Patents by Inventor Miyoung Sim

Miyoung Sim 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: 11774982
    Abstract: A moving robot including: a lidar sensor to acquire terrain information; a memory to store node data nodes; and a controller to determine whether at least one open movement direction exists based on sensing data of the lidar sensor and the node data, to generate a new node in the node data and add the generated node to a node group, to determine any of the open movement directions as a movement direction, to control the robot to travels an area corresponding to the node group, to control a suction unit to suck foreign matter around the main body when traveling in the node group, to initialize the node group, to determine whether at least one node is to be updated, moving the robot to any one of the nodes to be updated, and to complete generation of a map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jieun Choi, Miyoung Sim
  • Patent number: 11700989
    Abstract: A mobile robot of the present disclosure includes: a traveling unit configured to move a main body; a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning function; a sensing unit configured to sense a surrounding environment; an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image outside the main body; and a controller configured to generate a distance map indicating distance information from an obstacle for a cleaning area based on information detected and the image through the sensing unit and the image acquiring unit, divide the cleaning area into a plurality of detailed areas according to the distance information of the distance map and control to perform cleaning independently for each of the detailed areas. Therefore, the area division is optimized for the mobile robot traveling in a straight line by dividing the area in a map showing a cleaning area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventor: Miyoung Sim
  • Publication number: 20210007572
    Abstract: A mobile robot of the present disclosure includes: a traveling unit configured to move a main body; a cleaning unit configured to perform a cleaning function; a sensing unit configured to sense a surrounding environment; an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image outside the main body; and a controller configured to generate a distance map indicating distance information from an obstacle for a cleaning area based on information detected and the image through the sensing unit and the image acquiring unit, divide the cleaning area into a plurality of detailed areas according to the distance information of the distance map and control to perform cleaning independently for each of the detailed areas. Therefore, the area division is optimized for the mobile robot traveling in a straight line by dividing the area in a map showing a cleaning area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventor: Miyoung SIM
  • Publication number: 20210012111
    Abstract: A moving robot including: a lidar sensor to acquire terrain information; a memory to store node data nodes; and a controller to determine whether at least one open movement direction exists based on sensing data of the lidar sensor and the node data, to generate a new node in the node data and add the generated node to a node group, to determine any of the open movement directions as a movement direction, to control the robot to travels an area corresponding to the node group, to control a suction unit to suck foreign matter around the main body when traveling in the node group, to initialize the node group, to determine whether at least one node is to be updated, moving the robot to any one of the nodes to be updated, and to complete generation of a map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jieun CHOI, Miyoung SIM
  • Publication number: 20190358814
    Abstract: A robot according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a road guidance service and includes a driving driver configured to move the robot, a receiver configured to receive a road guidance request from a user, and a controller configured to set a path to a destination on basis of destination information included in the received road guidance request, generate guidance information including the set path, transmit the generated guidance information to each of other robots to communicate with the robot, and perform a road guidance operation corresponding to at least one path of the set path, and the at least one path is a path provided in the certain region where the robot is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Hyunwoong PARK, Haemin CHOI, Hyoungrock KIM, Jongjin WOO, Miyoung SIM
  • Patent number: 9180596
    Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a main body, a traveling unit, a cleaning unit, a sensor unit, and a controller. The traveling unit allows the main body to travel. The cleaning unit suctions foreign substances around the main body during the traveling. The sensor unit is rotatable and senses an obstacle using light reflected or scattered by the obstacle. The controller controls the traveling unit so as to travel along a traveling path and controls the cleaning unit so as to perform cleaning. Here, the sensor unit includes a first mode and a second mode that are set to differ from each other in sensitivity with respect to the reflected or scattered light, and the controller changes the sensitivity of the sensor unit according to a traveling mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Miyoung Sim, Hyeongshin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20140288709
    Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a main body, a traveling unit, a cleaning unit, a sensor unit, and a controller. The traveling unit allows the main body to travel. The cleaning unit suctions foreign substances around the main body during the traveling. The sensor unit is rotatable and senses an obstacle using light reflected or scattered by the obstacle. The controller controls the traveling unit so as to travel along a traveling path and controls the cleaning unit so as to perform cleaning. Here, the sensor unit includes a first mode and a second mode that are set to differ from each other in sensitivity with respect to the reflected or scattered light, and the controller changes the sensitivity of the sensor unit according to a traveling mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2013
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Miyoung Sim, Hyeongshin Jeon