Patents by Inventor Myung-Chan Roh
Myung-Chan Roh 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: 10852745Abstract: Disclosed herein are an autonomous driving robot apparatus and an autonomous driving method. The autonomous driving method of the autonomous driving robot apparatus includes receiving task information for autonomous driving from a server device for supporting autonomous driving; creating a route for autonomous driving based on the task information and performing autonomous driving; and selecting an autonomous driving operation corresponding to any one of moving, waiting, and wandering when arriving at a preset destination by performing autonomous driving along the route.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2018Date of Patent: December 1, 2020Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Seo-Hyun Jeon, Myung-Chan Roh, Seung-Hwan Park, Yu-Cheol Lee, Jae-Yeon Lee, Jae-Hong Kim, Young-Jo Cho
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Publication number: 20190018427Abstract: Disclosed herein are an autonomous driving robot apparatus and an autonomous driving method. The autonomous driving method of the autonomous driving robot apparatus includes receiving task information for autonomous driving from a server device for supporting autonomous driving; creating a route for autonomous driving based on the task information and performing autonomous driving; and selecting an autonomous driving operation corresponding to any one of moving, waiting, and wandering when arriving at a preset destination by performing autonomous driving along the route.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2018Publication date: January 17, 2019Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Seo-Hyun Jeon, Myung-Chan Roh, Seung-Hwan Park, Yu-Cheol Lee, Jae-Yeon Lee, Jae-Hong Kim, Young-Jo Cho
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Publication number: 20160375583Abstract: An apparatus and method for providing an accuracy of robot location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2016Publication date: December 29, 2016Inventors: Myung Chan ROH, Young Sook JEONG, Beom Su SEO, Ji Sung LEE
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Patent number: 9361591Abstract: An apparatus and method for building a map of probability distribution are provided. The apparatus for building the map of probability distribution includes: a sensor information collector configured to collect sensor information from a plurality of sensors; as object recognizer configured to recognize an object by integrating and inferring the sensor information, and to acquire object information; and a probability distribution creator configured to determine whether to apply an object property model including at least one of kinematic properties, shape properties, and probabilistic properties in correspondence to the object information, to acquire object properties corresponding to the object information, and to create a probability distribution based on foe object properties. Accordingly, it is possible to build a map with high reliability.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2013Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Ki In Na, Jae Min Byun, Myung Chan Roh, Joo Chan Sohn, Sung Hoon Kim
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Publication number: 20150269734Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for recognizing the location of an object, which recognize the location of an object using an artificial landmark that is easily identifiable in an outdoor environment and that minimizes visual resistance. The presented apparatus includes an image acquisition unit for acquiring an image of an artificial landmark implemented using at least one of a first-type mark and a second-type mark, an artificial landmark detection unit for processing the image acquired by the image acquisition unit and detecting the artificial landmark from the image, a pose calculation unit for calculating a pose of the object based on an image coordinate and a world coordinate of the artificial landmark detected by the artificial landmark detection unit, and a pose verification unit for verifying whether the pose of the object calculated by the pose calculation unit are within an effective range.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2015Publication date: September 24, 2015Inventors: Jae-Yeong LEE, Myung-Chan ROH
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Patent number: 9020700Abstract: A lane tracking apparatus and method using camera direction control is provided. The lane tracking apparatus using camera direction control includes a lane recognition unit for obtaining lane information from an image captured and acquired by a camera. A road curvature calculation unit calculates a curvature of a road using the lane information. A camera direction angle control unit controls a direction angle of the camera in consideration of the road curvature.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2013Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Myung-Chan Roh, Jae-Min Byun, Ki-In Na, Sung-Hoon Kim
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Publication number: 20150090291Abstract: An apparatus for removing contamination for use with a distance measuring sensor, the apparatus comprising: a distance measuring module mounted inside or outside of a vehicle and configured to measure the distance between the vehicle and objects around the vehicle; a distance-based recognition unit configured to recognize a surround environment of the vehicle based on the distance measured by the distance measuring module; and a contamination removing module configured to measure the level of contamination on the distance measuring module and perform a cleaning with respect to an area where the contamination occurs when the measured level of contamination is above a preset threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2014Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Ki In NA, Jaemin BYUN, Myung Chan ROH, Beom-Su SEO, Sung Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20140347484Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing the surrounding environment information of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a first information extraction unit for collecting sensing information about a surrounding environment of a vehicle and extracting lane information and object information based on the sensing information. A second information extraction unit acquires an image of the surrounding environment of the vehicle, and extracts lane information and object information based on the image. An information integration unit matches and compares the lane information and the object information extracted by the first information extraction unit with the lane information and the object information extracted by the second information extraction unit, determining ultimate lane information and ultimate object information based on results of comparison, and providing the ultimate lane information and the ultimate object information to a control unit of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2014Publication date: November 27, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jae-Min BYUN, Ki-In NA, Myung-Chan ROH, Joo-Chan SOHN, Sung-Hoon KIM
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Patent number: 8812156Abstract: Provided is a method including receiving information on a surrounding situation detected by the mobile robot; detecting birds from the received surrounding situation information; allocating a birds control mission to the mobile robot by extracting a birds control pattern corresponding to the surrounding situation; and verifying a result in accordance with performing the allocated birds control mission from the mobile robot. By controlling the birds so as to, in advance, prevent a loss of lives and economical loss which may be caused when the birds collide with airplanes at the airport, it is possible to improve productivity and efficiency of a birds repelling job in an airport and provide construction of a new type of aviation maintenance business model by activating an air traffic control industry through providing a safer airplane operating model while saving operating personnel costs for preventing collision of birds.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2010Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Chang-Eun Lee, Beom-Su Seo, Joong-Bae Kim, Sung-Hoon Kim, Myung-Chan Roh, Jae-Min Byun, Kyeong-Ho Lee
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Publication number: 20140122409Abstract: An apparatus and method for building a map of probability distribution are provided. The apparatus for building the map of probability distribution includes: a sensor information collector configured to collect sensor information from a plurality of sensors; as object recognizer configured to recognize an object by integrating and inferring the sensor information, and to acquire object information; and a probability distribution creator configured to determine whether to apply an object property model including at least one of kinematic properties, shape properties, and probabilistic properties in correspondence to the object information, to acquire object properties corresponding to the object information, and to create a probability distribution based on foe object properties. Accordingly, it is possible to build a map with high reliability.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2013Publication date: May 1, 2014Applicant: ELECTRONICS & TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Ki In NA, Jae Min BYUN, Myung Chan ROH, Joo Chan SOHN, Sung Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20140088830Abstract: A lane tracking apparatus and method using camera direction control is provided. The lane tracking apparatus using camera direction control includes a lane recognition unit for obtaining lane information from an image captured and acquired by a camera. A road curvature calculation unit calculates a curvature of a road using the lane information. A camera direction angle control unit controls a direction angle of the camera in consideration of the road curvature.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Inventors: Myung-Chan ROH, Jae-Min BYUN, Ki-In NA, Sung-Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20140085641Abstract: A piling location recognizing apparatus and method for accurately determining a piling location using an optical sensor. The piling location recognizing apparatus includes an optical sensor moving unit configured to move on an installed moving line according to a predetermined angle with respect to a recognition target object, an optical sensor recognizing unit mounted on the optical sensor moving unit to acquire information on the recognition target object using an optical sensor, and a piling location calculating unit configured to calculate vertical location coordinates of the recognition target object on a basis of the acquired information on the recognition target object. Accordingly, despite environmental pollution or damage of an identification tag adhered to an object in a piling place in which objects are piled up, an in-yard location of the piled object can be accurately determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: March 27, 2014Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Joo Chan SOHN, Jae Min BYUN, Ki In NA, Myung Chan ROH, Sung Hoon KIM
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Patent number: 8498782Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for keeping a traffic lane and preventing lane-deviation for a vehicle that controls a steering direction and a steering amount so as for the vehicle to keep the traffic lane by using information on a left traffic lane of a vehicle while travelling and information on a curbstone provided at a right side of the vehicle and a method thereof.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2010Date of Patent: July 30, 2013Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Myung-Chan Roh, Jae-Min Byun
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Patent number: 8380382Abstract: An unmanned transport apparatus, includes: a call unit for providing destination information corresponding to a call location according to a call signal of a communication device; a navigation guide unit for recognizing a current location using an electronic map and searching an optimum route from the current location to a destination location of the destination information; and an image recognition unit for determining a travelling route and recognizing landmarks, stop lines, and intersections on the determined travelling route. Further, the unmanned transport apparatus includes an image capture unit for capturing input images to produce image; and a control unit for controlling a steering angle by determining a steering value from the current location to the destination location based on the travelling route and landmarks, and controlling velocity and brakes by determining velocity and brake values based on the stop lines and intersections.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2009Date of Patent: February 19, 2013Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Junyong Sung, Myung Chan Roh, Jaemin Byun, Sung Hoon Kim
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Patent number: 8332069Abstract: An apparatus for performing fault tolerance against a failure occurring during driving robot software components includes: a component executor for executing the robot software components, which are assigned with one thread from an operating system and have a same priority and cycle, by using the assigned thread; and an executor monitor for periodically monitoring the operation of the component executor and determining whether or not there is a failure in the robot software components executed by the component executor. The apparatus further includes: an executor manager for generating the component executor which is assigned with the robot software components having the same priority and cycle and, when the executor monitor determines that there is a failure in the execution of the robot software components, generating a new component executor.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: December 11, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Choul Soo Jang, Seung-Woog Jung, Byoung Youl Song, Sung Hoon Kim, Joong Bae Kim, Kyeong Ho Lee, Hyun Kyu Cho, Myung Chan Roh, Joong-Ki Park, Chang Eun Lee
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Publication number: 20120166033Abstract: A driving information detection apparatus of a vehicle includes: an image photographing unit for take a photograph of an image of a driving road; a lane information detecting unit; a road environment information detecting unit; a coordinate converting unit for converting a camera coordinates system of a detection result of the lane information detecting unit and the road environment detecting unit into a world coordinates system. The apparatus further includes a driving information detecting unit for applying an one dimensional straight line modeling to a converted result of the coordinate converting unit and detecting an driving information according to a result of the modeling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: June 28, 2012Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jaemin BYUN, Myung Chan ROH, Junyong SUNG, Sung Hoon KIM
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Publication number: 20110153073Abstract: An apparatus for performing fault tolerance against a failure occurring during driving robot software components includes: a component executor for executing the robot software components, which are assigned with one thread from an operating system and have a same priority and cycle, by using the assigned thread; and an executor monitor for periodically monitoring the operation of the component executor and determining whether or not there is a failure in the robot software components executed by the component executor. The apparatus further includes: an executor manager for generating the component executor which is assigned with the robot software components having the same priority and cycle and, when the executor monitor determines that there is a failure in the execution of the robot software components, generating a new component executor.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2010Publication date: June 23, 2011Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTEInventors: Choul Soo Jang, Seung-Woog Jung, Byoung Youl Song, Sung Hoon Kim, Joong Bae Kim, Kyeong Ho Lee, Hyun Kyu Cho, Myung Chan Roh, Joong-Ki Park, Chang Eun Lee
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Publication number: 20110125369Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for keeping a traffic lane and preventing lane-deviation for a vehicle that controls a steering direction and a steering amount so as for the vehicle to keep the traffic lane by using information on a left traffic lane of a vehicle while travelling and information on a curbstone provided at a right side of the vehicle and a method thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2010Publication date: May 26, 2011Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Myung-Chan ROH, Jae-Min BYUN
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Publication number: 20110102579Abstract: Disclosed is a steering control leading apparatus using a landmark when a car travels.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2010Publication date: May 5, 2011Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jun-Yong SUNG, Rock-Won KIM, Seung-Ik LEE, Myung-Chan ROH, Sung-Hoon KIM, Min-Hong HAN
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Publication number: 20110054684Abstract: In an operating system having a first controller configured to manage one or more robots included in a first region, and a second controller configured to manage one or more robots included in a second region adjacent to the first region, a method for enabling the second controller to acquire an operation right of N robots (where N is a natural number equal to or greater than 1) operated by the first controller, the method includes: transmitting a control mapping status (CMS) containing an operation right change message to the first controller, upon reception of an operation right request signal from a user of the N robots; and checking a connection status of the N robots, upon reception of the CMS containing the operation right change message from the first controller, and acquiring an operation right by providing CMS acquisition information and control mapping information to the robots included in the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2010Publication date: March 3, 2011Applicants: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, SAMSUNG THALES CO., LTD.Inventors: Beom-Su SEO, Sung-Hoon KIM, Kyeong-Ho LEE, Joong-Bae KIM, Myung-Chan ROH, Choul-Soo JANG, Seung-Woog JUNG, Seung-Ik LEE, Yoon-Ju LEE, Ji-Hung KIM, Hyun-Chul PARK, Joong-Ki PARK