Patents by Inventor Joo Woong Yang

Joo Woong Yang 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: 9754173
    Abstract: A smart parking assist apparatus and method are provided. The smart parking assist apparatus operates a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops and searches a parking slot using a plurality of imaging devices. In addition, the searched parking slot is set to a target parking slot and parking slot information regarding the target parking slot is output. The apparatus recognizes a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and sets a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output. The vehicle is then operated to be parked in the target parking slot based on the parking reference line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Bin Kim, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
  • Patent number: 9738277
    Abstract: An apparatus for a remote parking includes: an user input unit to receive a user input for instructing a parking of a vehicle remotely; a distance detection unit to detect a separation distance to a side vehicle located around the vehicle; a parking operation unit to accomplish an automatic parking of the vehicle; and a controller to control the parking operation unit so that a separation distance to a passenger seat side vehicle located in the side of passenger seat of the vehicle is adjusted to a preset reference distance based on the detected separation distance, when receiving the user input through the user input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyung Soo Ha, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
  • Patent number: 9696720
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous navigation includes: a map data reception unit configured to receive parking lot map data indicating that a plurality of virtual lanes are located in a driving road in a parking lot and a grid point is located in each virtual lane by a certain interval from a parking server; and a controller configured to control driving of an autonomous vehicle based on a weight of each grid point included in the parking lot map data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Wook Seo, Jun Soo Kim, Gil Won Seo, Sung Yun Kim, Bong Chul Ko, Joo Woong Yang
  • Publication number: 20170169627
    Abstract: An apparatus for failure diagnosis and calibration of sensors for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) includes a measuring unit including two or more sensors mounted in a vehicle a storage for storing characteristic data of each of the two or more sensors, and a processor for selecting one of the two or more sensors as a reference sensor and for determining whether or not a failure of the other sensor to be diagnosed is detected and whether calibration thereof is required, on the basis of error covariance information of the reference sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Jun Soo KIM, Min Wook SEO, Joo Woong YANG, Sung Yun KIM, Dong Hun YANG, Bong Chul KO, Gil Won SEO
  • Publication number: 20170106856
    Abstract: A smart parking assist apparatus and method are provided. The smart parking assist apparatus operates a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops and searches a parking slot using a plurality of imaging devices. In addition, the searched parking slot is set to a target parking slot and parking slot information regarding the target parking slot is output. The apparatus recognizes a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and sets a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output. The vehicle is then operated to be parked in the target parking slot based on the parking reference line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Young Bin Kim, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
  • Publication number: 20170101090
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an automatic parking assist system and a method for operating the same. The automatic parking assist system includes a parking slot searcher configured to search a surrounding of a vehicle and obtain parking slot search information; a vehicle sensor configured to sense behavior information of the vehicle; and a controller configured to determine parking velocity of the vehicle by taking account of the parking slot search information and the behavior information, and perform a parking of the vehicle in a parking slot at the parking velocity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Chan Hee Jung, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
  • Publication number: 20170060133
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous navigation includes: a map data reception unit configured to receive parking lot map data indicating that a plurality of virtual lanes are located in a driving road in a parking lot and a grid point is located in each virtual lane by a certain interval from a parking server; and a controller configured to control driving of an autonomous vehicle based on a weight of each grid point included in the parking lot map data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Min Wook SEO, Jun Soo KIM, Gil Won SEO, Sung Yun KIM, Bong Chul KO, Joo Woong YANG
  • Publication number: 20170043766
    Abstract: An apparatus for a remote parking includes: an user input unit to receive a user input for instructing a parking of a vehicle remotely; a distance detection unit to detect a separation distance to a side vehicle located around the vehicle; a parking operation unit to accomplish an automatic parking of the vehicle; and a controller to control the parking operation unit so that a separation distance to a passenger seat side vehicle located in the side of passenger seat of the vehicle is adjusted to a preset reference distance based on the detected separation distance, when receiving the user input through the user input unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyung Soo HA, Jin Ho PARK, Joo Woong YANG
  • Publication number: 20170045369
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling parking of a vehicle includes a destination setter for setting a destination required by a user and setting search information on a parking space in a vicinity of the set destination, a controller for registering information on the empty parking space in the vicinity of the destination received from the outside when the vehicle arrives in a defined distance from the point set to the destination, and a parking guider for performing parking guidance so that the registered empty parking space becomes a final destination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Sung Yun KIM, Min Wook SEO, Joo Woong YANG, Jun Soo KIM, Dong Hun YANG, Kyung Soo HA, Bong Chul KO, Gil Won SEO
  • Publication number: 20170008515
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous driving system and method in a parking lot. In particular, the autonomous driving system includes: a parking lot server to transmit parking lot information including parking lot map data to which a virtual lane is applied to a vehicle entering the parking lot when the vehicle entering the parking lot is sensed; and an autonomous driving apparatus to perform autonomous driving of the vehicle up to any one parking slot empty in the parking lot using the virtual lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Min Wook SEO, Sung Yun KIM, Gil Won SEO, Bong Chul KO, Joo Woong YANG
  • Patent number: 9321485
    Abstract: A smart parking assistant system and a method of controlling parking alignment are provided. The smart parking assistant system includes a determination controller configured to confirm a driver intention of whether to perform an automatic parking alignment function. A parking alignment controller is configured to perform the automatic parking alignment function when the driver intention is confirmed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jin Ho Park, Gilwon Seo, Joo Woong Yang
  • Publication number: 20160110619
    Abstract: A smart parking assist apparatus and method are provided. The smart parking assist apparatus operates a smart parking assist function after a vehicle stops and searches a parking slot using a plurality of imaging devices. In addition, the searched parking slot is set to a target parking slot and parking slot information regarding the target parking slot is output. The apparatus recognizes a parking line of the target parking slot and an object adjacent to the target parking slot and sets a parking reference line based on the recognized information, after the parking slot information is output. The vehicle is then operated to be parked in the target parking slot based on the parking reference line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Young Bin Kim, Jin Ho Park, Joo Woong Yang
  • Publication number: 20160075325
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling un-parking of a vehicle includes: a sensor module configured to include at least one sensor that receives an un-parking request signal for a parked vehicle and determines whether a first object around the vehicle is present; and a control module configured to determine a position of a second object based on the un-parking request signal and determine whether the vehicle is un-parked depending on positions of the first object and of the second object to control the un-parking of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Young Bin KIM, Jin Ho PARK, Joo Woong YANG
  • Publication number: 20150175205
    Abstract: A method for selecting an automatic parking mode of a vehicle includes receiving whether the automatic parking mode is perpendicular parking or parallel parking. The automatic parking mode is selected by turning a steering wheel in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction according to a steering wheel angle as displayed on a human machine interface (HMI) in accordance with the received perpendicular parking or parallel parking.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Jin-Ho PARK, Young-Bin KIM, Joo-Woong YANG, Kyung-Soo HA, Gil-Won SEO
  • Publication number: 20140365032
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for assisting remote parking includes a user authentication identifier which requests authentication information on a user when operation of a system for assisting remote parking is requested and authenticates the corresponding user based on the authentication information provided by the user. A discriminator determines whether the user gets out of the vehicle based on information acquired by a sensor installed in the vehicle when the authentication of the user is completed and outputs an operation signal when the authenticated user gets out of the vehicle. An operator operates the system for assisting remote parking in response to the operation signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jin Ho PARK, Kyung Soo HA, Joo Woong YANG, Young Bin KIM, Gil Won SEO
  • Publication number: 20140350804
    Abstract: A smart parking assistant system and a method of controlling parking alignment are provided. The smart parking assistant system includes a determination controller configured to confirm a driver intention of whether to perform an automatic parking alignment function. A parking alignment controller is configured to perform the automatic parking alignment function when the driver intention is confirmed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jin Ho Park, Gilwon Seo, Joo Woong Yang