Patents by Inventor Baek-Hee Lee

Baek-Hee Lee 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).

  • Publication number: 20220144138
    Abstract: A device having push button switches for operating a power seat of a vehicle, includes a switch module in which a plurality of push button type switches for an input operation to drive a power seat to a target position and in a target direction are modularized; a plurality of touch sensors embedded in the plurality of push button type switches and configured to indicate operating directions of the power seat; a main controller configured to determine an operating direction of the power seat according to a sensing signal from a touch sensor in which a touch sensing operation is performed among the plurality of touch sensors; and a display configured to display the operating direction of the power seat determined by the main controller as one arrow and visually guide a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Keun Hui Kim, Beom Young Oh, Hyuk Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20220105832
    Abstract: A device for operating a power seat of a vehicle, the device being able to show exact operation directions of a power seat by operation of switches to a user, and enabling the user to recognize the exact selection state and operation direction of desired switches so that the user can more conveniently use the switches by displaying one arrow showing the operation direction of the seat when each of a plurality of touch sensors, which is disposed in each of the switches of a switch module for operating the seat to show operation direction of the seat, senses a touch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Hyuk Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20220031559
    Abstract: A device configured for a vehicle for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger is provided. The device is configured such that a neck support pad is integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to hold up and support the neck of a passenger, and a massage device is mounted in the neck support pad to massage the neck of the passenger, thus stably supporting and massaging the neck of the passenger sitting on a seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Gyu Ho CHUNG, Jong Hun LEE, Yo Seob LEE, Hyun Kyu PARK, Min Hyuk KWAK
  • Publication number: 20220032709
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle suspension, may include a variable damper provided between a vehicle body and a wheel, a sensor that measures a vehicle body vertical acceleration and a wheel vertical acceleration, and a controller that estimates a road surface roughness based on the vehicle body vertical acceleration and the wheel vertical acceleration, predicts a road surface grade based on the estimated road surface roughness, and adjusts damping force of the variable damper corresponding to the predicted road surface grade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hee LEE, Baek Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20220032711
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling vehicle suspension, which controls a variable damper in consideration of virtual tire damping, may include a variable damper which is installed between a vehicle body and a wheel, a first acceleration sensor which is installed at each corner of the vehicle body to measure a vehicle body corner vertical acceleration, a second acceleration sensor which is installed to each wheel to measure a wheel vertical acceleration, and a controller that estimates a road surface roughness based on the vehicle body corner vertical acceleration and the wheel vertical acceleration, determines a virtual tire damping required damping force based on the estimated road surface roughness, and adjusts a damping force of the variable damper based on the determined virtual tire damping required damping force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hee Lee, Baek Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11235709
    Abstract: An entertainment apparatus for a self-driving vehicle is configured to enable a passenger to playa game while viewing a game start image of a display installed in a seat in a state in which the passenger sits on the seat, where the game is executed and proceeds based on a signal that is obtained by detecting a distribution of human body pressure of the passenger by a body pressure sensor installed in the seat and a signal obtained by detecting touch pressure of the passenger by a touch pad installed in the seat, and thus the passenger is capable of playing various games related to body pressure and/or a touch signal while moving his or her body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jin Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11214183
    Abstract: A ventilation and massage device for a seat, may include a seat foam pad including a plurality of air discharge holes formed in the seat foam; an air distribution duct mounted in a space in a rear surface of the seat foam pad and fluidically-connected to the plurality of air discharge holes, the air distribution duct being configured to distribute air to the air discharge holes; massage units mounted on a bottom surface of the air distribution duct, the massage units being configured to move forwards and backwards to open or close the air discharge holes or penetrate the air discharge holes; and a controller electrically connected to the massage units and configured to control an amount of movement of the massage units based on information related to a body pressure of an occupant accommodated in the seat and information related to a temperature and humidity at a contact portion between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Patent number: 11213140
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for correcting a passenger's posture in an autonomous vehicle, wherein the system includes a camera configured to measure a distance between a headrest and a head of the passenger, a plurality of body pressure sensors configured to be uniformly embedded across an entire area of the seat and sense body pressures of the passenger, a pressurizing device configured to be expandably installed inside a seatback and press between T10 and T12 of a thoracic spine of the passenger, and a controller configured to control an operation of the pressurizing device on the basis of the distance measured by the camera and a scapular pressure of the passenger, which is sensed by the plurality of body pressure sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jin Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11187942
    Abstract: A color conversion panel includes a substrate and a red color conversion layer, a green color conversion layer, and a transmission layer which are disposed on the substrate. The transmission layer includes at least one of a pigment and a dye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwang Keun Lee, Young Min Kim, Hae Il Park, Seon-Tae Yoon, Baek Hee Lee, Kun Hee Jo
  • Publication number: 20210288291
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a first substrate, an insulating layer disposed over the first substrate and including a first inclined portion and a first electrode disposed over the insulating layer. The OLED display also includes a light-emitting element layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the light-emitting element layer and a color conversion layer and a transmissive layer disposed over the second electrode. The first electrode includes a second inclined portion disposed over and inclined along the first inclined portion of the insulating layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Ki Nam, Hae Il Park
  • Patent number: 11091073
    Abstract: A humidity-responsive seat control device for a vehicle employs a self-transforming film including a kind of biomaterial configured to operate to be opened through gradual shrinkage thereof when humidity of a seat cover or humidity inside of the seat cover increases while operating to be closed through gradual expansion thereof when the humidity of the seat cover or the humidity inside of the seat cover decreases, thereby being capable of not only achieving smooth air ventilation in an area where a body portion of a seat occupant contacts the seat cover, but also automatically adjusting an amount of air discharged outwards through the self-transforming film in accordance with humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jong Hun Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20210229060
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a quantum dot is provided, the apparatus including a first supplying part that provides a cationic precursor, a second supplying part that provides an anionic precursor, a mixing part connected to the first supplying part and the second supplying part, and a reaction part including a reaction tube configured to receive a liquid mixture of the cationic precursor and the anionic precursor from the mixing part and a first microwave generator configured to provide a microwave that is transmitted through the reaction tube. Therefore, the apparatus may produce a quantum dot of multi-element compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Inventors: Taekjoon LEE, Baek Hee LEE, Junwoo LEE
  • Publication number: 20210223613
    Abstract: Provided is a display device including a first substrate including a pixel electrode provided for each pixel; and a second substrate facing the first substrate and including an insulating substrate, a light blocking member disposed along a boundary the pixel, and a common electrode disposed along the plurality of pixels; wherein the common electrode includes a first common electrode layer and a second common electrode layer, the first common electrode layer and the second common electrode layer including a transparent conductive material, wherein the first common electrode layer is disposed on one surface of the insulating substrate, wherein the light blocking member is disposed on the first common electrode layer, and wherein the second common electrode layer is disposed on the first common electrode layer and the light blocking member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Dong Hee LEE, Baek Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11058958
    Abstract: A gaming device in an autonomous vehicle includes: a body pressure sensor disposed in a seatback and a seat cushion at laterally symmetrical positions thereof and sensing a body pressure distribution of an upper body of a passenger and a body pressure distribution of a lower body of the passenger; a display device disposed at a position around a seat and displaying a game execution screen when the game using a ball is executed; a joystick disposed at a position around the seat and manipulating the game; and a game module connected to a front portion of the seat cushion and comprising: the ball enabling the passenger to kick the ball by a foot; a plurality of force sensors mounted on the ball; and a connector for holding the ball and outputting signals from the force sensors to a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Jong Hun Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Yo Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11027189
    Abstract: An entertainment device and method for a self-driving vehicle enable a passenger to play a game while watching a game execution screen of a display mounted around a seat in a state where the passenger is seated on the seat of a self-driving vehicle, and execute and proceed with the game based on a signal that senses a body pressure distribution of the passenger in a body pressure sensor mounted on the seat, and a signal that senses the touch pressure of the passenger in a touch pad mounted on the seat, thereby allowing the passenger to enjoy various games related to the body pressure and/or the touch signal while the passenger moves his or her body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Jin Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20210162904
    Abstract: A ventilation and massage device for a seat, may include a seat foam pad including a plurality of air discharge holes formed in the seat foam; an air distribution duct mounted in a space in a rear surface of the seat foam pad and fluidically-connected to the plurality of air discharge holes, the air distribution duct being configured to distribute air to the air discharge holes; massage units mounted on a bottom surface of the air distribution duct, the massage units being configured to move forwards and backwards to open or close the air discharge holes or penetrate the air discharge holes; and a controller electrically connected to the massage units and configured to control an amount of movement of the massage units based on information related to a body pressure of an occupant accommodated in the seat and information related to a temperature and humidity at a contact portion between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210162900
    Abstract: A system for adjusting properties of a seat for a vehicle, may include thermoelement modules configured to have a structure in which a plurality of flexible thermoelements is connected by conductive wires to each other, and mounted in a seat foam pad of the seat; a property adjustment region input unit configured to select a property adjustment region of the seat foam pad; a property adjustment amount input unit configured to input a target property adjustment amount of the seat foam pad; and a controller connected to the thermoelement modules, the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit, and configured to control an amount of current supplied to some or all of the flexible thermoelements according to output signals from the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210162888
    Abstract: A hologram switch system of a seat for vehicles generates hologram switch images for adjusting movement of the seat and air-conditioning of the seat in front of a passenger sitting on the seat, and allows the passenger to perform selection and operation in the generated hologram switch images through the position and motion of a passenger's hand, so that the passenger may more intuitively approach and easily operate the switch images and thereby easily operate various seat moving apparatuses and seat air-conditioning apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210159278
    Abstract: Disclosed are display panels and methods of fabricating the same. The display panel includes a base substrate having a pixel area and a peripheral area adjacent to the pixel area, a light emitting element on the base substrate to generate a first light and overlapping the pixel area, a light control layer on the light emitting element to convert the first light into a white light, and a color filter layer on the light control layer and includes a first color filter that allows penetration of the first light, a second color filter that allows penetration of a second light different from the first light, and a third color filter that allows penetration of a third light different from the first light and the second light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Minwoo KIM, Jaejin LYU, Donghee LEE, Junwoo LEE, Taekjoon LEE, Hyung-Il JEON
  • Patent number: 11018323
    Abstract: An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a first substrate, an insulating layer disposed over the first substrate and including a first inclined portion and a first electrode disposed over the insulating layer. The OLED display also includes a light-emitting element layer disposed over the first electrode, a second electrode disposed over the light-emitting element layer and a color conversion layer and a transmissive layer disposed over the second electrode. The first electrode includes a second inclined portion disposed over and inclined along the first inclined portion of the insulating layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Ki Nam, Hae Il Park