Patents by Inventor Cheon Maeng

Cheon Maeng 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: 12602957
    Abstract: An energy efficiency management service providing server may include a communication module configured to communicate with external devices, and a processor operatively connected to the communication module and configured to determine per-electronic component energy consumption ratios relative to battery energy consumed over a predetermined time period based on energy efficiency-related data of a vehicle, determine a driving pattern type based on the per-electronic component energy consumption ratios, and generate an energy efficiency improvement guide based on the driving pattern type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company;, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Cheon Maeng
  • Publication number: 20250273024
    Abstract: An energy efficiency management service providing server may include a communication module configured to communicate with external devices, and a processor operatively connected to the communication module and configured to determine per-electronic component energy consumption ratios relative to battery energy consumed over a predetermined time period based on energy efficiency-related data of a vehicle, determine a driving pattern type based on the per-electronic component energy consumption ratios, and generate an energy efficiency improvement guide based on the driving pattern type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 28, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Cheon MAENG
  • Patent number: 12067600
    Abstract: An available capacity-based billing system includes a vehicle including a battery, and a battery controller configured to determine a maximum value and a minimum value of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on settings of an available capacity of the battery, a user terminal configured to receive a capacity setting change request including a setting change amount of the available capacity and then to transmit the capacity setting change request, and a server configured to receive the capacity setting change request transmitted by the user terminal and to determine a battery usage fee corresponding to the setting change amount of the available capacity included in the received capacity setting change request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheon Maeng, Hyun Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11709532
    Abstract: A shared battery system includes a battery having unique identification information, a communication unit communication-connected with a user terminal to receive user information from the user terminal, and an authentication unit configured to perform user authentication based on the user information. A controller is configured to control the authentication unit to perform the user authentication when a communication connection with the user terminal is made, to control the battery to supply electrical energy to a shared mobility device based on a use approval of the shared mobility device when the battery is mounted to the mobility device, to acquire usage information of the shared mobility device therefrom when the electrical energy is supplied to the shared mobility device, and to control the communication unit to transmit the acquired usage information of the shared mobility device and status information of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Sung Un Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sung Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20230124067
    Abstract: An available capacity-based billing system includes a vehicle including a battery, and a battery controller configured to determine a maximum value and a minimum value of a state of charge (SOC) of the battery based on settings of an available capacity of the battery, a user terminal configured to receive a capacity setting change request including a setting change amount of the available capacity and then to transmit the capacity setting change request, and a server configured to receive the capacity setting change request transmitted by the user terminal and to determine a battery usage fee corresponding to the setting change amount of the available capacity included in the received capacity setting change request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Cheon Maeng, Hyun Soo Park
  • Patent number: 11427106
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel; and a controller configured to distribute a current load having a magnitude proportional to a state of health (SOH) of each of the plurality of battery cells to each of the plurality of battery cells, and to control the charging and discharging of each of the plurality of battery cells according to the magnitude of the distributed current load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Un Kim, Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sungjin Choi
  • Patent number: 11353330
    Abstract: A vehicle terminal may include: a communicator configured to perform communication with a personal mobility device; a processor configured to estimate a state of charge of a battery of the personal mobility device when a vehicle arrives at a set location based on whether the battery is being charged and to determine a travelable area of the personal mobility device based on the state of charge of the battery; and a display device operatively coupled to the processor, the display device configured to display the travelable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Un Kim, Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sung Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20210034123
    Abstract: A shared battery system includes a battery having unique identification information, a communication unit communication-connected with a user terminal to receive user information from the user terminal, and an authentication unit configured to perform user authentication based on the user information. A controller is configured to control the authentication unit to perform the user authentication when a communication connection with the user terminal is made, to control the battery to supply electrical energy to a shared mobility device based on a use approval of the shared mobility device when the battery is mounted to the mobility device, to acquire usage information of the shared mobility device therefrom when the electrical energy is supplied to the shared mobility device, and to control the communication unit to transmit the acquired usage information of the shared mobility device and status information of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Sung Un Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sung Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20200282861
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: a battery pack including a plurality of battery cells connected in parallel; and a controller configured to distribute a current load having a magnitude proportional to a state of health (SOH) of each of the plurality of battery cells to each of the plurality of battery cells, and to control the charging and discharging of each of the plurality of battery cells according to the magnitude of the distributed current load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Un Kim, Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sungjin Choi
  • Publication number: 20200271471
    Abstract: A vehicle terminal may include: a communicator configured to perform communication with a personal mobility device; a processor configured to estimate a state of charge of a battery of the personal mobility device when a vehicle arrives at a set location based on whether the battery is being charged and to determine a travelable area of the personal mobility device based on the state of charge of the battery; and a display device operatively coupled to the processor, the display device configured to display the travelable area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Un Kim, Cheon Maeng, Young Ki Kim, Jae Yong Lee, Sung Jin Choi
  • Publication number: 20070058126
    Abstract: A liquid crystal panel and a manufacturing method thereof which can ensure the uniformity of a cell gap. The liquid crystal panel includes first and second substrates assembled by a seal line with a liquid crystal interposed therebetween, and column spacers of which tilt angles are differently formed according to their locations, thereby maintaining a cell gap constant between the first and second substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2006
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: Woo Cho, Yun Lee, Young Cho, Cheon Maeng