Patents by Inventor Heejeong HEO

Heejeong HEO 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).

  • Publication number: 20210354711
    Abstract: Provided is an image output device mounted on a vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving. In particular, the image output device provides a user interface optimal for an occupant using 5G communication in a vehicle capable of performing autonomous driving. The image output device may be a robot having artificial intelligence. Specifically, the image output device includes: an image output unit; and a processor setting a screen in the vehicle on the basis of a gaze of an occupant riding in the vehicle, and controlling the image output unit to output an image corresponding to the screen, wherein at least one of a size and a ratio of the image is varied according to the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hyongguk KIM, Hyeongjin IM, Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO, Yoonjung HONG
  • Publication number: 20210354559
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle controlling apparatus for controlling a vehicle having a display. The vehicle controlling apparatus includes: a communication unit configured to communicate with the display; and a processor configured to set at least one region among an entire region of the display as a display region, based on a sight line range changed according to a position of a passenger who got on the vehicle, and configured to control the communication unit so that visual information is displayed on the display region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyongguk KIM, Hyeongjin IM, Chiwon SONG, Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO, Yoonjung HONG
  • Publication number: 20210331689
    Abstract: Disclosed is a control method. The control method of the present invention is a control method for controlling a vehicle using an agent module which outputs a dialogue-type response to an input speaking of an occupant, the method including: activating the agent module through a predetermined input; generating a first dialogue with the occupant through an activated voice input unit; maintaining the first dialogue in a temporary stored state for a preset period of time; and loading the first dialogue in the temporary stored state when a call command for the first dialogue is recognized, and generating a second dialogue when the call command for the first dialogue is recognized after elapse of the preset period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Heejeong HEO, Doyun PARK, Dongkyu LEE, Jaehoon CHO
  • Publication number: 20210333869
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control method. The control method includes monitoring a gaze of an occupant present inside a vehicle through a camera, receiving a control command from the occupant through an input unit, determining a control target on the basis of a result of monitoring the gaze of the occupant and the control command, and controlling the control target on the basis of the control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehoon CHO, Doyun PARK, Joohyeon OH, Dongkyu LEE, Heejeong HEO
  • Publication number: 20210331586
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control device. The control device includes a communication unit wirelessly exchanging information with a mobile terminal, a cradle installed in a vehicle and including a seating surface and a button formed on the seating surface, a sensing unit sensing an object in contact with the seating surface, and a processor transmitting information on the button to the mobile terminal through the communication unit to control a display unit of the mobile terminal to display a button image corresponding to the button when the mobile terminal is detected through the sensing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hansoo KIM, Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO
  • Publication number: 20210333900
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control device. The control device includes an interface unit physically connected to a display unit, a control board receiving an input of an occupant, and a camera capturing an image of an area of a body of the occupant and the surroundings of the control board, and a processor exchanging information with the control board, the display unit, and the camera through the interface unit, wherein if it is determined that the occupant is present in the driver's seat through the camera and a first input is received from the occupant through the control board, the processor controls the display unit to display a display area corresponding to a position to which the first input is input on the control board, and when the display area is displayed in the display unit and a second input is received from the occupant through the control board, the processor selects or controls contents displayed in the display area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO
  • Publication number: 20210331709
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle capable of driving autonomously and a method of recommending a more appropriate driving mode depending on a driver's status. A vehicle control device for controlling a vehicle comprises: a memory that stores a driving stress map containing stress level information which is calculated for each road section based on a driver's stress information collected while the vehicle is driving on each road section; and a processor that retrieves a stress level for a road section where the vehicle is currently located from the driving stress map and outputs notification information recommending a change to a first driving mode or second driving mode according to the retrieved stress level. The vehicle may perform autonomous driving by the vehicle control apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyongguk KIM, Hyeongjin IM, Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO, Yoonjung HONG
  • Patent number: 11072347
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including a detecting unit configured to detect an external situation of a vehicle and an internal situation of the vehicle; an output unit; and a processor configured to in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first internal event, control the output unit to output first guidance information related to the detected external event, and in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to the first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a second internal event different than the first internal event, control the output unit to output second guidance information related to the detected external event that is different than the first guidance information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Cho, Kangmin Kim, Doyun Park, Heejeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20210123605
    Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Heejeong HEO, Younju OH, Hyun byung CHA, Chin Soo Hyon, HyunJu KIM
  • Publication number: 20210123603
    Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Heejeong HEO, Younju OH, Hyun byung CHA, Chin Soo Hyon
  • Publication number: 20210123604
    Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Heejeong HEO, Younju OH, Hyunju KIM, Hyun byung CHA, Chin Soo Hyon
  • Publication number: 20210123602
    Abstract: A kitchen hood has a first housing and a second housing that slides into and out of the first housing to adjust a length of the kitchen hood. The first housing has a fan to suction air, an outlet, and an air quality sensor assembly to continuously detect air quality in a kitchen. The second housing has an inlet and suction grill through which air is suctioned, a steam cleaning assembly to automatically steam clean an interior of the kitchen hood, and a height sensing assembly to sense a height of cookware seated on a cooktop surface below the second housing. The kitchen hood may be lengthened or shortened based on the sensed height of the cookware, and a speed of the fan and the height of the kitchen hood may be automatically adjusted based on detections by the air quality sensor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Heejeong HEO, Younju OH, Hyunju KIM, Hyun Byung CHA, Chin Soo Hyon
  • Patent number: 10809738
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communication unit configured to receive location information of a vehicle, a sensing unit, a display unit, and at least one processor that is configured to determine, based on the location information received by the communication unit, that the vehicle has entered an area within a predetermined distance from an intersection at which the vehicle changes a travel direction according to a preset route information. The at least one processor is further configured to detect an object located around the intersection through the sensing unit, and to control the display unit to output a route to an entrance of the intersection based on information related to the object located around the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Heejeong Heo, Doyun Park, Dongkyu Lee, Jaehoon Cho
  • Patent number: 10500958
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device and a control method thereof. The vehicle control device provided in a vehicle includes a display unit, a sensing unit configured to sense information associated with the vehicle, and a processor configured to bend at least one part of the display unit based on the information associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Cho, Hyeongjin Im, Sungil Cho, Heejeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20190196680
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal, including a camera, a touch screen configured to output an image received from the camera, a wireless communication unit configured to receive vehicle information related to the vehicle from a server or the vehicle, and a controller configured to control the touch screen to output guide information on the image to guide a moving direction such that a predetermined portion of the vehicle is captured based on the vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Doyun PARK, Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO
  • Publication number: 20190186941
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle control device provided in a vehicle and a method for controlling a vehicle. The vehicle provided in a vehicle, for controlling a vehicle having a display unit, includes a communication unit receiving a plurality of images from an external device, and a controller extracting destinations respectively corresponding to the plurality of images, and controlling the communication unit such that the extracted destinations are guided through the display unit, wherein when the extracted destinations are in plurality, the controller may generate groups by destinations and controls the communication unit such that at least one of the plurality of images is classified according to the generated groups so as to be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Jaehoon CHO, Heejeong HEO, Doyun PARK
  • Publication number: 20190185019
    Abstract: A vehicle control device including a detecting unit configured to detect an external situation of a vehicle and an internal situation of the vehicle; an output unit; and a processor configured to in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a first internal event, control the output unit to output first guidance information related to the detected external event, and in response to the detected external situation of the vehicle corresponding to the first external event, and the detected internal situation of the vehicle corresponding to a second internal event different than the first internal event, control the output unit to output second guidance information related to the detected external event that is different than the first guidance information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Jaehoon Cho, Kangmin Kim, Doyun Park, Heejeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20190179331
    Abstract: A vehicle control device includes a communication unit configured to receive location information of a vehicle, a sensing unit, a display unit, and at least one processor that is configured to determine, based on the location information received by the communication unit, that the vehicle has entered an area within a predetermined distance from an intersection at which the vehicle changes a travel direction according to a preset route information. The at least one processor is further configured to detect an object located around the intersection through the sensing unit, and to control the display unit to output a route to an entrance of the intersection based on information related to the object located around the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Heejeong HEO, Doyun PARK, Dongkyu LEE, Jaehoon CHO
  • Patent number: 10218834
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mobile terminal which can perform remote control of a plurality of devices. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a display; a reception unit which receives at least one device identification signal from at least one device or at least one transmitter corresponding to the device; a control unit which performs control so as to detect, from the received at least one device identification signal, the identification signal of a device that can be remotely controlled, extract control command information for the remote control of the device on the basis of the detected identification signal, and display a remotely controlled object for the remote control of the device, on the basis of the extracted control command information; and a transmission unit which, when a predetermined item in the remotely controlled object is selected, transmits a remote control signal corresponding to the selected item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Junseok Ham, Jaeyoung Kim, Yoonho Shin, Yoonseong Kim, Heejeong Heo
  • Publication number: 20180304749
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control device and a control method thereof. The vehicle control device provided in a vehicle includes a display unit, a sensing unit configured to sense information associated with the vehicle, and a processor configured to bend at least one part of the display unit based on the information associated with the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Jaehoon CHO, Hyeongjin IM, Sungil CHO, Heejeong HEO