Patents by Inventor Soo-Chul Lee

Soo-Chul Lee 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: 11965936
    Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a battery including battery cells, the apparatus according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer for measuring the voltage of each battery cell during a preset period of time, a voltage variation calculator for calculating an individual voltage variation of each battery cell during the preset period of time, an average voltage variation calculator for calculating an average voltage variation of the battery cells during the preset period of time, and an abnormality detector for determining that a voltage abnormality has occurred in at least one battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the voltage variation of the at least one battery cell and the average voltage variation of the at least one battery cell is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Dong Keun Kwon, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11958437
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting a seat belt of a vehicle, the method comprising: storing, by a controller, a pattern before an occupant of a vehicle wears a seat belt webbing and a pattern after the occupant of the vehicle wears the seat belt webbing photographed through a region of interest of a vision sensor in a memory; receiving, by the controller, an image for the seat belt webbing photographed in the region of interest of the vision sensor; determining, by the controller, whether the pattern of the seat belt webbing stored in the memory is detected from the image of the seat belt webbing; and when the pattern of the seat belt webbing is not detected, controlling, by the controller, a display device to display a first warning message indicating that the seat belt webbing is not detected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Taeyoung Bang, Youngrok Kim, Soo Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 11941923
    Abstract: An automation method of an artificial intelligence (AI)-based diagnostic technology for equipment application includes receiving one or more pieces of data among vibration data, noise data, and controller area network (CAN) data, a data input processing operation of trimming the input data, an operation of extracting features from the trimmed data, setting a setting value of a hyper-parameter with respect to the one or more pieces of data thereamong, and generating a total of N models to include both of machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) as N individual models and generating ensemble prediction model structures for the N individual models. As a parameter updating is being proceeded due to the hyper-parameter so as to minimize values of cost functions of the N individual models, a reward for model accuracy performance is optimized and the ensemble prediction model structures of the N individual models change.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In-Soo Jung, Seung-Hyun Lee, Jae-Min Jin, Dong-Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20230339427
    Abstract: A seat belt apparatus of a vehicle described in the present disclosure includes a seat belt coupled to a seat and including a webbing comprising a detectable material; a vision sensor configured to generate an image by capturing a field of view region including the seat; and a monitoring system configured to detect a length of the webbing e.g., based on the pattern coated with the at least one paint in the image, and determine whether a user wears the seat belt as desired or erroneously wears the seat belt based on the detected length of the webbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Taeyoung Bang, Youngrok Kim, Soo Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20230182680
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting a seat belt of a vehicle, the method comprising: storing, by a controller, a pattern before an occupant of a vehicle wears a seat belt webbing and a pattern after the occupant of the vehicle wears the seat belt webbing photographed through a region of interest of a vision sensor in a memory; receiving, by the controller, an image for the seat belt webbing photographed in the region of interest of the vision sensor; determining, by the controller, whether the pattern of the seat belt webbing stored in the memory is detected from the image of the seat belt webbing; and when the pattern of the seat belt webbing is not detected, controlling, by the controller, a display device to display a first warning message indicating that the seat belt webbing is not detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Taeyoung Bang, Youngrok Kim, Soo Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 10710538
    Abstract: A seatbelt airbag for a vehicle is provided. The airbag is inflated in a seatbelt to restrain an occupant to reduce an injury to the occupant caused by the seatbelt. Particularly, since the airbag is locally inflated at occupant's shoulder and hip which are susceptible to injury by the seatbelt, an inflation speed is controlled, an impact is minimized, and the occupant may be restrained in the seat more rapidly and stably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Young Hwan Kim, Choong Sik Shin, Soo Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 10549708
    Abstract: An air belt apparatus for a vehicle may include an air belt coupled to an inflator formed at a predetermined position in a seat back, the air belt being configured to be placed on a shoulder portion of a driver, and a seat belt including a webbing passing through the air belt, the webbing being extracted from a retractor spaced from the inflator with a predetermined distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo-Chul Lee, Taeg-Young An, Jae-Soon Cho
  • Publication number: 20190176738
    Abstract: A seatbelt airbag for a vehicle is provided. The airbag is inflated in a seatbelt to restrain an occupant to reduce an injury to the occupant caused by the seatbelt. Particularly, since the airbag is locally inflated at occupant's shoulder and hip which are susceptible to injury by the seatbelt, an inflation speed is controlled, an impact is minimized, and the occupant may be restrained in the seat more rapidly and stably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Young Hwan Kim, Choong Sik Shin, Soo Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20180297547
    Abstract: An air belt apparatus for a vehicle may include an air belt coupled to an inflator formed at a predetermined position in a seat back, the air belt being configured to be placed on a shoulder portion of a driver, and a seat belt including a webbing passing through the air belt, the webbing being extracted from a retractor spaced from the inflator with a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Soo-Chul LEE, Taeg-Young An, Jae-Soon Cho
  • Patent number: 10040420
    Abstract: A motorized seat belt system includes: a spindle around which webbing is wound; an output gear connected to the spindle through a power transmission shaft; a torsion portion provided on the power transmission shaft or the output gear; a motor which transmits rotational power to the spindle; first and second reduction gears which are connected to an output shaft of the motor and transmit rotational power of the motor to the output gear; a first rotation amount detecting sensor that measures a rotation angle and a rotation direction of the power transmission shaft; a second rotation amount detecting sensor that measures a rotation angle and a rotation direction with respect to a rim portion of the first reduction gear; and a controller which controls output of the motor based on detection signals from the first rotation amount detecting sensor and the second rotation amount detecting sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Ock Son, Soo Chul Lee
  • Publication number: 20170327078
    Abstract: A motorized seat belt system includes: a spindle around which webbing is wound; an output gear connected to the spindle through a power transmission shaft; a torsion portion provided on the power transmission shaft or the output gear; a motor which transmits rotational power to the spindle; first and second reduction gears which are connected to an output shaft of the motor and transmit rotational power of the motor to the output gear; a first rotation amount detecting sensor that measures a rotation angle and a rotation direction of the power transmission shaft; a second rotation amount detecting sensor that measures a rotation angle and a rotation direction with respect to a rim portion of the first reduction gear; and a controller which controls output of the motor based on detection signals from the first rotation amount detecting sensor and the second rotation amount detecting sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sang Ock Son, Soo Chul Lee
  • Patent number: 9579947
    Abstract: A coupled torsion beam axle for vehicles may include a torsion beam disposed in a vehicle width direction and trailing arms disposed at both ends of the torsion beam in a length direction of a vehicle body, wherein the torsion beam has an opened cross section formed in a reverse ā€œUā€ shape by press-forming one sheet member machined so that lengths of right and left sides are different from each other on the basis of a center, and cross section widths which are different from each other along vehicle width directions of both sides on the basis of the center between the trailing arms of both sides, and front and rear surfaces formed in a wave shape along the vehicle width directions of both sides on the basis of the center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dong Hee Industrial Co., Ltd., Hwashin Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Rak Kim, Jung Taek Lim, Soo Chul Lee, Hak Il Kim, Min Seok Kang, Eui Keun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20160325596
    Abstract: A coupled torsion beam axle for vehicles may include a torsion beam disposed in a vehicle width direction and trailing arms disposed at both ends of the torsion beam in a length direction of a vehicle body, wherein the torsion beam has an opened cross section formed in a reverse ā€œUā€ shape by press-forming one sheet member machined so that lengths of right and left sides are different from each other on the basis of a center, and cross section widths which are different from each other along vehicle width directions of both sides on the basis of the center between the trailing arms of both sides, and front and rear surfaces formed in a wave shape along the vehicle width directions of both sides on the basis of the center.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Dong Hee Industrial Co., Ltd., Hwashin Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Rak KIM, Jung Taek LIM, Soo Chul LEE, Hak II KIM, Min Seok KANG, Eui Keun JEONG
  • Patent number: 4962481
    Abstract: An electrically erasable programmable semiconductor memory array for high density including a plurality of column lines; a plurality of reference lines perpendicular to the column lines; a plurality of memory strings arranged in two columns at both sides of each column line and in upper and lower rows between the reference lines, each of upper and lower memory strings at one side of each column including a first transistor and a plurality of floating gate transistors, each of upper and lower memory strings at the other side of each column including a second transistor and a plurality of floating gate transistors, drain-source paths of the first or second transistor and the floating gate transistors in each memory string being connected in series, the first and second transistors and the floating gate transistors being arranged in an array of rows and columns, gates of the first and second transistors and the floating gate transistors in the upper memory strings and the first and second transistors and the flo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1990
    Assignee: SamSung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyuk Choi, Soo-Chul Lee, Hyung-Kyu Yim