Patents Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company
  • Publication number: 20240137528
    Abstract: A method and a device for encoding/decoding a video are provided. A method for decoding a video according to the present disclosure includes generating an inter prediction block for a current block, based on a reference block that corresponds to the current block and exists in a reference picture. The method for decoding the video also includes generating an intra prediction block for the current block, based on the reference block and a first reference pixel adjacent to the reference block. The method for decoding the video also includes deriving weighted values assigned to the inter prediction block and the intra prediction block, based on not using the current block for distortion calculation. The method for decoding the video also includes generating a combined inter/intra prediction (CIIP) block of the current block, based on the weight values, the inter prediction block, and the intra prediction block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240136296
    Abstract: A power module includes an upper substrate and a lower substrate, an upper chip, a lower chip, and a circuit board disposed across a space between the upper substrate and the lower chip and a space between the lower substrate and the upper chip so that the upper substrate and the lower substrate are vertically spaced from each other. The circuit board electrically connects the upper chip to the lower substrate while electrically connecting the lower chip to the upper substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Taek HWANG, So Eun JEONG, Jun Hee PARK, Nam Sik KONG
  • Publication number: 20240136777
    Abstract: A power socket includes a terminal support base, at least one set of conductive terminals, at least one slider, an elastic component, a circuit board component, a photoelectric sensor, and a controller, wherein the photoelectric sensor is configured to detect the extending plate passing through the through hole to generate a trigger signal, and the controller is electrically connected to the photoelectric sensor and at least one set of conductive terminals, and the controller is configured to control the corresponding conductive terminal to be conducted according to the trigger signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Xi Zhen HU
  • Publication number: 20240134785
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing a multimedia device includes a database log tracking device that transmits a log of a first terminal and a processor that monitors the log to detect a predetermined event, obtains event execution information at a timing when the event occurs from the first terminal and a second terminal interworking with the first terminal in response to that the event is detected, and compares the event execution information with predetermined reference information to determine operation states of the first and second terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seong Un KIM, Seung Yeun JANG, Dae Youl KIM, Hyung Seok LEE
  • Publication number: 20240137490
    Abstract: A video encoding/decoding method and apparatus are provided. A video decoding method includes deriving a spatial merge candidate, based on neighboring blocks spatially adjacent to a current block. The method also includes deriving a temporal merge candidate, based on neighboring blocks temporally adjacent to the current block. The method also includes generating a first merge candidate list based on the spatial merge candidate and the temporal merge candidate. The method also includes deriving a history-based merge candidate, based on motion information of a block encoded before the current block. The method also includes generating a second merge candidate list, based on the first merge candidate list and the history-based merge candidate. The method also includes generating a prediction block of the current block, based on the second merge candidate list. The first merge candidate list and the second merge candidate list are generated based on a priority of motion information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240136843
    Abstract: A mobility charging device comprises a measurement unit configured to measure a voltage of a battery of a mobility device when the mobility device is electrically connected to an input/output interface, a determination unit configured to receive the voltage of the battery from the measurement unit, and determine a charging mode among a plurality of charging modes according to the voltage of the battery, and a charging unit configured to differently set cut-off voltages correspondingly to the plurality of charging modes, and provide charging voltage corresponding to a cut-off voltage set correspondingly to the charging mode to the mobility device through the input/output interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Kwon Na, Yong Kyu Yoo, Jae Dong Shin
  • Publication number: 20240136549
    Abstract: A fuel cell system and a control method thereof include an air supply line supplying air to a fuel cell stack and an air discharge line discharging post-reaction air, a stack pressure sensor provided in the air supply line to measure pressure of air at an inlet side of the stack supplied to a cathode side of the fuel cell stack, an air cutoff valve provided with a bypass line connecting the air supply line and the air discharge line in the air cutoff valve, and a controller electrically connected to the stack pressure sensor and the air cutoff valve and configured to determine pressurization time and pressurization torque for the air cutoff valve when the controller concludes that it is necessary to shut off air inside a cathode and control the stack pressure sensor and the air cutoff valve according to the determined pressurization time and the determined pressurization torque so that inside of the cathode is airtight even after stopping of a fuel cell in the fuel cell stack is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Min Gu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240132014
    Abstract: A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor provided in each of vehicle seats and outputting a fastening signal when a seat belt is fastened, and outputting a non-fastening signal when the seat belt is not fastened, and a controller that stores an available seat count based on the non-fastening signal and to update the available seat count when a seat belt signal is changed and output to the non-fastening signal from a vehicle seat where the fastening signal is output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Min LEE, Jang Yeol KIM, Eul YONG KIM, Dae Han CHOI
  • Publication number: 20240134621
    Abstract: A method and system for installing an application in a mobility device are disclosed. The method of installing an application in a mobility device includes: securing data matched to the mobility device in a server based on application installation information included in an application installation request in response to the application installation request received from the mobility device; creating a metadata adapter of the application in the server based on the secured matching data; transmitting the created metadata adapter together with binary data of the application from the server to the mobility device; and installing the application in the mobility device using the metadata adapter transmitted from the server to the mobility device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, HeeJin Ro, Duckyoung Kim, Jongbok Lee, Donghee Seok
  • Publication number: 20240132111
    Abstract: A system for operating an object includes at least one autonomous driving platform to perform autonomous driving, at least one object loaded onto an upper portion of the at least one autonomous driving platform, unloaded from the upper portion of the at least one autonomous driving platform, and including a product, and a server to select an object of the at least one object to provide a product, which is to be sold to a user, based on product purchase information for a specific area, and to select an autonomous driving platform, which performs the autonomous driving in the specific area, of the at least autonomous driving platform, based on information on the specific area and the selected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Hyun KIM, Ig Yeong JEONG
  • Publication number: 20240132021
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a discharge pressure of a fluid includes: a pump configured to suck the fluid through an inlet or to discharge the sucked fluid through an outlet; a distributor connected to the pump and to an injection nozzle provided by a sensor and configured to distribute the fluid discharged from the pump to the sensor; and a controller. The controller is configured to control the pump to operate selectively in accordance with detection of contamination of the sensor and to control operation of the distributor to be forcibly delayed during operation of the pump such that the fluid distributed to the sensor, when detected as being contaminated, is controlled to reach a selected required discharge pressure of different required discharge pressures selected in accordance with water amount information and a degree of contamination of the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DY AUTO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Joon Shin, Chan Mook Choi, Gyu Won Han, Jong Min Park, Jin Hee Lee, Jong Wook Lee, Min Wook Park, Seong Jun Kim, Hyeong Jun Kim, Sun Ju Kim
  • Publication number: 20240132084
    Abstract: An object detection method includes determining an error parameter associated with an amount of movement of a vehicle through a predetermined regression method based on positioning information of the vehicle and dynamics information of the vehicle with respect to a predetermined center of gravity of the vehicle, determining a velocity of a predetermined point of the vehicle, based on a fixed error parameter stored in a memory or a corrected fixed error parameter, through a comparison between the error parameter and the fixed error parameter, generating a local map in consideration of the amount of movement of the vehicle based on the determined velocity, and detecting an object around the vehicle based on the local map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyeong Eun Kim, Se Jong Heo, Kyeong Jin Jeon
  • Publication number: 20240132652
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane composition for injection molding and a method for manufacturing the same. Specifically, the thermoplastic polyurethane composition includes 0.5% by weight to 10.0% by weight of a sulfonate diol, 13% by weight to 60% by weight of an isocyanate, 30% by weight to 70% by weight of an ether-containing polyester polyol, and 5% by weight to 40% by weight of a chain extender.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DONGSUNG CHEMICAL Co., Ltd., HANWHA ADVANCED MATERIALS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Boo Youn An, In Soo Han, Sang Hyuk Lee, Jae Chan Lee, Hoon Jeong Kim, Gyu Min Lee, Sung Bok Kwak, Dong Ju Lee, Jae Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20240130923
    Abstract: An adaptive seat massage system and a method of controlling the same include a massage module providing a massage function in a plurality of regions of a seat; a pressure measurement module detecting pressure applied to the seat by a user in the regions of the seat and transmits pressure measurement signal corresponding to respective regions among the plurality of regions; and a control module determining whether to operate the massage module in at least one region based on the pressure measurement signal received from the pressure measurement module, determining, when the massage module is operated in the at least one region, an operating mode of the massage module in the at least one region based on the pressure measurement signal, and transmitting a control signal corresponding to the determined operating mode to the massage module to control an operation of the massage module in the at least one region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ming LI, Joo Hwan SON, Hai Yan ZHAO, Xiang Lai NIAN, Junshuai CAO, Shinjin KANG, Shi Hua WANG
  • Publication number: 20240132107
    Abstract: Described herein is a vehicle and a control method thereof. The vehicle includes a maneuver sensor provided to obtain maneuver data of the vehicle, a vehicle environment sensor provided to obtain lane information of a road on which the vehicle is traveling, and a controller electrically connected to the vehicle environment sensor, wherein the controller predicts a first trajectory of the vehicle based on a physics-based model using the maneuver data, predicts a second trajectory of the vehicle based on a maneuver-based model using the maneuver data and the lane information, and predicts a final trajectory of the vehicle based on the first trajectory and the second trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeongmin CHO
  • Publication number: 20240131922
    Abstract: A variable grille apparatus can adjust a flow rate of air flowing through a grille and upgrade an opening/closing operation when adjusting the flow rate of the air, thereby improving merchantability. In addition, by diversifying the opening/closing operation of the grille such as sequentially operating or simultaneously operating the opening/closing operation of the grille, it is possible to upgrade the opening/closing operation of the grille, diversify the exterior design, and secure the flow rate of air through the optimization of the structural arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Young Yoon, Dong Eun Cha, Hong Heui Lee, Jae Sup Byun, Jang Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20240131910
    Abstract: A vehicle body frame includes a lower frame fixed to a floor of a vehicle to define a lower region of an internal space in the vehicle, a roof frame connected to an upper portion of the lower frame to define an upper region of the internal space, configured to slid in a vertical direction of the vehicle with respect to the lower frame, to expand the internal space upwards when the roof frame slides upwards, a lower door frame forming a lower portion of a vehicle door, and an upper door frame connected to the lower door frame to form an upper portion of the vehicle door, and configured to slid together with the roof frame to expand the vehicle door upwards when the roof frame slides upwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Hyun CHOI, Ji Hyun SONG, Hyung Sik CHOI, Sun In YOU, Sang Heon LEE, Jin Ho HWANG, Dong Eun CHA, Won Chan LEE
  • Patent number: 11964599
    Abstract: A device for preventing a submarine phenomenon in a fold and dive seat for a vehicle includes a seat cushion side frame, a seat back frame fastened to a rear end portion of the seat cushion side frame in a manner that is rotatable backward and forward, a seat cushion main-frame fastened between the seat cushion side frame and the seat back frame in a tiltable manner, and a dive link fastened by a hinge mechanism between a front end portion of the seat cushion main-frame and a front end portion of the seat cushion side frame, in which a stopper link rotatably mounted on the seat cushion side frame is rotated by an inertial force when a head-on collision occurs, and thus holds the dive link in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bong Ku Kim, Sang Do Park, Ho Suk Jung, Chan Ho Jung, Deok Soo Lim
  • Patent number: 11964657
    Abstract: An apparatus of controlling travel on a slope includes a receiver configured for obtaining information on a vehicle, a slope travel determiner configured to determine whether the vehicle is traveling on a slope requiring a slope travel control, a slope travel preparator configured to set a virtual accelerator position sensor (APS) mode, and determine hill hold torque based on the obtained information on the vehicle, a slope travel controller operatively connected to the slope travel determiner, the slope travel determiner and the slope travel preparator and configured to determine driving torque of the vehicle, and control the vehicle to stop or travel on the slope by generating driving torque in an amount equal to or greater than the hill hold torque, and a torque generator operatively connected to the slope travel controller and configured to generate the driving torque determined by the slope travel controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Si Young Song
  • Patent number: 11964635
    Abstract: A vehicle and vehicle wiper with antenna is directed to improve communication stability with other target vehicles by securing sufficient signal reception sensitivity of an antenna of a vehicle even in rainy weather where the signal reception sensitivity of the antenna may decrease, while at the same time supplementing shortcomings of a short communication distance. A vehicle includes a wiper including a blade for wiping a windshield of the vehicle and an arm for supporting the blade, and a first antenna provided on the arm of the wiper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ohyun Kwon, Sang Heun Lee