Patents by Inventor Byeong Wook Jeon

Byeong Wook Jeon 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: 11499628
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling shifting of a vehicle and a method therefor are provided, where the apparatus includes a storage storing a power map in which a demand power corresponding to a vehicle speed and an accelerator position sensor (APS) value is recorded and storing an energy consumption map of a power source for each gear stage. The apparatus includes a controller that detects a current demand power based on the power map, generates a power graph representing the detected demand power as the number of revolution and a torque of the power source for each gear stage, and matches the generated power graph with the energy consumption map of the power source to control a shift to a gear stage which consumes minimum energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Jeong, Byeong Wook Jeon, Yong Uk Shin, Min Jae Chai
  • Patent number: 11499630
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for controlling shift of a vehicle and a method therefore are provided. The apparatus include a storage storing a deep learning model, learning of which is completed; and a controller that predicts a vehicle speed and an accelerator position sensor (APS) value for each future time point according to the deep learning model, predicts a gear stage for each future time point using the predicted vehicle speed and the predicted APS value, and controls the shift of the vehicle based on the gear stage for each future time point, thus preventing a busy shift phenomenon and preventing an acceleration delay phenomenon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Jeong, Byeong Wook Jeon, Yong Uk Shin, Min Jae Chai
  • Patent number: 11480246
    Abstract: A control device for a multi-stage transmission for an electric vehicle is provided. The control device includes a controller configured to calculate a driving force of a drive motor when entering a shift mode and to determine a shift time point based on the calculated driving force, and the multi-stage transmission configured to perform shifting at the determined shift time point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hoon Jeong, Byeong Wook Jeon, Kwang Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20220333681
    Abstract: A shift control device and a shift control method for a vehicle may include a storage to store a table having a target speed corresponding to a speed of the vehicle at a starting point of a coasting operation of the vehicle and a speed profile corresponding to each of gearshifting stages of the vehicle with respect to each downhill slop, and a controller to control gearshifting of the vehicle traveling in the coasting operation on a downhill road, according to the table and the speed profile, to control the speed of the vehicle, according to a driver intent of accelerating the vehicle and a driver intent of traveling the vehicle at a constant speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Min Jae CHAI, Byeong Wook JEON, Yong Uk SHIN, Dong Hoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20220281436
    Abstract: A system and a method for controlling shifting stage of a hybrid vehicle may include a speed detecting device that detects a vehicle speed, an automatic transmission that changes a shifting stage of the vehicle, and a shift controller connected to the speed detecting device and the automatic transmission. The shift controller is configured to determine a start of shift control based on a travel environment and a travel state of the vehicle, compares the vehicle speed with a target vehicle speed when the start of the shift control is determined, and performs the shift control based on a state of charge of a battery of the vehicle and a regenerative braking amount of the vehicle when the shift controller concludes that the vehicle speed exceeds the target vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Uk SHIN, Byeong Wook JEON, Dong Hoon JEONG, Min Jae CHAI
  • Patent number: 11433907
    Abstract: A personalized driving mode control device is provided. The device includes a controller configured to determine a driver based on identification information of the driver, a memory configured to store driving style information for the driver, and a personalized driving mode controller configured to control a drive mode for the driver depending on the driving style information for the driver, the drive mode configured to be controlled by receiving the driving style information of the driver from an external device when the driving style information is not stored in the memory, wherein the personalized driving mode controller is configured to correct the driving style information depending on a change in vehicle class and control the drive mode based on the corrected driving style information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook, Kwang Hee Park
  • Patent number: 11434995
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes a processor configured to identify a location of a speed bump based on collected information about a specified section of a front road and determine whether the vehicle enters a section of the speed bump, and to set an oil pressure of the transmission to a first oil pressure in a normal driving section and set the oil pressure of the transmission to a second oil pressure when the vehicle enters the section of the speed bump, and a controller that controls the oil pressure of the transmission corresponding to a setting of the processor for each driving section of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Park, Sang Jun Park, Seung Jun Shin, Byeong Wook Jeon, Jae Chang Kook
  • Publication number: 20220268356
    Abstract: A device for controlling an electric oil pump (EOP), which is configured to supply a hydraulic pressure to a vehicle, includes a controller that controls driving of the EOP based on lighting information of a traffic light corresponding to a travel direction of the vehicle in a state in which an engine of the vehicle is stopped as an Idle Stop and Go (ISG) system of the vehicle is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Min Jae CHAI, Byeong Wook JEON, Yong Uk SHIN, Dong Hoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20220178439
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling shifting of a vehicle and a method therefor are provided, where the apparatus includes a storage storing a power map in which a demand power corresponding to a vehicle speed and an accelerator position sensor (APS) value is recorded and storing an energy consumption map of a power source for each gear stage. The apparatus includes a controller that detects a current demand power based on the power map, generates a power graph representing the detected demand power as the number of revolution and a torque of the power source for each gear stage, and matches the generated power graph with the energy consumption map of the power source to control a shift to a gear stage which consumes minimum energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Jeong, Byeong Wook Jeon, Yong Uk Shin, Min Jae Chai
  • Publication number: 20220153269
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a powertrain of an autonomous vehicle. The apparatus includes an autonomous driving controller that controls autonomous driving of the vehicle and a transmission controller that determines whether the vehicle satisfies a pulse and glide (P&G) driving condition during the autonomous driving. The transmission controller alternately performs pulse driving and coasting in conjunction with the autonomous driving controller when the vehicle satisfies the P&G driving condition. The transmission controller causes a transmission to remain in a neutral state during the coasting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2021
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Min Jae Chai, Yong Uk Shin, Dong Hoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 11287031
    Abstract: An apparatus for shift control in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes storage configured to store speed profiles corresponding to respective gears of the vehicle for each of a plurality of downhill slopes, and a controller configured to perform the shift control in the vehicle based on the speed profiles, when the vehicle coasts on a downhill road.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook, Kwang Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20220080980
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device configured for predicting a speed of a vehicle, and a method thereof. To predict the speed of the vehicle with high accuracy in a form of time-series data, the present invention may include an input device entering time-series data for a driving profile before a prediction time point into an encoder, a learning device learning a vehicle speed model by use of a low-dimensional representation which is an output of the encoder, a vehicle speed at the prediction time point, and a driving profile at the prediction time point, and a controller predicting a speed of the vehicle based on the vehicle speed model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Hoon JEONG, Byeong Wook JEON, Min Jae CHAI, Yong Uk SHIN
  • Patent number: 11268613
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether a curved road is present within a predetermined distance in front of the vehicle, based on information on a front road, a calculating device configured to correct, based on information on a gradient of the curved road, a vehicle speed in starting cornering of the vehicle on the curved road, determine an expected lateral acceleration based on the corrected vehicle speed and information on a curvature of the curved road, and determine a pattern correcting coefficient based on the determined expected lateral acceleration, a pattern correcting device configured to correct a gearshifting pattern of the transmission, which is preset, based on the pattern correcting coefficient, and a control device connected to the determining device, the calculating device and the pattern correcting device and configured to control the transmission based on the corrected gearshifting pattern when t
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Park, Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook
  • Patent number: 11261960
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether to perform a front-vehicle-based deceleration following control based on information on the vehicle and information on the front vehicle when coasting of the vehicle is started, a calculating device configured to determine a target speed of the vehicle and a target distance based on a position, a speed, and a moving distance of the front vehicle, when the front-vehicle-based deceleration following control is determined to be performed, a gearshifting stage deciding device configured to decide a final gearshifting stage of the transmission based on the determined target speed and the target distance by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage of the transmission, and a controller to control the transmission based on the final gearshifting stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Park, Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook
  • Publication number: 20210372520
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether to perform a front-vehicle-based deceleration following control based on information on the vehicle and information on the front vehicle when coasting of the vehicle is started, a calculating device configured to determine a target speed of the vehicle and a target distance based on a position, a speed, and a moving distance of the front vehicle, when the front-vehicle-based deceleration following control is determined to be performed, a gearshifting stage deciding device configured to decide a final gearshifting stage of the transmission based on the determined target speed and the target distance by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage of the transmission, and a controller to control the transmission based on the final gearshifting stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Hee PARK, Byeong Wook JEON, Dong Hoon JEONG, Jae Chang KOOK
  • Publication number: 20210372519
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a transmission of a vehicle may include a determining device configured to determine whether a curved road is present within a predetermined distance in front of the vehicle, based on information on a front road, a calculating device configured to correct, based on information on a gradient of the curved road, a vehicle speed in starting cornering of the vehicle on the curved road, determine an expected lateral acceleration based on the corrected vehicle speed and information on a curvature of the curved road, and determine a pattern correcting coefficient based on the determined expected lateral acceleration, a pattern correcting device configured to correct a gearshifting pattern of the transmission, which is preset, based on the pattern correcting coefficient, and a control device connected to the determining device, the calculating device and the pattern correcting device and configured to control the transmission based on the corrected gearshifting pattern when t
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Hee PARK, Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook
  • Patent number: 11143291
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling transmission of vehicle may include a determining device to determine whether to perform deceleration control, based on the vehicle and a target for the deceleration control in front of the vehicle, a calculating device to sub-divide a distance between a current position of the vehicle and the target for the deceleration control into sections, and calculate a target distance for each section of the plurality of sections and a target speed of the section, based on a current speed of the vehicle and the distance between the current position of the vehicle and the target for the deceleration control, a gearshifting stage deciding device to determine a gearshifting stage for each section of the plurality of sections, based on the calculated target speed and the calculated target distance for the section by configuring a deceleration profile for each gearshifting stage, and a control device to control the transmission for each section based on the gearshifting stage for the section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kwang Hee Park, Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook
  • Patent number: 11046181
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a transmission of a vehicle includes: a determination device that decides whether to perform a forward vehicle-based deceleration tracking control, based on information of the vehicle and a forward vehicle, when the vehicle starts to coast; a calculation device that calculates a target velocity and a target distance based on a position and a velocity of the forward vehicle, when the forward vehicle-based deceleration tracking control is decided to be performed; a gear position decision device that constructs deceleration profiles for respective gears and decides a final gear based on the target velocity and the target distance calculated; and a controller that controls the transmission based on the final gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook, Kwang Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20210180687
    Abstract: A control device for a multi-stage transmission for an electric vehicle is provided. The control device includes a controller configured to calculate a driving force of a drive motor when entering a shift mode and to determine a shift time point based on the calculated driving force, and the multi-stage transmission configured to perform shifting at the determined shift time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Jae Chang Kook, Dong Hoon Jeong, Byeong Wook Jeon, Kwang Hee Park
  • Publication number: 20210172515
    Abstract: An apparatus for shift control in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes storage configured to store speed profiles corresponding to respective gears of the vehicle for each of a plurality of downhill slopes, and a controller configured to perform the shift control in the vehicle based on the speed profiles, when the vehicle coasts on a downhill road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Byeong Wook Jeon, Dong Hoon Jeong, Jae Chang Kook, Kwang Hee Park