Patents by Inventor Jonghwa YOON

Jonghwa YOON 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: 11235759
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes: an input device that is configured to receive a user command from a user; and a controller that is configured to: obtain vehicle driving information, based on the vehicle driving information, control the vehicle to travel autonomously, determine whether the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, based on a determination that the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to ignore the user command, in response to a determination to ignore the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information without the user command, based on a determination that the user command is consistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to apply the user command, and in response to a determination to apply the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information and the user command is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Cheolmun Kim, Sanghyuk Lee, Jonghwa Yoon
  • Patent number: 10766484
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus can include a sensor for sensing environment information of a vehicle surrounding area, a display for displaying an image of the vehicle surrounding area; and a processor to determine a parking area within the vehicle surrounding area on which parking is allowable, generate virtual parking lines within the parking area, and control the display to display the virtual parking lines, receive an input selecting a candidate parking space within the virtual parking lines, set the selected candidate parking space as a target parking position, and control a vehicle to be driven to the target parking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeonju Bae, Seongju Ha, Jonghwa Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200070820
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes: an input device that is configured to receive a user command from a user; and a controller that is configured to: obtain vehicle driving information, based on the vehicle driving information, control the vehicle to travel autonomously, determine whether the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, based on a determination that the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to ignore the user command, in response to a determination to ignore the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information without the user command, based on a determination that the user command is consistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to apply the user command, and in response to a determination to apply the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information and the user command is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Cheolmun KIM, Sanghyuk LEE, Jonghwa YOON
  • Publication number: 20190375397
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vehicle control device included in a vehicle and a control method for the vehicle. According to one embodiment of the present invention, the vehicle control device, comprises: a sensing unit for sensing peripheral information of the vehicle; a display unit; and a processor for determining a parking space in which the vehicle can be parked on the basis of the sensed peripheral information, and outputting information related to the determined parking space on the display unit, wherein the processor outputs the information related to the parking space on the display unit in different methods on the basis of the type of road on which the vehicle is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2017
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Hyeonju BAE, Jonghwa YOON
  • Patent number: 10471956
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes: an input device that is configured to receive a user command from a user; and a controller that is configured to: obtain vehicle driving information, based on the vehicle driving information, control the vehicle to travel autonomously, determine whether the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, based on a determination that the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to ignore the user command, in response to a determination to ignore the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information without the user command, based on a determination that the user command is consistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to apply the user command, and in response to a determination to apply the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information and the user command is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Cheolmun Kim, Sanghyuk Lee, Jonghwa Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190276044
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a user interface apparatus for vehicle comprising: an output unit; a driver sensing unit; and a processor configured to determine a driving level of a driver, based on driver information acquired through the driver sensing unit, select a traveling function based on the driving level of the driver among a plurality of traveling functions, and control to output information on the selected traveling function through the output unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeonju BAE, Duckgee PARK, Jonghwa YOON
  • Patent number: 10378943
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for a vehicle includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a communication device located at a gas station, and a processor configured to control the vehicle to perform at least one of autonomous driving or autonomous fueling based on information received from the communication device. In addition, a control method for controlling a vehicle includes communicating with a communication device located at a gas station, and controlling a vehicle to perform an operation based on information received from the communication device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Daebum Kim, Sangmin Park, Jonghwa Yoon, Chaehwan Leem
  • Patent number: 10246095
    Abstract: A regenerative braking control apparatus includes an interface unit configured to receive driving information of a vehicle; an object detection device configured to generate object information based on detecting an object outside the vehicle; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: determine whether to perform regenerative braking for the vehicle, based on the driving information and the object information; and provide at least one signal corresponding to a result of determining whether to perform the regenerative braking for the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Jinkyo Lee, Kwangjin Jang, Jonghwa Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180126986
    Abstract: A vehicle that includes: an input device that is configured to receive a user command from a user; and a controller that is configured to: obtain vehicle driving information, based on the vehicle driving information, control the vehicle to travel autonomously, determine whether the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, based on a determination that the user command is inconsistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to ignore the user command, in response to a determination to ignore the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information without the user command, based on a determination that the user command is consistent with the vehicle driving information, determine to apply the user command, and in response to a determination to apply the user command, control the vehicle based on the vehicle driving information and the user command is disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Cheolmun KIM, Sanghyuk LEE, Jonghwa YOON
  • Publication number: 20180106654
    Abstract: A vehicle control device for a vehicle includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a communication device located at a gas station, and a processor configured to control the vehicle to perform at least one of autonomous driving or autonomous fueling based on information received from the communication device. In addition, a control method for controlling a vehicle includes communicating with a communication device located at a gas station, and controlling a vehicle to perform an operation based on information received from the communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Inventors: Daebum KIM, Sangmin PARK, Jonghwa YOON, Chaehwan LEEM
  • Publication number: 20180099661
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus can include a sensor for sensing environment information of a vehicle surrounding area, a display for displaying an image of the vehicle surrounding area; and a processor to determine a parking area within the vehicle surrounding area on which parking is allowable, generate virtual parking lines within the parking area, and control the display to display the virtual parking lines, receive an input selecting a candidate parking space within the virtual parking lines, set the selected candidate parking space as a target parking position, and control a vehicle to be driven to the target parking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Hyeonju BAE, Seongju HA, Jonghwa YOON
  • Publication number: 20180043896
    Abstract: A regenerative braking control apparatus includes an interface unit configured to receive driving information of a vehicle; an object detection device configured to generate object information based on detecting an object outside the vehicle; and at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to: determine whether to perform regenerative braking for the vehicle, based on the driving information and the object information; and provide at least one signal corresponding to a result of determining whether to perform the regenerative braking for the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Jinkyo LEE, Kwangjin JANG, Jonghwa YOON