Patents Assigned to THINKWARE CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20260155003
    Abstract: There is provided a method for providing driver's driving information of a user terminal device, including accessing a driving information providing server storing data generated in a driving recording device for a vehicle, receiving driving record data including event record data corresponding to a driving-related event of a driver from the driving information providing server, and displaying a driving-related event occurrence location on a map using the received driving record data. The driving-related event may include at least two or more of a lane departure event, a forward collision possibility event, a rear side collision possibility event, a sudden deceleration event, a sudden acceleration event, a sudden stop event, a sudden start event, and a speeding event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2026
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Suk Kang, Won Jun Heo, Seung Yo Jang, Youn Joo Shin, Tae Kyu Han
  • Publication number: 20260154972
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, an electronic device include a display, an input circuit, at least one memory and at least one processor configured to obtain a first image; display, in response to cropping an area comprising a visual object corresponding to a potential vehicle appearance from the first image, fields for inputting an attribute for the area, wherein, the fields include a first field for inputting a vehicle type as the attribute and a second field for inputting a positional relationship between a subject corresponding to the potential vehicle appearance and a camera obtained the first image as the attribute; obtain information about the attribute, by receiving a user input for each of the fields including the first field and the second field through the input circuit; store a second image configured of the area in a data set for training a computer vision model for vehicle detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2025
    Publication date: June 4, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinhyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12643680
    Abstract: Disclosed are an aerial vehicle using a hybrid distributed propulsion system and a control method thereof. According to an embodiment of the present specification, an aerial vehicle includes a power generation unit generating electricity by consuming fuel; a battery unit that is charged with power supplied from the power generation unit or supplied with power from the outside; a plurality of fan modules receiving power from the battery unit or the power generation unit to provide lift to the aerial vehicle; a power supply path control unit selecting at least one of the power generation unit and the battery unit to supply power to at least one of the plurality of fan modules; and a route generation unit generating a flight route from a departure point to a destination of the aerial vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Taekyu Han, Suk Pil Ko, Shin Hyoung Kim, Yo Sep Park
  • Patent number: 12646412
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for providing a parking lot guidance service of a server. The method includes: receiving parking lot data including information of a parking space in a parking lot from an image capturing apparatus for a vehicle provided in the vehicle; generating a parking lot model representing a real-time parking situation of the parking lot as an image based on the received parking lot data; and providing the parking guidance service to a user terminal apparatus using the generated parking lot model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Young Kim, Seung Yo Jang, Jae Cheol Han, Tae Kyu Han
  • Patent number: 12635037
    Abstract: A first electronic device comprises a communication circuitry; a memory configured to store instructions; and a processor, coupled with the communication circuitry; wherein the processor is configured to: receive, from a second electronic device, a signal for indicating to transmit a test signal via a device-to-device (D2D) communication path between the first electronic device and a third electronic device to the third electronic device, the signal is transmitted from the second electronic device to the first electronic device; transmit the test signal via the D2D communication path to the third electronic device; activate a timer for monitoring whether a response signal regarding the test signal is received or not; transmit, to the second electronic device, a first message for indicating that a vehicle is not in an emergency situation; and transmit, to the second electronic device, a second message for indicating that the vehicle is in the emergency situation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Daewon Kim
  • Patent number: 12628196
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a first user equipment (UE) includes a transceiver to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor connected with the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to identify a value related to quality of sidelink communication while the first UE performs sidelink communication in licensed band with a second UE, determine to perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure on a condition that the value related to the quality of the sidelink communication is less than or equal to a reference value, and perform the LBT procedure during performing the sidelink communication in the licensed band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeoungkyu Kang, Daewon Kim, Taekyu Han
  • Publication number: 20260125074
    Abstract: A method for measuring an inter-vehicle distance using a processor is provided. The method includes acquiring a driving image photographed by a photographing device of a first vehicle; detecting a second vehicle from the driving image and calculating a ratio between an image width of the detected second vehicle and an image width of a lane in which the second vehicle is located; determining a size class of the second vehicle among a plurality of size classes based on the calculated ratio; determining a width of the second vehicle based on the determined size class of the second vehicle; and calculating a distance from the photographing device to the second vehicle based on the determined width of the second vehicle, a focal length of the photographing device, and the image width of the second vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2026
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shin Hyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12620125
    Abstract: An electronic device according to an embodiment may include a camera and a processor. The processor may be configured to obtain, from an image obtained using the camera, two-dimensional coordinate values representing vertices of a portion related to an external object. The processor may be configured to identify a first line extending along a reference direction on a reference plane included in the image and overlapping a first vertex of the vertices, and a second line connecting a reference point within the image and a second vertex of the vertices. The processor may be configured to, based on an intersection of the first line and the second line, obtain three-dimensional coordinate values representing each of vertices of a three-dimensional external space corresponding to the external object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sukpil Ko
  • Publication number: 20260122665
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a first user equipment (UE) includes a memory; a transceiver to transmit and receive a wireless signal; and a processor connected with the memory and the transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to determine to perform communication through a sidelink on unlicensed band with a second UE while the first UE is in a state which is out of coverage of a base station, based on the determination, identify pre-configuration information stored in the memory, obtain a priority threshold value for the sidelink on the unlicensed band from the pre-configuration information, and determine, based on the priority threshold value, whether to transmit data through the sidelink on the unlicensed band with the second UE.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeoungkyu Kang, Daewon Kim, Taekyu Han
  • Publication number: 20260120295
    Abstract: An electronic device mountable in a vehicle, include a plurality of cameras disposed toward different directions of the vehicle, a memory, and a processor. The processor obtains a plurality of frames obtained by the plurality of cameras which are synchronized with each other. The processor identifies, from the plurality of frames, one or more lines included in a road in which the vehicle is disposed. The processor identifies, from the plurality of frames, one or more subjects disposed in a space adjacent to the vehicle. The processor obtains, based on the one or more lines, information for indicating locations in the space of the one or more subjects in the space. The processor stores the obtained information in the memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shinhyoung Kim, Taekyu Han
  • Publication number: 20260100054
    Abstract: An electronic device provided in an autonomous vehicle, the electronic device comprising a camera, a memory storing at least one instruction, and at least one processor operatively coupled with the camera, wherein the at least one processor is configured to, when the at least one instruction is executed obtain a front image in which the autonomous vehicle is driving through the camera, identify a target vehicle in the front image based on the vehicle detection model stored in the memory, generate a bounding box corresponding to the target vehicle in response to an identification of the target vehicle, generate a sliding window having a height equal to the height of the bounding box and having a width half of the width of the bounding box, divide the bounding box into a first area positioned left based on a middle position of the width of the sliding window and a second area positioned right based on the middle position, generate an extended bounding box by extending the first area in a left direction and exte
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Shinhyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20260099944
    Abstract: An electronic device includes memory storing instructions, a camera, and at least one processor, and the instructions cause the electronic device to, while a relative distance between a first vehicle including the electronic device and a second vehicle different from the first vehicle is changed, obtain a plurality of images, obtain a plurality of first values indicating a size of the second vehicle, identify whether a range including second values is maintained until a threshold time elapses, wherein the second values are a portion of the plurality of the first values and are continually obtained, based on the range maintained until the threshold time elapses, determine, using position values of the second vehicle respectively related to the second values, a reference position of the second vehicle separated from the first vehicle by a reference distance, and determine, using the reference position, a direction in which the camera faces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yechan Choi, Yosep Park, Dongwon Shin
  • Patent number: 12590811
    Abstract: A method for providing an image-based driving assistance guidance in a wearable helmet includes determining whether guidance is required during a driving by a driver, acquiring a driving image of a moving object that the driver drives, generating guidance information for assisting the driving of the driver based on the driving image when it is determined that the guidance is required, and displaying the generated guidance information through the wearable helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Suk Pil Ko
  • Patent number: 12586492
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a first light emitting module, a second light emitting module, a screen configured to provide to a user a first image emitted from the first light emitting module and a second image emitted from the second light emitting module, and an eye tracker configured to detect a position of eyes of the user. The first light emitting module and the second light emitting module are configured to adjust a focal length between the eyes of the user and an image identifiable by the user, corresponding to the position of eyes of the user detected by the eye tracker, based on a binocular parallax between a visual object in the first image and a visual object in the second image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Sukpil Ko
  • Publication number: 20260071884
    Abstract: A method for measuring an inter-vehicle distance includes acquiring driving image photographed by a photographing device of a first vehicle which is being driven; detecting a second vehicle from the acquired driving image; detecting first feature points of a second vehicle region in a first frame corresponding to a frame in which the second frame is detected before a frame in which the second vehicle is not detected among a plurality of frames constituting the driving image, when the second vehicle is not detected from the driving image; detecting second feature points in a second frame corresponding to a current frame by tracking the detected first feature points; calculating a feature point change value between the first feature points and the second feature points; and calculating an inter-vehicle distance from the photographing device of the first vehicle to the second vehicle based on the calculated feature point change value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shin Hyoung Kim, Tae Kyu Han
  • Publication number: 20260073707
    Abstract: An electronic device includes an image sensor, a CPU, an NPU, and memory including one or more storage media storing instructions. The instructions, when executed by the CPU, cause the electronic device to obtain, via the image sensor, an image, execute an object detection model configured to detect an external object from the image, by controlling the NPU, obtain, from the NPU, coordinate values indicating a portion of the image associated with the external object, perform a plurality of calculations defining a direction identification model configured to identify a direction of movement of the external object based on the coordinate values, by controlling processing circuitry of the CPU, and based on a direction of movement of the external object indicated by a result of the plurality of calculations, output a notification with respect to the direction of movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2025
    Publication date: March 12, 2026
    Applicant: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yosep Park, Haejun Jung, Dongwon Shin
  • Patent number: 12573205
    Abstract: According to an embodiment of the present invention, a method for controlling a vehicular electronic device comprises capturing an image in front of a vehicle, detecting a speed bump from the captured front image, obtaining information on the vehicle's location when the speed bump is detected, generating location information of the speed bump based on the obtained location information of the vehicle, determining whether the speed bump includes irregularities and generating speed bump information using at least one of information on whether the speed bump includes irregularities and information on a location of the speed bump, and transmitting the speed bump information to a vehicle service providing server. According to the present invention, an alarm is generated only when a speed bump ahead of the vehicle includes irregularities, thereby reducing user confusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ye Chan Choi, Yo Sep Park
  • Patent number: 12573244
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic toll collection system (ETCS)-supporting integrated digital rear mirror device and an operating method thereof. According to an example embodiment, the digital rear mirror device may include a digital rear mirror module configured to provide a rear view of a vehicle within a single housing and an ETCS module for electronic toll collection for the vehicle. A substrate of the digital rear mirror module and a substrate of the ETCS module may be separately arranged rather than being stacked within the digital rear mirror device. According to another example embodiment, the ETCS module may transmit information received from an external device to the digital rear mirror module, and the digital rear mirror module may display the information while providing the rear view. Here, the information may include at least one of billing information, event information, traffic information, environmental information, and disaster situation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ho Kwan Lee, Hyun Jin Bang, Tae Hyeong Kim, Sung Rak Choi, Hyun Chul Cho
  • Patent number: 12568191
    Abstract: Video streaming from the first external electronic device, such as the vehicle image acquisition device according to various embodiments, may be processed based on a designated state (e.g., a traffic accident) identified by the first external electronic device. For example, when receiving a notification related to a designated state from the first external electronic device, the electronic device may acquire information related to the designated state and then broadcast the obtained information to one or more terminals (e.g., terminal 130 of FIG. 5), through a second external electronic device such as a navigation server. In response to the broadcasting, the terminal may provide information related to the designated state to the user of the terminal. The information may be used to change a navigation path provided by the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daewon Kim, Jeoungkyu Kang, Taekyu Han
  • Patent number: 12567336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of detecting a dangerous object for an aerial vehicle. The method includes setting an object detection area in air in which the aerial vehicle is in flight using a first sensor, a second sensor, and a third sensor; detecting an object in the set object detection area; generating detailed object information on the detected object; and determining whether the detected object is the dangerous object based on the generated detailed object information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: THINKWARE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yo Sep Park, Suk Pil Ko, Shin Hyoung Kim