Patents by Inventor Jin-Sung Lee

Jin-Sung 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: 20240247272
    Abstract: The present invention provides antisense oligonucleotides for the treatment of various T-type calcium channel ?1G subunit-related disorders, and more specifically, antisense oligonucleotides for inhibiting expression of the gene encoding Cav3.1, targeting SEQ ID NO: 1, for the treatment of various neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson's disease, epilepsy, essential tremor, depression, anxiety disorders, and unconsciousness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Dae Soo KIM, Jin Kuk KIM, Ye Won LEE, Eun Ji JUNG, Min Sung PARK, Sin Jeong LEE, Su Jin CHAE
  • Publication number: 20240241050
    Abstract: A fire detection method is provided. The fire detection method calculates a singular value for determining whether smoke penetrating into a chamber is caused by a fire or a non-fire by using the processor, based on n number of normalized values of scattered light and n number of normalized values of transmitted light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Hoe-Sung YANG, SOOCHEOL KIM, Hyunseok KIM, Jin Hwa RYU, SO YUNG PARK, KANG BOK LEE, Yong Tae LEE, Kwang-soo CHO, Kyu Won HAN
  • Patent number: 12014735
    Abstract: An emotion adjustment system for determining a user's emotions based on a user's voice includes: a microphone configured to receive the user's voice; a controller configured to extract a plurality of sound quality factors in response to processing the user's voice, calculate a depression index of the user based on at least one sound quality factor among the plurality of sound quality factors, identify an emotional state of the user as a depressive state when the depression index is a preset value or more, determine the depressive state as a first state or a second state based on a correlation between at least two sound quality factors among the plurality of sound quality factors, and transmit a control command corresponding to the emotional state of the user identified as the first state or the second state; and a feedback device configured to perform an operation corresponding to the control command.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Dong Chul Park, Tae Kun Yun, Jin Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 12001755
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for caring emotion of a driver based on a vehicle sound, may include a detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle and body information of a user, a non-transitory storage to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor determines an emotional status of the driver by use of at least one of the driving information or the body information, to generate a healing sound by designing a virtual sound based on the driving information and the emotional status of the driver, and to generate and output the healing sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Eun Soo Jo, Tae Kun Yun, Sang Jin Hong, Dong Chul Park, Kyoung Jin Chang, Ju In Kim, Jin Sung Lee, Myung Hwan Yun, Sung Ho Kim
  • Patent number: 11997761
    Abstract: A 5G or pre-5G communication system is provided to support higher data transmission rates after 4G communication systems such as LTE. To support communication of a terminal that dually accesses a first radio access technology (RAT) communication system and a second RAT communication system, a session generation request message for transmitting traffic is received from a terminal. A target communication system that is to generate a data path with respect to the traffic from the first RAT communication system and the second RAT communication system is determined, the data path for the target communication system is configured, and information about the configured data path is transmitted to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung-Shin Park, Ki-Suk Kweon, Sang-Jun Moon, Ji-Cheol Lee, Jin-Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11974115
    Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11904769
    Abstract: A system for generating a virtual engine sound may include a server having information on at least one review of the virtual engine sound, and a virtual engine sound generator to generate “my sound” by tuning the virtual engine sound based on information on customized design settings, to update a preset driver emotion model for each emotion evaluation area of the virtual engine sound, based on the information on the at least one review of the virtual engine sound, which is received from the server, and to update the virtual engine sound based on the “my sound” and the driver emotion model updated for each emotion evaluation area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11893973
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Tae Kun Yun, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • 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
  • Patent number: 11772554
    Abstract: A method of providing virtual sound in an electric vehicle, includes: collecting vehicle driving information for outputting the virtual sound; determining characteristics of the virtual sound based on the collected vehicle driving information; generating a virtual effect signal for outputting the virtual sound, based on the determined characteristics; generating a sound signal containing the characteristics, based on the virtual effect signal; collecting the generated sound signal to obtain a final sound signal corresponding to a vehicle rating selected according to setting information based on the preset vehicle rating and a sound correction algorithm; and outputting the virtual sound corresponding to the selected vehicle rating, according to the final sound signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Sung Lee, Ki Chang Kim, Dong Chul Park
  • Publication number: 20230294662
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for generating a virtual sound to generate the virtual sound depending on a driving condition of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus comprises a detection device configured to detect vehicle environment data, a sound output device configured to play and output a virtual sound, and a processing device connected with the detection device and the sound output device. The processing device is configured to generate the virtual sound using the vehicle environment data and a big data-based sound database in a zero to hundred condition and controls the sound output device to play the generated virtual sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Tae Kun Yun, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230191954
    Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling a vehicle seat so as to control a seat back and a neck pillow based on a sound. The apparatus includes the vehicle seat installed in a vehicle and including a seat back and a neck pillow, a detector for detecting vehicle information and seat information, and a processor connected to the vehicle seat and the detector, wherein the processor determines a vehicle state and a seat sitting posture based on the vehicle information and the seat information, analyzes a sound being reproduced in the vehicle, determines a haptic pattern and a haptic pressure based on the vehicle state and the seat sitting posture, and the analysis of the sound, and controls the seat back and the neck pillow based on the determined haptic pattern and haptic pressure to provide a haptic effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Tae Kun Yun, Dong Chul Park, Kyoung Jin Chang, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230186894
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sound design method for overcoming sense of difference when there is no virtual sound while an auto cruise control is activated. The method includes determining whether an accelerator pedal is actuated; upon determining that the accelerator pedal is not actuated, determining whether an auto cruise control system is operating; upon determining whether the auto cruise control system is operating, classifying a vehicle speed-based order component from a driving sound; and reproducing a speed sensitive virtual sound based on the classified vehicle speed-based order component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Tae Kun Yun, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Publication number: 20230146799
    Abstract: A sound generation apparatus for an electrification vehicle and a method of use thereof are provided. In example embodiments, the sound generation apparatus receives driving information, determines a driving situation based on the driving information, designs an acceleration sound when the driving situation is determined as an acceleration situation, or designs a cornering sound when the driving situation is determined as a cornering situation, and plays and outputs the acceleration sound or the cornering sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Tae Kun Yun, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Jin Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 11628767
    Abstract: A method of playing a virtual after-burn sound in an electric vehicle is provided. The method includes acquiring driver tendency information generated based on information of music played in a mobile phone and collecting driving variable information for playing a virtual sound during operation of the electric vehicle. Additionally, characteristics of a virtual after-burn sound are determined based on the collected driving variable information. The characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound are corrected according to the acquired driver tendency information. An after-burn signal is generated for playing the virtual after-burn sound based on information about the corrected characteristics of the virtual after-burn sound and operation of sound equipment is adjusted according to the created after-burn signal such that a virtual after-burn sound discriminated according to the driver tendency is played and output from the sound equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Jin Sung Lee, Jeong Soo Eo, Dong Chul Park, Tae Kun Yun, Ji Won Oh
  • Publication number: 20230064483
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a driving sound in a vehicle includes a first conversion device that receives first sound information and converts the received first sound information into second sound information, a second conversion device that converts the second sound information into third sound information based on a conversion parameter, a storage that receives feedback information of a user about the third sound information and corrects and stores the third sound information, and a playback device that plays the stored third sound information
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Jin Sung Lee, Dong Chul Park, Eun Soo Jo, Sang Jin Hong
  • Publication number: 20230016272
    Abstract: A virtual sound provision apparatus for an electric vehicle includes a driving information detector configured to detect vehicle driving information for outputting a virtual driving sound, a microphone configured to detect an actual driving sound generated from the electric vehicle, a controller configured to determine a characteristic of a target sound based on an acceleration and deceleration driving pattern of a driver from an accelerator pedal input value and a brake pedal input value of the driver, and generating and outputting a sound control signal for outputting the virtual driving sound having the characteristic of the target sound based on the determined characteristic information of the target sound and characteristic information of the actual driving sound, and a sound device configured to output a virtual engine sound that simulates an engine sound from the electric vehicle at the time of acceleration and deceleration according to the sound control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Ki Chang Kim, Jin Sung Lee, Ji Won Oh, Dong Chul Park, Kyoung Jin Chang, Tae Kun Yun, Jeong Soo Eo
  • Publication number: 20220369059
    Abstract: An active sound design (ASD) tuning device and a method thereof may include an ASD device that generates a virtual engine sound for each vehicle situation and a control device that outputs a composite sound by correcting and synthesizing the virtual engine sound and an internal sound measured for each vehicle situation based on a binaural vehicle impulse response (BVIR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ki Chang KIM, Dong Chul PARK, Eun Soo JO, Jin Sung LEE
  • Publication number: 20220357912
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for caring emotion of a driver based on a vehicle sound, may include a detector configured to detect driving information of the vehicle and body information of a user, a non-transitory storage to store instructions, and a processor to execute the instructions. The processor determines an emotional status of the driver by use of at least one of the driving information or the body information, to generate a healing sound by designing a virtual sound based on the driving information and the emotional status of the driver, and to generate and output the healing sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Ki Chang KIM, Eun Soo JO, Tae Kun YUN, Sang Jin HONG, Dong Chul PARK, Kyoung Jin CHANG, Ju In KIM, Jin Sung LEE, Myung Hwan YUN, Sung Ho KIM
  • Publication number: 20220355732
    Abstract: A system for generating a virtual engine sound may include a server having information on at least one review of the virtual engine sound, and a virtual engine sound generator to generate “my sound” by tuning the virtual engine sound based on information on customized design settings, to update a preset driver emotion model for each emotion evaluation area of the virtual engine sound, based on the information on the at least one review of the virtual engine sound, which is received from the server, and to update the virtual engine sound based on the “my sound” and the driver emotion model updated for each emotion evaluation area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Chang KIM, Dong Chul PARK, Eun Soo JO, Jin Sung LEE