Patents Assigned to HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20170108062
    Abstract: A method for learning a torque-stroke (T-S) curve of an electric motor controlled dry clutch system is disclosed. The method includes calculating a position change value A for allowing a position change point P3 corresponding to an arbitrary torque y3 on a previous T-S curve C1 to follow-up and be moved to an expectation T-S curve C3, by a control unit, calculating a probability Pr_X3 to allow the position change value A to consider various environmental factors of a clutch within a valid range, and multiplying the probability Pr_X3 to the position change value A to calculate a final position change value A, by the control unit, and calculating a new point P3 by applying the final position change value A to the position change point P3 of the previous T-S curve C1, and generating a final T-S curve connecting the new point P3 and a touch point to learn, by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Seong Jin Park
  • Patent number: 9605719
    Abstract: A position offset compensation method of a clutch for controlling power that is transmitted from an engine to a wheel of a vehicle in accordance with one of exemplary embodiments of the present invention may include confirming whether an additional torque is transferred to the clutch, if a torque that is transferred to the clutch is larger than a predetermined torque, confirming whether a speed of the clutch is less than a predetermined speed for a predetermined time according to the confirming result, confirming whether the clutch is moved to an open direction according to the confirming result, and controlling the clutch position, by calculating a compensation value of the clutch position according to the confirming result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jin-Won No
  • Publication number: 20170082156
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for searching a touch point of a clutch in a dual clutch transmission, including: (a) a step of checking whether a touch point searching condition for a non-driving clutch and a driving clutch is met or not; (b) when the search condition of the step (a) is met, a step of detecting a searching point at which an absolute value of a difference between an acceleration value of an engine and an acceleration value of the driving clutch is larger than a threshold value after applying a position value of the non-driving clutch to the engine; and (c) a step of determining a position of the non-driving clutch corresponding to the searching point as the touch point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-Hyo KIM
  • Patent number: 9598013
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device and method for displaying head-up display (HUD) information, including: a first sensing unit for detecting a surrounding brightness around a vehicle; a second sensing unit for detecting a background brightness of a background area in which the HUD information is displayed; and a control unit for comparing the surrounding brightness with the background brightness, and adjusting a brightness of the HUD information based on the background brightness when a brightness difference between the surrounding brightness and the background brightness is equal to or more than a predetermined reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung Suk Oh, Byung Jik Keum
  • Publication number: 20170070650
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for correcting image distortion of a lens, including an input unit for receiving image information, a segmentation unit for segmenting the image information into one or more image subdivision units, a setting unit for setting a center of the image information, a controller for shifting each of the one or more image subdivision units by a variation ratio with respect to the center of the image information, an interpolation unit for inserting one or more image subdivision units corresponding to the shifted image subdivision units into an interpolation space generated between the shifted image subdivision units, and an output unit for outputting corrected image information. According to an embodiment of the present invention, by shifting one or more image subdivision units by a variation ratio, operation logic for coordinate calculation and internal memory logic may be minimized, and implementation complexity may be lowered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2016
    Publication date: March 9, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kee-Beom KIM
  • Patent number: 9548611
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for generating an injected current of a fuel cell stack performed in an apparatus for generating an injected current of a fuel cell stack, the method including: extracting a first frequency current and a second frequency current by passing alternating currents of different frequencies through a plurality of filters, respectively; generating a summed frequency current by summing the first frequency current and the second frequency current; and applying the summed frequency current to the fuel cell stack. Therefore, it is possible to operate the fuel cell stack by applying the summed current obtained by summing the alternating current for calculating the total harmonic distortion (THD) and the alternating current for calculating the impedance to the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Park, Sung-Mog Yu, Jin-Ho Cho
  • Patent number: 9544012
    Abstract: A method for controlling a power source semiconductor may include: supplying, by a switching frequency supply unit, preset respective reference switching frequencies to a plurality of elements which are operated according to a respective switching frequency; sensing, by a control unit, sensing interference in the plurality of elements, based on operations of the elements according to the respective reference switching frequencies; setting, by the control unit, bandwidths for the respective reference switching frequencies when the interference in the plurality of elements is sensed; and increasing, by a bandwidth adjusting unit, bandwidth of the respective reference switching frequencies supplied through the switching frequency supply unit, based on the bandwidths for the respective reference switching frequencies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Soon Seob Lee, Tae Ok Ha, Jong Ha Shin
  • Patent number: 9510466
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a printed circuit board (PCB) configured to electrically control each part of the vehicle and have both sides provided with at least one fixed hole; a connector cover includes a connector part electrically connected and coupled with the PCB and a coupling part; a housing configured of a one-piece slot type and receiving the PCB inserted in a slide form; and at least one coupling member each fastened with at least one fixed hole of the PCB, wherein the PCB is inserted into the housing and the PCB adheres to a bottom side of the housing by the coupling member which is pressed by physically deforming each corresponding surface of the housing corresponding to at least one coupling member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Jae Yang, Dong Gi Lee, Seung Mok Song, Yeon Chul Choo
  • Patent number: 9500149
    Abstract: Provided is an engine power estimation apparatus for estimating an engine power at a gear shift completion time when making a speed change of a vehicle. The engine power estimation apparatus includes a gear shift detection unit configured to detect the speed change of the vehicle; an axle speed estimation unit configured to calculate a target axle speed at the gear shift completion time, using an axle speed and a gear shift time learning value, when the speed change of the vehicle is detected; and an engine power estimation unit configured to calculate a target engine power at the gear shift completion time, using the target axle speed and engine load information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Hoon Son, Chang-Kyu Shin, Kwang-Hyuk Lim, Jong-Ik Choi
  • Publication number: 20160335818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a system and method for controlling, by an engine control unit, fault code. The system includes an engine control unit configured to have pieces of fault code classified according to the components of an engine or sensors for sending data to the engine and defined in the engine control unit as a plurality of groups and a tester configured to send activation/deactivation commands to one or more groups for the pieces of fault code defined in the engine control unit. An aging test can be conveniently performed because the fabrication and installation of dedicated software for the aging test are not required. Furthermore, an additional reprogramming process is not required after an aging test. Accordingly, the fabrication period of a vehicle can be reduced, efficiency of production can be improved, the process can be simplified, and a probability that an error may occur in an additional reprogramming process can be significantly reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Kyoung LEE, Dae-Hyun KIM
  • Patent number: 9494203
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and an apparatus for detecting a touch point of a clutch and the method includes: maintaining a touch point of the clutch; correcting a setting value for determining a lowest value by calculating drag torque using a speed and an acceleration of a input shaft to change a detection range of the touch point; setting the lowest value of the speed of the input shaft within the changed detection range of the touch point to a reference value of the input shaft after actuating the clutch; releasing the clutch when the speed of the input shaft is more than a value acquired by adding the reference value of the input shaft and the corrected setting value for determining the lowest value; and updating the touch point as a clutch position matched to the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Min-Hyo Kim
  • Patent number: 9493126
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electronic control apparatus comprises: a PCB configured to electrically control each part of the vehicle and have at least one through-hole in a side; a connector cover includes a connector part electrically connected and coupled with the PCB and a coupling part; a housing configured of a one-piece slot type to receive the PCB inserted in a slide form and provided with at least one housing-hole penetrating through the through-hole of the inserted PCB; and a hollow rivet configured to penetratively fix the PCB to the housing through the through-hole of the PCB and the housing-hole of the housing, wherein the hollow rivet is penetratively inserted into the housing-hole through which the PCB is inserted into the housing and then one end surface of the hollow rivet is physically deformed, such that the PCB adheres to an inside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sun Jae Yang, Chang Guen Shin, Ju Hyung Lee, Jun Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 9487165
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a programmable dynamic voltage control apparatus, and more particularly, to a programmable dynamic voltage control apparatus which is capable of dynamically controlling voltage conversion of an output unit using data set in programmable memories, when various pieces of information sensed by a variety of sensors mounted in a vehicle are converted into electrical signals and then transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-ho Kim, Gyu-Cheol Jo, Young-Sik Park, Hui-Yul Kang, Myung-Sang Ryu, Hyun-Cheol Choi, Myung-Su Yu, Won-Do Kim, Jin-Young Park
  • Patent number: 9476466
    Abstract: Apparatus for controlling a clutch using a fail-safe valve, and the apparatus includes: a fail-safe valve which is moved to the left or right according to an on-off operation of an on-off solenoid valve; and a control unit configured to control the fail-safe valve through the on-off solenoid valve; wherein when engine torque is a predetermined reference value or more, the control unit turns off the on-off solenoid valve to move the fail-safe valve for applying line pressure to the clutch, and when the engine torque is lower than the predetermined reference value, the control unit turns on the on-off solenoid valve to move the fail-safe valve for applying control pressure to the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Hyuk Lim, Chang Kyu Shin, John Ha Lee, Jong Ik Choi, Se Hoon Son
  • Patent number: 9470653
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing disconnection of an oxygen sensor includes measuring, by a controller, a voltage supplied to an oxygen sensor through a voltage divider; measuring a voltage of a reference cell of the oxygen sensor; determining whether the voltage supplied to the oxygen sensor and the voltage of the reference cell fall within a reference range from preset reference values, respectively; and determining that a ground wire of the oxygen sensor is disconnected, when the voltage of the oxygen sensor or the voltage of the reference cell deviates from the reference range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Young Ho Jun
  • Patent number: 9474170
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an electronic control apparatus for a vehicle using waterproof type housing sealing and a manufacturing method thereof, in which when a connector cover including a sealing material injection hole formed on a front surface is coupled with a body coupling part, a sealing space is formed along a circumference of an inner surface of each of the coupled coupling parts and a preventive protrusion formed at a body coupling part, and a sealing material is injected through a sealing material injection hole so that a sealing space between the connector cover and a housing body is sealed, thereby improving waterproof performance between the connector cover and the housing body, and simplifying a process by replacing a process of manufacturing and mounting an O-ring in advance with a simple process of injecting the sealing material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI AUTRON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Ju Kim, Chang Geun Shin, Dong Gi Lee, Jun Ho Lee, Yeon Chul Choo
  • Patent number: 9465400
    Abstract: An apparatus for compensating for an output signal may include: a regulator configured to convert power supplied from a power supply unit into a preset voltage; an input unit configured to be supplied with a voltage from the regulator and receive an external input signal; a control unit configured to be supplied with the voltage from the regulator, and transmit the input signal after preset signal processing; and an output unit configured to be supplied with power from the power supply unit and output the received input signal. The input unit may receive a supply voltage of the power supply unit and transmits the received supply voltage to the control unit, and the control unit may compensate for the input signal based on a preset reference supply voltage of the power supply unit and the received supply voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Yong Kim, Chul Seung Lee
  • Patent number: 9461321
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a fault of a fuel cell stack, the method including: applying a summed current obtained by summing first and second frequencies to the fuel cell stack; diagnosing whether or not a fault has been generated in the fuel cell stack using a higher frequency of first and second frequencies of output voltages of the fuel cell stack; and reconfirming whether or not the fault has been generated in the fuel cell stack using the first and second frequencies in the output voltage of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Park, Uck-Soo Kim, Sun-Doo Kang
  • Patent number: 9435865
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for diagnosing a fault of a fuel cell stack, including: applying a summed current obtained by summing currents of different frequency regions to the fuel cell stack; passing output voltages of the fuel cell stack through each of the different frequency filters to extract the respective diagnosis data; and diagnosing whether or not a fault has been generated in the fuel cell stack using the respective diagnosis data. Therefore, it is possible to further improve diagnosis analysis capability by applying the summed current obtained by summing the currents of the different frequency regions to the fuel cell stack and then rapidly diagnosing the fault of the fuel cell stack using the diagnosis data obtained by filtering the output voltages of the fuel cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun-Seok Park, Uck-Soo Kim, Sun-Doo Kang
  • Patent number: 9425472
    Abstract: A failure diagnosis apparatus that includes an alternating current (AC) absorption unit that is connected to the fuel cell stack and switched based on an applied AC signal to enable a current from the fuel cell stack to flow. In addition, an AC signal generator is configured to generate the AC signal and supply the generated AC signal to the AC absorption unit. As the current from the fuel cell stack is absorbed by the AC absorption unit based on an alternating signal, a stack current input into a diagnosis processing unit includes an AC component, thus the diagnosis processing unit may diagnose fuel cell stack failure by analyzing a frequency of the AC component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kangnam University Industry-Academia Cooperation Foundation, Hyundai Autron Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwi Seong Jeong, Young Bum Kum, Sae Hoon Kim, Haengjin Ko, Young-Hyun Lee, Uck-Soo Kim, Hyun-Seok Park