Patents by Inventor Jee Wook Huh

Jee Wook Huh 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: 11208106
    Abstract: A method for inertia drive control with torque sharing of an eco-friendly vehicle includes when an event in which the eco-friendly vehicle being decelerated with the inertia drive control is detected; calculating, by a controller, a distance variable and a speed variable according to the event; calculating, by the controller, a deceleration torque, which is required for an inertia drive of the eco-friendly vehicle, by dividing into a motor torque and a hydraulic braking torque; and performing, by the controller, inertia drive cooperative control in which the deceleration is performed without driver intervention with motor control through the motor torque and hydraulic braking control through hydraulic braking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jee-Wook Huh, Teh-Hwan Cho
  • Patent number: 11208104
    Abstract: A method of providing inertia drive information to perform inertia driving of a vehicle may include recognizing a target position, where deceleration is required from a current speed of the vehicle, as an inertia drive event on a driving route at which a destination is set by a navigation function, when a plurality of inertia drive events are recognized in the recognizing of the target position as the inertia drive event, determining a predetermined priority with respect to each of the plurality of inertia drive events, determining an inertia drive start position required to reach, at a target speed, a target position of an inertia drive event having a high priority, which is determined by the determining of the predetermined priority, among the plurality of inertia drive events, and providing information on an inertia drive start position through a method which is recognizable by a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jee-Wook Huh, Dong-Jin Sohn
  • Publication number: 20210387625
    Abstract: A method of and an apparatus of controlling a creep torque to be exerted on a vehicle, may include facilitating a control unit to determine from a vehicle speed signal whether or not a vehicle comes to a stop, facilitating the control unit to determine from a slope angle signal a state of a road in accordance with a slope angle of the road; facilitating the control unit to determine a gear-shift step state, facilitating the control unit to decide a creep torque command on the basis of a result of the determination, the gear-shift step state, and information on the state of the road in accordance with the slope angle, and facilitating the control unit to output the decided creep torque command to perform creep torque control that generates a creep torque corresponding to the creep torque command from a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gwang Il Du, Hoon Han, Chun Hyuk Lee, Jee Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 11161509
    Abstract: A method for controlling a coasting guide function is provided. The method may include: detecting a speed limit and an average speed of a peripheral vehicle; detecting a valid speed limit when a coasting event occurs; and calculating a target speed by using a speed factor computed by using at least one of the valid speed limit, the average speed of the peripheral vehicle, or a current speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jee-Wook Huh, Yong-Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20210323532
    Abstract: A method of controlling uphill driving of a hybrid vehicle provided with a dual clutch transmission (DCT) may include determining, by a controller, a driving state of a vehicle on the basis of information collected from the vehicle; when the vehicle is determined as being in a uphill driving state, performing, by the controller, high torque control on an engine of the vehicle by increasing an engine torque to control the engine at a predetermined high torque engine operating point and reducing a motor torque of a motor in the vehicle to satisfy a driver request torque; and during the performing of the high torque control on the engine, comparing, by the controller, a state of charge (SOC) value of a battery with a set first SOC threshold value, and when the SOC value of the battery is less than or equal to the first SOC threshold value, performing engine and motor speed control to defend the SOC value of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jee Wook HUH
  • Publication number: 20210316712
    Abstract: A device for controlling an electronic four-wheel drive (E-4WD) of a vehicle includes: a first powertrain for a front wheel, where the first powertrain includes an engine, and a front wheel motor; and a second powertrain for a rear wheel, where the second powertrain includes a rear wheel motor. The device provides a rear wheel motor driving mode, a front wheel motor driving mode, a combined driving mode in which the front wheel motor and the rear wheel motor are both driven, and an engine-on mode according to driver power demand for the vehicle, such that fuel efficiency of the vehicle is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jee Wook HUH
  • Patent number: 11066071
    Abstract: A coasting control method based on an overspeed response and an eco-friendly vehicle employing the same are provided. The coasting control method includes performing an active coasting control when an event for a section speed enforcement area is determined while a vehicle is traveling to allow the vehicle to pass through the section speed enforcement area based on a vehicle position at an event occurrence time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jee-Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 10988046
    Abstract: A method for setting an electric vehicle (EV) on/off line of a hybrid vehicle considers a driving load of the vehicle by setting the EV on/off line based on a climbing angle and creep power. The method for setting the EV on/off line of the hybrid vehicle includes an operation of setting a region according to a state of charge (SOC), an EV online setting operation based on a climbing angle of the vehicle, and an EV offline setting operation based on creep power of the vehicle. The method provides a simple and intuitive EV line setting method to reduce a mapping time and substantially eliminate the possibility of human error, thus increasing logic reliability, so as to reduce use of a hybrid control unit (HCU) memory and provide cost-saving effects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jee-Wook Huh, Seong-Ik Park, Chun-Hyuk Lee, Kyoung-Cheol Oh
  • Patent number: 10919527
    Abstract: An inertial driving guide apparatus and a control method control an inertial driving traveling guide apparatus to change a driving setting for inertial driving if a preceding vehicle is present when an inertial driving guide is provided. The inertial driving guide apparatus includes: a navigation system that outputs a traveling route according to input of a destination of a current vehicle; and a controller for providing the inertial driving guide for the current vehicle according to current traveling road conditions depending on the input route, such that if a preceding vehicle is present in front of the current vehicle when the inertial driving guide for the vehicle is provided, the controller is configured to compare vehicle information on the preceding vehicle with vehicle information on the current vehicle and to change a driving setting for inertial driving of the current vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jee Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 10919517
    Abstract: In a method for controlling engine power during charge depleting (CD) mode heating of a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), the engine power is controlled according to an amount of heat of an engine required for heating determined using a level of an air-conditioning blower at a point in time at which an operation of the engine starts, an outdoor air temperature, and a coolant temperature, if a full automatic temperature controller (FATC) operates the engine for heating when the vehicle is driven in a CD mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong-Hoon Lee, Dong-Jin Sohn, Chun-Hyuk Lee, Jee-Wook Huh
  • Publication number: 20210003211
    Abstract: A method of controlling engine on of a hybrid vehicle, may include determining, by a controller, a shift pattern of the vehicle between multiple regions; deriving, by the controller, a shifting possibility of the vehicle from each of the regions; and deriving an engine-on strategy of the vehicle on the basis of the derived shifting possibility, and controlling an engine of the vehicle to be on or off in accordance with the derived engine-on strategy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Jee Wook Huh
  • Publication number: 20200398817
    Abstract: A method for providing the engine oil usage information may include determining, by a controller, a current engine driving state out of a plurality of predetermined driving states of an engine of the hybrid electric vehicle from driving information, determining, by the controller, a real-time cumulative distance value corresponding to the determined current engine driving state, updating, by the controller, an oil usage distance using the real-time cumulative distance value, determining, by the controller, an engine oil change time by comparing the updated oil usage distance with a predetermined engine oil change distance, and informing, by the controller, information related to the determined engine oil change time through a notification unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Hoon Lee, Jee Wook Huh
  • Publication number: 20200385003
    Abstract: A method for controlling a coasting guide function is provided. The method may include: detecting a speed limit and an average speed of a peripheral vehicle; detecting a valid speed limit when a coasting event occurs; and calculating a target speed by using a speed factor computed by using at least one of the valid speed limit, the average speed of the peripheral vehicle, or a current speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jee-Wook HUH, Yong-Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20200292051
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling temperature of automatic transmission fluid, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus includes a determination device that determines whether a temperature difference between the temperature of the automatic transmission fluid and a target temperature thereof satisfies a heating control condition of the automatic transmission fluid at the start of charging. A then adjusts the temperature of the automatic transmission fluid by outputting an operation control signal for at least one driving unit of a thermal management system, when the temperature difference satisfies the heating control condition of the automatic transmission fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Jae Young Choi, Hoon Han, Jee Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 10717430
    Abstract: A method of controlling vehicle stopping is provided. The method includes dividing an open space from a closed space, in which a gate is connected to the ground, to apply an open space stop control mode to the open space and to apply a closed space stop control mode to the closed space. Additionally, spatial division stop control is performed in which a control condition for each of an engine power, a vehicle interior temperature, and a battery state of charge (SOC) is varied between the open space stop control mode and the closed space stop control mode when a vehicle enters the closed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jee-Wook Huh, Dong-Jin Sohn, Chun-Hyuk Lee, Kyoung-Choel Oh
  • Publication number: 20200130686
    Abstract: A method for controlling deceleration of an environmentally friendly vehicle is provided. The method includes determining a target deceleration profile of the environmentally friendly vehicle based on deceleration event information in ahead of the vehicle and a current speed of the vehicle. A deceleration target speed profile of the vehicle is calculated based on the target deceleration profile. A driving motor of the vehicle is then operated based on the deceleration target speed profile to decelerate the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Do Hee Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Dong Jin Sohn, Jaekyu Hyun, Jee Wook Huh
  • Publication number: 20200108823
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes an electric motor, an engine including an exhaust gas purifying unit, and an engine clutch disposed between the electric motor and the engine. A method of controlling the hybrid vehicle includes determining a driving environment condition including a first condition related to at least a driving load when a request for operating the exhaust gas purifying unit is received, determining a state of the engine clutch and an operation condition of the exhaust gas purifying unit when the exhaust gas purifying means operates according to the result of determining the driving environment condition, and operating the exhaust gas purifying unit while maintaining the determined state of the engine clutch when the driving environment condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Kyung Taek Lee, Jee Wook Huh, Dong Jun Shin, Jae-Yun Shim
  • Publication number: 20200062259
    Abstract: A method for inertia drive control is provided. The method includes performing advanced inertia drive control by an inertia drive controller. The controller detects a speed reduction event during road driving of a vehicle, lane division together with road type division for a road, and performs inertia drive control guide and the inertia drive control based on drive conditions of lane change and lane maintenance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventor: Jee-Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 10556582
    Abstract: A mode switching method of a hybrid vehicle includes: determining a reference on-power as a reference for switching from a first mode to a second mode and a reference off-power as a reference for switching from the second mode to the first mode; determining a minimum on-power, a minimum off-power, and a maximum off-power; and determining a final on-power and a final off-power using the reference on-power, the reference off-power, the minimum on-power, the minimum off-power, and the maximum off-power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jea Mun Lee, Jee Wook Huh
  • Patent number: 10538175
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for controlling charging of an environment-friendly vehicle. The apparatus includes a high-voltage battery SOC determining unit configured to determine a state of charge (SOC) of a high-voltage battery that is a main power source, an auxiliary battery SOC determining unit configured to determine an SOC of an auxiliary battery that assists power of the high-voltage battery, and an auxiliary battery charging control unit configured to, when receiving a request for an operation of an engine for controlling heating, perform a control such that the auxiliary battery is charged by using the high-voltage battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chun Hyuk Lee, Dong Jin Sohn, Yong Hoon Lee, Dong Jun Shin, Jee Wook Huh