Patents by Inventor Jung-A Yoo

Jung-A Yoo 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: 20210339773
    Abstract: A method for controlling autonomous driving in an autonomous vehicle includes: determining whether a human driver is in a forward gaze state under an autonomous driving mode, setting a first steering wheel torque threshold and a first torque holding time, based on a result of determining whether the human driver is in the forward gaze state, determining whether human driver intervention has occurred, based on the first steering wheel torque threshold and the first torque holding time, and switching the autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode when the human driver intervention has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO
  • Patent number: 11136038
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Su Jung Yoo, Jun Soo Kim, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong
  • Patent number: 11084491
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20210230413
    Abstract: A joining material for laser welding, a laser welding method using the same, and a laser joined body using the laser welding method. The joining material includes a polymer matrix and a needle-shaped inorganic filler. The polymer matrix includes a polypropylene resin having a melt index of 80 g/10 min or more to 95 g/10 min or less as measured at a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg, and the needle-shaped organic filler has an aspect ratio of 10:1 to 20:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 29, 2021
    Applicant: LG HAUSYS, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin Mi JUNG, Chun Ho PARK, Jae Jung YOO, Yu Jin JEONG, Seung Yong LEE, Soo Min LEE, Bu Won SON, Bu Gon SHIN
  • Publication number: 20210202576
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory may include: variable resistance layers and insulating layers alternately stacked; conductive pillars passing through the variable resistance layers and the insulating layers; a slit insulating layer passing through the insulating layers and extending in a first direction; and conductive layers interposed between the slit insulating layer and the variable resistance layers. The variable resistance layers may remain in an amorphous state during a program operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventor: Si Jung YOO
  • Patent number: 11046322
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20210184243
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing the electrode assembly includes: a first step of preparing a plurality of radical units, each of which is manufactured by alternately stacking an electrode and a separator; a second step of stacking the plurality of radical units to manufacture an electrode stack; and a third step of pressing an outer surface of the electrode stack to manufacture an electrode assembly on which a curved surface having a curvature radius is formed on the electrode stack, wherein, when the sum of bonding force remaining after the third step among bonding force between the electrode and the separator as bonding force generated before the third step is defined as Fl, the sum of force by which the electrode and the separator are spread again so that shapes of the electrode and the separator return to shapes before the electrode stack is pressed in the third step is defined as R, and the sum of bonding force additionally generated between the electrode and the separator within the electrode assembly by the
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Jung YOO, Byung Heon SHIN, Woo Yong LEE
  • Patent number: 11014564
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20210066393
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a semiconductor memory including material layers each including one or more low-resistance areas and one or more high-resistance areas, insulating layers stacked alternately with the material layers and including protrusions extending more than the material layers, conductive pillars passing through the insulating layers and the low-resistance areas, conductive layers located between the protrusions, and variable resistance layers interposed between the low-resistance areas and the conductive layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Si Jung YOO, Tae Hoon KIM, Hyung Dong LEE
  • Patent number: 10933883
    Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Su Jung Yoo, Na Eun Yang, Sung Min Park, Keon Yup Chu
  • Patent number: 10851229
    Abstract: Disclosed is a resin composition for an exterior material of a vehicle. The resin composition may include an amount of about 40 to 90 parts by weight of polypropylene resin having a melt index of about 70 to 110 g/10 min; an amount of about 10 to 40 parts by weight of an olefin block copolymer including an ethylene-based repeating unit and a ?-olefin-based repeating unit having 4 to 30 carbon atoms; an amount of about 10 to 20 parts by weight of needle-shaped inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of about 5 to 10; and an 0.01 to 5 parts by weight of laser-transmitting black colorant, wherein all the parts by weights based on 100 parts by weight of the resin composition. In particular, an average transmittance may range from about 0.01 to about 1% or less in a wavelength of about 380 to 700 nm, and an average transmittance may range from about 15% or greater and less than about 100% in a wavelength of about 800 to 1200 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, LG Hausys, Ltd., LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Kyung Kim, Hee Joon Lee, Jin Mi Jung, Jae Jung Yoo, Se Jeon Lee, Chun Ho Park
  • Patent number: 10847034
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Tae Sung Choi, Jun Soo Kim, Su Jung Yoo, Hyun Ju Kim
  • Publication number: 20200194763
    Abstract: An electrode assembly including an electrode stack including a plurality of radical units including an electrode and a separator and having a structure in which the plurality of radical units are sequentially stacked, wherein at least a portion of a circumference of the electrode stack is surrounded by the separator, a curved surface having a curvature radius is formed on a top or bottom surface of the electrode stack, and the separator surrounding at least the portion of the circumference of the electrode stack surrounds the curved surface formed on the electrode stack to maintain a relative distance between the radical units adjacent to each other is provided. A method of forming the electrode assembly is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Mi Jung YOO, Byung Heon SHIN, Woo Yong LEE
  • Publication number: 20200070079
    Abstract: A filtration system is provided, including: a casing and a guiding mechanism. The casing includes an inlet passage and an outlet passage which are arranged on an extension line. The guiding mechanism includes a first tapering portion tapered in a direction toward the inlet passage, a second tapering portion tapered in a direction toward the outlet passage and a plurality of blades. The plurality of blades extend spirally on the first tapering portion relative to the extension line. A gap is defined between the plurality of blades and an inner wall of the casing, and the gap is smaller than a height of one of the blades based on a surface of the first tapering portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Jeong Hwa SON, Soo Jung YOO
  • Publication number: 20200062941
    Abstract: A polypropylene resin composition includes a polypropylene resin having a melting index of 80 g/10 min to 95 g/10 min measured under a temperature of 230° C. and a load of 2.16 kg; a thermoplastic elastomer; and a needle-shaped inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of 5 to 10.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Chun Ho PARK, Ki Hyun SUNG, Soo Min LEE, Jae Jung YOO, Hyun Kyung KIM, Hee Joon LEE
  • Publication number: 20200031362
    Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO, Na Eun YANG, Sung Min PARK, Keon Yup CHU
  • Patent number: 10509406
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling competition of an autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous drive determination device that determines whether the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering a competitive space in a situation where the autonomous vehicle is required to move into the competitive space during autonomous driving, a vehicle control device that controls the autonomous vehicle such that the autonomous vehicle enters the competitive space when the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering the competitive space, and when the autonomous vehicle fails to enter the competitive space after attempting to enter the competitive space, a vehicle competition control device that controls such that the attempt to enter the competitive space is held for a first competition waiting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Dong Hwi Lee, Su Jung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20190315346
    Abstract: A vehicle driving controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle driving controller includes a processor configured to apply a different warning level depending on at least one of a driving situation or a user state during autonomous driving and to provide a notification of a control authority transition demand to a user and a storage configured to store information associated with the driving situation and the user state and information associated with the different warning level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Jung YOO, Dong Hwi LEE, Jin Su JEONG, Jae Yong JEON
  • Publication number: 20190315366
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about an external object and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor. The control circuit is configured to initiate a minimum risk strategy (MRM), when a predetermined condition is met, to determine a lateral location of the vehicle based on information obtained by the sensor and a location of a driving lane of the vehicle on a road, and to move the vehicle to the determined lateral location while executing the MRM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Jung YOO, Jun Soo KIM, Dong-Hwi LEE, Jin Su Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190315364
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to sense information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor and the memory. The control circuit generates a route which is toward a shoulder included in a road where the vehicle is traveling, when a control authority transition demand of the vehicle is ignored, adjusts an operational condition of an automatic lane change based on at least a portion of a speed of the vehicle, a speed of a following vehicle in a target lane of the route, or a distance between the vehicle and the following vehicle, and performs the automatic lane change toward the shoulder along the route, when the adjusted operational condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Ju Kim, Jae Yong Jeon, Dong Hwi Lee, Jin Su Jeong, Su Jung Yoo