Patents by Inventor Yesook IM

Yesook IM 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: 12704857
    Abstract: A method for controlling robots and facilities is performed by one or more processors and includes controlling a first robot to move to a waiting area of a target space, acquiring information that the first robot is located in the waiting area of the target space, determining whether there is a robot in the target space, controlling, in response to determining that there is no robot in the target space, a door of the target space to be opened, controlling, in response to determining that the door is open, the first robot to leave the waiting area and enter the target space, and controlling the first robot to provide a serving service in target space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maria Noh, Yesook Im, Myeongsoo Shin, Seoktae Kim
  • Publication number: 20260054959
    Abstract: A method of controlling an elevator for a robot passenger includes detecting that at least one robot providing a service on at least one of the floors within a building has gotten on an elevator moving through the floors; controlling the elevator to move to a floor where the robot is to provide the service; and indicating whether the robot is using the elevator on at least one of an internal user interface and an external user interface of the elevator. The external user interface is configured to indicate that the elevator is being used as a dedicated elevator for the robot, and to disable at least one of indicators indicating whether the elevator is going up or down, the current location of the elevator, and a floor where the elevator is scheduled to stop, when the elevator is being used as a dedicated elevator for the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2025
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Seoktae KIM, Yesook IM
  • Patent number: 12479690
    Abstract: A method of controlling an elevator includes detecting that a robot providing a service on a floor within a building has gotten on an elevator moving through floors within the building, and controlling the elevator to move to a floor where the robot is to provide the service. At least one of the internal user interface and the external user interface of the elevator is configured to indicate whether the robot is using the elevator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2025
    Assignee: NAVER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seoktae Kim, Yesook Im
  • Publication number: 20240310858
    Abstract: A method for controlling robots and facilities is performed by one or more processors and includes controlling a first robot to move to a waiting area of a target space, acquiring information that the first robot is located in the waiting area of the target space, determining whether there is a robot in the target space, controlling, in response to determining that there is no robot in the target space, a door of the target space to be opened, controlling, in response to determining that the door is open, the first robot to leave the waiting area and enter the target space, and controlling the first robot to provide a serving service in target space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: NAVER LABS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maria NOH, Yesook IM, Myeongsoo SHIN, Seoktae KIM
  • Publication number: 20210122606
    Abstract: A method of controlling an elevator includes detecting that a robot providing a service on a floor within a building has gotten on an elevator moving through floors within the building, and controlling the elevator to move to a floor where the robot is to provide the service. At least one of the internal user interface and the external user interface of the elevator is configured to indicate whether the robot is using the elevator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Seoktae KIM, Yesook IM