Patents by Inventor Ki-Young Song
Ki-Young Song 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: 11948177Abstract: Provided is a design creating device including: a parsing unit for parsing image data and text data; a learning unit for learning a design creation model by using artificial intelligence on the basis of parsed image data and text data; and a design creating unit for creating a new design of a specific item or a design element by using the design creation model learned by the learning unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventors: Woo Sang Song, Jianri Li, Ki-Young Shin
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Patent number: 11928994Abstract: A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area disposed near the display area, a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area, a plurality of signal lines disposed on the substrate and connected to the pixels, and a pad portion disposed in the non-display area and including a plurality of pads. The signal lines include a first crack detecting line connected to a first test voltage pad and a first pad at a first node, connected to a second pad at a second node, and extending around the non-display area between the first node and the second node, as well as a first data line including a first end connected to a first transistor connected to the first crack detecting line at the second node, and a second end connected to corresponding pixels from among the plurality of pixels.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2019Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.Inventors: Kwang Sae Lee, Ji-Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Hwa Young Song, Ki Myeong Eom
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Publication number: 20230417318Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus for an electronic transmission system includes a shift operation unit configured to be operated by a driver of a vehicle for gear shifting on a first hemisphere of a spherical mechanism and a design unit for indirect illumination and image transmission on a second hemisphere of the spherical mechanism. By rotating the spherical mechanism, only the shift operation unit is exposed to a vehicle interior through an opening of a housing when a shift operation is required, while only the design unit is exposed to the vehicle interior through the opening of the housing when the shift operation is not required.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Ki Young Song, Jae Hyeong Cho, Yeon Ji Kang, Pill Yoon Kim, Jae Min Park
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Patent number: 11821515Abstract: A system and method of controlling a shift mechanism for a vehicle, includes a shift determination unit configured to determine information on a shifting stage of the vehicle according to an operation of the shift mechanism; and a control unit configured to receive the information on the shifting stage from the shift determination unit and to transmit a signal such that vibration is generated in the shift mechanism when the shifting stage switched by operation of the shift mechanism is a drivable shifting stage, wherein when a driver operates the shift mechanism to switch a shifting stage to a drivable shifting stage, a signal according to the corresponding shifting stage is transmitted to enable the driver to recognize the switched shifting stage and thus to prevent erroneous operation, ensuring driving safety.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL CorporationInventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Ki Young Song, Sung Hun Um, Sang Jin Meun
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Publication number: 20230332684Abstract: An electronic shift control apparatus includes a shift dial that is operated by a driver to select an R-range, an N-range, and a D-range, a P-range motor that is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shift range of a vehicle by operating the shift dial or the P-range button, the haptic signal is configured to be transmitted to the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sang Jin Meun
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Publication number: 20230332680Abstract: A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL CorporationInventors: Hee En Zoo, Ki Young Song, Woo Duck Kim, Sung Tae Kim, Sang Eun BAE
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Patent number: 11781646Abstract: A sphere-type shift control apparatus for an electronic transmission system includes a shift operation unit configured to be operated by a driver of a vehicle for gear shifting on a first hemisphere of a spherical mechanism and a design unit for indirect illumination and image transmission on a second hemisphere of the spherical mechanism. By rotating the spherical mechanism, only the shift operation unit is exposed to a vehicle interior through an opening of a housing when a shift operation is required, while only the design unit is exposed to the vehicle interior through the opening of the housing when the shift operation is not required.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ki Young Song, Jae Hyeong Cho, Yeon Ji Kang, Pill Yoon Kim, Jae Min Park
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Patent number: 11746890Abstract: A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL CorporationInventors: Hee En Zoo, Ki Young Song, Woo Duck Kim, Sung Tae Kim, Sang Eun Bae
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Patent number: 11746897Abstract: An electronic shift control apparatus includes a shift dial that is operated by a driver to select an R-range, an N-range, and a D-range, a P-range motor that is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shift range of a vehicle by operating the shift dial or the P-range button, the haptic signal is configured to be transmitted to the driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL CorporationInventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sang Jin Meun
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Publication number: 20230248867Abstract: An electronic shifting device with a sterilization function is provided. The electronic shifting device comprising a spherical mechanism configured to be rotatable relative to a housing installed in an interior of a vehicle, the spherical mechanism having one side at which a shifting unit having a hemispherical shape is provided, and the other side at which a sterilizing unit having a hemispherical shape is provided, a drive mechanism configured to adjust a rotation angle of the spherical mechanism by providing a rotational force to the spherical mechanism, and a controller configured to control the sterilizing unit so that the sterilizing unit performs a sterilization function in a state in which the shifting unit is hidden in the housing and the sterilizing unit is exposed to the interior of the vehicle by a rotation of the spherical mechanism.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Ki Young Song
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Patent number: 11713805Abstract: A sphere type shift control apparatus for an electronic shift system has a sphere member rotated with respect to a housing by power from a motor, and the rotation of the sphere member is restricted by holding torque of the motor, such that it is possible to implement a shift lock. Further, since a user can forcibly manually rotate the sphere member, the function of shift lock release can be implemented.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL CorporationInventors: Min Gi Song, Ki Young Song, Dae Hyung Kim, Ji Hoon Yang
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Patent number: 11708892Abstract: A rattle reduction device for a dial type shifting apparatus is provided and includes a damper provided to be fixed to a main housing, and a protrusion formed on a component configured to rotate with respect to the main housing and configured to reduce a return rotation speed of a shift dial by contacting the damper when the shift dial returns from a position of a Nd stage or a D stage to a Null stage or returns from a position of a Nr stage or a R stage to the Null stage, thereby reducing rattle.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SL CorporationInventors: Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sung Hoon Lee, Min Gwon Lee, Joo Young Kim
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Publication number: 20230047928Abstract: In a method for controlling an operation of a sphere type shifting apparatus, and according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure, it is possible to prevent a sphere mechanism from being separated from a rotation completion location upon rotation operation of the sphere mechanism including a shifting unit provided on a hemispherical one side thereof and a design unit provided on a hemispherical other side thereof, preventing occurrence of clearance of the sphere mechanism, and to terminate an operation of a motor as necessary when the sphere mechanism cannot reach the rotation completion location due to sticking thereof or foreign substances stuck thereto upon rotation operation of the sphere mechanism, preventing damage to parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Min Gi SONG, Ki Young SONG, Hee En ZOO, Yong Min CHAE, Ho Cheol JANG
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Patent number: 11543025Abstract: A method and system for preventing misoperation of an electronic transmission, may include monitoring an operation signal of a transmission and an operation signal of a manipulation device provided around the transmission, by a controller, and upon detecting the operation signal of the transmission immediately after the operation signal of the manipulation device is detected, controlling, by the controller, a gear stage by disregarding the operation signal of the transmission and maintaining a current gear stage.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hee En Zoo, Min Gi Song, Eun Sik Kim, Ki Young Song
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Publication number: 20220390011Abstract: A system and method of controlling a shift mechanism for a vehicle, includes a shift determination unit configured to determine information on a shifting stage of the vehicle according to an operation of the shift mechanism; and a control unit configured to receive the information on the shifting stage from the shift determination unit and to transmit a signal such that vibration is generated in the shift mechanism when the shifting stage switched by operation of the shift mechanism is a drivable shifting stage, wherein when a driver operates the shift mechanism to switch a shifting stage to a drivable shifting stage, a signal according to the corresponding shifting stage is transmitted to enable the driver to recognize the switched shifting stage and thus to prevent erroneous operation, ensuring driving safety.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: December 8, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL CorporationInventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Ki Young Song, Sung Hun Um, Sang Jin Meun
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Publication number: 20220333685Abstract: An electronic shift control apparatus includes a shift dial that is operated by a driver to select an R-range, an N-range, and a D-range, a P-range motor that is operated to select a P-range, and a haptic motor that generates a haptic signal. When a driver shifts into a specific shift range of a vehicle by operating the shift dial or the P-range button, the haptic signal is configured to be transmitted to the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sang Jin Meun
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Publication number: 20220290754Abstract: A method and system for preventing misoperation of an electronic transmission, may include monitoring an operation signal of a transmission and an operation signal of a manipulation device provided around the transmission, by a controller, and upon detecting the operation signal of the transmission immediately after the operation signal of the manipulation device is detected, controlling, by the controller, a gear stage by disregarding the operation signal of the transmission and maintaining a current gear stage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hee En ZOO, Min Gi SONG, Eun Sik KIM, Ki Young SONG
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Patent number: 11378995Abstract: An ambient light device for a dial type shifting apparatus is provided. The ambient light device includes a printed circuit board (PCB) coupled to a main housing, a light source fixed to the PCB, a light guide coupled to the main housing and configured to deliver light of the light source, and a light emitting mechanism provided in a shift dial coupled rotatably with respect to the main housing and configured to reflect the light of the light source delivered through the light guide to emit it outside of the shift dial in an ambient light form.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SL CorporationInventors: Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sung Hoon Lee, Min Gwon Lee, Joo Young Kim
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Publication number: 20220163107Abstract: A shift-by-wire system physically prevents shifting to the R/N/D gear position and shifting to the P gear position from being simultaneously performed. The shift-by-wire system includes a body configured to have a Hall sensor provided therein, a knob installed so as to be rotatable around an axis of the body, a button assembly moving in an axial direction of the body and having a magnet provided to sense rotated and moved states thereof using the Hall sensor and rotate together with the knob, and a concurrent operation limiting unit to mechanically limit movement of the button assembly in a state in which the knob is manipulated so as to be rotated, and to mechanically limit rotation of the knob in a state in which the button assembly is manipulated so as to be moved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL CorporationInventors: Hee En ZOO, Ki Young SONG, Woo Duck KIM, Sung Tae KIM, Sang Eun BAE
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Patent number: RE49642Abstract: A vehicle pedal apparatus includes a pedal member installed to be fixed to a dashboard; and a pedal arm rotatably connected to pedal member, elongated in a vertical direction, and including a lower portion that is bent sideways with respect to a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle body, to extend in a first lateral direction and an upper portion that has a first side indented in a second lateral direction opposite to the first lateral direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Ki Young Song, Jae Sung Heo, Eun Sik Kim