Patents by Inventor WOOSEUP YOUM

WOOSEUP YOUM 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: 20240011850
    Abstract: Provided is a flexible pressure sensor. The flexible pressure includes: a lower structure; and an upper structure on the lower structure, wherein the lower structure includes: a flexible substrate; and first electrodes on the flexible substrate and second electrode spaced apart from the first electrodes, and the upper structure includes: a support; first protrusion structures integrally connected to the support to protrude from a bottom surface of the support; and second protrusion structures integrally connected to the support to protrude from the bottom surface of the support, the second protrusion structures being spaced apart from the first protrusion structures, wherein the first protrusion structures are in contact with a top surface of the flexible substrate, the second protrusion structures are vertically spaced apart from the first and second electrodes, and when viewed in a plan view, the first protrusion structures are configured to completely surround the second protrusion structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: HANBIT JIN, Steve PARK, Hye Jin KIM, Seyoung KWON, Gyeongsuk PARK, WOOSEUP YOUM
  • Patent number: 11749075
    Abstract: Provided is a telehaptic device which includes a piezoelectric sensor module and a piezoelectric actuator module that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the piezoelectric sensor module includes a first flexible substrate, a first support substrate connected to the first flexible substrate, a piezoelectric sensor array on the first flexible substrate, and a first wireless communication circuit on the first support substrate, the piezoelectric actuator module includes a second flexible substrate, a second support substrate connected to the second flexible substrate, a piezoelectric actuator array on the second flexible substrate, and a second wireless communication circuit on the second support substrate, the piezoelectric sensor array includes piezoelectric sensors, the piezoelectric sensors being spaced apart according to a first pitch, the piezoelectric actuator array includes piezoelectric actuators, the piezoelectric actuators being spaced apart according to a second pitch, the first pitch and the s
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hanbit Jin, Yun-Jeong Kim, Hye Jin Kim, Wooseup Youm, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20230176652
    Abstract: Provided is a haptic waveform storage system including a sensor configured to measure a target object to generate a sensing signal including tactile texture information, a waveform extraction unit configured to extract a basic frequency and an envelope from the sensing signal and generate haptic waveform information including information about the basic frequency and the envelope, and a library storage unit configured to store the haptic waveform information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: WOOSEUP YOUM, Hye Jin KIM, YuLim MIN, Yun-Jeong KIM, HANBIT JIN, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20230146555
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic device for monitoring a voice and laryngeal disorders, which includes a substrate, a first pressure sensor array disposed along a first direction on the substrate and including a plurality of first pressure sensors each extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and at least one second pressure sensor extending in the first direction on the substrate and disposed to be spaced apart from the first pressure sensor array in the second direction. The voice and laryngeal disorder of a user equipped with the electronic device according to the present disclosure may be simultaneously monitored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Chan-Hwa HONG, Hye Jin KIM, Saerom SEO, Wooseup YOUM, Yun-Jeong KIM, Hanbit JIN
  • Patent number: 11533003
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric device, and more particularly, to a piezoelectric device including: a piezoelectric actuator; a displacement transmission structure disposed on the piezoelectric actuator; and a displacement amplification structure disposed between the piezoelectric actuator and the displacement transmission structure. Here, the displacement amplification structure includes: a first displacement amplification structure and a second displacement amplification structure, which cross each other; and a fixing pin that passes through the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure to connect the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure. Also, each of one end of the first displacement amplification structure and one end of the second displacement amplification structure may be fixed on the piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Hanbit Jin, Hye Jin Kim, Yun-Jeong Kim, YuLim Min, Wooseup Youm, JoonMin Lee, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Patent number: 11509996
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for playing an acoustic sound and a touch sensation, and more particularly, to a device for emitting a sound to a front surface of a speaker and playing a touch sensation feedback to a rear surface of the speaker through a driving modulation using two or more speakers while simultaneously concentrating an acoustic pressure generated according to a vibration of a membrane of the speaker to a surface of a module through a movement pipe when an audio signal is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hye Jin Kim, JoonMin Lee, Yun-Jeong Kim, YuLim Min, Wooseup Youm, Hanbit Jin, Chan-Hwa Hong
  • Publication number: 20220327897
    Abstract: Provided is a telehaptic device which includes a piezoelectric sensor module and a piezoelectric actuator module that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the piezoelectric sensor module includes a first flexible substrate, a first support substrate connected to the first flexible substrate, a piezoelectric sensor array on the first flexible substrate, and a first wireless communication circuit on the first support substrate, the piezoelectric actuator module includes a second flexible substrate, a second support substrate connected to the second flexible substrate, a piezoelectric actuator array on the second flexible substrate, and a second wireless communication circuit on the second support substrate, the piezoelectric sensor array includes piezoelectric sensors, the piezoelectric sensors being spaced apart according to a first pitch, the piezoelectric actuator array includes piezoelectric actuators, the piezoelectric actuators being spaced apart according to a second pitch, the first pitch and the s
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: HANBIT JIN, Yun-Jeong KIM, Hye Jin KIM, WOOSEUP YOUM, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20220149265
    Abstract: Provided is a low frequency vibrating actuator device including an actuator configured to generate a vibration by receiving a voltage, a spring structure disposed on the actuator, and a vibrating mass part disposed on the spring structure. Here, the spring structure includes a first thin-film, a first spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the actuator, and a second spacer disposed between the first thin-film and the vibrating mass part. Also, the first spacer and the second spacer are horizontally offset from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicant: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Kang-Ho PARK, Jong Tae LIM, Seung Youl KANG, Bock Soon NA, Chan Woo PARK, Wooseup YOUM, Ji-Young OH
  • Publication number: 20220014841
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device for playing an acoustic sound and a touch sensation, and more particularly, to a device for emitting a sound to a front surface of a speaker and playing a touch sensation feedback to a rear surface of the speaker through a driving modulation using two or more speakers while simultaneously concentrating an acoustic pressure generated according to a vibration of a membrane of the speaker to a surface of a module through a movement pipe when an audio signal is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Hye Jin KIM, JoonMin LEE, Yun-Jeong KIM, YuLim MIN, WOOSEUP YOUM, HANBIT JIN, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20210384848
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric device, and more particularly, to a piezoelectric device including: a piezoelectric actuator; a displacement transmission structure disposed on the piezoelectric actuator; and a displacement amplification structure disposed between the piezoelectric actuator and the displacement transmission structure. Here, the displacement amplification structure includes: a first displacement amplification structure and a second displacement amplification structure, which cross each other; and a fixing pin that passes through the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure to connect the first displacement amplification structure and the second displacement amplification structure. Also, each of one end of the first displacement amplification structure and one end of the second displacement amplification structure may be fixed on the piezoelectric actuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2021
    Publication date: December 9, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: HANBIT JIN, Hye Jin KIM, Yun-Jeong KIM, YuLim MIN, WOOSEUP YOUM, JoonMin LEE, Chan-Hwa HONG
  • Publication number: 20210361525
    Abstract: Provided is a vibratory stimulation device including a first substrate, a connection band connected to both sides of the first substrate, and a vibration element array including a plurality of vibration elements provided on the first substrate, wherein each of the vibration elements includes a stand provided on the first substrate, a vibration film provided on the stand and in contact with the stand at an edge, a vibrator provided on an upper or lower surface of the vibration film, and an electrode wire connected to the vibrator, wherein the vibration film includes a material that is more flexible and stretchable than the stand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Kang-Ho PARK, Jong Tae LIM, Seung Youl KANG, Bock Soon NA, Chan Woo PARK, Seongdeok AHN, WOOSEUP YOUM, Ji-Young OH