Patents Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company
  • Publication number: 20240155153
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding for refining predicted signals of intra prediction based on deep learning. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a refined intra predicted signal to improve video coding efficiency and video quality. The video coding method and the apparatus adaptively input a prediction block according to intra prediction of a current block, block information related to the current block, and neighboring reconstructed reference samples into a deep learning network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, EWHA UNIVERSITY – INDUSTRY COLLABORATION FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Hye Sun Jeong, Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240149712
    Abstract: A silencer for a fuel cell vehicle includes: an internal pipe including a first drain disposed in a lower portion of an external circumferential surface thereof and configured to discharge water and a plurality of gas flow ports disposed in an upper portion of the external circumferential surface and configured to allow gas to flow therethrough; a housing surrounding the internal pipe and forming a space in which the water and the gas flow within the internal pipe; a drainage adjustment portion disposed inside the internal pipe and configured to open or close the first drain, wherein the drainage adjustment portion includes: a moving plate including a shape corresponding to a cross section of an internal space of the internal pipe and moving in an axial direction of the internal pipe according to flow of the gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Ki Ho PARK
  • Publication number: 20240151364
    Abstract: A hydrogen supply method includes a first fluid circulation operation in which a first fluid sequentially circulates through a first fluid circulation line including a first heat exchanger configured to exchange heat between the first fluid and an external fluid, a compressor, a second heat exchanger, and an expansion member. The hydrogen supply method further includes a (2-1)th fluid circulation operation in which a second fluid circulates through a second fluid circulation line through which the second fluid circulates and exchanges heat with the first fluid in the second heat exchanger. The (2-1)th fluid circulation operation includes allowing the second fluid to sequentially circulate through the second heat exchanger, a hydrogen storage including a metal or alloy that adsorbs hydrogen, and a pump through the second fluid circulation line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Young Jeong, Yeon Ho Kim, Ji Hye Park
  • Publication number: 20240152777
    Abstract: An apparatus for training a driving path prediction model of a vehicle and a method therefor are disclosed. The apparatus includes a sensor that obtains a time series of training images in a real environment and a controller that trains a path prediction model based on dynamic objects in the time series of training images. The controller is configured to train the path prediction model to recognize a dynamic object disappearing from the time series of training images and a dynamic object appearing in the time series of training images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seulgi Kim, Yimju Kang
  • Publication number: 20240153129
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle and a vehicle position calculation method. The vehicle includes an image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jihee Han, Junsik An, Jungphil Kwon
  • Publication number: 20240154489
    Abstract: A channel structure includes a cooling channel continuously formed inside a housing. A coolant is configured to flow in the cooling channel. The cooling channel includes a plurality of channel portions spaced apart from each other and extending in the housing by changing directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kam Chun Lee, Jae Young Jeun, Jeong Uk An, Ki Tack Lim, Kyung Jun Lee, Yong Gyu Lee, Sung Min Hong, Hong Wook Lee, Kyung Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20240154422
    Abstract: A power conversion system of a battery for a vehicle includes a bidirectional charger configured to output a first active line voltage between a first active line and a neutral line and a second active line voltage between a second active line and the neutral line at different levels by converting a voltage of a battery into an AC voltage in a battery discharge mode, and a wiring swap device configured to electrically connect the first active line to a load-side first active line and to cross and electrically connect the second active line and the neutral line to a load-side neutral line and a load-side second active line, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Uk Park, Jae Hyun Kim, Hyun Wook Seong, Dong Gyun Woo
  • Publication number: 20240153278
    Abstract: An apparatus for predicting a driving path of a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a camera that captures an image around an ego vehicle, a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor that generates a point cloud around the ego vehicle, and a controller that detects pieces of feature information of respective vehicles located around the ego vehicle based on the image and the point cloud and predicts a driving path of a target vehicle based on the pieces of feature information of the respective vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seulgi Kim, Yimju Kang
  • Publication number: 20240154488
    Abstract: A cooling structure includes a housing having a cooling channel defined therein through which a coolant flows and includes a sealing cap fitted to a hole of the housing to seal the hole. The sealing cap includes a blocking member configured to be in contact with an internal surface of the housing. The cooling structure may be for cooling a motor, such as an in-wheel vehicle motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kam Chun Lee, Jae Young Jeun, Jeong Uk An, Ki Tack Lim, Kyung Jun Lee, Yong Gyu Lee, Sung Min Hong, Hong Wook Lee, Kyung Ku Yeo
  • Publication number: 20240151750
    Abstract: A server learns inference information for inferring a voltage difference value between a first battery and a second battery, and a vehicle communicates with the server. The vehicle includes: a low-voltage DC-DC converter (LDC); a first battery; a second battery; a battery equalizer (BEQ); a memory; and a processor configured to obtain output difference value between an output value of the LDC and an output value of the BEQ, obtain the voltage difference value corresponding to the obtained output difference value based on the inference information, and determine a charge time of the first battery and the second battery based on the obtained voltage difference value and a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Wonseok JIN
  • Publication number: 20240155134
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are disclosed for video coding using improved cross-component linear model (CCLM) prediction. The video coding method and the apparatus generate a first predictor of a current chroma block according to CCLM prediction, and additionally generate a second predictor of the current chroma block based on the neighboring pixels of the current chroma block in intra prediction of the current chroma block. The video coding method and the apparatus perform weighted combination on the first predictor and the second predictor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Research & Business Foundation SUNGKYUNKWAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Byeung Woo Jeon, Bum Yoon Kim, Jee Hwan Lee, Seung Wook Park, Jin Heo
  • Publication number: 20240149832
    Abstract: The vehicle may include a communicator configured to communicate with a mobile device; a camera; and an authentication apparatus configured to perform user authentication based on image information obtained by the camera, and provide a user with a vehicle control right, in response to the user authentication being successful. In response to receiving biometric information of the user stored in the mobile device through the communicator, the authentication apparatus may be configured to update pre-registered biometric information of the user based on the received biometric information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyunsang KIM, Yunsup ANN
  • Publication number: 20240154137
    Abstract: A sheet frame module capable of forming an airtight line and flow path of reaction gas by bonding a plurality of sheet frames configured in a flat shape separately from a separator, and a unit cell for a fuel cell including the same, is disposed between a pair of separators for a fuel cell to form an airtight line and flow path of reaction gas, and includes a center sheet frame in which a membrane electrode assembly is disposed at a center portion thereof; a first side sheet frame disposed between one side of the center sheet frame and one of the pair of separators to form an airtight line and flow path of a first reaction gas; and a second side sheet frame disposed between the other side of the center sheet frame and another of the pair of separators to form an airtight line and flow path of a second reaction gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hyeok YOO, Byeong-Heon Jeong, Seung Hun Han, Duk Hoon Kwon, Jong Jin Yoon, Jong Hyeok Noh
  • Publication number: 20240149819
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an interior material for a vehicle and a method for molding the interior material for the vehicle, and more specifically the method for molding an interior material for a vehicle according to the present disclosure includes heating a skin inserted into an upper end heater and a lower end heater spaced apart from each other; preforming the heated skin using an upper mold having a mold temperature set to have a set shape and a lower mold having a second mold temperature; and pressing the preformed skin and a core using a 1-1 mold and a 1-2 mold having set mold temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2024
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, KBI Dongkook Ind. Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Hyun An, In Soo Han, Woo Hyun Lim, Kyu Ha Yoo, Dong II Son, Dong Hyuk Choi, Chang Woo Kang, Chang Bok Park, Wan Gyu Choi
  • Publication number: 20240149704
    Abstract: A vehicle control method includes receiving information on a state of a main battery from a battery controller to a power controller so that a vehicle operates in a power saving mode, receiving, by the power controller, information on a possible travel distance of the vehicle determined by a drive controller using information on a charge amount of the main battery, receiving information on a determination that the vehicle cannot travel to a destination from the drive controller to the power controller using information on a remaining travel distance to the destination, and executing, by the power controller, the power saving mode depending on a level according to the information on the determination that the vehicle cannot travel to a destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Un CHON
  • Publication number: 20240149836
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning device includes: a spray nozzle configured to spray washing water and air to a sensor; a first flow path having a venturi section that exerts a venturi effect in a midstream thereof and configured to guide air from an air supply source to the spray nozzle; a second flow path configured to provide fluid communication between a washing water supply source and the venturi section such that washing water is suctioned into the venturi section by the venturi effect and combines the washing water from the washing water supply source with a flow of air guided to the spray nozzle; a third flow path configured to communicate with the first flow path to bypass the venturi section; and a valve device configured to control a flow of fluid flowing along the first, second, and third flow paths to a blocking mode, a washing water supply mode, and an air supply mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bosung Lee, Buyeol Ryu, Wonkyu Choi
  • Publication number: 20240149837
    Abstract: A sensor cleaning apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor housing in which a driver and a sensor are mounted, a cover part configured to rotate and exposed to the outside of the sensor housing through an open region formed on a front surface of the sensor housing, and a blade part connected to the cover part. The blade is rotated as the driver is driven and provided to allow air generated by its rotation to flow toward a front surface and a rear surface of the cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, DY AUTO Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Heon Wang, Nak Kyoung Kong, Dong Eun Cha, Kyung Hwan Kim, Jung Kwan Choi
  • Publication number: 20240151818
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method of detecting an object around a vehicle includes clustering points obtained from a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor of the vehicle, determining a position of a threshold line corresponding to a rear of a first object based on object points of a cluster box generated according to the clustering, and generating a first bounding box of the first object and a second bounding box of a second object based on a distribution of the object points based on the position of the threshold line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Ju Heon Baeg
  • Publication number: 20240151087
    Abstract: A door closing impact absorber apparatus includes a first body, a second body coupled to the first body, wherein the first body and the second body are relatively movable therebetween, and an elastic portion disposed between the first body and the second body to support elastically the first body and the second body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyungin YUN, Chungsik Yim
  • Publication number: 20240151300
    Abstract: A torque vectoring device for a vehicle is disclosed. The torque vectoring device includes: a differential; a first planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a differential case of the differential; a second planetary gear set connected, at a first rotating element thereof, to a selected drive shaft that is one of two drive shafts coupled to the differential; a motor connected to a second rotating element of the first planetary gear set; and a selective fixing mechanism configured to selectively fix a second rotating element or a third rotating element of the second planetary gear set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Kwang Min Choi, Baek Yu Kim, Chul Min Ahn, Sung Gon Byun, Sun Sung Kwon, Jun Hoi Huh