Patents by Inventor Jeong-Soo Eo

Jeong-Soo Eo 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: 11919520
    Abstract: A wheel slip control method for a vehicle is provided, and includes estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system based on operation information of the driving system while a vehicle travels, determining whether the slip of a drive wheel occurs from the estimated equivalent inertia information of the driving system, determining whether the drive wheel is in an uneven wheel slip state where the slip occurs only in one of a left wheel and a right wheel of the drive wheel from a left wheel speed and a right wheel speed detected by a sensor, if it is determined that the slip of the drive wheel occurs, and controlling an operation of a braking device such that a braking force is applied to the vehicle wheel in which the slip occurs, if it is determined that the vehicle wheel is in the uneven wheel slip state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Ki Mo Sohn, Lee Hyoung Cho
  • Patent number: 11904701
    Abstract: Apparatus and method of producing a virtual after-burn effect using a controller in an electric vehicle, may include receiving, by the controller, vehicle driving information during vehicle driving, determining, by the controller, virtual variable information in an internal combustion engine on the basis of the input vehicle driving information, determining, by the controller, a virtual after-burn effect characteristic on the basis of the virtual variable information in an internal combustion engine, outputting, by the controller, a control signal for producing the virtual after-burn effect on the basis of the virtual after-born effect characteristic information, and controlling, by the controller, an operation of an effect-production apparatus configured for producing the virtual after-burn effect on the basis of the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Dong Chul Park, Tae Kun Yun, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11872890
    Abstract: A control method of an electric vehicle is proposed. The control method includes generating and realizing a virtual sensation of gear shifting the same as that of a vehicle equipped with a multi-speed transmission, in the electric vehicle without a multi-speed transmission. In particular, virtual gear shift intervention torque and limit torque for each virtual gear shift stage are determined from input variables through a virtual gear shift model by inputting vehicle driving information collected from a vehicle during operation. Then the determined virtual shift intervention torque, the determined limit torque for each virtual shift stage, and motor torque command are applied to operate a motor, thereby realizing the virtual sensation of multi-speed gear shifting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11872980
    Abstract: A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle, which comprises a plurality of driving devices for generating driving force for driving the vehicle, includes: obtaining, by a controller, equivalent inertia information for each driving device based on operation information of each driving system during traveling of the vehicle; calculating, by the controller, a calibration amount for calibrating a driving force command or a braking force command for each wheel in real time by using the equivalent inertia information obtained; calibrating, by the controller, the driving force command or the braking force command for each wheel by using the calculated calibration amount; and controlling, by the controller, the driving force according to the calibrated driving force command or the braking force according to the calibrated braking force command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20240001917
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method of controlling a vehicle for one-pedal driving assistance includes acquiring real-time driving information of a subject vehicle detected by a driving information detection unit and real-time vehicle-ahead information detected by a front detection unit; determining whether the subject vehicle has entered an automatic control inspection section using relative distance information with respect to a vehicle ahead in the acquired real-time vehicle-ahead information; starting an automatic distance control mode upon determining that the subject vehicle has entered the automatic control inspection section; and controlling a relative speed with respect to the vehicle ahead so that a relative distance with respect to the vehicle ahead is allowed to be adjusted to a target relative distance with respect to the vehicle ahead based on the real-time driving information and the real-time vehicle-ahead information during the automatic distance control mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Jin Rak Park, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11858345
    Abstract: A method of controlling wheel slip of a vehicle and an apparatus thereof, the method includes determining, by a controller, a torque command for a driving device configured to drive the vehicle based on vehicle operation information obtained by an operation information detector while the vehicle is traveling, obtaining, by the controller, real-time vertical load information of a left wheel and a right wheel of the vehicle while the vehicle is traveling based on the vehicle operation information collected in the vehicle, determining, by the controller, a threshold engagement torque for control of a limited slip differential from the obtained real-time vertical load information, comparing, by the controller, a real-time torque command determined in real time based on the vehicle operation information, with the determined threshold engagement torque, and controlling, by the controller, the limited slip differential to be engaged so that differential action of a differential is limited when the real-time torque c
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20230406306
    Abstract: A method of controlling driving force of a vehicle, includes providing a first filter for removing or reducing a natural frequency component of the vehicle suspension pitch motion, and a second filter for extracting or increasing the natural frequency component of the vehicle suspension pitch motion to a controller of the vehicle, determining a required driving force command based on vehicle driving information collected during driving of the vehicle, determining a driving force command after filter application through a processing process by the first filter taking the determined required driving force command as input thereof, determining a driving force correction amount through a processing process by the second filter taking feedback driving force as input thereof, and correcting the driving force command after filter application using the driving force correction amount and controlling driving force applied to a driving wheel of the vehicle by a driving device of the vehicle using the driving force comm
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11845460
    Abstract: A method of virtualizing the characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine vehicle in an electric vehicle includes: receiving vehicle driving information of the electric vehicle at a controller, determining a current vehicle driving mode based on the input vehicle driving information by the controller, determining a virtual engine speed in the determined vehicle driving mode using the vehicle driving information by the controller, outputting a control signal for virtualizing characteristics of an internal-combustion-engine (ICE) driving system corresponding to a current vehicle driving mode based on the determined virtual engine speed by the controller, and virtualizing the characteristics of the ICE driving system corresponding to the current vehicle driving mode by controlling an operation of a virtualization device according to the output control signal by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jong Kil Baek, Jin Sung Lee, Se Hoon Park, Jeong Soo Eo, Dong Chul Park, Tae Kun Yun, Dong Pil Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230395059
    Abstract: Proposed is a method of virtualizing characteristics of an internal combustion engine vehicle in an electric vehicle, the method including obtaining, by a controller, powertrain state information for a vehicle powertrain including a motor that makes a vehicle move and a power transmission device between the motor and driving wheels, determining, by the controller, tooth surface pressures of gears in the powertrain between the motor and the driving wheels based on the obtained powertrain state information, generating, by the controller, a virtual effect signal for generating a virtual effect that simulates powertrain characteristics of the internal combustion engine vehicle based on the determined tooth surface pressures of the gears in the powertrain, and generating, by the controller, the virtual effect that simulates the powertrain characteristics of the internal combustion engine vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20230377377
    Abstract: In a method and system for determining a DTE of a vehicle, real-time transportation situation information from a current position of the vehicle to a destination is transmitted to a vehicle. The transmitted transportation situation information and obtaining vehicle forward driving situation information to the destination are received. Predicted battery consumption energy consumed for traveling from the current position to the destination using a battery usage prediction model to which the obtained vehicle forward driving situation information and current vehicle state information obtained from the vehicle are input are predicted and determined. A DTE at the destination as a predicted value at the current position is determined using the determined predicted battery consumption energy to the destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hee KIM, Jeong Soo EO
  • Publication number: 20230347747
    Abstract: A method for controlling regenerative braking includes setting a filter simulation map for simulating a filter of removing or passing a natural frequency component of vehicle suspension pitch motion according to suspension device characteristics of the vehicle and providing the filter simulation map to a controller of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, a required regenerative braking force command based on vehicle driving information collected during driving of the vehicle, determining a final front wheel regenerative braking force command and a final rear wheel regenerative braking force command from the determined required regenerative braking force command through a limit value application process using a limit value determined in the filter simulation map, and controlling a regenerative braking force applied to front and rear wheels as a force for decelerating the vehicle by a driving device for driving the vehicle according to the determined final front and rear wheel regenerative braking force
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11787410
    Abstract: In a torque distribution method for a vehicle, torque is optimally distributed to front and rear wheels of a vehicle by reflecting pitch motion characteristics and longitudinal load movement information of the vehicle in real time. The repetition of wheel slip and the degradation of wheel slip control performance caused by the pitch motion are reduced. The longitudinal load movement of the vehicle is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Young Joon Chang, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20230303087
    Abstract: A method for controlling a driving force of a vehicle includes setting and providing a filter simulation map for simulating a filter to a control unit of the vehicle, determining a required driving force command based on vehicle driving information collected while the vehicle is driven, determining a final front wheel driving force command and a final rear wheel driving force command from the determined required driving force command through a limit application process of using a limit determined in accordance with a vehicle driving variable in the filter simulation map, and controlling a driving force which is applied to front wheels and rear wheels of the vehicle by a driving device configured to drive the vehicle in accordance with the determined final front wheel driving force command and the determined final rear wheel driving force command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo EO
  • Patent number: 11760207
    Abstract: A control device and method of an electric vehicle for realizing virtual drive system sensibility is disclosed. A main objective is to provide the control device and method of the electric vehicle capable of realizing and providing differentiated driving sensibility that may be felt in other drive systems such as a drive system of an internal combustion engine vehicle. The control method includes determining a basic torque command, for controlling operation of a driving motor, from vehicle driving information collected by a controller while driving a vehicle; determining a virtual drive system torque command, which is a corrected torque command for realizing virtual drive system sensibility, from a determined basic torque command by using a virtual drive system model preset in the controller, and controlling torque of the driving motor by the controller according to a determined virtual drive system torque command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11745723
    Abstract: A vehicle driving force control method is provided. The vehicle driving force control method includes collecting vehicle driving information, estimating speed of a driving system of a vehicle from the collected vehicle driving information and calculating speed difference between measurement speed of the driving system and the estimated speed of the driving system, obtaining torque command rate information from the calculated speed difference, limiting a variation of reference torque command determined according to the vehicle driving information based on the acquired torque command rate information to determine final torque command, and controlling operation of a vehicle driving device according to the final torque command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo, Sung Jae Kim, Lee Hyoung Cho
  • Publication number: 20230249703
    Abstract: A control method for generating a virtual shifting sense of an electric vehicle is proposed. The objective of the control method is to enable a driver to feel differentiated driving sensitivity and various types of enjoyment of driving by generating and implementing a shifting sense in an electric vehicle without a multi-range transmission like a vehicle with a multi-range transmission. In order to achieve the objective, a control method of an electric vehicle that determines a torque range for controlling a motor and virtual shift intervention torque for implementing a virtual shifting sense from virtual variable information, determines driver request torque corresponding to a driving input value by a driver within the determined torque range, and then controls motor torque using the determined driver request torque and virtual shift intervention torque.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo EO
  • Patent number: 11691624
    Abstract: A method for controlling deceleration of a vehicle includes determining, by a controller, a reference deceleration driving distance of the vehicle based on current speed information of the vehicle and stop signal residual time information of a traffic light located ahead of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, whether the reference deceleration driving distance is less than or equal to a distance between the vehicle and the traffic light, and determining, by the controller, a speed profile including an actual deceleration driving distance of the vehicle based on a waiting distance of a waiting vehicle that waits before the traffic light when it is determined that the reference deceleration driving distance is less than or equal to the distance between the vehicle and the traffic light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Do Hee Kim, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Patent number: 11679683
    Abstract: A method for implementing virtual internal combustion engine vibration in an electric vehicle includes collecting operation variable information for determining a torque instruction and implementing the virtual internal combustion engine vibration, determining a virtual internal combustion engine vibration characteristic based on the collected operation variable information, determining a vibration torque instruction having the determined virtual internal combustion engine vibration characteristic, correcting the vibration torque instruction by correcting the determined virtual internal combustion engine vibration characteristic of the vibration torque instruction and/or a value of the vibration torque instruction, based on a basic motor torque instruction determined by the collected operation variable information and preset backlash occurring area information, determining a final motor torque instruction using the basic motor torque instruction and the corrected vibration torque instruction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Dong Chul Park, Jeong Soo Eo, Tae Kun Yun
  • Patent number: 11648933
    Abstract: A method for controlling wheel slip of a vehicle includes: observing and estimating equivalent inertia information of a driving system in real time based on operation information of the driving system by receiving the operation information of the driving system for driving the vehicle; calculating the compensated amount for compensating a torque command of a driving device from the equivalent inertia information of the driving system observed and estimated by a controller; compensating the torque command of the driving device by using the calculated compensated amount; and performing a control of a torque applied to a driving wheel according to the compensated torque command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won Oh, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20230134424
    Abstract: A driving method of controlling a vehicle is provided to solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning, to a method that can solve the problem of a repeated wheel slip and deterioration of wheel slip control performance due to a roll motion by controlling the driving force of a vehicle by reflecting vertical load information of tires in real time while the vehicle is turning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2022
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Won OH, Jeong Soo EO