Patents by Inventor Jae Yul Woo

Jae Yul Woo 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: 11922692
    Abstract: A vehicle and a control method may adjust an augmented reality (AR) image of a point of interest (POI) based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI. The vehicle may include: an image sensor configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle; a display module configured to display the front image; and a controller configured to control the display module to display an AR image of a POI included in the front image by being superimposed on the front image, and adjust the AR image so that at least one of an amount of information or a size is changed based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 11873044
    Abstract: Disclosed is a personal mobility device including a towing module configured to allow various types of towed modules to be selectively connected and towed, and a connection device configured to connect the towing module and the towed modules. The connection device includes a connection member extending rearward from the towing module, a connection shaft having an upper side rotatably supported on the connection member and a lower side coupled to a shaft coupling hole formed on a connection frame of the towed module, and a locking device provided on the connection frame to lock the connection shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Rowoon An, Ilsun Song, Seunghyun Woo, Jae Yul Woo
  • Patent number: 11873055
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a main body provided in a box shape, a steering device comprising a steering handle configured to extend outwardly from the main body or to retract so as not to protrude from the main body, and a front wheel and a rear wheel installed on a front side and a rear side of the main body, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Ilsun Song, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Patent number: 11736603
    Abstract: A personal mobility includes a support including a holder and an awning configured to mount a user terminal, a first sensor configured to obtain illumination information, a second sensor configured to obtain road surface inclination information, and a controller configured to identify a brightness of a light corresponding to the illumination information and control a structure of the holder or the awning to be changed based on the brightness of the light and the road surface inclination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo
  • Patent number: 11715233
    Abstract: An embodiment mobility device includes a position detector configured to detect a first current position of the mobility device, a display configured to display position information of the mobility device, and a controller configured to set the first current position of the mobility device detected by the position detector as first position information, identify an augmented reality (AR) marker in a predetermined range, based on the first position information, determine a second current position of the mobility device based on the identified AR marker, and set the second current position of the mobility device determined based on the identified AR marker as second position information, and determine final position information of the mobility device by applying the second position information to the first position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 11701275
    Abstract: A towing module of a personal mobility includes: a main body provided to extend in a vertical direction and in which a battery is mounted: a driving wheel installed on a lower portion of the main body and having a driving motor: a steering handle installed on an upper portion of the main body; and a connector provided in the main body to selectively connect one of various types of modules to be towed. The main body is maintained in a standing state while driving by the connection to the module to be towed. A personal mobility and a control method thereof utilize the towing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Rowoon An
  • Publication number: 20230186515
    Abstract: A server includes a communicator; and a controller configured to: when an image data is received from a terminal device through the communicator, determine a first key point of the image data and a first descriptor corresponding to the first key point, determine a location of the terminal device by comparing the first descriptor with a second descriptor stored in a virtual positioning system (VPS) map, determine an area where a difference between the first descriptor and the second descriptor is greater than or equal to a predetermined value based on the location of the terminal device, and update a key point of the area on the VPS map and the second descriptor based on the image data, or request crowdsourcing of an image data about the area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seunghyun WOO, Jae Yul WOO, Rowoon AN, Soobin KIM
  • Publication number: 20230169060
    Abstract: In an embodiment a server includes a communicator and a controller configured to update a database for a point of interest stored in advance with point of interest information when receiving the point of interest information and link information from a user terminal through the communicator and control the communicator to transmit the link information and a reward request for a user of the user terminal to an external server, wherein the link information is information on an identification code assigned to the user of the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Publication number: 20230160711
    Abstract: In an embodiment a vehicle includes a communication module, a display module, an image sensor configured to acquire a front image of the vehicle and a controller configured to determine that the vehicle enters a predetermined range of a destination based on a global positioning system (GPS) signal received through the communication module, compare a feature point of the front image of the vehicle with point cloud map information to determine a first predicted position of the vehicle, based on a difference between the first predicted position and a second predicted position of the vehicle indicated by the GPS signal, determine one of the first predicted position and the second predicted position as a position of the vehicle and control the display module to display an augmented reality (AR) image for performing a route guidance to the destination based on the determined position of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Jae Yul Woo, Rowoon An, Soobin Kim
  • Publication number: 20230143631
    Abstract: An embodiment electronic device includes a display module, a communicator configured to communicate with a server, an input module, and a controller configured to determine a route to be guided as a shortest path, from an indoor route or an outdoor route based on an input received at the input module from a user or based on an external environment, determine a route from a departure point to an arrival point based on the route to be guided as the shortest path, and control the display module to display the determined route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 11634001
    Abstract: A personal mobility and a control method are provided. The personal mobility includes: a main body; a front wheel mounted on the front end of the main body; a pair of rear wheels mounted on the rear end of the main body; an actuator configured to adjust a distance between the pair of rear wheels; an image data device mounted on the personal mobility and having a field of view outside of the personal mobility, the image data device configured to acquire image data; and a controller configured to determine at least one of user state information or external environment information based on the image data, and control the actuator to adjust the distance between the pair of rear wheels based on at least one of the user state information or the external environment information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 11625142
    Abstract: An embodiment user equipment includes an image sensor, a user interface configured to display an image photographed by the image sensor and to receive a user input, a location detection sensor configured to detect a location of the user equipment, and a controller configured to identify a point of interest (POI) located in a shooting direction of the image sensor based on an output of the location detection sensor, control the user interface to display an augmented reality (AR) icon corresponding to the POI by superimposing the AR icon on the image photographed by the image sensor, and add information about the POI to a scrap list based on an input to the AR icon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Publication number: 20230108484
    Abstract: An embodiment user terminal includes an image acquisition part, a user interface configured to display an image photographed through the image acquisition part, a position detection sensor configured to detect a position of the user terminal, and a controller configured to determine a recommended point of interest (POI) among a plurality of POIs located around the user terminal, based on operation information about each of the plurality of POIs, a user's search history for a POI, and the user's POI scrap, and to control the user interface to display an augmented reality (AR) image corresponding to the recommended POI by superimposing the AR image on the image photographed through the image acquisition part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Publication number: 20230086016
    Abstract: An embodiment mobile device includes a display and a control device configured to control the display to display a user interface on the display, wherein the user interface includes a user menu region configured to allow a user to input a search condition of a point of interest (POI), a detailed information region configured to display information on one or more candidate POIs that satisfy the search condition, and a heat map display region configured to display a distribution of the one or more candidate POIs that satisfy the search condition as a heat map, wherein the heat map is a background for the user menu region and the detailed information region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Publication number: 20230064993
    Abstract: A vehicle and a control method may adjust an augmented reality (AR) image of a point of interest (POI) based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI. The vehicle may include: an image sensor configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle; a display module configured to display the front image; and a controller configured to control the display module to display an AR image of a POI included in the front image by being superimposed on the front image, and adjust the AR image so that at least one of an amount of information or a size is changed based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 11554830
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a height adjustment device configured to adjust a height of a steering handle, an image sensor configured to measure user body information, and a controller configured to control the height adjustment device to adjust the height of the steering handle based on the user body information measured by the image sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Rowoon An, Ilsun Song, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo
  • Publication number: 20220397413
    Abstract: An embodiment augmented reality (AR)-based point of interest (POI) guide method includes performing a plane detection with respect to an actual image in an area around a POI, forming a grid in the area where the plane detection of the actual image is performed, and displaying an anchor and a highlight at a position of the POI based on the grid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Jae Yul Woo, Rowoon An, Soobin Kim
  • Publication number: 20220397412
    Abstract: A control method and control system of a mobile device perform a route guidance and POI guidance using a POI database for a commercial navigation and a POI database for AR, and enable seamless transition between commercial navigation services and AR services by removing the dependency of data through data exchange between the POI database for commercial navigation and the POI database for AR. The control method includes receiving a selection of destination; executing one of a first route guidance mode based on non-AR and a second route guidance mode based on AR, based on the selected destination; and providing a route guidance service based on AR by switching from the first route guidance mode to the second route guidance mode, in response to that a remaining distance or remaining time from a location of the mobile device to the selected destination approaches within a predetermined distance or predetermined time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Yul WOO, Soobin KIM, Seunghyun WOO, Rowoon AN
  • Publication number: 20220390250
    Abstract: An embodiment user equipment includes an image sensor configured to photograph a surrounding image, a display module, a communicator configured to communicate with a server, a database configured to store visual positioning system (VPS) map information based on augmented reality (AR) and two dimensional (2D) map information, and a controller configured to generate 2D route information based on the 2D map information and delivery information received from the server, generate three dimensional (3D) route information based on the delivery information and the VPS map information, and control the display module to display the 2D route information or the 3D route information based on a distance between the user equipment and a point of interest (POI) included in the delivery information, the 3D route information being based on augmented reality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Publication number: 20220381578
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus performing an augmented reality function and a navigation function includes an input device, a location receiver for obtaining a current location, an image obtaining device, a display device provided to display surrounding image obtained from the image obtaining device in response to execution of an augmented reality mode, and a controller provided to search for a route from the current location to a destination, destination information and map information obtained by the location receiver, identify a moving situation according to route information corresponding to the searched route, obtain location information of an inflection point at which the moving situation is changed according to information on the identified moving situation, and control the display device to display an object image of the inflection point on the surrounding image displayed on the display device based on the location information of the inflection point and the current location information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soobin KIM, Jae Yul WOO, Seunghyun WOO, Rowoon AN