Patents by Inventor Jeong Eom Lee

Jeong Eom Lee 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: 20200320993
    Abstract: A dialogue processing apparatus includes: a voice input unit configured to receive speech of a user; a communication device configured to receive dialogue history information of the user from an external device; an output device configured to output visually or audibly a response corresponding to the speech of the user; and a controller. The controller is configured to: determine a user preference response based on the dialogue history information, when the speech of the user is received; generate a response corresponding to the speech of the user based on the user preference response; and control the output device to output the generated response.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seona Kim, Youngmin Park, Jeong-Eom Lee
  • Publication number: 20200320981
    Abstract: It is an aspect of the present disclosure to provide a dialogue system capable of providing an extended function to the user by registering a new vocabulary that matches the user's preference and by changing the pre-stored conversation pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Seona Kim, Jeong-Eom Lee, Dongsoo Shin
  • Publication number: 20200258514
    Abstract: A dialogue system includes: a storage configured to store a parameter tree including at least one parameter used for performing an action; a speech input device configured to receive speech from a user an input processor configured to apply a natural language understanding algorithm to the received speech to generate a speech recognition result; a dialogue manager configured to determine an action corresponding to the received speech based on the speech recognition result, to retrieve a parameter tree corresponding to the action from the storage, and to determine additional information needed to perform the action based on the retrieved parameter tree; and a result processor configured to generate a dialogue response for requesting the additional information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SOGANG UNIVERSITY RESEARCH & BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Youngmin Park, Seona Kim, Jeong-Eom Lee, Jung Yun Seo
  • Patent number: 10733994
    Abstract: A dialogue system, a vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle is provided. The vehicle monitors at least one of vehicle state information and driving environment information, generates a vehicle use pattern based on the monitored information; generates and storing notification event information corresponding to the vehicle use pattern; determines whether the monitored information corresponds to any one of event information; when it is determined that the monitored information corresponds to any one of event information, determines notification timing of the any one of notification event information; when the current time is notification timing of the any one of notification event information, outputs guide information on the notification event information; generates a control command corresponding to the notification event information; and executes a function corresponding the notification event information based on the control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seona Kim, Donghee Seok, Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200241742
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jungsang MIN, Nae Seung KANG, Gi Beom HONG, Sung Un KIM, Seo Ho CHOI, Sihyun JOO, Jeong-Eom LEE, Werner PETER, Andy Max PRILL
  • Publication number: 20200202862
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a communication device configured to communicate with a user terminal. The vehicle further includes an input processor configured to recognize a voice of a telephone call received by the user terminal and generate a voice recognition result on the voice of the telephone call. The vehicle also includes a dialogue manager configured to determine telephone call contents based on the voice recognition result and determine whether or not to provide the telephone call contents to a user based on the telephone call contents.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, Youngmin Park, Seona Kim
  • Patent number: 10678425
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GMBH
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Publication number: 20200118560
    Abstract: A dialogue system for a vehicle may include: a storage configured to store vehicle state information and driving environment information; an input processor configured to acquire an utterance from a user and to extract an action corresponding to the utterance when it is identified that the utterance includes user state information; a dialogue manger configured to acquire a parameter value of a condition determination parameter used to determine whether the action corresponding to the utterance is executable from the storage, to determine an action to be executed based on the parameter value of the condition determination parameter, and to acquire a parameter value of an action parameter used to execute the determined action from the storage; and a result processor configured to generate a response to execute the determined action using the acquired parameter value of the action parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: Seona Kim, Donghee Seok, Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200107292
    Abstract: A vehicle may include: a receiver configured to receive a text message from an outside; an output device configured to output a notification about the text message and the reception of the text message; and a controller to determine a grade of the text message transmitted from the receiver and control the output device based on the determined grade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Dongsoo SHIN, Jeong-Eom LEE, Seona KIM
  • Patent number: 10551958
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a mounting unit in which a mounting groove is formed at an inner side of the mounting unit, and a touch unit accommodated in the mounting groove and installed to be detachable from the mounting unit, wherein the touch unit comprises a first touch portion and a second touch portion, which are provided on different surfaces of the touch unit and allow a user to input a touch gesture, and the touch unit is selectively coupled to the mounting unit to allow the first touch portion to face an upper side or to allow the second touch portion to face the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Publication number: 20200020331
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a dialogue system capable of identifying preliminary indications related to the failure of the vehicle through a dialogue with a user, to check a part that may not be measured by a sensor and to inhibit accidents so as to provide user safety, a vehicle having the same and a dialogue processing method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 16, 2020
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seona Kim, Donghee Seok, Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200013396
    Abstract: A dialogue system for a vehicle may include: an input processor configured to receive a dialogue among occupants of the vehicle including a driver and at least one passenger, to detect vehicle operation information, to identify the at least one passenger based on the dialogue among the occupants or the vehicle operation information, to generate passenger number information which estimates a change in a number of passengers in the vehicle based on the dialogue among the occupants when the vehicle arrives at a stop-over point, and to acquire a pre-utterance message according to the passenger number information; and a result processor configured to output a pre-utterance according to the pre-utterance message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Jung Mi Park, Donghee Seok, Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20200005778
    Abstract: A dialogue system, a vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle is provided. The vehicle monitors at least one of vehicle state information and driving environment information, generates a vehicle use pattern based on the monitored information; generates and storing notification event information corresponding to the vehicle use pattern; determines whether the monitored information corresponds to any one of event information; when it is determined that the monitored information corresponds to any one of event information, determines notification timing of the any one of notification event information; when the current time is notification timing of the any one of notification event information, outputs guide information on the notification event information; generates a control command corresponding to the notification event information; and executes a function corresponding the notification event information based on the control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seona KIM, Donghee SEOK, Dongsoo SHIN, Jeong-Eom LEE, Ga Hee KIM, Jung Mi PARK, HeeJin RO, Kye Yoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20190392826
    Abstract: A dialogue system for a vehicle may include: an input processor configured to receive a user's utterance, to acquire an utterance text by recognizing the user's utterance, to recognize a dialogue subject based on the acquired utterance text, and to identify the user; and a dialogue manager including a memory storing program instructions and a processor configured to execute the stored program instructions, the dialogue manager configured to verify whether a chat room related to the dialogue subject is present, and to determine whether to add the identified user as a participant of the chat room based on a result of the verification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, Donghee Seok, Dongsoo Shin, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190392827
    Abstract: A dialogue system and a vehicle having the same is provided. The dialogue system may recognize the user's speech, which is transmitted from the speech input device, as a text, derive user labeling context information after verifying an entity of the text, store the user labeling context information in the type to share an entity ontology with other user, and generate a dialogue response to perform an action corresponding when a user performs a free utterance or a designated entity utterance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Mi Park, Donghee Seok, Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190378515
    Abstract: A dialogue system, a vehicle and a method for controlling the vehicle is disclosed. The method for controlling the vehicle includes: acquiring an utterance and a speech pattern by recognizing a speech when a speech of a plurality of speakers is input through a speech input device; classifying dialogue contents for each speaker based on the acquired utterance and speech pattern; acquiring a relationship between the speakers based on the acquired utterance; understanding an intention and a context for each speaker based on the acquired relationship between the speakers and the acquired dialogue content for each speaker determining an action corresponding to the acquired relationship and the acquired intention and context for each speaker, and outputting an utterance corresponding to the determined action; generating a control command corresponding to the determined action; and controlling a load based on the generated control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kye Yoon KIM, Donghee SEOK, Dongsoo SHIN, Jeong-Eom LEE, Ga Hee KIM, Seona KIM, Jung Mi PARK, HeeJin RO
  • Publication number: 20190355353
    Abstract: A dialogue system for a vehicle may include: a storage storing context information including at least one of vehicle state information indicating a vehicle state, user information indicating a driver of the vehicle, or driving environment information indicating a driving environment of the vehicle; an input processor determining whether a context of the vehicle is a pre-utterance context, in which the dialogue system firstly outputs an utterance, based on the stored context information, determining whether a task related to the pre-utterance context is a duplicate task which has already processed or is currently processing when the context of the vehicle is the pre-utterance context, and obtaining at least one of an action corresponding to the pre-utterance context or a pre-utterance message to be output by the dialogue system when the task related to the pre-utterance context is not a duplicate task; a dialogue manager obtaining, from the storage, a parameter value of an action parameter used to perform the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dongsoo Shin, Donghee Seok, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190320978
    Abstract: A helmet may include: a brain wave detector configured to detect a brain wave of a user; a sound input configured to receive sound; a sound output configured to output sound; and a controller configured to, in response to detecting the brain wave of the user, compare the detected brain wave with a previously stored brain wave, to activate a dialogue mode when the detected brain wave matches the previously stored brain wave, to recognize a speech from the sound received by the sound input, to generate a dialogue speech based on the recognized speech, and to control the sound output so as to output the generated dialogue speech.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, Dong-Seon Chang, Dongsoo Shin, Seona Kim
  • Publication number: 20190287520
    Abstract: A dialog processing system may include a communication device configured to receive information sent from the outside and circumstantial information; a storage configured to store a rule and a dialog template related the rule; a rule determiner configured to compare a condition of the rule and the information to generate a determined rule; a situation determiner configured to determine to express the determined rule based on the determined rule and circumstantial information collected from the outside; and a result processor configured to generate text to be expressed based on the determined rule and the dialog template and output the text according to a signal sent from the situation determiner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, DongSoo Shin, Seona Kim
  • Publication number: 20190228767
    Abstract: A speech recognition apparatus may include a speech input device configured to receive input of a speech of a user; a database configured to store instruction codes used to generate an instruction; a controller configured to convert the speech into speech data, analyze a sentence uttered by the user comprised in the speech data after a predetermined waiting time, generate an instruction corresponding to an analyzed uttered sentence, and determine whether the uttered sentence may include a target of control and a control command; an output device configured to output the analyzed uttered sentence and a response message to the instruction; and a drive device configured to operate the target of control in accordance with the instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Seona KIM, Jeong-Eom LEE, Dongsoo SHIN