Patents by Inventor Dong-Hwi Lee
Dong-Hwi 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).
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Publication number: 20210347371Abstract: A method for controlling autonomous driving of an autonomous driving vehicle including a first autonomous driving controller and an second autonomous driving controller which are provided in a dual structure, includes: monitoring a system fault using the first autonomous driving controller during the second driving; switching over to the second autonomous driving controller when the system fault is detected; and entering a Minimum Risk Management (MRM) mode to control deceleration of the autonomous driving vehicle. When the fault of the autonomous driving vehicle occurs, a risk is minimized.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2020Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Kyoung Jun LEE, Chang Young JUNG, Hoi Won KIM, Dong Gu LEE
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Publication number: 20210339773Abstract: A method for controlling autonomous driving in an autonomous vehicle includes: determining whether a human driver is in a forward gaze state under an autonomous driving mode, setting a first steering wheel torque threshold and a first torque holding time, based on a result of determining whether the human driver is in the forward gaze state, determining whether human driver intervention has occurred, based on the first steering wheel torque threshold and the first torque holding time, and switching the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode when the human driver intervention has occurred.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2020Publication date: November 4, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO
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Patent number: 11136038Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Su Jung Yoo, Jun Soo Kim, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11084491Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
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Patent number: 11046322Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
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Patent number: 11014564Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
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Publication number: 20210146960Abstract: An apparatus for deciding a steering intent of a driver is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to determine whether a driver intends to steer a vehicle based on sensing results of a stabilization state of a vehicle and whether a hand of the driver is positioned on a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a memory configured to store a preset reference value to determine the steering intent of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Chang Young Jung, Keon Chang Lee, Chan Il Park, Na Eun Yang, Dong Hwi Lee
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Publication number: 20210073556Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera for capturing a region around the vehicle, a positioning sensor for measuring a position of the vehicle, a database for storing a precise map, and a learning data generating apparatus for generating data for learning based on the captured region, the position of the vehicle, and the precise map.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2020Publication date: March 11, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Hong CHAE, Jun Soo KIM, Seung Yong LEE, Dong Hwi LEE
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Patent number: 10933883Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Su Jung Yoo, Na Eun Yang, Sung Min Park, Keon Yup Chu
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Publication number: 20210039679Abstract: An apparatus for controlling an autonomous vehicle, a system including the same, and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling the autonomous vehicle includes a processor to perform a control operation, to acquire a weight of the autonomous vehicle in real time, and to provide an autonomous driving function based on the weight of the autonomous vehicle, and a storage to store the weight of the autonomous vehicle and information regarding the autonomous driving functions corresponding to the weight of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Hong CHAE, Dong Hwi LEE
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Patent number: 10892534Abstract: A reciprocal element includes a housing having a plurality of circumferential side portions with a plurality of openings and a bottom portion in which at least one removed portion is defined. A first lamination part includes a center conductor with a plurality of leads extending to the outside of the plurality of openings, respectively, wherein the first lamination part is laminated on the bottom portion. A frame includes a main body to accommodate the first lamination part, at least one leg portion extending from a lower edge of the main body and insertedly coupled to the removed portion, and a plurality of supporting portions extending in an outer direction from the main body to support the plurality of leads, wherein through-holes extend in a vertical direction and defined in the plurality of supporting portions, respectively; and a plurality of conductive pins coupled to the plurality of through-holes, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2019Date of Patent: January 12, 2021Assignee: 3RWAVE CO. LTD.Inventors: Yong Ju Ban, Dong Hwi Lee, Hee Suk Goh
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Patent number: 10847034Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Tae Sung Choi, Jun Soo Kim, Su Jung Yoo, Hyun Ju Kim
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Publication number: 20200031362Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO, Na Eun YANG, Sung Min PARK, Keon Yup CHU
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Patent number: 10509406Abstract: An apparatus for controlling competition of an autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous drive determination device that determines whether the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering a competitive space in a situation where the autonomous vehicle is required to move into the competitive space during autonomous driving, a vehicle control device that controls the autonomous vehicle such that the autonomous vehicle enters the competitive space when the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering the competitive space, and when the autonomous vehicle fails to enter the competitive space after attempting to enter the competitive space, a vehicle competition control device that controls such that the attempt to enter the competitive space is held for a first competition waiting time.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2017Date of Patent: December 17, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Tae Sung Choi, Dong Hwi Lee, Su Jung Yoo
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Publication number: 20190372191Abstract: A reciprocal element includes a housing having a plurality of circumferential side portions with a plurality of openings and a bottom portion in which at least one removed portion is defined. A first lamination part includes a center conductor with a plurality of leads extending to the outside of the plurality of openings, respectively, wherein the first lamination part is laminated on the bottom portion. A frame includes a main body to accommodate the first lamination part, at least one leg portion extending from a lower edge of the main body and insertedly coupled to the removed portion, and a plurality of supporting portions extending in an outer direction from the main body to support the plurality of leads, wherein through-holes extend in a vertical direction and defined in the plurality of supporting portions, respectively; and a plurality of conductive pins coupled to the plurality of through-holes, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2019Publication date: December 5, 2019Inventors: Yong Ju BAN, Dong Hwi LEE, Hee Suk GOH
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Publication number: 20190317494Abstract: An apparatus for controlling to enable an autonomous system in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor, an input device configured to receive an input from a driver of the vehicle, an output device configured to output a notification in the vehicle, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor, the input device, and the output device. The control circuit is configured to activate an autonomous control in response to an input of the driver to the input device, detect a critical situation of the vehicle using the sensor, output a notification to transfer a control authority using the output device in response to the detected critical situation, and automatically reactivate the autonomous control when the critical situation is solved after temporarily releasing the autonomous control, when the critical situation corresponds to a critical situation of a specified type.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO, Jin Su JEONG, Jae Young JEON
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Publication number: 20190315346Abstract: A vehicle driving controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle driving controller includes a processor configured to apply a different warning level depending on at least one of a driving situation or a user state during autonomous driving and to provide a notification of a control authority transition demand to a user and a storage configured to store information associated with the driving situation and the user state and information associated with the different warning level.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Jung YOO, Dong Hwi LEE, Jin Su JEONG, Jae Yong JEON
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Publication number: 20190315366Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Jung YOO, Jun Soo KIM, Dong-Hwi LEE, Jin Su Jeong
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Publication number: 20190315364Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2019Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
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Publication number: 20190258249Abstract: A driving mode switching control apparatus of a vehicle includes one or more processors collecting data from a map DB, a positioning system, a camera system, and a sensor system in the vehicle; analyzing the collected data to determine a reliability of each data; and designing a driving mode switching of the vehicle based on the determined result of the reliability of the each data to generate mode switching data including an information of the designed driving mode switching.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2018Publication date: August 22, 2019Inventors: Jun Soo KIM, Su Jung YOO, Dong Hwi LEE