Patents by Inventor Jun Yeon Park

Jun Yeon Park 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: 20180162337
    Abstract: A roll and brake automatic test system and method are provided. The system includes a preset roll and brake tester in which a vehicle is disposed at a preset position and which is set to test a travel state of the vehicle. A remote controller then tests travel performance and brake performance by operating the vehicle remotely.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Jihoon Park, Jun Yeon Park, Jin Seok Kim, David Oh
  • Publication number: 20180162231
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling an LDC of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a determining controller that receives state information of an auxiliary battery, while the LDC is being operated in a first mode based on a detected voltage, and that determines whether an entry condition for a second mode based on a current is satisfied. An arithmetic controller calculates a charging current compensation value of the auxiliary battery when the entry condition for the second mode is satisfied and a mode controller enters the second mode and that controls the LDC based on the charging current compensation value of the auxiliary battery when the entry condition for the second mode is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Inventors: Dong Jun Shin, Ho Joong Lee, Jun Yeon Park
  • Patent number: 9969398
    Abstract: A system and method for controlling a low-voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) voltage of a hybrid vehicle are provided. The LDC voltage is optimally adjusted based on which driving mode the vehicle enters, thereby improving fuel efficiency. The method includes determining whether the hybrid vehicle is driven in a regenerative braking mode and whether a value of a state of charge (SOC) of an auxiliary battery is equal to or greater than a first critical value set as a value when charging of the auxiliary battery is unnecessary during the driving in the regenerative braking mode. When the value of the SOC of the auxiliary battery is equal to or greater than the predetermined first critical value, the driving mode is switched from the regenerative braking mode to an electric vehicle (EV) mode, and to variably adjust an LDC target voltage in the EV mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Jun Shin, Soung Han Noh, Jun Yeon Park, Chang Ryeol Yoo, Hwan Hwang
  • Patent number: 9963039
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for controlling a lock of a charging inlet of a vehicle having a lock device for preventing a charging outlet from being disengaged while the charging outlet is engaged. The method for controlling a lock of a charging inlet of a vehicle includes: receiving, by a vehicle controller, an ignition off request of the vehicle in an operation standby state in which the lock device is set to be operated after a predetermined standby period of time; turning off, by the vehicle controller, a power relay of the vehicle while a power latch is maintained to start an ignition off of the vehicle; and operating, by the vehicle controller, the lock device by supplying power to the lock device by turning on the power relay if the ignition off of the vehicle is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Jin Jang, Soung Han Noh, Jun Yeon Park, Hyung Souk Kang
  • Publication number: 20180111490
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for charging an auxiliary battery of a vehicle including a driving motor. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus for charging an auxiliary battery of a vehicle including a driving motor, includes: a driving distance detector detecting a driving distance of the vehicle; a timer detecting time lapsing from a specific time; a main battery SOC detector detecting a state of charge (SOC) of a main battery; an auxiliary battery SOC detector detecting an SOC of the auxiliary battery; and a controller operated by a program set to control an operation of a DC converter based on signals of the driving distance detector, the timer, the main battery SOC detector, and the auxiliary battery SOC detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventors: Youngjin Jang, Jeeheon Kim, Jun Yeon Park, Hojoong Lee
  • Patent number: 9931958
    Abstract: An auxiliary battery recharging control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes determining whether a recharging prohibition condition is established, based on first state information of a vehicle and second state information of a first battery, at regular recharging intervals, when a periodic recharging mode is executed, based on a first ignition (IG) voltage. Recharging is executed based on whether a critical recharging condition is established using third state information of a second battery, when an automatic recharging mode is executed, based on a second IG voltage. Additionally, a voltage variation is calculated of the second battery selected from the third state information, and at least one of a recharging time and a recharging voltage is adjusted, based on the calculated voltage variation, or the recharging interval is adjusted, based on the calculated voltage variation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Pil Yoon, Dong Ho Yang, Seung Ho Lee, Jun Yeon Park, Seung Jae Yoo
  • Patent number: 9908420
    Abstract: A charging control method and system for an electric vehicle are provided. The charging control method includes monitoring, by a controller, a state of an auxiliary battery including a state of charge (SOC), temperature, and charging current of the auxiliary battery. A charging mode of the electric vehicle is then determined based on the monitored state of the auxiliary battery. A charging voltage of the auxiliary battery is set based on the monitored SOC and temperature of the auxiliary battery and then the auxiliary battery is charged with the set charging voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jang Hyo Lee, Yong Kak Choi, Chun Hyuk Lee, Sang Hoon Yoo, Jun Yeon Park, Ho Joong Lee, Chang Ryeol Yoo, Dong Jun Shin
  • Publication number: 20180056807
    Abstract: A method for controlling an output of an LDC in an environmentally friendly vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether the vehicle travels in the regenerative braking mode and when the vehicle does, transmitting a first slope signal to the LDC to increase an output voltage of the LDC that charges or discharges an auxiliary battery supplying power to an electric load using a high voltage battery. The first slope signal determines an upward slope of the output voltage of the LDC according to time as a first slope. When the vehicle does not travel in the regenerative braking mode and uses a high power electric load a second slope signal is transmitted to the LDC to increase the output voltage of the LDC. The second slope signal determines the upward slope as the second slope having a slope less than the first slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Park, Youngjin Jang, Jeeheon Kim, Hojoong Lee, Hyun Wook Seong
  • Patent number: 9873334
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for variably adjusted voltage of the LDC applied with an IBS (Intelligent Battery Sensor). The LDC output voltage control mode is determined in each of three driving modes, and the high electric loads are separated into two or more groups. The LDC output voltage value and the order priority are differentiated based on the durability of the auxiliary battery. Additionally, an LDC output voltage order table is generated according to the driving mode and the SOC state based on the auxiliary battery SOC information obtained from an IBS. Thus, consumed energy of the LDC and an energy consumption amount of the auxiliary battery are minimized, thus improving fuel efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Jun Shin, Yong Kak Choi, Soung Han Noh, Hwan Hwang, Jun Yeon Park, Chang Ryeol Ryu
  • Patent number: 9849804
    Abstract: A method and system for controlling a battery SOC of a hybrid vehicle are provided to improve fuel efficiency in an urban area with a differentiated strategy for controlling auxiliary battery SOC balance of the hybrid vehicle. The method improves fuel efficiency in urban areas with a differentiated strategy of controlling SOC balance of an auxiliary battery considering that the degree of influence of electric field load consumption on fuel efficiency based on LDC voltage adjustment in the hybrid vehicle varies based on driving mode and road gradient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Jun Shin, Ho Joong Lee, Dong Su Ha, Chang Ryeol Yoo, Jun Yeon Park
  • Publication number: 20170349047
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for controlling a low DC-DC converter (LDC) in an electric vehicle by prioritizing respective controllers, connecting the controllers in series in ascending order according to priority, and determining a command voltage of the LDC on the basis of output voltages of the respective controllers. Accordingly, even when a controller with a highest priority is operating, controllers of lower priority continue operating. Thus, electrical load performance degradation caused by instantaneous overcurrent generated in state transitions is prevented.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Ho Joong Lee, Dong Jun Shin, Won Kyoung Choi, Jun Yeon Park, Gi Bong Son, Hyun Wook Seong, Jee Heon Kim, Chang Ryeol Yoo, Hui Sung Jang
  • Publication number: 20170320396
    Abstract: A vehicle power supply system is provided. The system includes a main battery and an OBC having first and second input/output terminals, in which AC power input to the first input/output terminal is converted into DC power to be output to the second input/output terminal, and a magnitude of the DC power input to the second input/output terminal is converted and output to the first input/output terminal Additionally, the system includes an LDC in which a DC voltage input from the main battery is converted into a low voltage to be supplied to an auxiliary battery or an electronic load and a switching unit is connected between the first input/output terminal and the LDC. A controller is then configured to adjust a powering direction of the OBC and an on/off state of the switching unit, based on whether the main battery is charged and whether the LDC fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2016
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Jee Heon Kim, Jun Yeon Park, Ho Joong Lee, Won Kyoung Choi, Dong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9796290
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are provided for controlling an output voltage of a direct current (DC) converter for a vehicle including a driving motor. The apparatus of controlling an output voltage of a DC converter for a vehicle including a driving motor includes a data detector that is configured to detect data for adjusting the output voltage of the DC converter and a controller that is configured to adjust the output voltage of the DC converter based on the detected data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Park, Dong Jun Shin, Sounghan Noh, Hojoong Lee, Dong Pil Yoon, Chang Ryeol Yoo
  • Publication number: 20170267119
    Abstract: In a power control system for a green vehicle, whether a congested zone is present ahead is recognized using traffic information. When the congested zone is present, a remaining capacity of a main battery is recognized, and a required power amount required for passing through the congested zone is calculated. When the green vehicle reaches a power control point for the required power amount, charging of an auxiliary battery is stopped from the power control point to a start point of the congested zone, and the main battery is charged in a concentrated manner. When the green vehicle reaches the start point of the congested zone, the green vehicle is driven with power of the main battery. When the green vehicle reaches an end point of the congested zone, the auxiliary battery is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Hwan Park, Jun Yeon Park
  • Publication number: 20170166077
    Abstract: A method of efficiently recharging a supplementary battery of a vehicle can recharge the supplementary battery with power from a main battery. A method of controlling a supplementary battery recharging system includes: acquiring charged current of a supplementary battery; starting a timer when the charged current exceeds a limit range; updating a current limit on the basis of a timer value and temperature information of the supplementary battery; and controlling a target voltage using the updated current limit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Hwan Hwang, Dong Jun Shin, Ho Joong Lee, Jun Yeon Park, Chang Ryeol Yoo
  • Publication number: 20170166076
    Abstract: An auxiliary battery recharging control method and apparatus are provided. The method includes determining whether a recharging prohibition condition is established, based on first state information of a vehicle and second state information of a first battery, at regular recharging intervals, when a periodic recharging mode is executed, based on a first ignition (IG) voltage. Recharging is executed based on whether a critical recharging condition is established using third state information of a second battery, when an automatic recharging mode is executed, based on a second IG voltage. Additionally, a voltage variation is calculated of the second battery selected from the third state information, and at least one of a recharging time and a recharging voltage is adjusted, based on the calculated voltage variation, or the recharging interval is adjusted, based on the calculated voltage variation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Dong Pil Yoon, Dong Ho Yang, Seung Ho Lee, Jun Yeon Park, Seung Jae Yoo
  • Publication number: 20170151885
    Abstract: a control method for charging a high voltage battery of a vehicle includes charging, by a vehicle controller, the high voltage battery using a low voltage DC-DC converter The state information. of the low voltage DC-DC converter, which includes the current and the temperature of the low voltage DC-DC converter, is sensed by the vehicle controller while charging the high voltage battery. The charging current of the high voltage battery is derated by the vehicle controller when the sensed state information of the low voltage DC-DC converter satisfies a converter derating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jee Heon KIM, Ho Joong LEE, Won Kyoung CHOI, Jun Yeon PARK
  • Publication number: 20170155329
    Abstract: A method and system of controlling a converter is provided. The method includes sensing, by a controller, an on and off state of a secondary side switch of the converter and deriving, by the controller, a current command of the converter. The current command is then compared with preset current reference values each provided based on the on and off state of the secondary side switch. As the result of the comparison of the current command with the current reference value, the on and off state of the secondary side switch is either changed or maintained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventors: Jee Heon Kim, Jun Yeon Park, Hyun Wook Seong, Won Kyoung Choi, Dong Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9662984
    Abstract: A method of controlling a low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC) of an environmentally-friendly vehicle includes measuring load current consumed by electric loads of the vehicle; identifying a state of an auxiliary battery vehicle; and when the load current is smaller than a predetermined value, and the state of the auxiliary battery is equal to or greater than a predetermined value, performing a first eco mode of stopping operation of the LDC for a predetermined time, and causing the auxiliary battery to supply the current necessary for the electric loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jun Yeon Park, Youngjo Lee, Deukhoon Koh, Taehyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20170129348
    Abstract: A charging control method of a vehicle includes setting reserved charging, closing a first switch in an on-board charger (OBC) controller, measuring an input voltage at an input side of the OBC controller when an external charger supplies power when the first switch is closed, setting a charging start time based on the measured input voltage, and starting charging of a battery when the charging start time is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Young Jin JANG, Soung Han NOH, Jun Yeon PARK, Hyung Souk KANG