Patents Assigned to KIA CORPORATION
  • Patent number: 11975672
    Abstract: An embodiment roof-mounted type airbag includes a housing to be mounted to a roof part, a center cushion foldable inside the housing and able to be vertically unfolded between facing seats of a vehicle, wherein the center cushion is pillar-shaped, a side cushion foldable inside the housing and able to be unfolded partially along a circumference of the center cushion, and an inflator connected to the center cushion or the side cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Chang Jin Oh
  • Patent number: 11979305
    Abstract: A method and system for diagnosing a communication channel state in an in-vehicle network includes requesting information on devices connected to a controller, receiving the information on the connected devices from the controller, requesting channel state diagnostics for a channel to which, among the devices connected to the controller, a diagnostics target device is connected, and receiving channel state diagnostics result from the controller, where the channel state diagnostics result includes diagnostic results of some of the devices connected to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Beom Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11975673
    Abstract: A tether clip includes: a clip body including a panel anchor part and a trim anchor portion, a head anchor part capable of being combined with the trim anchor portion, and a tether connecting the clip body and the head anchor part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Jiseob Park, Hyochul Myoung, Changmo Seong, SangWook Yi, Y Tae Kim, Yoo Sung Doh
  • Patent number: 11979574
    Abstract: A method and device for controlling coding tools are provided. The video decoding method includes decoding, from a high level of a bitstream, an enable flag indicating whether one or more coding tools are enabled. The coding tools includes a first coding tool that encodes sample values using luma component mapping based on a piecewise linear model. The method includes acquiring a value of an application flag depending on a value of the enable flag, by setting the application flag indicating whether to apply the coding tools to a predetermined value, or by decoding the application flag from a low level of the bitstream, the application flag including a first application flag indicating whether to apply the first coding tool. The coding tools are operated when the value of the application flag is a value indicating that the coding tools are applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Ewha University-Industry Collaboration Foundation
    Inventors: Je Won Kang, Sang Hyo Park, Seung Wook Park, Wha Pyeong Lim
  • Patent number: 11979453
    Abstract: A robot control system and a method may be operated in a microservices architecture (MSA)-based control environment. The robot control system includes an application programming interface (API) gateway that connects an authentication server for authenticating a robot, a management server for managing the robot, and an operation server for operating the robot in a Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP) communication method and an administrator terminal that communicates with the robot through WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ga Hee Kim, Bo Ram Kim, Gil Jin Yang, Jung Min Ryu, Jae Hag Jung, Il Yong Yoon, Chan Mo Lim
  • Patent number: 11978920
    Abstract: An inlet duct for a vehicle battery system includes an inlet part having an inlet hole open toward a vehicle interior, outlet parts divided from the inlet part and having outlet holes so as to supply air introduced to the inlet hole to the battery system via two separated paths, and a grill provided in the inlet part by having multiple ribs forming a grid to cover the inlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byung Su Kim, Jun Seok Choi, Jin Won Kim
  • Patent number: 11975684
    Abstract: A system for managing a seat occupancy status by a passenger and a control method of the system includes a seat belt sensor provided for each seat to detect a fastening or unfastening of the seat belt, a pressure detection unit provided for each seat to detect occupancy or non-occupancy of a seat by a passenger and pressure of the seated passenger, a secondary control unit provided for each seat and woken up by radio communication with a vehicle to alert to an unfastened state of the seat belt when the seat belt is unfastened upon determining, by a seat belt sensor, whether the seat belt is fastened, and a primary control unit provided in the vehicle to perform radio communications with each secondary control unit and check an abnormality based on reception or non-reception of the system data transmitted from the secondary control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SAMSONG INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Kyu Bok, Dong Ryul Shin, Su Cheon Kim, Yong Chan Yoon, Man Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11976998
    Abstract: A device for controlling a balance of an urban air mobility, may include a receiver configured to receive occupant information related to the urban air mobility from a cloud server; and a controller configured to control the balance of the urban air mobility according to the received occupant information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tae Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 11978983
    Abstract: A connector assembly enables electrically safe disconnection and separation because it is possible to secure an interval between the point of time of separation of interlock terminals and the point of time of separation of power terminals when connectors are separated. The connector assembly can implement two steps of cutting power after restricting a lever in a locked state and then completely disconnecting connectors by additionally operating the lever by including an intermediate locking mechanism that restricts the lever for disconnecting connectors in a state in which interlock terminals of two connectors are separated from each other but power terminals of the two connectors are in contact with each other to disconnect and separate female and male connectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KUM LLC
    Inventors: Yun Jae Jung, Chan Gu Yun, Anbumani Neelamegam
  • Patent number: 11976720
    Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus of an electronic shift system includes a spherical mechanism that includes a shift control portion on a first hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism and a design portion on a second hemispherical portion of the spherical mechanism. The design portion is configured to provide indirect illumination and transmit images. Power is transmitted from a motor to the rotation shaft of the spherical mechanism using a timing belt or a wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Hun Lee, Chul Ho Chun, Min Gwon Lee, Tae Jo Kim
  • Patent number: 11975855
    Abstract: A propulsion module of an air mobility vehicle may include a door provided in the housing and opening or closing the opening portion of the housing by a sliding motion of the door; a propeller for providing propulsion to the air mobility vehicle; a link assembly having a first end portion connected to the housing and a second end portion connected to the propeller to pull the propeller into the internal space of the housing through the opening portion or pull the propeller outside the internal space through the opening portion; and a door opening and closing portion coupled to the door and configured for providing an opening and closing force to the door according to an inward-pulling motion or an outward-pulling motion of the propeller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Chung Sik Yim, Yong Hyun Nam, Jae Young Choi, Sang Hyun Jung, Dae Hee Lee, Jae Seung Lee, Kyu Hoon Cho
  • Patent number: 11978602
    Abstract: A switch apparatus, includes: a base module including a base case, and a moving magnet movably mounted in the base case; and a manipulation module including a manipulation case, and a first magnet fixedly mounted in the manipulation case, wherein the moving magnet moves between a hold position and a releasable position, the hold position refers to a position in which the manipulation module is held onto the base module as an attractive force acts between the moving magnet and the first magnet, and the releasable position refers to a position in which the manipulation module is releasable from the base module as a repulsive force acts between the moving magnet and the first magnet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NOVATECH CO., LTD, ALPS ELECTRIC KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Shin, Hoo Sang Lee, Jong Hyun Choi, Dae Woo Park, Youn Tak Kim, Nam I Jo, Choon Teak Oh, Hong Jun Choi, Kon Hee Chang, Woo Joo Ahn
  • Publication number: 20240142249
    Abstract: A computer implemented method and apparatus provide a route to postpone or delay arrival of a vehicle at a destination. The method includes: obtaining, by a processor, behavior information indicating a behavior of an occupant in the vehicle; receiving, by the processor from the occupant, time information for postponing arrival of the vehicle at the destination; and providing, by the processor, at least one recommended route according to the behavior information and the time information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Seok Suh, Hae Seong Jeong, Mi Jin Chung, Ja Yoon Goo, Hong Gyu Lee
  • Publication number: 20240140200
    Abstract: A displaying method and a displaying system for a vehicle, include obtaining a current date; determining whether to set an image of a holiday or anniversary to be displayed on a display of the vehicle by providing a display setting option to select or not to select a display setting option of a user; providing a display setting option and receiving a user's selection of the display setting option; when the display setting option is selected, comparing the obtained current date with preset holiday data and/or the preset anniversary data to determine whether the current date is a holiday corresponding to the preset holiday data, or determine whether the current date is an anniversary corresponding to the preset anniversary data; and displaying a pre-stored image related to the holiday and/or anniversary of the current date on a display of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Xiao Jia YAN, Jin Young LEE, Da Lin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20240146817
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to enable an artificial intelligence (AI) service in a machine-to-machine (M2M) system, and a method for operating a first device may include transmitting a first message for requesting to generate a resource associated with training of an artificial intelligence model to a second device, transmitting a second message for requesting to perform the training based on the resource to the second device, receiving a third message for notifying completion of the training of the artificial intelligence model from the second device, and performing a predicting operation using the trained artificial intelligence model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong University
    Inventor: Jae Seung Song
  • Publication number: 20240140336
    Abstract: An auxiliary battery system of a vehicle and a method of using the same include an auxiliary battery, a switching module, and an auxiliary battery control module, and the auxiliary battery stores power used in a plurality of loads of the vehicle, and configured to provide the power to a first load and a second load among the plurality of loads in a state in which the vehicle is parked, the switching module is electrically connected between the auxiliary battery and the first load, and the auxiliary battery control module is configured to determine whether a vehicle communication network enters a sleep mode in the state where a vehicle is parked, turn on a switching module when it is determined that the vehicle communication network has not entered the sleep mode, and turn off the switching module when a predetermined time period has elapsed after it is determined that the vehicle communication network has entered the sleep mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Xiu Kun LI, Sung IL KIM
  • Publication number: 20240140372
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling an EPB of the vehicle, include determining whether the vehicle satisfies a predetermined condition for entering a seized release mode of the EPB, implementing the seized release mode of the EPB, and outputting a guide message for a warning and an inspection associated with seizing of the EPB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hwibong CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240140224
    Abstract: A charging cable for an electric vehicle includes a cable main body having a flat cross-section in a width direction thereof and partitioned into a plurality of internal regions. The charging cable includes terminal portions through which positive and negative power cables, a communication/sensor cable, a coolant flow channel, and a ground pass into the plurality of internal regions, respectively. The terminal portions are arranged in a row in the width direction of the cable main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Woo Hyung Lee, Sang Jin Lee, Young Tae Choi, Kwang Min Oh, Ho Choi
  • Publication number: 20240140406
    Abstract: A method for preventing or mitigating rear-end collisions of a motor vehicle and potential multiple vehicle collisions includes locating, by a sensor system of the motor vehicle, an obstructing vehicle in the front of the motor vehicle located on a trajectory of the motor vehicle, the obstructing vehicle being characterized by a speed below a predetermined first speed threshold, equal to zero; braking the motor vehicle, by an automatic braking system of the motor vehicle, to stop at a predetermined safety distance from the obstructing vehicle; monitoring, by the sensor system, the rear of the motor vehicle for a trailing vehicle approaching the motor vehicle from behind, wherein the sensor system is configured to detect driving information of the trailing vehicle; and performing safety measures by a control system of the motor vehicle in case a rear-end collision is anticipated based on the detected driving characteristics of the trailing vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Christoph WIDERA
  • Publication number: 20240140191
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a sealing device and an in-wheel motor including the sealing device. The in-wheel motor includes a stator, a rotor rotatably disposed with respect to the stator, an annular inner seal connected to the stator and spaced apart from the rotor by a predetermined gap so as to be disposed between the stator and the rotor, and an annular slinger coupled to an end portion of the rotor, wherein the annular inner seal seals between the slinger and the in-wheel motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Tack Lim, Jae Young Jeun, Jeong Uk An, Kyung Ku Yeo, Kam Chun Lee, Yong Gyu Lee, Sung Min Hong, Hong Wook Lee, Kyung Jun Lee