Patents by Inventor Gi Beom Hong

Gi Beom Hong 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: 11474687
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Patent number: 11003248
    Abstract: An emotion mapping apparatus includes: a detector configured to sense a user's emotion state using at least one sensor; a storage in which information about a relationship between the at least one sensor and an emotion factor is stored; and a controller configured to acquire information about the user's emotion state based on a relevance that exceeds a preset reference value among user's emotion state values measured by the at least one sensor, and generates an emotion map in which information about the user's emotion state is classified according to a first emotion axis corresponding to a degree of positive and a second axis corresponding to a degree of excitability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10997155
    Abstract: A data classification apparatus capable of quickly determining an emotion of a driver includes an input device in which a target emotion and an accuracy expectation value of the target emotion are inputted, and a controller rearranging a pre-stored data structure based on the target emotion and the accuracy expectation value of the target emotion, wherein the controller rearranges the data structure so that an accuracy value of the target emotion is secured as much as the accuracy expectation value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10982752
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a gearshift command input portion expandable to have a volume corresponding to a gearshift range changed by a gearshift command. The vehicle includes a gearshift command input portion, a volume of which is controlled by a control signal, is configured to receive a gearshift command for changing a gearshift range. The vehicle includes a controller configured to transmit a control signal to the gearshift command input portion in a manner that the gearshift command input portion is expanded to have a volume corresponding to the changed gearshift range. A method of controlling the vehicle includes the gearshift command input portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Seunghyun Woo, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10866726
    Abstract: A touch input device and control method thereof, wherein the touch input device includes a swiping input unit configured to receive a selection of a character through a swiping gesture by a user, a gesture input unit placed on an area different from that of the swiping input unit and in which a user inputs a gesture trough a touch, and a controller configured to determine that the selected character is input when a touch gesture is input from the swiping input unit to the gesture input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10802701
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display configured to provide a user interface (UI); a touch input device including a concave region for detecting a touch, the concave region being divided into a plurality of subregions in accordance with the UI; a pressure detector configured to detect pressure; and a controller configured to control the display such that the UI is manipulated in accordance with a subregion in which the touch has been detected among the plurality of subregions when the pressure is detected by the pressure detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 10732760
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display for displaying a keypad to receive a command through a touch gesture of a user, and a controller for determining an operable area for the user on the display based on a user's shoulder height and arm length, and for controlling the display to display the keypad in the operable area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jong Yong Nam, Inseong Park, Yong Lee, Gi Beom Hong, Seok-Young Youn, Jia Lee, Taeyub Kim, Hotaek Lee
  • Publication number: 20200241742
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jungsang MIN, Nae Seung KANG, Gi Beom HONG, Sung Un KIM, Seo Ho CHOI, Sihyun JOO, Jeong-Eom LEE, Werner PETER, Andy Max PRILL
  • Patent number: 10678425
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GMBH
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Patent number: 10634241
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic automatic transmission system which is able to be operated by a driver. The electronic automatic transmission system may include: an operating wheel configured to select a shift mode; a holder configured to support the operating wheel, wherein the operating wheel is configured to change the shift mode by rotating the operating wheel or pressing the operating wheel in a radial direction of the operating wheel, and to return to an original state after changing the shift mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Seunghyun Woo, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10636226
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a vehicle including a stop state detector configured to detect a stop state; a load state detector configured to detect a load state; a controller configured to determine, if the vehicle changes to the stop state, whether a load state has changed, and to acquire fuel efficiency information based on a driving distance, if determining that the load state has changed; and a display configured to display the fuel efficiency information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daeyun An, Seunghyun Woo, Seok-young Youn, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 10618406
    Abstract: A user interface apparatus includes a first user interface configured to display host information; and a second user interface configured to display guest information, and to transmit the guest information to the first user interface if a linking signal for the guest information is received, wherein the first user interface displays the guest information by changing the host information to the guest information. Therefore, by integrating a cluster which is a first user interface with a center fascia which is a second user interface to implement a large area screen, and linking information between the cluster and the center fascia, it is possible to reduce attention dispersion during driving, to improve a driver's recognition rate, and to improve a driver's convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jia Lee, Jongmin Oh, Gideok Kwon, Yong Lee, Taeyub Kim, Hotaek Lee, HeeJin Ro, Inseong Park, Jong Yong Nam, Jong Bok Lee, Seok-Young Youn, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 10612646
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a transmission lever for receiving a change speed command and including a knob, and a transmission apparatus for changing a speed of the vehicle according to the change speed command received by the transmission lever, wherein the transmission lever is located at any one gear position among a reverse (R) gear position, a neutral (N) gear position and a driving (D) gear position, and a shape of the knob is changed according to the gear position at which the transmission lever is located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Daeyun An, Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 10593132
    Abstract: A vehicle includes: an input interface configured to receive a control command for a target module that is a target to be controlled among a plurality of vehicle modules; a sensor portion configured to sense a state of the target module; and a controller configured to change a shape of the input interface based on the sensed state of the target module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Seok young Youn, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10563754
    Abstract: A transmission apparatus for a vehicle includes a shift lever in which a cover is movably disposed. The transmission apparatus, which performs a gear shift according to a gear shift command received by the shift lever, includes a bottom portion capable of moving linearly so that gear shift stages including a first gear shift stage and a plurality of second gear shift stages are mutually shifted, a body rotatably coupled to an upper side of the bottom portion so that the plurality of second gear shift stages are mutually shifted, and a cover movably disposed on an upper end of the body so that a position of the cover is varied according to the mutual shift of the gear shift stages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10514091
    Abstract: A vehicle including a transmission apparatus is provided to distinguish a difference between an automatic shifting operation and a manual shifting operation. The vehicle includes a shift lever that is configured to receive a gear shift command and a transmission apparatus that is configured to perform a gear shifting operation according to the gear shift command received by the shift lever. The shift lever is rotatable to one side and is configured to receive an automatic gear shift command in a laid-down state and to receive a manual shift command in a standing state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Seunghyun Woo, Daeyun An
  • Patent number: 10515280
    Abstract: An apparatus includes: a storage configured to store a data structure including first one or more feature points hierarchically listed and a contribution list including information about a contribution rank of each of second one or more feature points; and a controller configured to compare the first one or more feature points in the data structure with the second one or more feature points of the contribution list, and to determine whether to update the data structure based on a comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Gi Beom Hong, Daeyun An
  • Publication number: 20190354181
    Abstract: An emotion mapping apparatus includes: a detector configured to sense a user's emotion state using at least one sensor; a storage in which information about a relationship between the at least one sensor and an emotion factor is stored; and a controller configured to acquire information about the user's emotion state based on a relevance that exceeds a preset reference value among user's emotion state values measured by the at least one sensor, and generates an emotion map in which information about the user's emotion state is classified according to a first emotion axis corresponding to a degree of positive and a second axis corresponding to a degree of excitability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Seunghyun WOO, Gi Beom HONG, Daeyun AN
  • Publication number: 20190351912
    Abstract: a vehicle includes: a sensor configured to sense a condition of a user using at least one sensor, a storage configured to store information on a relationship between the sensor and an emotional factor and feedback information for the user with regard to the emotional factor, and a controller configured to acquire information on the current emotional condition of the user based on values measured by the sensor and control a feedback device provided in the vehicle so that the current emotional condition of the user reaches a target emotion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Seunghyun WOO, Gi Beom HONG, Daeyun AN
  • Publication number: 20190325049
    Abstract: A data classification apparatus capable of quickly determining an emotion of a driver includes an input device in which a target emotion and an accuracy expectation value of the target emotion are inputted, and a controller rearranging a pre-stored data structure based on the target emotion and the accuracy expectation value of the target emotion, wherein the controller rearranges the data structure so that an accuracy value of the target emotion is secured as much as the accuracy expectation value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Seunghyun WOO, Gi Beom HONG, Daeyun AN