Patents by Inventor Sungwang Kim
Sungwang Kim 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: 12122234Abstract: The vehicle includes a display, a dial input device configured to receive a first input from a user, and a controller configured to control the display based on the first input, wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display a plurality of characters, a first indicator indicating one character among the plurality of characters, and a second indicator indicating at least one character not indicated by the first indicator among the plurality of characters, controls the display to change the characters indicated by the first indicator and the second indicator based on the first input, and determines the character indicated by the first indicator as the character selected by the user based on the second input.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sungwang Kim, Minjae Park
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Publication number: 20240262195Abstract: A vehicle includes at least one holder, a communication interface configured to communicate with a user terminal, a user interface device configured to visualize and output vehicle operating information, and a controller configured to, in response to the user terminal being mounted on the at least one holder, identify a position of the user terminal, determine auxiliary information to be displayed on the user terminal from the vehicle operating information based on the position of the user terminal, and control the communication interface to transmit the auxiliary information to the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Inventors: Sungwang KIM, Jungdo KIM, Jaemin MOON, Minjae PARK
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Publication number: 20240221106Abstract: An intermediate system may include: a communication module configured to communicate with a ride-offering system and a delivery system; and at least one processor configured to perform matching on a ride request transmitted to the ride-offering system and a delivery request transmitted to the delivery system, wherein, in response to a delivery request matching the ride request being existent, the at least one processor is configured to change at least one of an origin or a destination of a ride-offering service corresponding to the ride request based on the matching delivery request.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2023Publication date: July 4, 2024Inventors: Minjae Park, Jungdo Kim, Jaemin Moon, Sungwang Kim
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Patent number: 11996099Abstract: An embodiment dialogue system includes a speech recognizer configured to convert an utterance of a user into an utterance text, a natural language understanding module configured to identify an intention of the user based on the utterance text, and a controller configured to generate a first control signal for performing control corresponding to the intention of the user, identify whether an additional control item related to the control corresponding to the intention of the user exists, and in response to the additional control item existing, generate a second control signal for displaying information about the additional control item on a display.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sungwang Kim, Donghyeon Lee, Minjae Park
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Publication number: 20240127810Abstract: A dialogue management method, a dialogue management system and a non-transitory computer-readable recording medium may obtain, from a screen displayed via a user terminal, information required for executing a task corresponding to a user's speech input, and omit operations of inducing, receiving, and analyzing additional user's speech inputs.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Inventors: Jaemin Moon, Jungdo Kim, Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim
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Patent number: 11955123Abstract: A speech recognition system includes: a speech processor configured to identify an intention of a user included in an utterance of the user; a controller configured to identify whether a function corresponding to the intention of the utterance is performable, and if the function corresponding to the intention of the utterance is not performable, generate spoken text for requesting an other speech recognition system to perform the function corresponding to the intention of the user; and an utterance generator configured to convert the spoken text into a speech signal of an inaudible frequency band.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim, Byeong Yeol Kim
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Patent number: 11922538Abstract: An apparatus for generating an emoji includes an analyzer that is configured to, in response to an utterance of a user being input, acquire at least one of context information or information about a sentiment of the user. AN emoji generator generates a new emoji based on emoji generation information including information related to at least two among the context information, the information about the sentiment of the user, and information about an intent of the user corresponding to the utterance. The emoji generator is configured to select a plurality of emojis that match the emoji generation information from among a plurality of stored emojis and combine at least some of the plurality of emojis to generate the new emoji.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim
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Publication number: 20230352015Abstract: A user terminal includes a microphone through which a speech of a user is input, a speaker through which a speech of a counterpart is output during a call, a controller configured to activate a speech recognition function upon receiving a trigger signal during the call, and a communicator configured to transmit, after the trigger signal is input, information related to the user's speech which is input through the microphone and information related to content of the call to a dialogue system that is configured to perform the speech recognition function, wherein the controller is configured to control the speaker to output a system response transmitted from the dialogue system.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Sungwang KIM, Jaemin MOON, Minjae PARK
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Publication number: 20230317072Abstract: The method of processing a dialogue may include: monitoring a setting value for a setting item of a vehicle; in response to the setting value not matching a target value for the setting item, generating a system speech based on the target value and the setting value; and transmitting the generated system speech to a user terminal associated with the vehicle. The target value for the setting item may be determined based on a historic usage pattern for the setting item on the user terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Jaemin Moon, Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim
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Publication number: 20230298581Abstract: A dialogue management method includes: obtaining at least one of a speech recognition result or a natural language understanding result for a speech of a user; determining whether a fixed speech pattern is included in the speech of the user, based on the at least one of the speech recognition result or the natural language understanding result for the speech of the user; and when the fixed speech pattern is included in the speech of the user, generating recommended speech information for guiding a completion of the speech of the user, based on at least one of a current dialogue context or a type of the fixed speech pattern included in the speech of the user.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: September 21, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jaemin MOON, Minjae PARK, Sungwang KIM
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Publication number: 20230282212Abstract: A user terminal, a control method thereof, a dialogue management system and a dialogue management method may output an ambient sound related to a user intention in real time together with a system response to a user's voice command, thereby providing a user with a sense of presence and enabling a natural dialogue with the user. The user terminal includes at least one microphone; a speaker; a communication module configured to communicate with a server; and a controller configured to control the speaker to output a system response corresponding to a voice command of a user, when the user's voice command is input through the at least one microphone, wherein the controller is configured to control the speaker to output an ambient sound matching the voice command together with the system response.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2023Publication date: September 7, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Minjae PARK, Jaemin MOON, Sungwang KIM
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Publication number: 20230206918Abstract: A vehicle may include: a display provided inside the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the display, based on a condition being satisfied, to display a vehicle image comprising a graphic object and a plurality of indicators, wherein the graphic object indicates a plurality of portions of the vehicle image, and wherein each of the plurality of indicators is respectively associated with one of the plurality of portions. Based on a user utterance associated with at least one indicator of the plurality of indicators, the controller may be configured to control a control target corresponding to the at least one indicator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Minjae Park, Jaemin Moon, Sungwang Kim
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Publication number: 20230206922Abstract: Provided is a dialogue system including: a speech recognizer module configured to convert a speech of a user into a plurality of candidate texts, and prioritize the plurality of candidate texts; a understanding module configured to determine a first action corresponding to a first candidate text with a highest priority among the plurality of candidate texts; and a controller configured to attempt to perform the determined first action, and when the first action is not performable, reprioritize other candidate texts of the plurality of candidate texts.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Sungwang Kim, Jaemin Moon, Minjae Park
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Publication number: 20230081386Abstract: Provided is a vehicle, comprising: a voice receiver configured to acquire a user voice input; a speaker provided inside the vehicle; a display provided inside the vehicle; and a controller configured to control the voice receiver, the speaker and the display, wherein the controller is configured to: acquire a control command from the user voice input, wait for receiving a subsequent control command for a predetermined waiting time after operating a control target based on the control command, and control at least one of the speaker or the display to provide a feedback for notifying that the control target is in a subsequent controllable state.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2022Publication date: March 16, 2023Inventors: Jaemin Moon, Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim
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Publication number: 20220355664Abstract: A vehicle includes a plurality of tactile input devices configured to receive a tactile input for controlling a function of the vehicle; a microphone configured to receive an audio input; and a voice recognition system configured to control the function of the vehicle based on the audio input, where the voice recognition system is configured to determine a target object to be controlled based on the tactile input, determine a control instruction for the target object based on the audio input, and control the target object based on the control instruction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2022Publication date: November 10, 2022Inventors: Sungwang Kim, Woo Taek Lim, Minjae Park, Donghyeon Lee
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Publication number: 20220301560Abstract: A speech recognition system includes: a speech processor configured to identify an intention of a user included in an utterance of the user; a controller configured to identify whether a function corresponding to the intention of the utterance is performable, and if the function corresponding to the intention of the utterance is not performable, generate spoken text for requesting an other speech recognition system to perform the function corresponding to the intention of the user; and an utterance generator configured to convert the spoken text into a speech signal of an inaudible frequency band.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim, Byeong Yeol Kim
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Publication number: 20220301232Abstract: An apparatus for generating an emoji includes an analyzer that is configured to, in response to an utterance of a user being input, acquire at least one of context information or information about a sentiment of the user. AN emoji generator generates a new emoji based on emoji generation information including information related to at least two among the context information, the information about the sentiment of the user, and information about an intent of the user corresponding to the utterance. The emoji generator is configured to select a plurality of emojis that match the emoji generation information from among a plurality of stored emojis and combine at least some of the plurality of emojis to generate the new emoji.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: September 22, 2022Inventors: Minjae Park, Sungwang Kim
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Publication number: 20220250472Abstract: The vehicle includes a display, a dial input device configured to receive a first input from a user, and a controller configured to control the display based on the first input, wherein the controller is configured to control the display to display a plurality of characters, a first indicator indicating one character among the plurality of characters, and a second indicator indicating at least one character not indicated by the first indicator among the plurality of characters, controls the display to change the characters indicated by the first indicator and the second indicator based on the first input, and determines the character indicated by the first indicator as the character selected by the user based on the second input.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Sungwang KIM, Minjae PARK
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Publication number: 20220165264Abstract: An embodiment dialogue system includes a speech recognizer configured to convert an utterance of a user into an utterance text, a natural language understanding module configured to identify an intention of the user based on the utterance text, and a controller configured to generate a first control signal for performing control corresponding to the intention of the user, identify whether an additional control item related to the control corresponding to the intention of the user exists, and in response to the additional control item existing, generate a second control signal for displaying information about the additional control item on a display.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: May 26, 2022Inventors: Sungwang Kim, Donghyeon Lee, Minjae Park
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Patent number: 10386927Abstract: An electronic device and a method for providing notification are provided. The electronic device includes a housing, a touch screen, a communication circuit, an electric motor, a processor electrically coupled to the touch screen, the communication circuit, and the electric motor, and a memory electrically coupled to the processor. The memory stores instructions to be executed by the processor which is configured to control for detecting occurrence of an event from a signal received through the communication circuit or an operation of the electronic device, generating a notification based on at least part of the event, detecting whether at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by a user's hand or finger using the touch screen, and, when the at least some areas of the touch screen are touched by the user's hand or finger, activating the electric motor.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 20, 2019Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyo-Gil Kim, Sungwang Kim