Patents by Inventor Jungsang MIN

Jungsang MIN 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: 11474687
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Patent number: 11320940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch control device. The touch control device includes a touch panel having a curved surface shape of multiple curvatures. The touch control device includes a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed in a touch area of the base, a plurality of sensor electrodes formed on the electrode groove, each including a conductive material, a via hole penetrating the base, a connection electrode connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes through the via hole and an integrated circuit coupled to the base and connected to the sensor electrodes to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SEOYON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Nae Seung Kang, Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh, Sam Min Park, Jun Sam Choi
  • Patent number: 10866726
    Abstract: A touch input device and control method thereof, wherein the touch input device includes a swiping input unit configured to receive a selection of a character through a swiping gesture by a user, a gesture input unit placed on an area different from that of the swiping input unit and in which a user inputs a gesture trough a touch, and a controller configured to determine that the selected character is input when a touch gesture is input from the swiping input unit to the gesture input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10802701
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display configured to provide a user interface (UI); a touch input device including a concave region for detecting a touch, the concave region being divided into a plurality of subregions in accordance with the UI; a pressure detector configured to detect pressure; and a controller configured to control the display such that the UI is manipulated in accordance with a subregion in which the touch has been detected among the plurality of subregions when the pressure is detected by the pressure detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 10732780
    Abstract: A touch input device including a connection member electrically connecting a sensor electrode and a printed circuit board by contact without soldering may include a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed by irradiating a laser on the base, a sensor electrode formed on the electrode groove through a plating or deposition process and including a conductive material, a sensor IC to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrode, a printed circuit board on which the sensor IC is mounted and is disposed to be coupled with the base, and the connection member provided on the printed circuit board and configured to electrically connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board, wherein the connection member may elastically come into contact with the sensor electrode to connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoyon Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Nae Seung Kang, Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh, Sam Min Park, Jun Sam Choi
  • Patent number: 10732713
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an input apparatus configured to sense pressure through a pressure sensing area and a vibration generator configured to include a first layer and a second layer, in which a plurality of actuators for generating vibration is arranged. The first and second layers are stacked at positions corresponding to pressure sensing positions of a pressure sensing area. The apparatus includes a controller configured to control the vibration generator to generate a first vibration at a position corresponding to a sensing position of the pressure on the pressure sensing area through the first layer, and to generate a second vibration at a position corresponding to a direction of the sensed pressure on the pressure sensing area through the second layer. A method of controlling the vehicle utilizes the input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh
  • Publication number: 20200241742
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jungsang MIN, Nae Seung KANG, Gi Beom HONG, Sung Un KIM, Seo Ho CHOI, Sihyun JOO, Jeong-Eom LEE, Werner PETER, Andy Max PRILL
  • Patent number: 10678425
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GMBH
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Publication number: 20190204951
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch control device. The touch control device includes a touch panel having a curved surface shape of multiple curvatures. The touch control device includes a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed in a touch area of the base, a plurality of sensor electrodes formed on the electrode groove, each including a conductive material, a via hole penetrating the base, a connection electrode connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes through the via hole and an integrated circuit coupled to the base and connected to the sensor electrodes to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sihyun JOO, Nae Seung KANG, Jungsang MIN, Jongmin OH, Sam Min PARK, Jun Sam CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190196621
    Abstract: A touch input device including a connection member electrically connecting a sensor electrode and a printed circuit board by contact without soldering may include a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed by irradiating a laser on the base, a sensor electrode formed on the electrode groove through a plating or deposition process and including a conductive material, a sensor IC to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrode, a printed circuit board on which the sensor IC is mounted and is disposed to be coupled with the base, and the connection member provided on the printed circuit board and configured to electrically connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board, wherein the connection member may elastically come into contact with the sensor electrode to connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoyon Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sihyun JOO, Nae Seung KANG, Jungsang MIN, Jongmin OH, Sam Min PARK, Jun Sam CHOI
  • Patent number: 10331241
    Abstract: A vehicle and method for controlling the vehicle changes the transparency of each of a plurality of objects overlapping one another at a point on a three-dimensional map image according to the intensity of detected pressure. The vehicle may include a storage configured to store map information; a display configured to display a three-dimensional map image from a point of view based on the map information; an input device including a pressure input device configured to detect intensity of pressure; and a controller configured to control the display to change transparency of the overlapping objects at the same point on the 3D map image according to the intensity of the detected pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh
  • Patent number: 10310600
    Abstract: A display apparatus, a vehicle, and a display method are disclosed, which recognize the user's intention by recognizing the user's eyes, and apply the recognized result to a device control process, thereby greatly increasing convenience of the input unit manipulation actions of the user. A display apparatus includes: a controller configured to insert a visual stimulus signal into basic visual information according to a predetermined frequency; a display unit configured to display the visual stimulus signal for generating an electroencephalogram (EEG) signal and the basic visual information; and an EEG analyzer configured to determine a frequency occupied by the generated EEG signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min
  • Patent number: 10268675
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display unit for displaying a first character input User Interface (UI) in which a plurality of characters are arranged to surround a predetermined reference point, a touch input apparatus having a concave area for detecting a touch gesture of selecting one character of the plurality of characters, and a controller for controlling the display unit to display, wherein if the number of pre-stored completed character combinations corresponding to an input character combination configured with at least one character sequentially selected according to the touch gesture detected by the touch input apparatus is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, a second character input UI in which the completed character combinations corresponding to the input character combination are arranged to surround the reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10133473
    Abstract: An input apparatus includes a touch pad including a virtual touch area, the touch area being divided into one or more touch areas according to an operation screen of a display, the display providing a screen corresponding to the divided touch area, and a controller controlling the division of the touch area and displaying of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min
  • Patent number: 10126915
    Abstract: A concentrated control system for a vehicle includes: a menu portion that, when rotated, provides menu modes associated with devices in the vehicle; and a first menu providing portion that scrolls menu buttons, included in an enabled menu and used to control functions of an in-vehicle device, in a first direction so that the scrolled menu buttons are displayed within the menu portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Dongsoo Shin, Jongmin Oh, Jungsang Min
  • Patent number: 10126938
    Abstract: A touch input apparatus mounted on a mounting surface includes a protrusion protruding from the mounting surface. A recessed portion is formed in the protrusion. A touch portion is provided on a bottom surface of the recessed portion and receives a user's touch signal. A vehicle having the touch input apparatus includes a display and a controller configured to operate the display according to the users input inputted to the touch input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10095313
    Abstract: An input device includes an input module, a detector for detecting a position of a wrist of a user, and a controller for controlling a movement of the input module based on information about the position of the wrist of the user detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong, Sihyun Joo
  • Publication number: 20180224938
    Abstract: A vehicle includes an input apparatus configured to sense pressure through a pressure sensing area and a vibration generator configured to include a first layer and a second layer, in which a plurality of actuators for generating vibration is arranged. The first and second layers are stacked at positions corresponding to pressure sensing positions of a pressure sensing area. The apparatus includes a controller configured to control the vibration generator to generate a first vibration at a position corresponding to a sensing position of the pressure on the pressure sensing area through the first layer, and to generate a second vibration at a position corresponding to a direction of the sensed pressure on the pressure sensing area through the second layer. A method of controlling the vehicle utilizes the input apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh
  • Publication number: 20180178597
    Abstract: A vehicle and method for controlling the vehicle changes the transparency of each of a plurality of objects overlapping one another at a point on a three-dimensional map image according to the intensity of detected pressure. The vehicle may include a storage configured to store map information; a display configured to display a three-dimensional map image from a point of view based on the map information; an input device including a pressure input device configured to detect intensity of pressure; and a controller configured to control the display to change transparency of the overlapping objects at the same point on the 3D map image according to the intensity of the detected pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh
  • Publication number: 20180170293
    Abstract: A touch input device for a vehicle is disclosed. The touch input device is installed next to the driver seat, and configured to receive the driver's touch input. In response to a series of gestures on the touch input device, a computing system of the vehicle analyzes the series of gestures and identifies at least one character corresponding to the gestures. The computing system identifies a group of input gestures, identifies at least one character corresponding to the group of input gestures, and prompts the identified character on a display for the driver's correction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sihyun JOO, Jongmin OH, Jungsang MIN