Patents by Inventor Hui Un Son

Hui Un Son 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: 11951841
    Abstract: Disclosed is an eco-friendly vehicle capable of conveniently canceling a protection mode when the protection mode is entered due to a voltage drop of a low-voltage battery, and a power management method therefor. A power management method for an electrified vehicle may comprise controlling, by a power management controller, an out-vehicle switch from a first mode for changing a locked state to a second mode for battery reset when there is a request for entry into a protection mode for a low-voltage battery from a BMS, and entering the protection mode when the out-vehicle switch is changed to the second mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventor: Hui Un Son
  • Publication number: 20240109538
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling the vehicle including a slope driving assist function includes a first motor, a second motor, and a control unit configured to determine a compensation torque based on a gradient resistance according to the gradient of a driving road on which the vehicle is driving and allocate a total required torque including the compensation torque and driver's required torque to at least one of the first motor and the second motor based on whether the total required torque may be outputted from the second motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sun Young PARK, Hui Un Son
  • Patent number: 11926310
    Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20240075920
    Abstract: A method for controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle includes collecting driving data while the hybrid electric vehicle is driven, determining whether the hybrid electric vehicle enters a first mode corresponding to emergency driving of the hybrid electric vehicle or a second mode corresponding to control in preparation for the emergency driving, and controlling the hybrid electric vehicle in accordance with a mode that the hybrid electric vehicle enters among the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Bae Jeon, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Gyu Ri Lee, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son
  • Publication number: 20240067079
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20240066984
    Abstract: An electric vehicle and a cruise control method therefore are capable of improving ride comfort by reducing a pitch caused by a road surface deceleration factor. A method of controlling a smart cruise control function includes determining a target speed of a vehicle that is traveling when a road surface deceleration factor in front of the vehicle is detected, entering the road surface deceleration factor while traveling at a constant speed corresponding to the determined target speed, and performing pitch reduction control upon entering the road surface deceleration factor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Sung Jae Oh, Hui Un Son, Seok Min Jeong, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Patent number: 11912168
    Abstract: An apparatus and method control regenerative braking torque of an electric vehicle on which an anti-lock brake system (ABS) is mounted. The apparatus and method can compensate the regenerative braking torque of the driving motor based on the behavior model of the electric vehicle, such that the ABS is prevented from entering an operating range to the maximum limit to maximize the energy recovery rate through regenerative braking. The apparatus includes a disturbance extractor that extracts a disturbance in a specific frequency band from a difference between a behavior model and an actual behavior of the electric vehicle. The apparatus includes a torque compensator that compensates for the regenerative braking torque based on the disturbance extracted by the disturbance extractor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo
  • Patent number: 11858501
    Abstract: An emergency braking function control method of a vehicle includes detecting an obstacle ahead of the vehicle, the vehicle being in a state of being travelable in a forward direction using power of a power source, in response to the detecting, determining a first steering angle and a second steering angle, the first steering angle being a maximum steering angle at which the vehicle collides with the obstacle and the second steering angle being a steering angle at which the vehicle turns while maintaining a minimum safe distance from the obstacle, the first and second steering angles being determined based on a distance to the obstacle, a heading of the obstacle, and an input steering angle, and determining whether to change an emergency braking function based on the input steering angle, the first steering angle, or the second steering angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Kyeom Cho, Yeon Bok Kim, Hui Un Son, Tae Wook Park, Seong Wook Moon
  • Publication number: 20230415740
    Abstract: A vehicle and an acceleration limit control method thereof, includes obtaining a driving score of a driver, determining a driving score change amount of the driver based on traveling information measured or generated when the vehicle is driving, determining a current driving score based on the determined change amount of the driving score and the obtained driving score, and setting an acceleration limit level or changing a preset acceleration limit level based on the determined current driving score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hwa KIM, Seong Wook MOON, Hui Un SON, Gyu Ri LEE, Sung Il JUNG, Jae Young PARK, Jeong Eun KIM, Sung Bae JEON
  • Patent number: 11845427
    Abstract: A stability control method of a vehicle includes: determining possibility of broadside collision; as a result of the determining, when the possibility of broadside collision is present, applying a standby hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic brake device; when broadside collision is detected, performing evasion steering using the hydraulic brake device in consideration of a direction of the broadside collision; and performing stability control after the evasion steering is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Jea Mun Lee, Sung Bae Jeon, Ji Hoon Kang, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Patent number: 11845437
    Abstract: An embodiment acceleration limit control method includes determining an acceleration limit based on information on a passenger, determining a disturbance torque due to a disturbance, other than a drive source of a vehicle, based on at least a slope, determining a torque limit satisfying the acceleration limit based on the disturbance torque, and determining an output torque to be generated by the drive source based on the torque limit and a driver's requested torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Hong Chul Shin, Jae Myoung Pi, Song Il Park, Sang Kyu Park, Soo Bang Lee, Seong Ik Park
  • Patent number: 11845423
    Abstract: A turning control system of a vehicle includes: a database storing road information; a sensor part to detect a steering angle of a vehicle, a wheel speed of the vehicle, whether the vehicle is accelerated, whether the vehicle is braking, and whether a speed gear of the vehicle is shifted; and a controller that determines whether the vehicle enters a turning section based on one or more pieces of the information detected by the sensor part and the road information stored in the database. In particular, when the vehicle is entering the turning section, the controller sets a target speed of the vehicle and controls a speed of the vehicle to be decelerated to the set target speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Jea Mun Lee, Jae Young Park, Hui Un Son, Young Eun Kim, Joon Young Park, Sung Hoon Yu
  • Patent number: 11833960
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Patent number: 11787466
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method of controlling turning thereof are provided. The turning control method of a vehicle includes calculating first compensation torque based on a lateral acceleration variation during turning, determining first compensated demanded torque by applying the first compensation torque to demanded torque, determining second compensation torque for preventing wheel slip of a driving wheel based on the first compensated demanded torque and an actual vehicle behavior, and determining second compensated demanded torque input to a driving source controller by applying the second compensation torque to the first compensated demanded torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Joon Kim, Young Eun Kim, Hui Un Son, Jea Mun Lee, Sung Hoon Yu
  • Publication number: 20230311915
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes an electrification control unit that analyzes media factors reproduced in the electrified vehicle, classifies the media factors into one or more control signals based on analyzed result values, and controls the electrified vehicle in connection with the one or more classified control signals when an autonomous driving mode is activated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventor: Hui Un Son
  • Publication number: 20230303104
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle driving control method and apparatus based on a baby mode, the method comprising sensing, using a sensing unit, sensing information, the sensing information comprising a physical value corresponding to a current driving state of a vehicle and movement information of an infant on a car seat in the vehicle, updating a driving evaluation score of a driver of the vehicle based on the sensing information, outputting a warning signal to the driver when the driving evaluation score is less than or equal to a threshold value, and, when the warning signal is repeated at least a predetermined number of times, generating a feedback signal configured to adjust a position of the car seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Il Jung, Hui Un Son
  • Publication number: 20230294542
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a scheduling method for reservation-based charging for an urban air mobility (UAM) and a controlling system for the same. A scheduling method, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, may be for reservation-based charging from a grid for an urban air mobility comprising a battery, a grid charging device configure to charge the battery with electric power from the grid, and at least one renewal-energy generator, the method comprising: calculating a required amount of electricity charge according to a target SOC and a remaining SOC of the battery, and determining a schedule of charging by the grid charging device according to the required amount of electricity charge and an amount of electricity generated by the generator from a first set time point to a second set time point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sung Il Jung
  • Publication number: 20230294722
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling an eco-friendly vehicle, the method including determining whether the vehicle may be in valet mode, when the vehicle may be determined to be in valet mode, generating the weight of an object by sensing the object riding in the vehicle using a plurality of indoor sensors disposed in the vehicle, performing comparative analysis on the generated weight of the object with a predetermined vehicle reference weight, and differentiating limiting conditions for the vehicle or outputting a notification signal based on the result of the comparative analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Hui Un Son, Sung Il Jung, Do Hwa Kim, Sung Bae Jeon
  • Publication number: 20230256966
    Abstract: An apparatus may be configured to determine whether to adjust an acceleration limit level associated with an acceleration limit operation for a corresponding vehicle speed range. The adjustment may be performed by using driver information acquired based on biometric information of a driver. The apparatus may be configured to control an adjustment of the acceleration limit level. The apparatus may be configured to change a limit acceleration of the vehicle that is accelerated based on a degree of accelerator pedal manipulation by the driver and the adjusted acceleration limit level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Do Hwa Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung Il Jung
  • Publication number: 20230256958
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for controlling a valet mode of a vehicle. The method may include activating a valet mode, determining a parking environment of the vehicle being parked in a parking area, when the valet mode is set. Based on the parking environment of the vehicle, a first signal or a second signal may be output. The first signal may be configured to permit parking of the vehicle in the parking area. The second signal may be configured to prohibit parking of the vehicle in the parking area. Determining the parking environment of the vehicle may include determining, based on the parking environment, whether to limit a vehicle control of the vehicle and/or a degree of limit of the vehicle control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son