Patents by Inventor Taik Lee

Taik Lee 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: 20240164651
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature when an object comes into contact with a contact surface of a main body of the electronic device; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor in a direction opposite the contact surface and configured to measure a second temperature; and a processor configured to detect a temperature change due to heat generation inside the main body, and estimate skin surface temperature based on the first temperature, the second temperature, and the temperature change.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young LEE, Sang Kyu KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sungho KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20240167894
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first sensor configured to measure a skin temperature of skin of a user; a second sensor configured to measure heat flux transmitted from the skin to a main body of the electronic device; a third sensor configured to measure a heart rate of the user; and a processor configured to estimate a rate of core body temperature change based on the skin temperature measured at a first time and a second time, the heat flux, the heart rate, and the skin temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungho KIM, Sang kyu KIM, So Young LEE, Bok Soon KWON, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20240138682
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a skin surface when a user comes into contact with a main body of the electronic device; a first heating element spaced apart from the first temperature sensor by a first predetermined distance; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first heating element by a second predetermined distance and configured to measure a second temperature inside the main body; and a processor configured to: estimate heat flux based on the first temperature and the second temperature; estimate a blood perfusion rate of the user based on a temperature of the first heating element and the first temperature, and estimate a core body temperature of a user based on the first temperature, the estimated heat flux, and the estimated blood perfusion rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik LEE, Woochul KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Gimin PARK, Sungho KIM, Jiyong KIM, Seungjai WOO, So Young LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Patent number: 11932315
    Abstract: A freight vehicle on which a drone is docked, may include: a transfer device provided in the vehicle and configured to move up and down between an internal space of the vehicle and a roof to receive freight from the drone through the roof of the vehicle or transfer freight to the drone; and a loadspace separated, as a portion of the internal space of the vehicle, from a space where the transfer device is provided and including an open portion formed on a side or a rear of the vehicle, and onto which the freight is loaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Yong San Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee, Dong Eun Cha, Choon Taik Kim, Sang Hoon Lee, Hong Kwon Moon
  • Publication number: 20240011844
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a sensor including a flexible printed circuit board, a plurality of temperature sensors arranged on the flexible printed circuit board, and a thermally conductive material disposed between the plurality of temperature sensors; and at least one processor configured to estimate a body temperature of a user based on data that is obtained by the plurality of temperature sensors when a contact surface of the sensor is contacted with the user, wherein the flexible printed circuit board is bent to have the plurality of temperature sensors arranged at different distances from the contact surface of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Sung Ho KIM, So Young LEE, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20240011846
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of body skin; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature inside a main body; a thermal resistance structure having effective thermal resistance so that a difference between the first temperature and the second temperature is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; and a processor configured to obtain skin heat flux based on the first temperature and the second temperature, and to estimate core body temperature of a user based on the first temperature and the skin heat flux.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ho Taik LEE, Sang Kyu KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sung Ho KIM, So Young LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230414107
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a heat flux sensor including: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first voltage representing a first temperature; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure a second voltage representing a second temperature; and an amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; and a processor configured to estimate a body temperature of a user based on the amplified voltage difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sungho KIM, So Young LEE, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230414109
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a heat flux sensor including: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first voltage representing a first temperature; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure a second voltage representing a second temperature; and an amplifier configured to amplify a voltage difference between the first voltage and the second voltage; and a processor configured to estimate a body temperature of a user based on the amplified voltage difference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,LTD.
    Inventors: Sungho KIM, So Young LEE, Bok Soon Kwon, Sang Kyu KIM, Ho Taik lee, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230400357
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of a surface at a body measurement location of a user; a second temperature sensor spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure a second temperature inside a main body of the electronic device; a third temperature sensor disposed further away from the first temperature than the second temperature sensor and configured to measure a third temperature inside the main body; and a processor configured to estimate a core temperature at the body measurement location based on the first temperature, the second temperature, and the third temperature; estimate an ambient temperature outside the main body based on the second temperature and the third temperature; and estimate a body temperature of the user based on the core temperature at the body measurement location and the ambient temperature outside the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young LEE, Sang Kyu KIM, Bok Soon KWON, Sung Ho KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230400363
    Abstract: An electronic device for estimating body temperature is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of body skin; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature at a position spaced apart from the body skin; and a processor configured to estimate a body temperature based on the first temperature, to estimate an ambient temperature of a main body based on the second temperature, to calculate a heat loss, which occurs from a reference body location to the body skin due to the ambient temperature of the main body, based on the estimated ambient temperature of the main body, and to obtain a final body temperature by correcting the body temperature based on the heat loss due to the ambient temperature of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young LEE, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Sung Ho KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230400364
    Abstract: An electronic device for estimating body temperature is provided. The electronic device according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a first temperature of body skin; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a second temperature at a position spaced apart from the body skin; and a processor configured to estimate a body temperature based on the first temperature, to estimate an ambient temperature of a main body based on the second temperature, to calculate a heat loss, which occurs from a reference body location to the body skin due to the ambient temperature of the main body, based on the estimated ambient temperature of the main body, and to obtain a final body temperature by correcting the body temperature based on the heat loss due to the ambient temperature of the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young LEE, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Sung Ho KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Hong Soon RHEE
  • Publication number: 20230374809
    Abstract: A vehicle elevator device for vertical parking for individual households of collective building includes, a private parking lot attached to an individual private space; a vehicle elevator unit that transports vehicles between a waiting vehicle space and the private parking lot; a sliding moving means for horizontally transferring the vehicle between the private parking lot and the inside of the vehicle elevator; a control unit specifying vehicles that needs to be entered or by managing the reservation of enter and exit, controlling the operation of the elevator unit and sliding moving means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Seong In JUNG, Jong Hee YOU, Kyung Taik LEE, Yung Ju GO, Myung Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20230358617
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature of an object may include: a heating element; a first temperature sensor configured to measure temperature of the heating element; a second temperature sensor disposed at a position spaced apart from the first temperature sensor and configured to measure surface temperature of an object upon contact with the object; and a processor configured to estimate core temperature using a heat flux based on the temperature of the heating element and the surface temperature of the object, and to estimate body temperature of the object by correcting the core temperature, estimated using the heat flux, based on external temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, So Young LEE, Sung Ho KIM, Ho Taik LEE
  • Publication number: 20230341275
    Abstract: An electronic device may include: a main body including a first surface and a second surface; a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor which are provided inside the main body, wherein the second temperature sensor is disposed closer to the surface of the main body than the first temperature sensor; and a processor, which while the second surface of the main body is in contact with a body part of a user, is configured to estimate a heat flux that is generated by body heat, of the user based on a difference between a first temperature measured by the first temperature sensor and a second temperature measured by the second temperature sensor, and measure air temperature based on the estimated heat flux and the second temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young Lee, Sang Kyu Kim, Ho Taik Lee, Bok Soon Kwon, Sung Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20230255499
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature, may include: a photoplethysmogram (PPG) sensor configured to measure a PPG signal by emitting light onto an object and by detecting light scattered or reflected from the object; and a processor configured to estimate a cutaneous blood flow and an energy metabolism of the object based on the PPG signal, estimate a core body temperature of the object based on the cutaneous blood flow and the energy metabolism, and provide notification information on a risk of abnormal body temperature based on the core body temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: So Young LEE, Joo-Young LEE, Dahee JUNG, Bok Soon KWON, Sang Kyu KIM, Ho Taik LEE
  • Publication number: 20230248246
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating body temperature includes: a first temperature sensor configured to measure surface temperature of a wrist of a user; and a processor configured to calculate skin heat flux based on the surface temperature of the wrist, to estimate central wrist temperature of the user based on the surface temperature of the wrist, the calculated skin heat flux, and a blood flow rate and metabolism of the user, and to estimate core body temperature of the user based on the estimated central wrist temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ho Taik Lee, Woochul Kim, Sang Kyu Kim, Bok Soon Kwon, Jiyong Kim, So Young Lee, Gimin Park, Seungjai Woo
  • Publication number: 20230200661
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating core body temperature of an object is provided. The apparatus may include: a first temperature sensor configured to measure a surface temperature of an object; a second temperature sensor configured to measure a surface temperature of a material, which is positioned between the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor; and a processor configured to obtain a heat flux based on the surface temperature of the object and the surface temperature of the material, configured to estimate a wrist temperature of the object based on the obtained heat flux and the surface temperature of the object, and configured to estimate core body temperature of the object based on the estimated wrist temperature of the object and a heat loss coefficient between a core and a wrist.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: So Young LEE, Sang Kyu KIM, Ho Taik LEE, Bok Soon KWON
  • Patent number: 11573272
    Abstract: A method for calculating the process capacity at a specific temperature of a lithium secondary battery includes a correction to a process capacity (Q3) at a specific temperature (T2) is performed using a value (Q1?Q2) obtained by subtracting the charge capacity (Q2) at the time of the shipping charge from the discharge capacity (Q1) measured at a discharge temperature (T1). A system for calculating a process capacity of a lithium secondary battery is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Kyu Park, Jeong Min Ha, Jeong Taik Lee, Min Hae Kim, Go Eun Lee
  • Publication number: 20220343528
    Abstract: Provided are an intraoral image processing method and an intraoral image processing apparatus. The intraoral image processing method according to an embodiment may include: obtaining a three-dimensional oral cavity model of an oral cavity; obtaining curvature information of the three-dimensional oral cavity model; obtaining roughness information of the three-dimensional oral cavity model, based on the curvature information; obtaining a color of the three-dimensional oral cavity model, based on the roughness information; and displaying the three-dimensional oral cavity model, based on the obtained color.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIT CORP.
    Inventor: Ho Taik LEE
  • Publication number: 20220331072
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and method for setting a margin line and a recording medium, wherein the apparatus and method set a margin line corresponding to the outline of the boundary between a tooth and a prosthesis on the basis of three-dimensional virtual model data of the tooth obtained by using a three-dimensional scanner such as an oral scanner or the like. The method for setting a margin line according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, comprises the steps of: generating curve information about the peripheral area of the margin line candidate points selected in a three-dimensional virtual model obtained for a tooth; and setting a margin line indicating the outline of the boundary between the tooth and a prosthesis on the basis of the curve information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicant: MEDIT CORP.
    Inventors: Myoung Woo SONG, Ho Taik LEE