Patents by Inventor Jong-rok Park
Jong-rok Park 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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Patent number: 11772652Abstract: A cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system acquires a driving pattern of a target vehicle and variably provides an inter-vehicle distance and a responsible speed level of a subject vehicle that are followed by the CACC system based on the driving pattern. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information and road information of a region in which the subject vehicle travels; an information collection unit collecting driving information of a forward vehicle, vehicle information of the subject vehicle, and the road information; and a control unit controlling the inter-vehicle distance and the responsible speed level of the CACC system based on the driving pattern of the target vehicle according to generated control information.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Dong Gyu Noh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Jong Rok Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Jun Sik Hwang, Min Byeong Lee, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Patent number: 11654906Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus and method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system, which can improve fuel efficiency through control of a vehicle speed so that a vehicle travels using an optimized cost in consideration of a target vehicle speed, current vehicle speed, minimum driving speed set in the vehicle, and a deceleration distance if the vehicle that uses the CACC system senses a forward vehicle and enters into a CACC active mode. The control method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system includes setting a target speed profile based on a target speed of the subject vehicle and an expected driving path, determining whether a target vehicle to be followed by the subject vehicle exists, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle according to the set target speed profile depending on whether or not the target vehicle exists.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2021Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Dong Gyu Noh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Jong Rok Park, Kyung Joo Bang, Cho Rong Ryu, Min Byeong Lee, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Patent number: 11590976Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Myung Seon Heo, Dong Gyu Noh, Young Chul Oh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Hyoung Geun Kwon, Dae Sung Hwang, Ki Cheol Shin, Jong Rok Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Jun Sik Hwang, Min Byeong Lee, Seung Wook Park, Hahk Rel Noh, Byung Yong You
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Publication number: 20220396267Abstract: A cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system acquires a driving pattern of a target vehicle and variably provides an inter-vehicle distance and a responsible speed level of a subject vehicle that are followed by the CACC system based on the driving pattern. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information and road information of a region in which the subject vehicle travels; an information collection unit collecting driving information of a forward vehicle, vehicle information of the subject vehicle, and the road information; and a control unit controlling the inter-vehicle distance and the responsible speed level of the CACC system based on the driving pattern of the target vehicle according to generated control information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Inventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Dong Gyu Noh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Jong Rok Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Jun Sik Hwang, Min Byeong Lee, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Patent number: 11458970Abstract: A cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system acquires a driving pattern of a target vehicle and variably provides an inter-vehicle distance and a responsible speed level of a subject vehicle that are followed by the CACC system based on the driving pattern. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information and road information of a region in which the subject vehicle travels; an information collection unit collecting driving information of a forward vehicle, vehicle information of the subject vehicle, and the road information; and a control unit controlling the inter-vehicle distance and the responsible speed level of the CACC system based on the driving pattern of the target vehicle according to generated control information.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Dong Gyu Noh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Jong Rok Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Jun Sik Hwang, Min Byeong Lee, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Patent number: 11215991Abstract: An autonomous driving system for vehicles includes: an autonomous driving controller for controlling autonomous driving of a host vehicle based on information of nearby vehicles and requesting warning and handover upon determining that a failure in autonomous driving of nearby vehicles has occurred; a communication controller for requesting the warning and handover; selecting an emergency target vehicle and requesting a driving mode of following the emergency target vehicle upon receiving autonomous driving failure information; a human-machine interface device for outputting warning and handover information in response to the request of the autonomous driving controller and the communication controller; and a host vehicle driving controller for controlling driving of the host vehicle in response to the request of the autonomous driving controller and the communication controller.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hahk Rel Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Dae Sung Hwang, Jun Ho Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Tae Jun Lee, Da Yeon Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Jong Rok Park
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Publication number: 20210316726Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Myung Seon Heo, Dong Gyu Noh, Young Chul Oh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Hyoung Geun Kwon, Dae Sung Hwang, Ki Cheol Shin, Jong Rok Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Jun Sik Hwang, Min Byeong Lee, Seung Wook Park, Hahk Rel Noh, Byung Yong You
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Patent number: 11066070Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle speed based on information about forward vehicles that travel in the same lane may be acquired using Vehicle to Everything (V2X) communications in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) system. The CACC system includes a communication unit receiving vehicle information from neighboring vehicles using V2V communications; an information collection unit collecting vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles and the subject vehicle using sensors; and a control unit determining a forward vehicle and a far-forward vehicle using the sensors, selecting first and second target vehicles for being followed by the subject vehicle based on the vehicle information of the forward vehicle and the far-forward vehicle and the vehicle information of the neighboring vehicles, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle based on speed information of the first and second target vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2017Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Myung Seon Heo, Dong Gyu Noh, Young Chul Oh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Hyoung Geun Kwon, Dae Sung Hwang, Ki Cheol Shin, Jong Rok Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Jun Sik Hwang, Min Byeong Lee, Seung Wook Park, Hahk Rel Noh, Byung Yong You
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Patent number: 11029384Abstract: A system for detecting fake information about a vehicle location may include a radio signal receiver configured to receive a radio signal from a communication system; a message receiver configured to receive the radio signal to generate a message and determine the message to generate information about a location of the communication system; a radio signal incident angle calculator configured to generate a radio signal incident angle; an azimuth calculator configured to generate a location information azimuth angle by use of the information about locations of the communication system and a receiving vehicle, and a fake vehicle generated by the communication system; and a location information fake detector configured to determine whether location information of the fake vehicle is faked by use of a difference value between an angle corresponding to a reference axis of the location information azimuth angle and the location information azimuth angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Jong Rok Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Dae Sung Hwang, Hahk Rel Noh, Cho Rong Ryu, Tae Jun Lee, Hyo Gon Kim, In Seon An, Yong Tae Park, Tae Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20210146925Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus and method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system, which can improve fuel efficiency through control of a vehicle speed so that a vehicle travels using an optimized cost in consideration of a target vehicle speed, current vehicle speed, minimum driving speed set in the vehicle, and a deceleration distance if the vehicle that uses the CACC system senses a forward vehicle and enters into a CACC active mode. The control method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system includes setting a target speed profile based on a target speed of the subject vehicle and an expected driving path, determining whether a target vehicle to be followed by the subject vehicle exists, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle according to the set target speed profile depending on whether or not the target vehicle exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2021Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Yoon Soo KIM, Dong Gyu NOH, In Yong JUNG, Su Lyun SUNG, Seung Wook PARK, Jong Rok PARK, Kyung Joo BANG, Cho Rong RYU, Min Byeong LEE, Hahk Rel NOH, Dae Sung HWANG
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Patent number: 10946859Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus and method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system, which can improve fuel efficiency through control of a vehicle speed so that a vehicle travels using an optimized cost in consideration of a target vehicle speed, current vehicle speed, minimum driving speed set in the vehicle, and a deceleration distance if the vehicle that uses the CACC system senses a forward vehicle and enters into a CACC active mode. The control method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system includes setting a target speed profile based on a target speed of the subject vehicle and an expected driving path, determining whether a target vehicle to be followed by the subject vehicle exists, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle according to the set target speed profile depending on whether or not the target vehicle exists.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2019Date of Patent: March 16, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Dong Gyu Noh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Jong Rok Park, Kyung Joo Bang, Cho Rong Ryu, Min Byeong Lee, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Publication number: 20200183384Abstract: An autonomous driving system for vehicles includes: an autonomous driving controller for controlling autonomous driving of a host vehicle based on information of nearby vehicles and requesting warning and handover upon determining that a failure in autonomous driving of nearby vehicles has occurred; a communication controller for requesting the warning and handover; selecting an emergency target vehicle and requesting a driving mode of following the emergency target vehicle upon receiving autonomous driving failure information; a human-machine interface device for outputting warning and handover information in response to the request of the autonomous driving controller and the communication controller; and a host vehicle driving controller for controlling driving of the host vehicle in response to the request of the autonomous driving controller and the communication controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2019Publication date: June 11, 2020Inventors: Hahk Rel Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Dae Sung Hwang, Jun Ho Park, Cho Rong Ryu, Tae Jun Lee, Da Yeon Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Jong Rok Park
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Patent number: 10535265Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for recognizing a position of a vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jong Rok Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Tae Jun Lee, Cho Rong Ryu, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Publication number: 20190276018Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus and method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system, which can improve fuel efficiency through control of a vehicle speed so that a vehicle travels using an optimized cost in consideration of a target vehicle speed, current vehicle speed, minimum driving speed set in the vehicle, and a deceleration distance if the vehicle that uses the CACC system senses a forward vehicle and enters into a CACC active mode. The control method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system includes setting a target speed profile based on a target speed of the subject vehicle and an expected driving path, determining whether a target vehicle to be followed by the subject vehicle exists, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle according to the set target speed profile depending on whether or not the target vehicle exists.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2019Publication date: September 12, 2019Inventors: Yoon Soo KIM, Dong Gyu NOH, In Yong JUNG, Su Lyun JUNG, Seung Wook PARK, Jong Rok PARK, Kyung Joo BANG, Cho Rong RYU, Min Byeong LEE, Hahk Rel NOH, Dae Sung HWANG
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Patent number: 10410436Abstract: An apparatus for verifying a vehicle in an inter-vehicular communication environment includes: a communication unit configured to receive a basic safety message and a verification message from a remote vehicle that is allowed to engage in inter-vehicular communication; and a controller configured to determine that the remote vehicle is reliable when the communication unit receives the verification message from the remote vehicle at least a predefined number of times over a predefined period of time, and to generate permission to utilize the basic safety message received from the remote vehicle when the controller determines that the remote vehicle is reliable.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Dong Gyu Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Dae Sung Hwang, Jong Rok Park, Hahk Rel Noh, Cho Rong Ryu, Tae Jun Lee, Hyo Gon Kim, Yong Tae Park, In Seon An, Tae Ho Kim
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Publication number: 20190187234Abstract: A system for detecting fake information about a vehicle location may include a radio signal receiver configured to receive a radio signal from a communication system; a message receiver configured to receive the radio signal to generate a message and determine the message to generate information about a location of the communication system; a radio signal incident angle calculator configured to generate a radio signal incident angle; an azimuth calculator configured to generate a location information azimuth angle by use of the information about locations of the communication system and a receiving vehicle, and a fake vehicle generated by the communication system; and a location information fake detector configured to determine whether location information of the fake vehicle is faked by use of a difference value between an angle corresponding to a reference axis of the location information azimuth angle and the location information azimuth angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Korea University Research and Business FoundationInventors: Jong Rok Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Dae Sung Hwang, Hahk Rel Noh, Cho Rong Ryu, Tae Jun Lee, Hyo Gon Kim, In Seon An, Yong Tae Park, Tae Ho Kim
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Patent number: 10308248Abstract: Disclosed herein is a control apparatus and method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system, which can improve fuel efficiency through control of a vehicle speed so that a vehicle travels using an optimized cost in consideration of a target vehicle speed, current vehicle speed, minimum driving speed set in the vehicle, and a deceleration distance if the vehicle that uses the CACC system senses a forward vehicle and enters into a CACC active mode. The control method for improving fuel efficiency in a CACC system includes setting a target speed profile based on a target speed of the subject vehicle and an expected driving path, determining whether a target vehicle to be followed by the subject vehicle exists, and controlling the driving speed of the subject vehicle according to the set target speed profile depending on whether or not the target vehicle exists.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Dong Gyu Noh, In Yong Jung, Su Lyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Jong Rok Park, Kyung Joo Bang, Cho Rong Ryu, Min Byeong Lee, Hahk Rel Noh, Dae Sung Hwang
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Wireless communication apparatus and method for supporting vehicle-to-vehicle wireless communication
Patent number: 10282994Abstract: There are provided wireless communication apparatus and method selecting an operation candidate application based on vehicle driving information and configuring a multi-hop communication node tree based on other vehicles having an attribute required for the corresponding operation candidate application, in order to effectively transmit data by decreasing communication load for data transmission and avoiding an obstacle in a multi-hop communication environment based on vehicle-to-anything (V2X) communication.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jong Rok Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Cho Rong Ryu, Dae Sung Hwang, Hahk Rel Noh, Su Lyun Sung -
Patent number: 10259456Abstract: A method for joining a driving rank of a vehicle including receiving, by a joining requesting vehicle, information of vehicles in a cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) driving rank, transmitting, by the joining requesting vehicle, a joining request message to the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, and receiving, by the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, the joining request message, adjusting, by a rear vehicle and a front vehicle with respect to a position to which the joining requesting vehicle intends to move, among the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, a distance therebetween, determining, by the joining requesting vehicle, whether the joining requesting vehicle is allowed to join the vehicles in the CACC driving rank, and joining, by the joining requesting vehicle, the vehicles in the CACC driving rank and allowing the driving rank to be reconfigured.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2016Date of Patent: April 16, 2019Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Jong Rok Park, Dong Gyu Noh, Cho Rong Ryu, Dae Sung Hwang, Hahk Rel Noh, Su Lyun Sung
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Publication number: 20190096144Abstract: An apparatus for verifying a vehicle in an inter-vehicular communication environment includes: a communication unit configured to receive a basic safety message and a verification message from a remote vehicle that is allowed to engage in inter-vehicular communication; and a controller configured to determine that the remote vehicle is reliable when the communication unit receives the verification message from the remote vehicle at least a predefined number of times over a predefined period of time, and to generate permission to utilize the basic safety message received from the remote vehicle when the controller determines that the remote vehicle is reliable.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Dong Gyu Noh, Su Lyun Sung, Dae Sung Hwang, Jong Rok Park, Hahk Rel Noh, Cho Rong Ryu, Tae Jun Lee, Hyo Gon Kim, Yong Tae Park, In Seon An, Tae Ho Kim