, Jun-Won Jang
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Publication number: 20200214925Abstract: A method and device for controlling a walking assist device is disclosed. The method includes determining a first state variable for a gait state of a user wearing the walking assist device based on a gait of the user, obtaining a second state variable which is smoothed and time-delayed from the first state variable, obtaining a third state variable by applying a torque control variable to the second state variable, and determining an assist torque to be provided by the walking assist device based on the obtained third state variable.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: BOKMAN LIM, Kyung-Rock KIM, Jusuk LEE, Jun-Won JANG
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Patent number: 10702440Abstract: A motion assistance apparatus including a fixing module to be attached to a waist of a user, a driving module provided in the fixing module to provide a torque to assist a motion of the user, a supporting module connected to the driving module to support a portion of a circumference of a leg of the user, and a controller configured to control the driving module to provide a torque to maintain a close contact between the supporting module and the leg of the user while the user is not walking.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Rock Kim, Youngjin Park, Youngbo Shim, Bokman Lim, Jun-Won Jang
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Publication number: 20200201340Abstract: Apparatuses and methods for generating a local motion of a mobile object based on a machine learning are disclosed. The methods may include determining, by processing circuitry, a local window corresponding to a current position of the mobile object in a global area; generating, by processing circuitry, a local cost map indicating a probability of a collision of the mobile object with an obstacle in the local window; generating, by processing circuitry, a local goal map indicating a local path in the local window between the current position and a local goal in the local window; and determining, by processing circuitry, a target velocity of the mobile object based on output data of a neural network, the output data based on an input of input data to the neural network, the input data including the local cost map, the local goal map, and a current velocity of the mobile object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: June 25, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon-Kee Cho, Kyung-Rock Kim, Taesin Ha
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Publication number: 20200192392Abstract: An autonomous driving apparatus for accompanied driving in an environment that includes a companion and an obstacle includes a sensor, processing circuitry, and a driver. The sensor may generate sensor data. The processing circuitry may define a current state of the autonomous driving apparatus based on processing the sensor data to determine respective positions of the companion and the obstacle in the environment and select a first tracking point of a plurality of tracking points at least partially surrounding the position of the companion in the environment based on the current state, a position of each tracking point of the plurality of tracking points in the environment defined by the position of the companion in the environment. The driving apparatus drive mechanism may move the autonomous driving apparatus to the first tracking point to cause the autonomous driving apparatus to accompany the companion in the environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Rock KIM, Jun-Won JANG, Joon-Kee CHO, Taesin HA
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Publication number: 20200189117Abstract: A method and apparatus for controlling an operation of a service robot is disclosed. The method includes measuring, by processing circuitry, an evaluation index of the service robot based on sensor data in a service mode; determining, by the processing circuitry, an operation mode of the service robot from a set of at least two operation modes based on the measured evaluation index; selecting, by the processing circuitry, a behavior to be applied to the operation of the service robot from a set of at least two behaviors based on the operation mode; and controlling, by the processing circuitry, the operation of the service robot based on the behavior.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taesin Ha, Kyung-Rock Kim, Jun-Won Jang, Joon-Kee Cho
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Publication number: 20200134505Abstract: A tendency of an action of a robot may vary based on learning data used for training. The learning data may be generated by an agent performing an identical or similar task to a task of the robot. An apparatus and method for updating a policy for controlling an action of a robot may update the policy of the robot using a plurality of learning data sets generated by a plurality of heterogeneous agents, such that the robot may appropriately act even in an unpredicted environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Won Jang, Kyung-Rock Kim, Taesin Ha
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Patent number: 10576010Abstract: A walking assistance apparatus including a first fixing device and a second fixing device to be attached to both legs of a user, respectively, a motor device configured to provide an active assistance force to the first fixing device and the second fixing device using at least one motor, and a passive assistance force transmitter connected to the first fixing device and the second fixing device to provide a passive assistance force to the first fixing device and the second fixing device may be provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2017Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Rock Kim, Keehong Seo, Jusuk Lee, Jun-Won Jang, Byung-Kwon Choi
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Patent number: 10575761Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing a gait motion are provided. The apparatus may set a gait motion recognition period based on measured right and left hip joint angle information, may input, to a trained neural network, right and left hip joint angle information and vertical acceleration information measured during the gait motion recognition period, and may recognize a gait motion.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jusuk Lee, Kyung-Rock Kim, Kee Hong Seo, Youngbo Shim, Sunghwan Ahn, Bokman Lim, Jun-Won Jang
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Patent number: 10420696Abstract: A walking assistance method may include: detecting a landing time of a foot of a user; and/or initiating gait assistance based on a first joint location of a first leg of the user sensed at the landing time and a second joint location of the user sensed after the landing time. A walking assistance apparatus may include: a driver configured to perform gait assistance of a user; and/or a controller configured to control the driver to initiate the gait assistance based on a first joint location of a first leg of the user sensed at a landing time of a foot of the user and a second joint location sensed after the landing time.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2015Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Won Jang, Kyung-Rock Kim, Youngbo Shim, Jusuk Lee, Bokman Lim
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Patent number: 10406058Abstract: Electronic devices may determine tasks of interpreting information sensed by sensors, for example, recognition tasks, and operations to be performed by the electronic devices, for example, control tasks, based on types of connected electronic devices. Information sensed by one of the connected electronic devices may be shared with another electronic device, and the other electronic device may perform an operation based on the shared information. A task of interpreting information sensed by a sensor of one of the connected electronic devices may be performed based on a format suitable for being used by another electronic device. Furthermore, the electronic devices may select an electronic device to perform the determined recognition tasks and the determined control tasks based on resource states of the electronic devices.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2018Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Kyung-Rock Kim, Keehong Seo, Youngbo Shim, Jongwon Lee, Bokman Lim, Seungyong Hyung
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Publication number: 20190209415Abstract: Sensor devices closely attached to a body of a user, and walking assist devices such sensor devices may be provided. For example, a sensor device including a sensor configured to sense physical information of the user, and a support configured to provide an elastic force to the sensor such that the sensor closely attached to the body regardless pf a movement of the user, and enable the sensor to sense the physical information of the user with relative accuracy may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon-Kee CHO, Youn Baek LEE, Kyung-Rock KIM
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Patent number: 10256644Abstract: A method and apparatus for supplying a power to a hardware module when the hardware module is mounted are provided. The method and apparatus may supply a power to a hardware module when both a mounting signal indicating that the hardware module is mounted in a module circuit and a trigger signal input by a user are received.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2017Date of Patent: April 9, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Taesin Ha, Youngbo Shim, Hyun Do Choi, Kyung-Rock Kim, Jeonghun Kim
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Publication number: 20190099317Abstract: Electronic devices may determine tasks of interpreting information sensed by sensors, for example, recognition tasks, and operations to be performed by the electronic devices, for example, control tasks, based on types of connected electronic devices. Information sensed by one of the connected electronic devices may be shared with another electronic device, and the other electronic device may perform an operation based on the shared information. A task of interpreting information sensed by a sensor of one of the connected electronic devices may be performed based on a format suitable for being used by another electronic device. Furthermore, the electronic devices may select an electronic device to perform the determined recognition tasks and the determined control tasks based on resource states of the electronic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2018Publication date: April 4, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Rock KIM, Keehong SEO, Youngbo SHIM, Jongwon LEE, Bokman LIM, Seungyong HYUNG
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Publication number: 20190083002Abstract: A walking assistance device may be controlled using a personalized gait policy. A preset event is detected during a current gait cycle based on state information associated with a motion of the walking assistance device, a reward value of state information associated with the motion is evaluated at a point in time at which the event is detected, and a personalized gait policy is updated based on state information associated with the motion when updating of the personalized gait policy is determined to be required based on the reward value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2018Publication date: March 21, 2019Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jun-Won JANG, Kyung-Rock Kim, Youngbo Shim, Jusuk Lee, Bokman Lim
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Publication number: 20180177671Abstract: A walking assistance apparatus including a first fixing device and a second fixing device to be attached to both legs of a user, respectively, a motor device configured to provide an active assistance force to the first fixing device and the second fixing device using at least one motor, and a passive assistance force transmitter connected to the first fixing device and the second fixing device to provide a passive assistance force to the first fixing device and the second fixing device may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kyung-Rock KIM, Keehong SEO, Jusuk LEE, Jun-Won JANG, Byung-Kwon CHOI
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Publication number: 20180177669Abstract: Sensor devices closely attached to a body of a user, and walking assist devices such sensor devices may be provided. For example, a sensor device including a sensor configured to sense physical information of the user, and a support configured to provide an elastic force to the sensor such that the sensor closely attached to the body regardless pf a movement of the user, and enable the sensor to sense the physical information of the user with relative accuracy may be provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2017Publication date: June 28, 2018Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joon-Kee CHO, Youn Baek LEE, Kyung-Rock KIM