Patents by Inventor Jin-kwon Kim
Jin-kwon 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).
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Publication number: 20240199075Abstract: The autonomous driving control apparatus may be configured to generate one or more driving routes while a host vehicle travels in a first driving route, generate, based on a comparison of each of a plurality of final steering avoidance times for the one or more driving routes to a threshold time, a non-collision route range and a collision route range among the one or more driving routes, and control, based on the first driving route being included in the collision route range, the host vehicle to travel in a second driving route included in the non-collision route range.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: June 20, 2024Inventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Jeong Woo Kim, Dong Eon Oh, Seung Geon Moon
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Patent number: 11506570Abstract: A method for sensing damage of bearing of engine using a vibration signal may include separating a vibration signal of an engine sensed by a vibration sensor installed at one side of the engine of a vehicle into a vibration signal by combustion knocking and a vibration signal of a bearing installed between a crank pin and a connecting rod; extracting, by a signal processing filter, a signal of a predetermined natural frequency band from the vibration signal of the bearing; determining whether the vibration signal of the bearing is higher than a predetermined bearing damage threshold, in a predetermined engine state condition in order to sense breakage of the bearing during operation of the engine; and confirming that the bearing has been damaged.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyuk Im, Dong-Chune Hong, Jin-Kwon Kim, Dae-Woon Kim, Jun-ho Park, Il-Joong Hwang, Hong-Wook Lee, Hyun-Jun Lim
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Patent number: 11370436Abstract: A vehicle controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle controller includes a processor that detect an intervening vehicle based on a line of sight direction of a user; and respond to the intervening vehicle based on an intent of the user when the intervening vehicle is detected; and a storage configured to store information regarding the line of sight direction of the user or the detected intervening vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Byoung Joon Lee, Jin Kwon Kim, Seong Sook Ryu, Sam Yong Kim
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Patent number: 11198445Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of the vehicle includes a processor to adjust a driving assistance controlling setting value, based on at least one of whether a user looks ahead, whether the user performs a driving manipulation, and a driving condition during driving assistance of the vehicle, and a storage to store the driving assistance controlling setting value.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Dong Gu Lee, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Patent number: 10963678Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a face recognition apparatus and method. The face recognition apparatus includes a camera that captures a face image a driver, a database (DB) that stores face data including the face image and one or more environmental conditions corresponding to the face image, and a controller that, when a face recognition function is performed, extracts the face data from the DB based on an environmental condition at a time of recognizing a face, and recognizes a face of the driver based on a face image of the extracted face data.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee
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Patent number: 10882533Abstract: A drowsy driving management device includes: a processor configured to determine whether slow eye movement of a user occurs and whether there is no change in steering torque and to determine that the user drives while drowsy when the slow eye movement of the user occurs and when there is no change in the steering torque for a predetermined period of time; and a storage that stores information indicating whether the slow eye movement occurs and a result of determining whether there is no change in the steering torque.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20200317208Abstract: A drowsy driving management device includes: a processor configured to determine whether slow eye movement of a user occurs and whether there is no change in steering torque and to determine that the user drives while drowsy when the slow eye movement of the user occurs and when there is no change in the steering torque for a predetermined period of time; and a storage that stores information indicating whether the slow eye movement occurs and a result of determining whether there is no change in the steering torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Jin Kwon KIM, Byoung Joon LEE, Sam Yong KIM
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Patent number: 10752261Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driver distraction warning control apparatus and a driver distraction warning control method. The driver distraction warning control apparatus includes a sensor device that detects gaze of a driver, a setting device configured to divide a virtual area on front of the driver into a plurality of gaze areas, and sets a threshold for each of the gaze areas, a determining device that determines a viewing area corresponding to the driver's gaze direction from among the gaze areas, and a controller that performs driver distraction warning control based on the threshold set for the determined viewing area.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee
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Patent number: 10755083Abstract: A vehicle terminal automatically registering a profile image of a user to a vehicle using images stored in a mobile terminal of a user and performing a face authentication includes a communicator that performs a data communication with the mobile terminal of the user, a camera that obtains a face image of the user, and a processor that registers the profile image of the user using an image among the images stored in the mobile terminal. The processor learns a facial feature of the user using the images stored in the mobile terminal as learning data and analyzes the face image obtained through the camera based on the learned facial feature of the user to perform the face authentication of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Yu Jin Yun, Seong Sook Ryu, Hwal Ly Lee, Byoung Joon Lee, Jin Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20200255013Abstract: A vehicle controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle controller includes a processor that detect an intervening vehicle based on a line of sight direction of a user; and respond to the intervening vehicle based on an intent of the user when the intervening vehicle is detected; and a storage configured to store information regarding the line of sight direction of the user or the detected intervening vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Byoung Joon LEE, Jin Kwon Kim, Seong Sook RYU, Sam Yong KIM
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Publication number: 20200156653Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of the vehicle includes a processor to adjust a driving assistance controlling setting value, based on at least one of whether a user looks ahead, whether the user performs a driving manipulation, and a driving condition during driving assistance of the vehicle, and a storage to store the driving assistance controlling setting value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Dong Gu Lee, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Patent number: 10657397Abstract: An apparatus for determining a concentration of a driver includes: a region-of-interest definition processor configured to define a region-of-interest based on traffic-related information on front image information of a vehicle running; a driver eye-gaze detection processor configured to detect a plurality of eye-gaze points from driver image information of a driver in accordance with an eye-gaze movement of the driver; a driver concentration information calculation processor configured to calculate concentration information of each of the eye-gaze points; an image coordinate system processor configured to convert the region-of-interest to an image coordinate system and convert positions of the eye-gaze points to the image coordinate system; and a concentration determination processor configured to determine a concentration of the driver on the image coordinate system based on the concentration information.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Seong Sook Ryu, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20200148220Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driver distraction warning control apparatus and a driver distraction warning control method. The driver distraction warning control apparatus includes a sensor device that detects gaze of a driver, a setting device configured to divide a virtual area on front of the driver into a plurality of gaze areas, and sets a threshold for each of the gaze areas, a determining device that determines a viewing area corresponding to the driver's gaze direction from among the gaze areas, and a controller that performs driver distraction warning control based on the threshold set for the determined viewing area.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee
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Publication number: 20200151433Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a face recognition apparatus and method. The face recognition apparatus includes a camera that captures a face image a driver, a database (DB) that stores face data including the face image and one or more environmental conditions corresponding to the face image, and a controller that, when a face recognition function is performed, extracts the face data from the DB based on an environmental condition at a time of recognizing a face, and recognizes a face of the driver based on a face image of the extracted face data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee
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Patent number: 10625732Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling autonomous driving of a vehicle, and a vehicle system are provided. The apparatus monitors a stress state of a driver using biometric information of the driver and calculates an allowable jerk of the driver based on a jerk at a time point at which the stress state of the driver exceeds a preset reference value. A predicted jerk is calculated based on location and movement information of the vehicle and a preceding vehicle measured while the vehicle travels, and lane information. Additionally, a driving state of the vehicle is determined when the predicted jerk exceeds an allowable jerk of the driver and an alarm is output based on the driving state of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2017Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Sam Yong Kim, Yu Jin Yun, Seong Sook Ryu, Hwal Ly Lee, Byoung Joon Lee
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Patent number: 10625779Abstract: An apparatus for manipulating in-vehicle devices using a steering wheel includes a reference signal input unit for inputting a reference signal to a driver through a charged plate, a touch sensor for receiving the reference signal through human body communication and for detecting a touch of the driver, and a controller for generating a control signal on the basis of the results detected by the touch sensor.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2018Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Seong Sook Ryu, Ho Choul Jung, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20200064225Abstract: A method for detecting a damaged-bearing in an engine using a vibration signal may include: separating, by a controller, a vibration signal of the engine detected by a vibration detecting device installed on one side of the engine of a vehicle into a vibration signal caused by combustion knocking and a vibration signal generated in a bearing, extracting a signal in a predetermined natural frequency band from the vibration signal generated in the bearing using a band-pass filter, and processing the extracted signal to a quantified bearing signal using the controller, and comparing the quantified bearing signal with a preset damaged-bearing criterion using the controller to determine whether the quantified bearing signal is equal to or higher than the preset damaged-bearing criterion to determine a damage to the bearing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyuk IM, Dong-Chune HONG, Jin-Kwon KIM, Dae-Woon KIM, Jun-Ho PARK, Il-Joong HWANG, Hong-Wook LEE, Hyun-Jun LIM
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Publication number: 20200064227Abstract: A method for sensing damage of bearing of engine using a vibration signal may include separating a vibration signal of an engine sensed by a vibration sensor installed at one side of the engine of a vehicle into a vibration signal by combustion knocking and a vibration signal of a bearing installed between a crank pin and a connecting rod; extracting, by a signal processing filter, a signal of a predetermined natural frequency band from the vibration signal of the bearing; determining whether the vibration signal of the bearing is higher than a predetermined bearing damage threshold, in a predetermined engine state condition in order to sense breakage of the bearing during operation of the engine; and confirming that the bearing has been damaged.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hyuk IM, Dong-Chune Hong, Jin-Kwon Kim, Dae-Woon Kim, Jun-ho Park, Il-Joong Hwang, Hong-Wook LEE, Hyun-Jun Lim
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Patent number: 10564070Abstract: A method for detecting a damaged-bearing in an engine using a vibration signal may include: separating, by a controller, a vibration signal of the engine detected by a vibration detecting device installed on one side of the engine of a vehicle into a vibration signal caused by combustion knocking and a vibration signal generated in a bearing, extracting a signal in a predetermined natural frequency band from the vibration signal generated in the bearing using a band-pass filter, and processing the extracted signal to a quantified bearing signal using the controller, and comparing the quantified bearing signal with a preset damaged-bearing criterion using the controller to determine whether the quantified bearing signal is equal to or higher than the preset damaged-bearing criterion to determine a damage to the bearing.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2018Date of Patent: February 18, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Hyuk Im, Dong-Chune Hong, Jin-Kwon Kim, Dae-Woon Kim, Jun-Ho Park, Il-Joong Hwang, Hong-Wook Lee, Hyun-Jun Lim
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Patent number: 10558875Abstract: A system for determining a state of a driver includes a face tracking device configured to detect coordinates and a direction vector of a face at intervals of a sampling time from a face image of the driver, an event detecting device configured to detect valid behavior of a vehicle as an event, and a determination device configured to determine an impaired state of the driver based on a reflex response time of the driver when the event is detected by the event detecting device.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Seong Sook Ryu, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim