Patents Assigned to Kia Motors Corporation
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Patent number: 11881103Abstract: A method for providing vehicle information, which is carried out using a server, includes steps of: receiving vehicle attribute information including a vehicle type and GPS trajectory information from a vehicle, storing the vehicle attribute information and the GPS trajectory information for each vehicle type based on the vehicle attribute information, generating specialized traffic information associated with a specialized vehicle type needing the specialized traffic information and generating normal traffic information associated with a normal vehicle type, and providing the specialized vehicle type with directions information based on the specialized traffic information, when a current situation is a special situation, and otherwise providing the normal vehicle type with directions information based on the normal traffic information.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Autoever CorpInventors: Sang Woo Lee, Seung Hyun Kim
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Patent number: 11878569Abstract: An air circulator for a vehicle is provided. The air circulator includes a blower case and a connection duct that is connected to an outlet of the blower case. The connector duct includes a first path and a second path that are divided by a separation plate. Additionally, a filter is mounted in the outlet of the blower case and an inlet door is mounted in the blower case to selectively allow air to be blown into the first path and/or the second path.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hanon SystemsInventors: Jae Woo Lee, Dae Woong Lee, In Keun Kang
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Patent number: 11878715Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a space of a vehicle includes: a communication device to receive reservation information; and a controller to determine a manner of partitioning an inner space of the vehicle based on the reservation information and control an operation of one or more partition to correspond to the manner of partitioning the inner space, thereby allowing users moving similar routes to feel comfortable.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jin Su Jeong, Dong Il Yang, Eun Young Choi, Ki Seok Seong, Min Sang Yu, Hyeong Jin Ham, Rosali Sun Pyun, Pil Cheon Jang, Woo Jin Kim
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Patent number: 11878567Abstract: An interior trim of a vehicle includes a trim panel disposed in an interior space of the vehicle and including a plurality of cells configured to be respectively opened or closed. The plurality of cells define openings facing towards the interior space of the vehicle during an opening operation of the plurality of cells. The openings are arranged so that sound, light or air is discharged through the openings to the interior space of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Eun Cha, Jin Ho Hwang, Sang Heon Lee
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Patent number: 11874129Abstract: An apparatus for servicing personalized information based on user interest includes: a communication device that performs communication with a vehicle terminal of a vehicle; storage that stores context information for respective fields of interest of users; and a processor that extracts a field of interest of the user of the vehicle based on similarity obtained by matching context information received from the vehicle terminal at time of interest and the stored context information for the respective fields of interest. In particular, the processor provides a cluster of similar interest information to the vehicle terminal, based on the extracted field of interest.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Chi Hwan Kim
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Patent number: 11875609Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a vehicle including a plurality of electronic component, includes: a transceiver configured to perform communication with a user terminal; and a controller configured to determine a location of the user terminal based on a search signal received from the user terminal, determine a target component corresponding to the location of the user terminal among the plurality of electronic components and control the transceiver to transmit a diagnostic information of the target component to the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Ji Hyun Woo
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Patent number: 11872890Abstract: A control method of an electric vehicle is proposed. The control method includes generating and realizing a virtual sensation of gear shifting the same as that of a vehicle equipped with a multi-speed transmission, in the electric vehicle without a multi-speed transmission. In particular, virtual gear shift intervention torque and limit torque for each virtual gear shift stage are determined from input variables through a virtual gear shift model by inputting vehicle driving information collected from a vehicle during operation. Then the determined virtual shift intervention torque, the determined limit torque for each virtual shift stage, and motor torque command are applied to operate a motor, thereby realizing the virtual sensation of multi-speed gear shifting.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
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Patent number: 11875098Abstract: An apparatus and a method can accurately estimate and determine a friction coefficient of a brake friction material in real time taking into consideration current driving conditions of a vehicle. The apparatus includes a model generation device configured to generate a friction coefficient meta model to determine the friction coefficient based on information of an operation state of a brake using raw data acquired through a preceding test evaluation process.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Sung Hyun Cho
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Patent number: 11874329Abstract: A server includes a communicator and a controller configured to acquire battery status information of each of a plurality of batteries through the communicator, acquire target device information from a user terminal through the communicator, determine a battery from the plurality of batteries having a lifespan corresponding to a required output of a target device among the plurality of batteries as a recommended battery based on the battery status information and the target device information, and control the communicator to transmit information on the recommended battery to the user terminal.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jong Bok Lee, Minjae Park, Seunghyun Woo
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Patent number: 11872980Abstract: A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle, which comprises a plurality of driving devices for generating driving force for driving the vehicle, includes: obtaining, by a controller, equivalent inertia information for each driving device based on operation information of each driving system during traveling of the vehicle; calculating, by the controller, a calibration amount for calibrating a driving force command or a braking force command for each wheel in real time by using the equivalent inertia information obtained; calibrating, by the controller, the driving force command or the braking force command for each wheel by using the calculated calibration amount; and controlling, by the controller, the driving force according to the calibrated driving force command or the braking force according to the calibrated braking force command.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2019Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
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Patent number: 11866097Abstract: Disclosed is a lower cross member of a vehicle. The lower cross member includes a core member configured to be disposed on a vehicle floor so as to extend in a width direction of the vehicle, to be formed of a composite material including unidirectional carbon fiber or bidirectional carbon fiber, and to have a cross-section including at least one closed curve, a lower layer configured to extend in an extending direction of the core member, to be disposed between the core member and the vehicle floor, and to be formed of a composite material including a first multi-axial glass fabric, and an upper layer configured to extend in the extending direction of the core member, to be disposed on an upper surface of the core member, and to be formed of a composite material including a second multi-axial glass fabric.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Kolonglotech, Inc.Inventors: Hyun Sik Kim, Sang Yoon Park, Deok Hwa Hong, Hee Seouk Chung, Byeong Cheon Lee, Yeun Ho Yu, Young Gyu Kim, Jeong Wan Han, Hyeon Seok Do, Hyun Kyu Shin, Cheol Min Nam, Kum Soo Bae, Seong Jong Kim, Jun Youp Kim
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Patent number: 11870045Abstract: A thermal management system for a vehicle includes a cooling apparatus for circulating a coolant in a coolant line to cool at least one electrical component provided in the coolant line, a battery cooling apparatus for circulating the coolant to the battery module, a chiller for heat exchanging the coolant with a refrigerant to control a temperature of the coolant, a heater that heats an interior of the vehicle using the coolant, and a branch line. A condenser included in the air conditioner is connected to the coolant line so as to pass the coolant circulating through the cooling apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Yeon Kim, Jeawan Kim, Yeonho Kim, Wan Je Cho, Su Whan Kim
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Patent number: 11870113Abstract: A method for accurately measuring the impedance of the fuel cell stack in the vehicle during operation of the vehicle includes determining whether measuring the impedance of the fuel cell stack is requested during driving of the vehicle driven by using a power of a fuel cell stack, switching a DC-DC converter connecting the fuel cell stack and a battery to each other to a buck mode when measuring the impedance is requested, thereby blocking output current of the fuel cell stack from flowing to the battery through the DC-DC converter, determining a first current value of the fuel cell stack for measuring the impedance, controlling a resistance value of a COD variable resistor consuming the output current of the fuel cell stack according to the first current value, and measuring the impedance of the fuel cell stack while the output current of the fuel cell stack is maintained at the first current value.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Gun Hyung Park
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Patent number: 11865914Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of activating a display device in a moving object. The method of activating a display device in a moving object may include determining a driving mode in the moving object, determining whether or not to activate a display device based on the driving mode of the moving object, and displaying an image in the display device, when the display device is activated. Herein, a display device may be activated and an airbag may be deactivated when a driving mode is a first mode. Also, a display device may be deactivated and an airbag may be activated when a driving mode is a second mode.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Jun Ha, Young Jun Moon
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Patent number: 11870108Abstract: A fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly, gas diffusion layers stacked on each side of the membrane electrode assembly, respectively, separators stacked on the gas diffusion layers, respectively, the separators including channels through which reactant gases move and lands in contact with a respective one of the gas diffusion layers, and a flow path forming part provided on a land surface of one of the lands in contact with the respective one of the gas diffusion layers, the flow path forming part providing a condensate flow path for moving condensate between the land surface and the one of the gas diffusion layers.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Sung Hun Yoo
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Patent number: 11866693Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for pretreating an evaporator for accelerating odor reproduction of an odor reproduction device for a vehicle air conditioning system, and a method for pretreating an evaporator surface of the present disclosure may include: a step of preparing an inoculation of malodorous microorganisms; a step of preparing and pretreating an evaporator; and a step of immobilizing malodorous microorganisms on an evaporator surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Kwangmo Seong, Heungsik Kim, Mi Jung Yun
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Patent number: 11867587Abstract: A system for vibration inspection of a vehicle for inspecting a quality of the vehicle assembled in a vehicle factory's in-line may include an inspection table for guiding and fixing the vehicle to a predetermined inspection position, a sensor detachable robot configured for attaching or detaching vibration sensors to various parts of the vehicle, a vibrating robot configured of generating vibration for the vibration inspection of the vehicle, and an inspection server that analyzes the vibration signal received from the vibration sensor during the vibration inspection of the vehicle, and determines the vehicle to be in inspection pass if the vibration signal matches the normal signal set according to a natural vibration frequency characteristic of each part of the vehicle, and determines the vehicle to be in inspection fail if the vibration signal does not match the normal signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hyuk Ko
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Patent number: 11858537Abstract: A method of controlling the operation of a foldable accelerator pedal device in manual driving mode of an autonomous driving vehicle includes: when an autonomous driving vehicle provided with a foldable accelerator pedal device is driven in manual driving mode and the speed of the autonomous driving vehicle exceeds the driving speed limit of a road, a safety mode, which includes a haptic mode and a pedal pad protrusion reducing mode, and a pedal pad hiding mode, is activated using an actuator provided for a folding function of a pedal pad.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Eun Sik Kim
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Patent number: 11858568Abstract: An apparatus for controlling rear wheel steering is provided. The apparatus includes a turning state estimator that acquires steering angle information from a steering angle sensor and estimates a turning state by calculating a required steering speed from the steering angle information. A normal state lateral acceleration predictor predicts a normal state lateral acceleration to match the required steering speed in response to determining that the required steering speed is equal to or greater than a speed threshold value. A rear wheel steering angle calculator calculates a rear wheel steering angle based on the steering angle and the lateral acceleration.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Seung-Ki Kim
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Patent number: 11858308Abstract: A vehicle warmer includes: a housing provided within a vehicle; a heat generation film normally accommodated within the housing, and configured to be spread out from the housing when in use, and to generate heat when electricity is supplied; an electricity supply unit supplying electricity to the heat generation film; and a switching unit provided between the electricity supply unit and the heat generation film to enable electricity to flow from the electricity supply unit to the heat generation film when the heat generation film is spread out from the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeon Kyu Yang, Man Ju Oh, So La Chung