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).

  • Patent number: 11948177
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Inventors: Woo Sang Song, Jianri Li, Ki-Young Shin
  • Patent number: 11928994
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Sae Lee, Ji-Hyun Ka, Won Kyu Kwak, Hwa Young Song, Ki Myeong Eom
  • Publication number: 20230417318
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Young Song, Jae Hyeong Cho, Yeon Ji Kang, Pill Yoon Kim, Jae Min Park
  • Patent number: 11821515
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Ki Young Song, Sung Hun Um, Sang Jin Meun
  • Publication number: 20230332684
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sang Jin Meun
  • Publication number: 20230332680
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Hee En Zoo, Ki Young Song, Woo Duck Kim, Sung Tae Kim, Sang Eun BAE
  • Patent number: 11781646
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Young Song, Jae Hyeong Cho, Yeon Ji Kang, Pill Yoon Kim, Jae Min Park
  • Patent number: 11746890
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Hee En Zoo, Ki Young Song, Woo Duck Kim, Sung Tae Kim, Sang Eun Bae
  • Patent number: 11746897
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sang Jin Meun
  • Publication number: 20230248867
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Eun Sik Kim, Ki Young Song
  • Patent number: 11713805
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Min Gi Song, Ki Young Song, Dae Hyung Kim, Ji Hoon Yang
  • Patent number: 11708892
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sung Hoon Lee, Min Gwon Lee, Joo Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20230047928
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Min Gi SONG, Ki Young SONG, Hee En ZOO, Yong Min CHAE, Ho Cheol JANG
  • Patent number: 11543025
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hee En Zoo, Min Gi Song, Eun Sik Kim, Ki Young Song
  • Publication number: 20220390011
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Ki Young Song, Sung Hun Um, Sang Jin Meun
  • Publication number: 20220333685
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Lee, Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sang Jin Meun
  • Publication number: 20220290754
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hee En ZOO, Min Gi SONG, Eun Sik KIM, Ki Young SONG
  • Patent number: 11378995
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Han Gil Park, Ki Young Song, Sung Hoon Lee, Min Gwon Lee, Joo Young Kim
  • Publication number: 20220163107
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SL Corporation
    Inventors: Hee En ZOO, Ki Young SONG, Woo Duck KIM, Sung Tae KIM, Sang Eun BAE
  • Patent number: RE49642
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Young Song, Jae Sung Heo, Eun Sik Kim