Patents by Inventor Seong-jong Han

Seong-jong Han 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: 8214081
    Abstract: A wall climbing robot using an Indoor Global Positioning System (IGPS) provided in a room is disclosed. The wall climbing robot includes a navigation receiver configured to receive rotating fan beams emitted from one or more navigation transmitters of the indoor global positioning system, and recognize the rotating fan beams as IGPS signals; a robot frame provided with the navigation receiver mounted; a mobile controller configured to be installed on the robot frame, and to recognize and determine its own position using the IGPS signals; and a drive mechanism configured to travel along the surfaces of the room under control of the mobile controller. The mobile controller includes a central processing unit, an input/output unit, a motion control unit, a drive control unit, a navigation control unit, a sensor signal processor, an emergency processing unit, and an alarm generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-jin Choi, Seong-jong Han, Yun-Seo Choi, Young-jun Park, Jae-hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20100030378
    Abstract: A wall climbing robot using an Indoor Global Positioning System (IGPS) provided in a room is disclosed. The wall climbing robot includes a navigation receiver configured to receive rotating fan beams emitted from one or more navigation transmitters of the indoor global positioning system, and recognize the rotating fan beams as IGPS signals; a robot frame provided with the navigation receiver mounted; a mobile controller configured to be installed on the robot frame, and to recognize and determine its own position using the IGPS signals; and a drive mechanism configured to travel along the surfaces of the room under control of the mobile controller. The mobile controller includes a central processing unit, an input/output unit, a motion control unit, a drive control unit, a navigation control unit, a sensor signal processor, an emergency processing unit, and an alarm generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Samsung Heavy Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Doo-jin Choi, Seong-jong Han, Yun-Seo Choi, Young-jun Park, Jae-hoon Kim