Patents by Inventor Hee Chon KWAK

Hee Chon KWAK 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: 10712560
    Abstract: A head-up display device for a vehicle includes a housing including a guide plate forming first and second surfaces thereof, the housing mounted on a dashboard of a vehicle, a display disposed in the housing for generating an image, a mirror disposed opposite from the display for reflecting the image provided by the display, a combiner device including a combiner for providing the image reflected from the mirror to a driver, and for moving vertically in opposed first and second directions relative to the housing, a shutter device including a shutter disposed on an upper portion of the housing for opening and closing the combiner in a sliding manner, and an operation device disposed in the housing for engaging a sliding movement of the shutter with a movement of the combiner device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Chon Kwak, Kyung Ro Lee
  • Publication number: 20180364479
    Abstract: A head-up display device for a vehicle includes a housing including a guide plate forming first and second surfaces thereof, the housing mounted on a dashboard of a vehicle, a display disposed in the housing for generating an image, a mirror disposed opposite from the display for reflecting the image provided by the display, a combiner device including a combiner for providing the image reflected from the mirror to a driver, and for moving vertically in opposed first and second directions relative to the housing, a shutter device including a shutter disposed on an upper portion of the housing for opening and closing the combiner in a sliding manner, and an operation device disposed in the housing for engaging a sliding movement of the shutter with a movement of the combiner device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Inventors: Hee Chon Kwak, Kyung Ro Lee
  • Publication number: 20160124225
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus and a control method are provided. The head-up display apparatus includes a windshield glass that has a transmittance adjustment region and a head-up display that displays an output image through a particular area of the windshield glass. The head-up display includes a display unit with which an imaging device configured to photograph a driver image is integrated and a signal output unit which is electrically connected to the transmittance adjustment region of the windshield glass and outputs a transmittance adjustment signal to the windshield glass in response to an operation of photograph an image by the imaging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventor: Hee Chon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20150170343
    Abstract: A head-up display apparatus and method for a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a display panel that displays operation information regarding a vehicle in a form of an image and a mirror that projects the image onto a windshield glass of the vehicle. An operation switch adjusts a height of the image projected onto the windshield glass based on a plurality of height adjustment steps. A rotation motor rotates the mirror at a predetermined angle based on a selected height adjustment step from the plurality of height adjustment steps. In addition, a controller operates the display panel according to correction information, based on which distortion of the image is corrected, in response to the selected height adjustment step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Hee Chon Kwak
  • Publication number: 20150131160
    Abstract: A head up display includes an image source configured to generate an image or a video, a reflector configured to reflect the image or the video generated from the image source to a windshield glass. A rotating motor is configured to be interlocked with the reflector to control a height of the image or the video generated from the image source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicants: Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Hee Chon KWAK