Patents by Inventor Jae-kyu Suhr
Jae-kyu Suhr 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).
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Patent number: 11741725Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a driving lane based on multiple sensors is provided. The apparatus includes a first sensor configured to calculate road information, a second sensor configured to calculate moving obstacle information, a third sensor configured to calculate movement information of a vehicle, and a controller configured to remove the moving obstacle information from the road information to extract only road boundary data, accumulate the road boundary data to calculate a plurality of candidate location information on the vehicle based on the movement information, and select final candidate location information from the plurality of candidate location information.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2021Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Korea National University of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Dae-Sung Hwang, Jun-Ho Park, Jae-Kyu Suhr, Youn-Joo Lee, Ho-Gi Jung
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Patent number: 11590966Abstract: A system and a method for supporting automated valet parking, and an infrastructure and a vehicle therefor are provided. The method for operating a vehicle which supports automated valet parking includes initializing automated valet parking and receiving, from an infrastructure, a target position which is related to the vehicle and a guide route which guides movement to the target position. Additionally, the method includes performing automated driving by the vehicle along the guide route, and measuring a position of the vehicle based on behavior information of the vehicle and environmental information, while the vehicle performs the automated driving. The environmental information includes at least one among parking lot slot information, road signs, walls, pillars, and floor markings.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry Academy Cooperation Foundation of Sejong UniversityInventors: Sung Won Yoon, Jae Kyu Suhr, Mi Jin Choi, Ho Gi Jung
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Publication number: 20220147744Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a driving lane based on multiple sensors is provided. The apparatus includes a first sensor configured to calculate road information, a second sensor configured to calculate moving obstacle information, a third sensor configured to calculate movement information of a vehicle, and a controller configured to remove the moving obstacle information from the road information to extract only road boundary data, accumulate the road boundary data to calculate a plurality of candidate location information on the vehicle based on the movement information, and select final candidate location information from the plurality of candidate location information.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA Corporation, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Dae-Sung HWANG, Jun-Ho PARK, Jae-Kyu SUHR, Youn-Joo LEE, Ho-Gi JUNG
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Publication number: 20210197802Abstract: A system and a method for supporting automated valet parking, and an infrastructure and a vehicle therefor are provided. The method for operating a vehicle which supports automated valet parking includes initializing automated valet parking and receiving, from an infrastructure, a target position which is related to the vehicle and a guide route which guides movement to the target position. Additionally, the method includes performing automated driving by the vehicle along the guide route, and measuring a position of the vehicle based on behavior information of the vehicle and environmental information, while the vehicle performs the automated driving. The environmental information includes at least one among parking lot slot information, road signs, walls, pillars, and floor markings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Sung Won Yoon, Jae Kyu Suhr, Mi Jin Choi, Ho Gi Jung
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Patent number: 10529091Abstract: A calibration method may include: detecting, by a lane detection unit, lanes from around images acquired through cameras of a vehicle, when a behavior of the vehicle satisfies a preset behavior condition; analyzing, by a valid lane extraction unit, statistical characteristics of the positions and directions of the detected lanes, and extracting a valid lane by removing a misdetected lane; and estimating, by a parameter estimation unit, installation angles of the cameras based on the direction of the valid lane and a vanishing point decided through the valid lane.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2018Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd., Korea National University Of Transportation Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Hoon Min Kim, Dong Wook Jung, Sung Joo Lee, Kyoungtaek Choi, Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung
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Patent number: 10482320Abstract: A device for providing moving body information for a vehicle, according to one embodiment, includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a peripheral image of the vehicle, an image extraction unit extracting at least one of a first image of an upper body of at least one moving object or a second image of a lower body of the moving object from the peripheral image of the vehicle, and a moving object information determination unit determining at least one of presence/absence or a position of the moving object using at least one of the extracted first image or second image, wherein the image extraction unit extracts as the first image at least one of a ‘1-1’-st image of an entirety of the upper body or a ‘1-2’-nd image of a part of the upper body, and extracts as the second image at least one of a ‘2-1’-st image of an entirety of the lower body or a ‘2-2’-nd image of a part of the lower body.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: November 19, 2019Assignees: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)Inventors: Jung Hun Lee, Min Kyu Kim, Jae Kyu Suhr, Sung Hyun Lim, Ho Gi Jung
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Patent number: 10354151Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting obstacle around a vehicle. The method of detecting an obstacle around a vehicle, includes: acquiring an image of the obstacle around the vehicle using a monocular camera; creating, by a controller, a distance based cost map, a color based cost map and an edge based cost map from the image; and integrating, by the controller, the distance based cost map, the color based cost map, and the edge based cost map to create a final cost map, and estimating, by the controller, a height of the obstacle from the final cost map.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATIONInventors: Sung Won Yoon, Jeyeon Kim, Hoon Jo, Ho Gi Jung, Jae Kyu Suhr
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Patent number: 10186039Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a position of an obstacle in a vehicle obtains image data and ultrasonic sensor data through a camera and an ultrasonic sensor, detects linear edges perpendicular to a ground surface in the image data, detects a discontinuous position at which the ultrasonic sensor data are not continuous, detects intersection points of the linear edges detected in continuous images from the image data when the discontinuous position coincides with a camera position, and estimates the intersection points to be the position of the obstacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2015Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Jae Seob Choi, Seong Sook Ryu, Dae Joong Yoon, Jin Wook Choi, Eu Gene Chang, Ho Gi Jung, Jae Kyu Suhr
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Publication number: 20180365857Abstract: A camera angle estimation method for an around view monitoring system includes uniformizing and extracting, by a control unit of the around view monitoring system, feature points from an image of each of at least three cameras, acquiring, by the control unit, corresponding points by tracking the extracted feature points, integrating, by the control unit, the corresponding points acquired from the image of each of the cameras with one another, estimating, by the control unit, vanishing points and vanishing lines by using the integrated corresponding points, and estimating an angle of each of the cameras on the basis of the estimated vanishing points and vanishing lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Sung Joo LEE, Hoon Min KIM, Dong Wook JUNG, Kyoungtaek CHOI, Jae Kyu SUHR, Ho Gi JUNG
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Publication number: 20180365858Abstract: A calibration method may include: detecting, by a lane detection unit, lanes from around images acquired through cameras of a vehicle, when a behavior of the vehicle satisfies a preset behavior condition; analyzing, by a valid lane extraction unit, statistical characteristics of the positions and directions of the detected lanes, and extracting a valid lane by removing a misdetected lane; and estimating, by a parameter estimation unit, installation angles of the cameras based on the direction of the valid lane and a vanishing point decided through the valid lane.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2018Publication date: December 20, 2018Inventors: Hoon Min KIM, Dong Wook JUNG, Sung Joo LEE, Kyoungtaek CHOI, Jae Kyu SUHR, Ho Gi JUNG
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Publication number: 20180307922Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting obstacle around a vehicle. The method of detecting an obstacle around a vehicle, includes: acquiring an image of the obstacle around the vehicle using a monocular camera; creating, by a controller, a distance based cost map, a color based cost map and an edge based cost map from the image; and integrating, by the controller, the distance based cost map, the color based cost map, and the edge based cost map to create a final cost map, and estimating, by the controller, a height of the obstacle from the final cost map.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2017Publication date: October 25, 2018Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, KOREA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF TRANSPORTATION Industry-Academic Cooperation FoundationInventors: Sung Won YOON, Jeyeon KIM, Hoon JO, Ho Gi JUNG, Jae Kyu SUHR
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Publication number: 20180211105Abstract: A device for providing moving body information for a vehicle, according to one embodiment, includes an image acquisition unit acquiring a peripheral image of the vehicle, an image extraction unit extracting at least one of a first image of an upper body of at least one moving object or a second image of a lower body of the moving object from the peripheral image of the vehicle, and a moving object information determination unit determining at least one of presence/absence or a position of the moving object using at least one of the extracted first image or second image, wherein the image extraction unit extracts as the first image at least one of a ‘1-1’-st image of an entirety of the upper body or a ‘1-2’-nd image of a part of the upper body, and extracts as the second image at least one of a ‘2-1’-st image of an entirety of the lower body or a ‘2-2’-nd image of a part of the lower body.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: July 26, 2018Applicants: LG INNOTEK CO., LTD., IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY)Inventors: Jung Hun LEE, Min Kyu KIM, Jae Kyu SUHR, Sung Hyun LIM, Ho Gi JUNG
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Patent number: 9582867Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting driving, including: a stereo camera module mounted in a vehicle, and configured to obtain a first image through a first camera and a second image through a second camera; and a processor configured to stereo-match the first image and the second image to obtain a dense disparity map, estimate a cubic b-spline curved line from the dense disparity map by using a coarse-to-fine method, and perform a road profile for two-dimensionally converting a 3D road, on which the vehicle travels, by using the cubic b-spline curved line.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2014Date of Patent: February 28, 2017Assignees: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung
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Patent number: 9539945Abstract: A parking area tracking method includes: creating a top view image by capturing surroundings of a vehicle; setting a template by detecting a parking area in the top view image; detecting a location of a pillar in the top view image; detecting a region obstructed by the pillar from the parking area in which the template is set; and changing the shape of the template according to the obstructed region. A parking area tracking apparatus includes an imaging unit with a plurality of cameras for recording images around the vehicle, and a control unit for carrying out the steps of the parking area tracking method.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniversityInventors: Seong Sook Ryu, Eu Gene Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Dae Joong Yoon, Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung
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Patent number: 9361529Abstract: A parking area detecting method includes generating a top view image by capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle, detecting a first directional parking line from the top view image, detecting a second directional parking line having a direction different from a direction of the first directional parking line from the top view image, and detecting a parking area by combining the first directional parking line and the second directional parking line.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2014Date of Patent: June 7, 2016Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITYInventors: Seong Sook Ryu, Eu Gene Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Dae Joong Yoon, Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung
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Publication number: 20160125588Abstract: An apparatus for recognizing a position of an obstacle in a vehicle obtains image data and ultrasonic sensor data through a camera and an ultrasonic sensor, detects linear edges perpendicular to a ground surface in the image data, detects a discontinuous position at which the ultrasonic sensor data are not continuous, detects intersection points of the linear edges detected in continuous images from the image data when the discontinuous position coincides with a camera position, and estimates the intersection points to be the position of the obstacle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2015Publication date: May 5, 2016Inventors: Jae Seob CHOI, Seong Sook RYU, Dae Joong YOON, Jin Wook CHOI, Eu Gene CHANG, Ho Gi JUNG, Jae Kyu SUHR
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Publication number: 20160014394Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for assisting driving, including: a stereo camera module mounted in a vehicle, and configured to obtain a first image through a first camera and a second image through a second camera; and a processor configured to stereo-match the first image and the second image to obtain a dense disparity map, estimate a cubic b-spline curved line from the dense disparity map by using a coarse-to-fine method, and perform a road profile for two-dimensionally converting a 3D road, on which the vehicle travels, by using the cubic b-spline curved line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Jae Kyu SUHR, Ho Gi JUNG
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Patent number: 9117122Abstract: An apparatus and a method for tracing a parking-lot is provided that includes a controller configured to recognize at least one parking-lot from a previous image frame which photographed a surrounding of a vehicle and extract a template according to a type of a parking-lot line of the recognized parking-lot. In addition, the controller is configured to generate a template transformed based on a position information of the parking-lot and calculate similarity by comparing a template generated from a previous image frame with a parking-lot line recognized from a current image frame. A position of a parking-lot is determined according to the calculated similarity and the controller is configured to correct the template based on an information of a parking-lot line extracted from the determined position.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2013Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniversityInventors: Jae Seob Choi, Seong Sook Ryu, Dae Joong Yoon, Eu Gene Chang, Ho Gi Jung, Jae Kyu Suhr
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Publication number: 20150130640Abstract: A parking area detecting method includes generating a top view image by capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle, detecting a first directional parking line from the top view image, detecting a second directional parking line having a direction different from a direction of the first directional parking line from the top view image, and detecting a parking area by combining the first directional parking line and the second directional parking line.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: May 14, 2015Inventors: Seong Sook RYU, Eu Gene CHANG, Jae Seob CHOI, Dae Joong YOON, Jae Kyu SUHR, Ho Gi JUNG
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Patent number: RE47559Abstract: A parking area detecting method includes generating a top view image by capturing images of surroundings of a vehicle, detecting a first directional parking line from the top view image, detecting a second directional parking line having a direction different from a direction of the first directional parking line from the top view image, and detecting a parking area by combining the first directional parking line and the second directional parking line.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2016Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang UniverstiyInventors: Seong Sook Ryu, Eu Gene Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Dae Joong Yoon, Jae Kyu Suhr, Ho Gi Jung