Patents by Inventor Sang-Sik Yoon

Sang-Sik Yoon 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: 20150381462
    Abstract: A system and method for virtualizing SDN-based network monitoring. The system for includes: an information collector, a monitoring component, an information converter, and a resource allocator, in which a user-defined virtual monitor is included so that integrated monitoring may be performed, and expandability may be guaranteed to dynamically respond to a user's, demands.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Tae Sang CHOI, Sang Sik YOON, Sae Hoon KANG, Ji Young KWAK, Young Hwa KIM, Sae Hyong PARK, Yong Yoon SHIN, Ji Soo SHIN, Sun Hee YANG, Byung Yun LEE, Byung Joon LEE
  • Patent number: 9186030
    Abstract: A robot cleaner includes a body; a dust box to store dust; and a dust sensing unit to detect dust stored in the dust box, the dust sensing unit including a light emitting unit to transmit a signal to an interior of the dust box and a light receiving sensor to sense the signal transmitted by the light emitting unit. The light emitting unit and the light receiving sensor are positioned between the dust box and the body, and face each other at the same height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Jung, Dong Won Kim, Jun Hwa Lee, Jun Pyo Hong, Sang Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 9173539
    Abstract: Disclosed are a robot cleaner and a method for controlling the same, capable of controlling a travelling or cleaning pattern of a robot cleaner in accordance with extension and retraction operations of an auxiliary cleaning tool to perform an efficient cleaning operation. The robot cleaner includes a plurality of auxiliary cleaning units mounted to a bottom of the robot cleaner such that the auxiliary cleaning units are extendable and retractable, an obstacle sensor to sense an obstacle in a cleaning region of the robot cleaner, and a control unit to extend the auxiliary cleaning units while travelling in a wall tracing manner along the periphery of the cleaning region, and to retract the auxiliary cleaning units while the robot cleaner travels in an inner portion of the cleaning region when traveling of the periphery of the cleaning region is finished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Sik Yoon, Woo Ram Chung, Kyu Sun Han, Jun Pyo Hong, Jun Hwa Lee
  • Publication number: 20150265122
    Abstract: The robot cleaner includes a main body configured to remove dust from a floor while traveling on the floor, the main body having a lateral rim defining the external appearance of a lateral surface of the robot cleaner, and at least one side brush assembly mounted to the main body to clean the corner of the floor. The side brush assembly includes a side arm pivotably coupled to the main body, the side arm moving between a first position where the side arm is inserted into the main body and a second position where the side arm protrudes outward from the lateral rim of the main body, a brush unit provided at the side arm to sweep the floor, and a rim cover coupled to the side arm to form a part of the lateral rim of the main body when the side arm is inserted into the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung IL HAN, Dong Won KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Jun Hwa LEE, Hwi Chan JANG
  • Publication number: 20150245754
    Abstract: An autonomous cleaner includes a body having a first housing formed at a front and a second housing formed at a rear of the first housing; a brush unit installed at the first housing and configured to sweep and collect dust from a floor; a dust collecting unit installed at the second housing and configured to store the dust inlet into the brush unit; a driving unit to drive the body and coupled to the second housing to be positioned at a lateral side of the dust collecting unit; and a power unit installed at the second housing and coupled to be positioned at a rear of the dust collecting unit. The miniaturization of the autonomous cleaner may be provided while at the same time the capacity of a dust collecting container and the capacity of a battery are increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hwi-Chan JANG, Tae Soo Kim, Hyun Soo Jung, Sang Hwa Choi, Sang Sik Yoon, Shin Kim, Jin Hee Kim, Yeon Kyu Jeong
  • Patent number: 9078552
    Abstract: The robot cleaner includes a main body configured to remove dust from a floor while traveling on the floor, the main body having a lateral rim defining the external appearance of a lateral surface of the robot cleaner, and at least one side brush assembly mounted to the main body to clean the corner of the floor. The side brush assembly includes a side arm pivotably coupled to the main body, the side arm moving between a first position where the side arm is inserted into the main body and a second position where the side arm protrudes outward from the lateral rim of the main body, a brush unit provided at the side arm to sweep the floor, and a rim cover coupled to the side arm to form a part of the lateral rim of the main body when the side arm is inserted into the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Il Han, Dong Won Kim, Sang Sik Yoon, Jun Hwa Lee, Hwi Chan Jang
  • Patent number: 9058437
    Abstract: Semiconductor memory device with high-speed data transmission capability, system having the same includes a plurality of address input circuits and a plurality of data output circuits and a training driver configured to distribute address information input through the plurality of address input circuits together with a data loading signal for a read training, and generate data training patterns to be output through the plurality of data output circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2015
    Assignee: HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyae Bae, Sang-Sik Yoon, Ki-Chang Kwean
  • Patent number: 9027199
    Abstract: In a cleaning system, dust stored in a dust box is suspended in air introduced into the dust box through a first opening formed through a robot cleaner, and is then discharged to a second opening formed through a maintenance station through the first opening of the robot cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Jung, Dong Won Kim, Jun Hwa Lee, Jun Pyo Hong, Sang Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 9020641
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an obstacle sensing module and a cleaning robot including the same. The cleaning robot includes a body, a driver to drive the body, an obstacle sensing module to sense an obstacle present around the body, and a control unit to control the driver, based on sensed results of the obstacle sensing module. The obstacle sensing module includes at least one light emitter including a light source, and a wide-angle lens to refract or reflect light from the light source so as to diffuse the incident light in the form of planar light, and a light receiver including a reflection mirror to again reflect reflection light reflected by the obstacle so as to generate reflection light, an optical lens spaced from the reflection mirror by a predetermined distance, to allow the reflection light to pass through the optical lens, and an image sensor, and an image processing circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Kyu Jeong, Dong Won Kim, Jea Yun So, Sang Sik Yoon, Gwang Jin Jung, Joon Hyung Kwon
  • Publication number: 20150112538
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an obstacle sensing module and a cleaning robot including the same. The cleaning robot includes a body, a driver to drive the body, an obstacle sensing module to sense an obstacle present around the body, and a control unit to control the driver, based on sensed results of the obstacle sensing module. The obstacle sensing module includes at least one light emitter including a light source, and a wide-angle lens to refract or reflect light from the light source so as to diffuse the incident light in the form of planar light, and a light receiver including a reflection mirror to again reflect reflection light reflected by the obstacle so as to generate reflection light, an optical lens spaced from the reflection mirror by a predetermined distance, to allow the reflection light to pass through the optical lens, and an image sensor, and an image processing circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Kyu Jeong, Dong Won Kim, Jea Yun So, Sang Sik Yoon, Gwang Jin Jung, Joon Hyung Kwon
  • Patent number: 8984477
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for an integrated developing environment for a network application, including: an application storing part to store an application produced by a user; an application attribute managing part to manage attribute information for the application; a target code creating part to compile the application stored in the application storing part based on the attribute information stored in the application attribute managing part and create a target code corresponding to the compiled application; and a code loading part to mount the target code created by the target code creating part in hardware.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Wang Bong Lee, Dong Won Kang, Sang Wan Kim, Sang Kil Park, Sang Sik Yoon, Joon Kyung Lee, Jong Dae Park
  • Publication number: 20150032260
    Abstract: A cleaning robot that performs cleaning while travelling a space to be cleaned, the cleaning robot including: a travelling unit that moves the cleaning robot; a cleaning unit that cleans the space to be cleaned; an image capturing unit that captures an image viewed from the cleaning robot; a voice input unit to which a user's voice instructions are input; and a controller obtaining the user's motion instructions through the image capturing unit and determining a restricted area in which entry of the cleaning robot is prohibited and/or a focused cleaning area to be intensely cleaned by the cleaning robot based on the user's motion instructions or the user's voice instructions when the user's voice instructions are input through the voice input unit. The restricted area and the focused cleaning area may be input to the cleaning robot through the user's voice and motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Sang Sik Yoon, Woo Ram Chung
  • Publication number: 20140366292
    Abstract: A robot cleaner and a control method thereof may judge whether or not water is received in the robot cleaner performing wet cleaning. The robot cleaner includes a main body, moving units, a cleaning unit mounted on the main body and contacting a floor surface to perform cleaning, a water supply unit supplying water to the cleaning unit, and a sensing unit provided on at least a portion of the water supply unit to sense whether or not there is water within the water supply unit. The sensing unit includes a housing, a transmission part radiating electromagnetic waves, a reception part receiving the electromagnetic waves radiated by the transmission part, and a stepped part provided on at least a portion of the housing along a moving path of the electromagnetic waves radiated by the transmission part and received by the reception part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Jae Young JUNG, Byoung ln LEE, Sang Hwa CHOI, Dong Won KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Sahng Jin LEE
  • Publication number: 20140336863
    Abstract: A cleaning robot may have a body, a moving unit provided on the body to move the body in a cleaning space, a cleaning unit provided on the body to clean a floor of the cleaning space, a floor image obtaining unit configured to obtain a floor image of the cleaning space, and a control unit configured to determine if foreign substance is present on the floor of the cleaning space based on the floor image, and control the moving unit to move the body to a position of the foreign substance, in which the cleaning robot, by obtaining an image of a floor to be cleaned, detects the foreign substance that is not positioned on a moving track of the cleaning robot, and when the foreign substance is detected, moves to the position of the foreign substance to perform a cleaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jea Yun SO, Sang Sik Yoon, Joon Hyung Kwon, Shin Kim
  • Patent number: 8869342
    Abstract: A robot cleaner that automatically removes dust accumulated on a floor while navigating a cleaning area, and a method of controlling the robot cleaner, includes a main body that navigates a floor; a first detector that detects an obstacle getting closer to the main body; an auxiliary cleaner that is mounted on the main body to protrude and retract; a second detector that detects a protrusion state or a retraction state of the auxiliary cleaner; and a controller that determines an abnormal operation of the auxiliary cleaner based on a result of the detection of the second detector and controls a protrusion operation or a retraction operation of the auxiliary cleaner according to a result of the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Sik Yoon, Hee Won Jin, Byung Chan Kim, Yeon Kyu Jeong, Sang Hwa Choi
  • Publication number: 20140304937
    Abstract: A sensor module and a robot cleaner including the sensor module may provide accurate sensing of an obstacle and prevent an erroneous sensing of an obstacle. The robot cleaner may include a body including a cleaning unit to remove foreign substances from a surface of a floor, a cover to cover an upper portion of the body, a sensor module including an obstacle sensor mounted to sense an obstacle, and a sensor window provided at one side of the sensor module. The sensor module may include a light emitting device to emit light through the sensor window, a light receiving reflector on which light reflected from the obstacle is incident, and a light shielding portion interposed between the light emitting device and the light receiving reflector to block the light emitted from the light emitting device from being incident upon the light receiving reflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2014
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Byung Chan KIM, Sang Sik YOON, Kyong Su KIM, Dong Won KIM, Jea Yun SO, Yeon Kyu JEONG
  • Patent number: 8806189
    Abstract: An apparatus for analyzing traffic is provided. The apparatus may precisely identify and analyze web traffic through 5 tuple-, HTTP-, and request/response pair-based packet analysis by monitoring the correlation between sessions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Dong-Won Kang, Joon-Kyung Lee, Sang-Sik Yoon, Wang-Bong Lee
  • Patent number: 8756751
    Abstract: In a cleaning system, dust stored in a dust box is suspended in air introduced into the dust box through a first opening formed through a robot cleaner, and is then discharged to a second opening formed through a maintenance station through the first opening of the robot cleaner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Jung, Dong Won Kim, Jun Hwa Lee, Jun Pyo Hong, Sang Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8735824
    Abstract: An infrared sensor module includes a first infrared sensor that includes a first light emitting unit configured to emit infrared light to an object and a first light receiving unit configured to detect an amount of infrared light reflected from the object, a second infrared sensor that includes a second light emitting unit configured to emit infrared light to the object and a second light receiving unit configured to detect an amount of the infrared light reflected from the object, and a controller to measure reflectivity of the object using a peak output voltage of the first light receiving unit, and to measure a distance to the object using not only the measured object reflectivity but also an output voltage of the second light receiving unit. As a result, the distance from the infrared sensor to the object can be correctly measured irrespective of the reflectivity of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Pyo Hong, Jea Yun So, Sang Sik Yoon
  • Patent number: 8737145
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes: a data multiplexing unit configured to output one of a data training pattern and data transferred through a first global input/output line in response to a training control signal; and a latch unit configured to latch an output of the data multiplexing unit to apply and maintain the latched output to a second global input/output line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Ji-Hyae Bae, Sang-Sik Yoon