Patents by Inventor Soo-Cheol Kim

Soo-Cheol Kim 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: 12136328
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for detecting smoke based on polarization. The apparatus includes a chamber into which smoke is introduced, a detection unit comprising a light-emitting unit configured to emit light beams having a plurality of different wavelengths into a space in the chamber, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive scattered light from a plurality of light sources, a control unit configured to control an operation of the detection unit, and a fire determination unit configured to distinguish between fire smoke and non-fire analogous smoke by detecting and analyzing a light-receiving signal received by the light-receiving unit, in which horizontal polarization and vertical polarization are applied to the plurality of light sources of the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoe Sung Yang, Soo Cheol Kim, Hyun Seok Kim, So Yung Park, Kang Bok Lee, Kwang Soo Cho, Kyu Won Han
  • Patent number: 12067856
    Abstract: A smoke detection apparatus based on multiple wavelengths is provided, which includes: a chamber configured to receive an inflow of a smoke; a detector including a light emitter having a plurality of light sources that radiate light having a plurality of different wavelengths into a space in the chamber, and a light receiver configured to receive scattered light by the plurality of light sources; and a controller configured to control an operation of the detector and to distinguish between fire smoke and non-fire quasi-smoke by detecting and analyzing a light receiving signal of the light receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoe Sung Yang, Soo Cheol Kim, Hyun Seok Kim, So Yung Park, Kang Bok Lee, Kwang Soo Cho, Kyu Won Han
  • Patent number: 11959857
    Abstract: Provided is a Raman scattering measurement apparatus including a light source which emits light to smoke particles, a filter configured to block light which is incident to the smoke particles and passes through the particle and to allow Raman scattered light to pass therethrough, and a photodetector which detects the Raman scattered light passing through the filter in order to distinguish fire smoke generated due to a true fire from non-fire smoke generated due to daily life or industrial activity. The present invention also provides a fire determination apparatus including a unit which reads a Raman shift from Raman scattered light detected by the photodetector of the Raman scattering measurement apparatus, estimates a smoke component from the read Raman shift, and determines fire/non-fire from the estimated smoke component and a method thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hoe Sung Yang, Soo Cheol Kim, Hyun Seok Kim, Sang Hyun Mo, So Young Park, Kang Bok Lee, Kyu Won Han
  • Patent number: 11747270
    Abstract: Optical data is collected from an optical sensor of a dual wavelength, and in order to detect the fire from the collected optical data, an average value of a first wavelength, an average value of a second wavelength, and a ratio of the average values of the two wavelengths are calculated, and an amount of change of a slope of the ratio is used to detect the fire and determine the fire occurrence time. From the determined fire occurrence time, fire features are extracted from the optical data in real time according to defined rules to configure a data set. The data set may be used for learning and inference techniques to identify a fire or non-fire, a fire source, a combustion material, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kyu Won Han, Soo Cheol Kim, Hyun Seok Kim, Sang Hyun Mo, So Yung Park, Hoe Sung Yang, Kang Bok Lee
  • Publication number: 20230206742
    Abstract: A smoke detection apparatus based on multiple wavelengths is provided, which includes: a chamber configured to receive an inflow of a smoke; a detector including a light emitter having a plurality of light sources that radiate light having a plurality of different wavelengths into a space in the chamber, and a light receiver configured to receive scattered light by the plurality of light sources; and a controller configured to control an operation of the detector and to distinguish between fire smoke and non-fire quasi-smoke by detecting and analyzing a light receiving signal of the light receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoe Sung YANG, Soo Cheol KIM, Hyun Seok KIM, So Yung PARK, Kang Bok LEE, Kwang Soo CHO, Kyu Won HAN
  • Publication number: 20230206741
    Abstract: Provided is an apparatus for detecting smoke based on polarization. The apparatus includes a chamber into which smoke is introduced, a detection unit comprising a light-emitting unit configured to emit light beams having a plurality of different wavelengths into a space in the chamber, and a light-receiving unit configured to receive scattered light from a plurality of light sources, a control unit configured to control an operation of the detection unit, and a fire determination unit configured to distinguish between fire smoke and non-fire analogous smoke by detecting and analyzing a light-receiving signal received by the light-receiving unit, in which horizontal polarization and vertical polarization are applied to the plurality of light sources of the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hoe Sung YANG, Soo Cheol KIM, Hyun Seok KIM, So Yung PARK, Kang Bok LEE, Kwang Soo CHO, Kyu Won HAN
  • Patent number: 11668605
    Abstract: Provided is a system for detecting flame, which includes a light collecting module configured to collect light emitted from flame and sense location information and intensity information of the collected light, a memory configured to store a program for determining fire information on the basis of the sensed location information and intensity information of the light, and a processor configured to calculate intensity information and fluttering information of the flame from the intensity information of the light by executing the program stored in the memory, to calculate centroid spatial distribution information of the flame from the location information of the light, and to detect whether there is flame on the basis of at least one of the intensity information of the flame, the fluttering information of the flame, and the centroid spatial distribution information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Soo Cheol Kim, Hyun Seok Kim, So Yung Park, Hoe Sung Yang, Kang Bok Lee, Kwang Soo Cho, Kyu Won Han
  • Publication number: 20230160748
    Abstract: Provided is a system for detecting flame, which includes a light collecting module configured to collect light emitted from flame and sense location information and intensity information of the collected light, a memory configured to store a program for determining fire information on the basis of the sensed location information and intensity information of the light, and a processor configured to calculate intensity information and fluttering information of the flame from the intensity information of the light by executing the program stored in the memory, to calculate centroid spatial distribution information of the flame from the location information of the light, and to detect whether there is flame on the basis of at least one of the intensity information of the flame, the fluttering information of the flame, and the centroid spatial distribution information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Soo Cheol KIM, Hyun Seok KIM, So Yung PARK, Hoe Sung YANG, Kang Bok LEE, Kwang Soo CHO, Kyu Won HAN
  • Publication number: 20230018507
    Abstract: Provided herein is an infrared spectroscopy technique capable of performing spectroscopic analysis on infrared rays in a broad infrared range (including a near infrared range, a short infrared range, a mid-infrared range, a far infrared range, and an extreme infrared range). An apparatus and a method for spectroscopic analysis on infrared rays are provided, without using an image sensor having a limited response range, to generate a signal in which transmitted light for each wavelength passes through a plurality of filters having different transmittances for each wavelength and is spatially pattern-coded, restore the signal into an infrared transmittance image, discriminate a wavelength according to a transmittance of the filter from the infrared transmittance image, calculate an intensity of the light for each wavelength, and output infrared spectrum information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Soo Cheol KIM, Kang Bok LEE, Hyun Seok KIM, Sang Hyun MO, So Yung PARK, Hoe Sung YANG, Kwang Soo CHO, Kyu Won HAN
  • Publication number: 20220163443
    Abstract: Optical data is collected from an optical sensor of a dual wavelength, and in order to detect the fire from the collected optical data, an average value of a first wavelength, an average value of a second wavelength, and a ratio of the average values of the two wavelengths are calculated, and an amount of change of a slope of the ratio is used to detect the fire and determine the fire occurrence time. From the determined fire occurrence time, fire features are extracted from the optical data in real time according to defined rules to configure a data set. The data set may be used for learning and inference techniques to identify a fire or non-fire, a fire source, a combustion material, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Kyu Won HAN, Soo Cheol KIM, Hyun Seok KIM, Sang Hyun MO, So Yung PARK, Hoe Sung YANG, Kang Bok LEE
  • Publication number: 20220099579
    Abstract: Provided is a Raman scattering measurement apparatus including a light source which emits light to smoke particles, a filter configured to block light which is incident to the smoke particles and passes through the particle and to allow Raman scattered light to pass therethrough, and a photodetector which detects the Raman scattered light passing through the filter in order to distinguish fire smoke generated due to a true fire from non-fire smoke generated due to daily life or industrial activity. The present invention also provides a fire determination apparatus including a unit which reads a Raman shift from Raman scattered light detected by the photodetector of the Raman scattering measurement apparatus, estimates a smoke component from the read Raman shift, and determines fire/non-fire from the estimated smoke component and a method thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Hoe Sung YANG, Soo Cheol KIM, Hyun Seok KIM, Sang Hyun MO, So Young PARK, Kang Bok LEE, Kyu Won HAN
  • Publication number: 20060138165
    Abstract: A liquid crystal dispensing apparatus is disclosed and includes a liquid crystal material container containing liquid crystal material; a discharge pump for drawing in the liquid crystal material from the liquid crystal material container and discharging the drawn liquid crystal material; a nozzle for dispensing the discharged liquid crystal material; and a weight measuring device for measuring the weight of liquid crystal material remaining in the liquid crystal material container. The weight measuring device checks the amount of liquid crystal material remaining in the container in real time by measuring the weight of the remaining liquid crystal material in the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2005
    Publication date: June 29, 2006
    Inventors: Soo-Cheol Kim, Gu-Yun Bok