Patents by Inventor Jeong-Soo Eo

Jeong-Soo Eo 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: 20210163007
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a regenerative brake method of a vehicle, including selecting and inputting one of a plurality of regenerative brake modes by a driver and recognizing the regenerative brake mode selected by the driver, by a controller, determining on/off-state of an active shift control (ASC) function by the controller when the regenerative brake mode selected by the driver is an efficiency-preferred mode or an intermediate mode, controlling a motor speed during regenerative brake and simultaneously performing ASC control for changing a gear stage, by the controller when the ASC function is in the on-state, and controlling gear shift for changing a gear stage without control of a motor speed during regenerative brake, by the controller when the ASC function is in the off-state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 10967840
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of controlling braking of an electric vehicle in which friction braking force generated by a friction braking unit is applied to front wheels and regenerative braking force generated by a motor is applied to rear wheels includes: determining driver's request braking force by a controller based on a driver's braking-input value; detecting driving information and state information of the vehicle by a detection unit; and determining a braking mode of the vehicle that satisfies the driver's request braking force by the controller based on the detected information and information of running state of the vehicle obtained from the detected information. In addition, the present disclosure provides a system of controlling braking of an electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Corporation, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Young Joon Chang
  • Publication number: 20210049843
    Abstract: A system and method for determining backlash in a driving system of a vehicle are provided. The system includes a motor speed sensor that detects a motor speed and a wheel speed sensor that detects a wheel speed. A speed difference determination unit receives the detected motor and wheel speeds and determines a rotational speed difference of the driving system. A torsion speed determination unit receives the determined rotational speed difference and determines a reference torsion speed for backlash determination of the driving system. A backlash determination unit receives the determined rotational speed difference and the determined reference torsion speed, determines a backlash speed corresponding to a difference between the rotational speed difference and the reference torsion speed, and determines whether backlash in the driving system occurs using the determined backlash speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20210039630
    Abstract: A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle, which comprises a plurality of driving devices for generating driving force for driving the vehicle, includes: obtaining, by a controller, equivalent inertia information for each driving device based on operation information of each driving system during traveling of the vehicle; calculating, by the controller, a calibration amount for calibrating a driving force command or a braking force command for each wheel in real time by using the equivalent inertia information obtained; calibrating, by the controller, the driving force command or the braking force command for each wheel by using the calculated calibration amount; and controlling, by the controller, the driving force according to the calibrated driving force command or the braking force according to the calibrated braking force command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20210039493
    Abstract: A method of controlling posture of a vehicle is provided to determine a minute tendency of understeer or oversteer of the vehicle and to control the posture of the vehicle when recognizing the minute tendency of the understeer or oversteer while driving the vehicle straight. The includes determining whether torque is applied to drive wheels while driving the vehicle and acquiring equivalent inertia information of a drive system in real time based on drive system operation information in response to determining that the torque is being applied to the drive wheels. The understeer or oversteer of the vehicle is determined from the equivalent inertia information obtained in real-time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20210039661
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of displaying the driving characteristics of a current vehicle in comparison with those of a previous vehicle and synchronizing the driving characteristics of the current vehicle with those of the previous vehicle by changing driving-characteristic-related setup data of the current vehicle in response to a driver request. Accordingly, the driving characteristics of the current vehicle is synchronized with the driving characteristics of the previous vehicle, and thus even if a driver drives a completely different type of vehicle, a familiar sense of traveling and sense of driving is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Sung Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20210039651
    Abstract: A method for controlling a wheel slip of a vehicle is provided. The method includes estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system based on operation information of the driving system during operation of a vehicle and subsequently, calculating the amount of calibration for calibrating a torque command of a driving device for driving the vehicle from the estimated equivalent inertia information of the driving system. The torque command of the driving device is calibrated using the calculated amount of calibration and subsequently the torque applied to a driving wheel is adjusted according to the calibrated torque command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20210031785
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a wheel slip of a vehicle without using a reference speed is provided. The system includes a speed detector that detects a speed of a driving device for operating the vehicle and a controller that determines a torque calibration command based on a torque command of the driving device, and a current speed and a past speed of the driving device detected by the speed detector. The torque command of the driving device is calibrated using the determined torque calibration command, and a driving device is operated based on the calibrated torque command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20210031750
    Abstract: A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle includes: observing and estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system in real time based on operation information of the driving system by receiving the operation information of the driving system for driving the vehicle; calculating the compensated amount for compensating a torque command of a driving device from the equivalent inertia information of the driving system observed and estimated by a controller; compensating the torque command of the driving device by using the calculated compensated amount; and performing a control of a torque applied to a driving wheel according to the compensated torque command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 10894543
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of and an apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle. An apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle may include: an engine position detector detecting a position of an engine; an air amount detector detecting an air amount flowing into the engine; an accelerator pedal position detector detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed detector detecting a speed of the hybrid electric vehicle; an SOC detector detecting a state of charge (SOC) of a battery; and a controller controlling operation of a motor based on the position of the engine, the air amount, the position of the accelerator pedal, the speed of the hybrid electric vehicle, and the SOC of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeong Soo Eo, You Sang Son, Sung Jae Kim
  • Patent number: 10889287
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of and an apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle. An apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle may include: an engine position detector detecting a position of an engine; an air amount detector detecting an air amount flowing into the engine; an accelerator pedal position detector detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed detector detecting a speed of the hybrid electric vehicle; and a controller. The controller controls the operation of a motor based on the position of the engine, the air amount, the position of the accelerator pedal, and the speed of the hybrid electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Jae Kim, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 10889286
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of and an apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle. An apparatus for controlling a vibration of a hybrid electric vehicle disclosure may include: an engine position detector detecting a position of an engine; an air amount detector detecting an air amount flowing into the engine; an accelerator pedal position detector detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; a vehicle speed detector detecting a speed of the hybrid electric vehicle; and a controller controlling operation of a motor based on the engine position, the air amount, the position of the accelerator pedal, and the speed of the hybrid electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeong Soo Eo, Byunghoon Yang, You Sang Son, Sung Jae Kim, Chan Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 10855143
    Abstract: A power train may include an engine including a crankshaft and an engine block, a rotor portion connected to the crankshaft and of which a magnet is connected to a first side thereof, a stator portion disposed between the rotor portion and the engine block and a cylinder block water jacket formed on the engine and to which a motor cooling port for cooling a motor is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: You Sang Son, Ingee Suh, Jae Bum Park, Kyoung Pyo Ha, Jeong Soo Eo, Back Sik Kim, Yeon Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20200361461
    Abstract: A cruise control method for a hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes detecting a preceding vehicle and estimating the speed of the preceding vehicle from the information input from a preceding vehicle detecting unit in the on state of a cruise mode and a PnG mode. An upper limit target vehicle speed and a lower limit target vehicle speed are determined from the estimated speed of the preceding vehicle. The driving source of the vehicle is operated to alternately repeat the acceleration (pulse phase) and deceleration (glide phase) of the vehicle between the determined upper limit target vehicle speed and lower limit target vehicle speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Jeong Soo Eo, Sung Jae Kim, Ji Won Oh
  • Patent number: 10819188
    Abstract: A power train may include an engine including a crankshaft and an engine block, a rotor portion connected to the crankshaft and of which a magnet is connected to a first side thereof, a stator portion disposed between the rotor portion and the engine block and a cylinder block water jacket formed on the engine and to which a motor cooling port for cooling a motor is formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: You Sang Son, Ingee Suh, Jae Bum Park, Kyoung Pyo Ha, Jeong Soo Eo, Back Sik Kim, Yeon Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20200318731
    Abstract: An active shift control method for a power-off downshift of the hybrid vehicle is provided. The method includes increasing the torque of an engagement clutch in a transmission while disengaging a disengagement clutch by reducing the torque of the disengagement clutch in the transmission, when the shift of a power-off downshift is requested. A motor speed is adjust for a transmission input shaft rotary speed to reach a predetermined target stage synchronization speed of a target stage after shifting, and the torque of the engagement clutch is maintained in a state where the disengagement clutch has been disengaged. The engagement of the engagement clutch is completed by increasing the torque of the engagement clutch when the transmission input shaft rotary speed has reached the target stage synchronization speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Chan Ho Lee, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 10752245
    Abstract: An auto cruise control method for a hybrid electric vehicle is provided. The auto cruise control method maximizes an effect of enhancing fuel efficiency and simultaneously satisfies enhancement in driveability and fuel efficiency due to the application of a pulse and glide (PnG) pattern obtained by considering the characteristics of the hybrid electric vehicle (HEV). The method includes receiving a target vehicle speed by a driver input to turn on an auto cruise mode and to turn on a pulse and glide (PnG) mode in a hybrid electric vehicle using an engine and a driving motor as vehicle driving sources. One PnG mode among a PnG coast mode, a PnG glide mode, and a PnG cruise control mode are selected from a map based on the target vehicle speed and driving control of the selected PnG mode is then performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Soo Eo, Young Joon Chang, Ji Won Oh, Youn Kwang Jung, Sung Jae Kim, Ba Ro Hyun
  • Publication number: 20200216087
    Abstract: Disclosed are a device and method for controlling a traveling characteristic of a vehicle. The device includes: a user terminal configured to configure and display a screen for a setting mode, on which a parameter value that determines drivability and traveling characteristic of the vehicle is displayed and from which a driver performs a change and a setting to the displayed parameter value; a controller configured to be provided in the vehicle, to receive a parameter value that results from the driver performing the change and the setting, from the user terminal, and to apply the received parameter value to control logic for controlling a traveling state of the vehicle; and a communication unit configured to be provided in the vehicle and to make a connection between the user terminal and the control unit in such a manner that transmission and reception of the parameter value are possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Jae KIM, Jeong Soo EO, Ji Won OH
  • Patent number: 10703208
    Abstract: A braking control system and a method for an eco-friendly vehicle are provided to resolve discrepancy in braking force occurring during switching between hydraulic braking and regenerative braking. The system includes a deceleration determiner that determines target and actual decelerations of the vehicle based on collected information when braking and a torque calculator that calculates target and actual deceleration torques from the determined target and actual decelerations of the vehicle using vehicle equivalent inertia information. An error calculator calculates a torque error and a torque corrector corrects a pre-correction target regenerative braking torque by the calculated torque error and calculates a post-correction target regenerative braking torque. A motor controller adjusts a regenerative braking torque of a motor according to the calculated post-correction target regenerative braking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Young Joon Chang, Jeong Soo Eo, Youn Kwang Jung, Sung Jae Kim
  • Publication number: 20200156636
    Abstract: A cruise control system capable of: determining, by a controller, whether the vehicle is in a cruise mode-on state; determining, by the controller, an operation mode of the vehicle selected by a driver; and when it is determined that the vehicle is in the cruise mode-on state, performing, by the controller, cruise control of the vehicle for the operation mode selected by the driver, and a method therefor. Herein, the operation mode includes an eco mode which performs driving control prioritizing fuel consumption reduction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo EO