Patents by Inventor Young Cheon WON

Young Cheon WON 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: 8555714
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the amount of snow cover and snowfall using electrical conduction. The apparatus includes: a collection container in which the snow is flowed and is piled up and which is opened upwards; a supporting mount for supporting the collection container; a first conductor that is disposed on a bottom of the collection container and contacts the snow piled up on the collection container; a plurality of second conductors that are disposed spaced apart from each other on sidewalls of the collection container in a height direction of the collection container and contact the snow piled up on the collection container; a power supply unit that is electrically connected to the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors; and a detection sensor for determining that the first conductor and the second conductors are electrically connected to each other, based on the snow piled up on the collection container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Byung-Gon Chae, Jung-Hae Choi, Young-Cheon Won
  • Publication number: 20130047718
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring the amount of snow cover and snowfall using electrical conduction. The apparatus includes: a collection container in which the snow is flowed and is piled up and which is opened upwards; a supporting mount for supporting the collection container; a first conductor that is disposed on a bottom of the collection container and contacts the snow piled up on the collection container; a plurality of second conductors that are disposed spaced apart from each other on sidewalls of the collection container in a height direction of the collection container and contact the snow piled up on the collection container; a power supply unit that is electrically connected to the first conductor and the plurality of second conductors; and a detection sensor for determining that the first conductor and the second conductors are electrically connected to each other, based on the snow piled up on the collection container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Byung-Gon CHAE, Jung-Hae CHOI, Young-Cheon WON
  • Publication number: 20120227482
    Abstract: A groundwater profile monitoring system includes a groundwater sensor configured to sense a state of groundwater; a driving unit including a sensor cable to which the groundwater sensor is connected at one end thereof and configured to vertically move the groundwater sensor; a data logger configured to receive and store sensing information sensed by the groundwater sensor and transmit the sensing information to a designated server; and a power supply unit configured to produce electric power using solar energy and supply the produced electric power to the driving unit and the data logger. Since a profile material of vertical groundwater according to a depth of a tube well can be continuously collected by using one sensor, an accurate groundwater related material can be collected more efficiently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM)
    Inventors: Kyoochul HA, Young Cheon WON