Patents by Inventor Heung Rae CHO

Heung Rae CHO 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: 20240152153
    Abstract: Proposed are apparatus and control method for platooning, the apparatus including a learning device which performs reinforcement learning based on a feedback signal and video information and controls driving of a host vehicle based on a result of the reinforcement learning such that a rear vehicle can follows a driving trajectory of the host vehicle, and a reward determination part which generates the feedback signal by comparing coordinates of the rear vehicle with coordinates of control points for the driving trajectory of the host vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20240069570
    Abstract: A platooning control device includes: a learning device configured to perform reinforcement learning on the basis of image information and a feedback signal and to control a pertinent vehicle so as to follow a traveling trajectory of a front vehicle according to a result of the reinforcement learning; and a compensation determination unit configured to receive a coordinate of a control point regarding the traveling trajectory of the front vehicle from the front vehicle and to compare a coordinate of the pertinent vehicle with the coordinate of the control point, thereby generating the feedback signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 11721033
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, and a control unit. The first camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image around a vehicle. The second camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image of an area ahead of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to: determine a displacement of a feature point positioned in a common area from the image acquired via the first camera unit; determine a pixel displacement of the feature point in the image acquired via the second camera unit; and determine distance information to an object recognized in the image captured via the second camera unit based on the displacement of the feature point and the pixel displacement of the feature point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20220284710
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, and a control unit. The first camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image around a vehicle. The second camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image of an area ahead of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to: determine a displacement of a feature point positioned in a common area from the image acquired via the first camera unit; determine a pixel displacement of the feature point in the image acquired via the second camera unit; and determine distance information to an object recognized in the image captured via the second camera unit based on the displacement of the feature point and the pixel displacement of the feature point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventor: Heung Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11433852
    Abstract: A remote control system for a vehicle including: a user terminal; and a vehicle configured to transmit/receive information to/from the user terminal through a communication network. The vehicle performs first authentication on a user by comparing a captured image of the user to a reference image in response to an unlocking signal or start-up request signal received from the user terminal, and transmits second authentication pre-processing information to the user terminal, the second authentication pre-processing information being obtained by generating an encryption key from a feature vector extracted from the image of the user and encrypting unique information of the user. The user terminal performs second authentication on the user by decrypting the second authentication pre-processing information received from the vehicle with a decryption key stored therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 11314972
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, and a control unit. The first camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image around a vehicle. The second camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image of an area ahead of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to: determine a displacement of a feature point positioned in a common area from the image acquired via the first camera unit; determine a pixel displacement of the feature point in the image acquired via the second camera unit; and determine distance information to an object recognized in the image captured via the second camera unit based on the displacement of the feature point and the pixel displacement of the feature point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20200269808
    Abstract: A remote control system for a vehicle including: a user terminal; and a vehicle configured to transmit/receive information to/from the user terminal through a communication network. The vehicle performs first authentication on a user by comparing a captured image of the user to a reference image in response to an unlocking signal or start-up request signal received from the user terminal, and transmits second authentication pre-processing information to the user terminal, the second authentication pre-processing information being obtained by generating an encryption key from a feature vector extracted from the image of the user and encrypting unique information of the user. The user terminal performs second authentication on the user by decrypting the second authentication pre-processing information received from the vehicle with a decryption key stored therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20200272831
    Abstract: An object detection apparatus includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, and a control unit. The first camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image around a vehicle. The second camera unit includes one or more cameras, and is configured to capture an image of an area ahead of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to: determine a displacement of a feature point positioned in a common area from the image acquired via the first camera unit; determine a pixel displacement of the feature point in the image acquired via the second camera unit; and determine distance information to an object recognized in the image captured via the second camera unit based on the displacement of the feature point and the pixel displacement of the feature point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20200010017
    Abstract: A wide area surround view monitoring apparatus for a vehicle includes: a camera module installed in an ego (self-driving) vehicle, and configured to acquire a surround image, wirelessly transmit the acquired surround image, wirelessly receive a camera image from a neighboring vehicle to measure RSSI, and transmit the RSSI with the surround image of the ego vehicle and the camera image of the neighboring vehicle through a vehicle network; and a controller configured to receive the surround image of the ego vehicle, the camera image of the neighboring vehicle and the RSSI from the camera module, determine and output a possibility of collision with the neighboring vehicle, configure a wide area SVM view by synthesizing the surround image of the ego vehicle with the camera image of the neighboring vehicle, and generate a local wide area image map by calculating a possible driving space of the ego vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO
  • Patent number: 9924077
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera for a vehicle and a control method for the same and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a camera for a vehicle which is provided in any one of a plurality of designated installation positions of the vehicle, including: an image sensor which generates a driving image; a receiving unit which receives a plurality of RF signals which are transmitted from a TPMS sensor unit which detects states of a plurality of tires included in the vehicle; and a position determining unit which determines which position among the plurality of installation positions is a position where the camera is installed, based on the plurality of RF signals which is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Heung Rae Cho
  • Patent number: 9764698
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera position recognition system including a smart key module which transmits/receives a wireless signal to recognize a smart key; one or more camera modules which receive the wireless signal of the smart key module to obtain an image around a vehicle; an around view module which controls the camera module; and a camera position recognition module which recognizes a position of the camera module based on a strength of the wireless signal which is received by each of the camera modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae Cho
  • Publication number: 20160173737
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a camera for a vehicle and a control method for the same and an exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a camera for a vehicle which is provided in any one of a plurality of designated installation positions of the vehicle, including: an image sensor which generates a driving image; a receiving unit which receives a plurality of RF signals which are transmitted from a TPMS sensor unit which detects states of a plurality of tires included in the vehicle; and a position determining unit which determines which position among the plurality of installation positions is a position where the camera is installed, based on the plurality of RF signals which is received by the receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO
  • Publication number: 20150103171
    Abstract: Disclosed is a camera position recognition system including a smart key module which transmits/receives a wireless signal to recognize a smart key; one or more camera modules which receive the wireless signal of the smart key module to obtain an image around a vehicle; an around view module which controls the camera module; and a camera position recognition module which recognizes a position of the camera module based on a strength of the wireless signal which is received by each of the camera modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicant: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Heung Rae CHO