Patents by Inventor Won Moo LEE

Won Moo 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: 11880119
    Abstract: A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; a light source; and an optical unit, wherein the image sensor is spaced apart from a rear of the lens module so that the image sensor and the lens module are formed to operate as a camera, the light source is disposed to be coplanar with the image sensor and disposed at a peripheral portion of the image sensor, the optical unit is disposed in front of the light source so that light emitted from the light source is directed to a rear end of the lens module, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is formed to operate as a puddle lamp by the light source and the optical unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Hyun Seok Lee, Eun Ho Choi, Tae Youn Lee
  • Patent number: 11827149
    Abstract: A side camera for a vehicle comprises: a main body disposed at a left-hand and/or a right-hand side of the vehicle; a blind-spot view camera of which at least a portion is accommodated in the main body and being configured to photograph a view in lateral and rearward directions; a surround view camera (SVC) of which at least a portion is accommodated in the main body and being configured to photograph a view in a lateral direction; and a blind-spot view monitor disposed inside the vehicle to transmit an image captured by the blind-spot view camera. When the blind-spot view camera fails, an image transformation process is performed based on an image captured by the SVC and transmitted to the blind-spot view monitor. When the blind-spot view monitor fails, an image captured by the blind-spot view camera is transmitted to another display device in the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Hyung Min Kim, Hyun Seong Yoon
  • Patent number: 11820299
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a rear view camera for a vehicle, comprising: a camera configured to photograph a rear region behind a vehicle; a protective cover configured to surround at least a portion of the camera; an outer cover that is coupled to the protective cover and provided to be exposed to the outside of the vehicle, the outer cover including a through-hole through which the camera is configured to photograph the rear region behind the vehicle; and a touch sensing unit configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detecting a touch on the outer cover by a user who possesses a smart key of the vehicle, wherein a trunk of the vehicle is opened in response to the electrical signal generated by the touch sensing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Moo Lee
  • Patent number: 11816904
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a vehicle camera comprising: a lens module; a circuit board including an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the lens module into an electrical signal; a front housing having the lens module coupled to a front side thereof and the circuit board coupled to a rear side thereof; a rear housing coupled to the rear side of the front housing and provided to surround the circuit board; an outer cover configured to surround at least a portion of the lens module, the outer cover including one or more infrared passing portions; and a depth camera module included inside the outer cover and coupled to the front side of the front housing, the depth camera module being configured to capture an image for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle using the infrared passing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Tae Hoon Kang
  • Patent number: 11780360
    Abstract: A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; a light source; and a translucent mirror, the light source is disposed so that light emitted from the light source intersects an optical axis of the lens module in the first area and disposed in a second area outside the first area, at least a portion of the emitted light is incident to the rear of the lens module by the translucent mirror and projected in front of the lens module through the lens module so that the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a puddle lamp, and image light passes through the lens module from a photographing area and at least a portion of the image light is incident on the image sensor through the translucent mirror so that the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Hyun Seok Lee, Tae Youn Lee, Eun Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 11603032
    Abstract: A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Hyun Seok Lee, Eun Ho Choi, Tae Youn Lee, Jin Myeong Kim
  • Publication number: 20220198202
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a vehicle camera comprising: a lens module; a circuit board including an image sensor configured to convert light incident through the lens module into an electrical signal; a front housing having the lens module coupled to a front side thereof and the circuit board coupled to a rear side thereof; a rear housing coupled to the rear side of the front housing and provided to surround the circuit board; an outer cover configured to surround at least a portion of the lens module, the outer cover including one or more infrared passing portions; and a depth camera module included inside the outer cover and coupled to the front side of the front housing, the depth camera module being configured to capture an image for detecting an obstacle around the vehicle using the infrared passing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo LEE, Tae Hoon KANG
  • Patent number: 11312306
    Abstract: a camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; and a puddle lamp module, the puddle lamp module includes a light source, a spring, a sliding bar, and a solenoid and is disposed in a second area outside the first area, the light source is formed to be movable to be located in the first area or the second area, the light source is fixed to one side of the sliding bar, a moving part of the solenoid is connected to the other side of the sliding bar, and the spring is formed to be operated to move the sliding bar when the solenoid is switched to a non-operational state so as to move the light source to the second area, the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a puddle lamp when the light source moves to the first area, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a camera when the light source moves to the second area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Sang Hwan Oh, Eun Ho Choi, Hyun Seok Lee, Tae Youn Lee
  • Publication number: 20220118908
    Abstract: A side camera for a vehicle comprises: a main body disposed at a left-hand and/or a right-hand side of the vehicle; a blind-spot view camera of which at least a portion is accommodated in the main body and being configured to photograph a view in lateral and rearward directions; a surround view camera (SVC) of which at least a portion is accommodated in the main body and being configured to photograph a view in a lateral direction; and a blind-spot view monitor disposed inside the vehicle to transmit an image captured by the blind-spot view camera. When the blind-spot view camera fails, an image transformation process is performed based on an image captured by the SVC and transmitted to the blind-spot view monitor. When the blind-spot view monitor fails, an image captured by the blind-spot view camera is transmitted to another display device in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo LEE, Hyung Min KIM, Hyun Seong YOON
  • Publication number: 20220073011
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a rear view camera for a vehicle, comprising: a camera configured to photograph a rear region behind a vehicle; a protective cover configured to surround at least a portion of the camera; an outer cover that is coupled to the protective cover and provided to be exposed to the outside of the vehicle, the outer cover including a through-hole through which the camera is configured to photograph the rear region behind the vehicle; and a touch sensing unit configured to generate an electrical signal in response to detecting a touch on the outer cover by a user who possesses a smart key of the vehicle, wherein a trunk of the vehicle is opened in response to the electrical signal generated by the touch sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Won Moo LEE
  • Publication number: 20220063516
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method comprising: determining whether a vehicle is traveling in reverse or is in a rear photographing mode; in response to determining that the vehicle is traveling in reverse or is in the rear photographing mode, opening an opening and closing unit included in an inner housing; as the opening and closing unit opens, drawing a camera and a fluid injection unit out of the vehicle; photographing, by the camera, a peripheral region of the vehicle; spraying, by the fluid injection unit, each of a washer fluid and air toward a lens surface of the camera; when the vehicle has ended traveling in reverse or the rear photographing mode, closing the opening and closing unit; and as the opening and closing unit closes, drawing the camera and the fluid injection unit into the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo Lee, Jee Chul Kim, Min Woo Kim, Jun Sang Lee, Jae Chan Park
  • Publication number: 20210392256
    Abstract: a camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; a light source; and an optical unit, wherein the image sensor is spaced apart from a rear of the lens module so that the image sensor and the lens module are formed to operate as a camera, the light source is disposed to be coplanar with the image sensor and disposed at a peripheral portion of the image sensor, the optical unit is disposed in front of the light source so that light emitted from the light source is directed to a rear end of the lens module, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is formed to operate as a puddle lamp by the light source and the optical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo LEE, Hyun Seok LEE, Eun Ho CHOI, Tae Youn LEE
  • Publication number: 20210387565
    Abstract: A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; a light source; and a translucent mirror, the light source is disposed so that light emitted from the light source intersects an optical axis of the lens module in the first area and disposed in a second area outside the first area, at least a portion of the emitted light is incident to the rear of the lens module by the translucent mirror and projected in front of the lens module through the lens module so that the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a puddle lamp, and image light passes through the lens module from a photographing area and at least a portion of the image light is incident on the image sensor through the translucent mirror so that the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo LEE, Hyun Seok LEE, Tae Youn LEE, Eun Ho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20210387564
    Abstract: A camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo LEE, Hyun Seok LEE, Eun Ho CHOI, Tae Youn LEE, Jin Myeong KIM
  • Publication number: 20210387574
    Abstract: a camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprising a lens module; an image sensor; and a puddle lamp module, the puddle lamp module includes a light source, a spring, a sliding bar, and a solenoid and is disposed in a second area outside the first area, the light source is formed to be movable to be located in the first area or the second area, the light source is fixed to one side of the sliding bar, a moving part of the solenoid is connected to the other side of the sliding bar, and the spring is formed to be operated to move the sliding bar when the solenoid is switched to a non-operational state so as to move the light source to the second area, the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a puddle lamp when the light source moves to the first area, and the camera-puddle lamp integrated apparatus operates as a camera when the light source moves to the second area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Won Moo LEE, Sang Hwan OH, Eun Ho CHOI, Hyun Seok LEE, Tae Youn LEE