Patents by Inventor Hyeong Seon Kim

Hyeong Seon Kim 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: 20250116569
    Abstract: A failure determination system for a lighting apparatus determines whether a reflection unit has failed. In particular, the reflection unit forms a projected image by reflecting off light emitted from a light source. The system provides the normalization of the reflection unit and enables to maintain the visibility of the projected image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyeong Seon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250027627
    Abstract: An optical module for mobility vehicles reduces an overall size of an optical system and thus facilitates a package configuration. The optical module for mobility vehicles also ensures a sufficient amount of light and high optical efficiency are through efficient operation of light sources and improves quality of illumination images projected onto a light irradiation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Seon Kim, Young Geun Jun
  • Publication number: 20250026260
    Abstract: A headlamp auto-leveling system and a method thereof are disclosed. The headlamp auto-leveling system and method adjust the radiation direction of light through a headlamp according to the state of a mobility device and the presence of physical objects in the front and rear sides of the mobility device, thereby reducing or minimizing the effect of a projection image on the surrounding mobility device and enhancing the accuracy of identification of messages through the projection image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Hyeong Seon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240418334
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for a mobility vehicle reduces the overall size of an optical system of the mobility vehicle by implementing a favorable package configuration, ensures sufficient lighting and high luminous efficiency through the efficient operation of a light source, and improves the quality of the lighting image projected onto an illumination area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Seon Kim, Young Geun Jun
  • Patent number: 12169050
    Abstract: An optical apparatus for a mobility vehicle reduces the overall size of an optical system of the mobility vehicle by implementing a favorable package configuration, ensures sufficient lighting and high luminous efficiency through the efficient operation of a light source, and improves the quality of the lighting image projected onto an illumination area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong Seon Kim, Young Geun Jun
  • Patent number: 11781720
    Abstract: A black image type hidden light system applied to a vehicle is composed of a control module coupled to a hidden lamp module in which an outer lens, an inner lens, and a light source are assembled in a lamp housing, and a black color surface of the outer lens covers an inner space of the lamp housing to block the exposure to the outside and transmits the light fully reflected to the inner lens to the outside, thereby forming a deposition image in black when not lit and a lamp image or a lighting image when lit, and in particular, optimizes a light transmittance with an amount of addition of a carbon black material mixed with a polycarbonate (PC) material, thereby substantially enabling the mass-production beyond the limitation of an AL deposition image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim, Wan-Ku Yoon, Gil-Won Han
  • Publication number: 20230075681
    Abstract: A black image type hidden light system applied to a vehicle is composed of a control module coupled to a hidden lamp module in which an outer lens, an inner lens, and a light source are assembled in a lamp housing, and a black color surface of the outer lens covers an inner space of the lamp housing to block the exposure to the outside and transmits the light fully reflected to the inner lens to the outside, thereby forming a deposition image in black when not lit and a lamp image or a lighting image when lit, and in particular, optimizes a light transmittance with an amount of addition of a carbon black material mixed with a polycarbonate (PC) material, thereby substantially enabling the mass-production beyond the limitation of an AL deposition image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim, Wan-Ku Yoon, Gil-Won Han
  • Patent number: 11156336
    Abstract: A lighting apparatus of a vehicle is provided to allow irradiation of light to be diffused into a surrounding area together with a lighting area in which the light is irradiated. The is irradiated even from a bumper or a grille of the vehicle. In addition, in an area in which the irradiation of the light is diffused in the vehicle in addition to the lighting area, the diffusion of the light is selectively determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hyeong Seon Kim
  • Patent number: D895863
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Da Young Jeong, Jae Min Choi, Oh Young Kwon, Yu Ra Cha, Yun Seok Oh, Hyeong Seon Kim
  • Patent number: D895864
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Da Young Jeong, Yu Ra Cha, Yun Seok Oh, Oh Young Kwon, Hyeong Seon Kim, Jae Min Choi
  • Patent number: D895865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ra Cha, Da Young Jeong, Yun Seok Oh, Hyeong Seon Kim, Oh Young Kwon, Jae Min Choi
  • Patent number: D940364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Yun-Seok Oh
  • Patent number: D940365
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Inventors: Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Yun-Seok Oh
  • Patent number: D940928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Yun-Seok Oh
  • Patent number: D940929
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Inventors: Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Yun-Seok Oh
  • Patent number: D947426
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D947427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D947428
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D947429
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim
  • Patent number: D948090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jung-Taik Hur, Oh-Young Kwon, Hyeong-Seon Kim, Hwi-Eon Kim