Patents by Inventor Seul Koo

Seul Koo 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: 12724159
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a location information acquisition method of a computing device, including the steps of: acquiring first location information at which an electro-optical topographic surveying device is located in response to a received satellite Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal; acquiring photography information for positioning of a target object photographed by a drone while the drone is flying in a GNSS shadow area from the drone equipped with a survey prism that reflects light waves from the surveying device; calculating absolute coordinates of the target object corresponding to the surveying device based on reflective metering of the survey prism and the photography information for positioning; and calculating GNSS based second location information as location information of the target object using the absolute coordinates and the first location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2026
    Assignee: NATIONAL DISASTER MANAGEMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Seong Sam Kim, Jae-Wook Seok, Yong-Han Jung, Eon-taek Lim, Seul Koo, Cheol-Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20250334968
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an operation method of a computing device for performing a method for producing precise indoor maps using loop closing, including the steps of moving a robot to a first location, wherein the robot collects images and sensor data for precise map production by using a sensor module including at least one of a LiDAR sensor, an IMU sensor; forming a first closed-loop trajectory with an optimized pose graph by odometry estimation from the first location to create a first map using the movement of the robot; updating at least part of a second map generation trajectory and sensor data corresponding to a current trajectory of the robot by using at least one of trajectory information and sensor data of the first closed-loop trajectory; and outputting an updated second map based on the updated second map generation trajectory and sensor data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Seong Sam Kim, Jae-Wook Seok, Yong-Han Jung, Eon-Taek Lim, Seul Koo, Cheol Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20250332732
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for assessing the degree of damage to objects at disaster sites using skeletonization techniques, including the steps of moving a position of an investigation robot for information analysis of facility in a disaster site space to a first location by using a sensor module equipped in the investigation robot and including at least one of a LiDAR sensor, an IMU sensor or at least one vision sensor; acquiring sensing information corresponding to the first location based on SLAM; identifying a facility segment of a first space based on the sensing information; acquiring visual crack identification information corresponding to the facility segment, analyzed from vision image information of the sensing information, and unit crack information corresponding to the visual crack identification information; determining a crack expansion risk corresponding to the unit crack information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2025
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Seong Sam Kim, Jae-Wook Seok, Yong-Han Jung, Eon-Taek Lim, Seul Koo, Cheol Kyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20250044463
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a location information acquisition method of a computing device, including the steps of: acquiring first location information at which an electro-optical topographic surveying device is located in response to a received satellite Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal; acquiring photography information for positioning of a target object photographed by a drone while the drone is flying in a GNSS shadow area from the drone equipped with a survey prism that reflects light waves from the surveying device; calculating absolute coordinates of the target object corresponding to the surveying device based on reflective metering of the survey prism and the photography information for positioning; and calculating GNSS based second location information as location information of the target object using the absolute coordinates and the first location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Seong Sam Kim, Jae-Wook Seok, Yong-Han Jung, Eon-taek Lim, Seul Koo, Cheol-Kyu Lee