Patents by Inventor Jae Am Seo
Jae Am Seo 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).
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Patent number: 11736924Abstract: An emergency call service system for a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The emergency call service system includes a vehicle terminal configured to collect vehicle data during driving and a server configured to determine whether an accident occurs in a vehicle based on the vehicle data and to request rescue from an emergency call center, when it is determined that the accident occurs in the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CorporationInventors: Sun Woo Kim, Ha Rin Lee, Hee Jun Lee, Jae Am Seo
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Patent number: 11722866Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a connectivity control unit (CCU) to internetwork with a server through a wireless network to provide a connected car service and an integrated body unit (IBU) to perform low power communication with another vehicle to control the CCU.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Won Ho Shin, Dong Hee Han, Hee Jun Lee, Dong Youl Lee, Jae Am Seo, Sun Woo Kim
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Patent number: 11564093Abstract: A security strategy providing apparatus of a vehicle includes a communication circuit, a power controller, and at least one control circuit electrically connected to the communication circuit and the power controller. The at least one control circuit is configured to detect a connection of an external apparatus or an inflow of external data, and to block at least part of a function provided by the vehicle, at least part of power supplied by the power controller, or the at least part of the function and the at least part of the power, based on a detection result of the connection of the external apparatus or the inflow of the external data.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2019Date of Patent: January 24, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Soo Yun Kim, Jae Am Seo, Dong Youl Lee, Won Ho Shin, Hee Jun Lee
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Publication number: 20220150681Abstract: An emergency call service system for a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The emergency call service system includes a vehicle terminal configured to collect vehicle data during driving and a server configured to determine whether an accident occurs in a vehicle based on the vehicle data and to request rescue from an emergency call center, when it is determined that the accident occurs in the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2021Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CorporationInventors: Sun Woo KIM, Ha Rin LEE, Hee Jun LEE, Jae Am SEO
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Patent number: 11305760Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the avoidance of an emergency vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device to receive traveling data from vehicles traveling in a specific section on an expected traveling path of the emergency vehicle, a determination device to identify locations of the vehicles from the received traveling data and to determine at least one control vehicle based on the identified locations of the vehicles, and a controller to determine an avoidance control time point of each control vehicle based on an expected approach time of the emergency vehicle to the control vehicle, and to transmit a control message to the control vehicle based on the avoidance control time point of the control vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Jin Shin, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Youl Lee, Jae Am Seo, Hyeok Sang Jeong
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Patent number: 11281455Abstract: An apparatus for over the air update (OTA) for a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device to receive data for the OTA update of vehicle software from a sever, and a processor to control background transfer for the OTA update based on at least one of a network load update, a vehicle power state, a battery state, or an expected time for residual read-only memory (ROM) data transfer.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeok Sang Jeong, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Youl Lee, Jae Am Seo
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Patent number: 11175906Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling firmware update of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus may include a state manager configured to manage state information regarding a plurality of controllers included in the vehicle, a control device configured to determine whether to perform an update based on the state information when an ignition of the vehicle is turned off, and an update manager configured to perform a reprogramming operation on at least one controller of the plurality of controllers depending on whether to perform the update.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: November 16, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeok Sang Jeong, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Youl Lee, Jae Am Seo
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Patent number: 11144300Abstract: An update control apparatus for a vehicle controller includes a state information collecting device that collects vehicle state information when an update event of a vehicle controller occurs, a battery control device that determines an update-based ultimate target State of Charge (SOC) based on the collected vehicle state information and controls charge or discharge of a battery based on the determined ultimate target SOC, and a control device that downloads update data of the vehicle controller from an update server and updates the vehicle controller.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2019Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Heok Sang Jeong, Dong Jin Shin, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Youl Lee, Young Su Kim, Jae Am Seo
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Patent number: 11126421Abstract: An apparatus providing an update for a vehicle includes a plurality of controllers, a communication circuit communicating with a server, a memory configured to store data received from the server, and a control circuit electrically connected to the plurality of controllers, the communication circuit, and the memory. The control circuit is configured to set an order of the update, based on a preset priority and a size of update data, which correspond to each of the plurality of target controllers, when an update for a plurality of target controllers among the plurality of controllers is required, to receive the update data corresponding to each of the plurality of target controllers, from the server using the communication circuit in the set order, and to update the plurality of target controllers in the set order using the received update data.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hee Jun Lee, Jae Am Seo, Heok Sang Jeong, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Youl Lee, Soo Yun Kim, Won Ho Shin
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Patent number: 11093273Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method for verifying a vehicle controller based on a virtual machine. A system for verifying a vehicle controller based on a virtual machine may include: a server configured to store software of upper level controllers of a vehicle and to execute the software of the upper level controllers through the virtual machine; and a telematics terminal configured to collect input data of the upper level controllers and to transmit the input data to the server. The telematics terminal may be further configured to compare first output data collected from the upper level controllers with second output data received from the server corresponding to the input data, and to verify a validity of the first output data based on the comparison of first output data with the second output data.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2018Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Dong Jin Shin, Dong Youl Lee, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Jae Am Seo
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Publication number: 20210185495Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a connectivity control unit (CCU) to internetwork with a server through a wireless network to provide a connected car service and an integrated body unit (IBU) to perform low power communication with another vehicle to control the CCU.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Won Ho SHIN, Dong Hee HAN, Hee Jun LEE, Dong Youl LEE, Jae Am SEO, Sun Woo KIM
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Publication number: 20210081192Abstract: An apparatus for over the air update (OTA) for a vehicle and a method therefor are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device to receive data for the OTA update of vehicle software from a sever, and a processor to control background transfer for the OTA update based on at least one of a network load update, a vehicle power state, a battery state, or an expected time for residual read-only memory (ROM) data transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeok Sang JEONG, Myeong Gyu JEONG, Dong Youl LEE, Jae Am SEO
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Publication number: 20200387368Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the update of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus may include a state manager configured to manage state information regarding a plurality of controllers included in the vehicle, a control device configured to determine whether to perform an update based on the state information when an ignition of the vehicle is turned off, and an update manager configured to perform a reprogramming operation on at least one controller of the plurality of controllers depending on whether to perform the update.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyeok Sang JEONG, Myeong Gyu JEONG, Dong Youl LEE, Jae Am SEO
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Patent number: 10817277Abstract: An update providing apparatus of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a communication circuit that communicates wirelessly with a server, a battery, and a control circuit. The control circuit is electrically connected to the communication circuit and the battery and obtains update data associated with a target controller mounted within the vehicle, from the server. Accordingly, the control circuit calculates an estimated remaining amount upon completing an update, based on an estimated required time of the update, an estimated required time of a roll-back, and a current remaining amount of the battery and performs the update on the target controller, when the estimated remaining amount satisfies a particular condition.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Heok Sang Jeong, Jae Am Seo, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Hee Jun Lee, Dong Youl Lee, Dong Jin Shin
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Publication number: 20200334033Abstract: An apparatus for providing an update in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a communication interface that communicates wiredly or wirelessly with an external device, one or more peripheral controllers, and a controller to be updated, electrically connected with the communication interface and the one or more peripheral controllers. The controller receives an update request for an update, through the communication interface from the external device, receives information indicating a remaining storage space of each of the one or more peripheral controllers, when the update request is received, divides previous version data of the controller to be updated, based on the information indicating the remaining storage space, and transmits the divided previous version data to the one or more peripheral controllers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: October 22, 2020Inventors: Dong Youl Lee, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Jae Am Seo
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Patent number: 10757229Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus and a method for converting a protocol by a type of data, and a vehicle system. The apparatus includes a storage configured to store a conversion table that defines a protocol conversion method depending on the type of data, a protocol conversion device configured to receive Controller Area Network (CAN) data from a CAN node in a vehicle, to call the conversion table, to determine the protocol conversion method corresponding to a type of the CAN data, and to convert a communication protocol of the CAN data to an Ethernet-based communication protocol based on the protocol conversion method, and a transmission processing device configured to convert a message format of the CAN data to an Ethernet message format and to transmit the CAN data to an external server.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors CorporationInventors: Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Jin Shin, Chul Min Kim, Dong Youl Lee, Young Su Kim, Jae Am Seo
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Publication number: 20200192655Abstract: An update control apparatus for a vehicle controller includes a state information collecting device that collects vehicle state information when an update event of a vehicle controller occurs, a battery control device that determines an update-based ultimate target State of Charge (SOC) based on the collected vehicle state information and controls charge or discharge of a battery based on the determined ultimate target SOC, and a control device that downloads update data of the vehicle controller from an update server and updates the vehicle controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Heok Sang Jeong, Dong Jin Shin, Myeong Gyu Jeong, Dong Youl Lee, Young Su Kim, Jae Am Seo
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Publication number: 20200159517Abstract: An apparatus providing an update for a vehicle includes a plurality of controllers, a communication circuit communicating with a server, a memory configured to store data received from the server, and a control circuit electrically connected to the plurality of controllers, the communication circuit, and the memory. The control circuit is configured to set an order of the update, based on a preset priority and a size of update data, which correspond to each of the plurality of target controllers, when an update for a plurality of target controllers among the plurality of controllers is required, to receive the update data corresponding to each of the plurality of target controllers, from the server using the communication circuit in the set order, and to update the plurality of target controllers in the set order using the received update data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 15, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Hee Jun LEE, Jae Am SEO, Heok Sang JEONG, Myeong Gyu JEONG, Dong Youl LEE, Soo Yun KIM, Won Ho SHIN
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Publication number: 20200162918Abstract: A security strategy providing apparatus of a vehicle includes a communication circuit, a power controller, and at least one control circuit electrically connected to the communication circuit and the power controller. The at least one control circuit is configured to detect a connection of an external apparatus or an inflow of external data, and to block at least part of a function provided by the vehicle, at least part of power supplied by the power controller, or the at least part of the function and the at least part of the power, based on a detection result of the connection of the external apparatus or the inflow of the external data.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Soo Yun KIM, Jae Am SEO, Dong Youl LEE, Won Ho SHIN, Hee Jun LEE
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Publication number: 20200156629Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling the avoidance of an emergency vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus includes a communication device to receive traveling data from vehicles traveling in a specific section on an expected traveling path of the emergency vehicle, a determination device to identify locations of the vehicles from the received traveling data and to determine at least one control vehicle based on the identified locations of the vehicles, and a controller to determine an avoidance control time point of each control vehicle based on an expected approach time of the emergency vehicle to the control vehicle, and to transmit a control message to the control vehicle based on the avoidance control time point of the control vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Dong Jin SHIN, Myeong Gyu JEONG, Dong Youl LEE, Jae Am SEO, Hyeok Sang JEONG