Patents by Inventor Ki Seung Baek

Ki Seung Baek 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: 20240116398
    Abstract: An electrified vehicle includes: a battery; a motor drive device configured to drive a motor through an inverter, based on a voltage of the battery; and a battery controller configured to determine whether to perform output limiting on the battery, based on whether a ratio of regenerative braking is less than or equal to a preset ratio, wherein the ratio of regenerative braking is varied according to an amount of charging of the battery and an amount of discharging of the battery within a preset time interval, and adjust, based on the output limiting being performed on the battery, a derate ratio associated with a battery output limit value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yong Jae Kim, Ki Seung Baek, Jong Gu Lee, Gun Goo Lee, Jeong Han Park
  • Patent number: 11697357
    Abstract: A battery management system of a vehicle includes a first controller configured to control a power-on (IG ON) state and a power-off (IG OFF) state of the plurality of controllers, and a second controller including a real time clock (RTC) and configured to be woken up by directly receiving power from the secondary battery in every preset time period during a preset time calculated based on a count value provided from the RTC when a power-off state is started by the first controller and to monitor states of the main battery and the secondary battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Il Lee, Min Su Kang, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20230048488
    Abstract: A system for conditioning a vehicle battery interworking with remote air conditioning includes: a receiving unit that receives remote air conditioning execution setting and in-vehicle battery conditioning execution setting after a vehicle is parked; and a control unit that is configured to determine whether the remote air conditioning execution setting and the in-vehicle battery conditioning execution setting are received, and control to turn on or off vehicle indoor air conditioning and executes battery conditioning based on a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Gyu Lim, Hyun Soo Park, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Tae Geun Jeong, Dae Kyung Kim, Dae Gun Jin, Joong Woo Lee, In Seok Park, Seung Myun Chung, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20230048344
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system and method for battery conditioning of a vehicle are disclosed. The system comprises receivers configured to collect driving route information of the vehicle, battery state information of the vehicle and battery conditioning mode setup state information, and a controller configured to determine whether or not the vehicle enters battery conditioning control based on the driving route information of the vehicle, the battery state information of the vehicle and the battery conditioning mode setup state information received from the receivers and to control a battery temperature adjuster so as to adjust a temperature of the battery in advance before charging the battery during the battery conditioning control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Joong Woo Lee, Hyun Soo Park, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Tae Geun Jeong, Dae Kyung Kim, Dae Gun Jin, In Seok Park, Jin Gyu Lim, Seung Myun Chung, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20230046814
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for conditioning a vehicle battery interworking with scheduled air conditioning, including the steps of determining, using a controller, whether a scheduled departure time and scheduled air conditioning execution are set after parking a vehicle; determining, using the controller, whether battery conditioning execution of the vehicle is set when it is determined that the scheduled departure time and the scheduled air conditioning are set; and executing, using the controller, air conditioning and battery conditioning of the vehicle before a preset reference time of the scheduled departure time when the battery conditioning execution is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Gyu Lim, Hyun Soo Park, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Tae Geun Jeong, Dae Kyung Kim, Dae Gun Jin, Joong Woo Lee, In Seok Park, Seung Myun Chung, Ki Seung Baek
  • Patent number: 11378626
    Abstract: A system for managing a battery of a vehicle includes a first controller configured to control a power-on (IG ON) state and a power-off (IG OFF) state of a plurality of controllers in the vehicle and to be periodically woken up in the power-off (IG OFF) state to wake up at least some of the plurality of controllers, and a second controller configured to turn off a main relay connecting a first battery in the vehicle and a vehicle system when the power-off (IG OFF) state begins, to monitor a state of the first battery storing energy for generating power of the vehicle by maintaining power during a preset first reference time, to be woken up at a wake-up period of the first controller when the first reference time elapses, and to monitor the state of the first battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Seung Baek, Ik Jun Choi, Do Sung Hwang, Kyung Taek Jung, Chang Yu Kim, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Han Seung Myoung, Ho Joong Lee, Hye Seung Kim, Byoung Jik Ahn, Kyu Beom Ko, Hyo Sik Moon, Jong Seo Yoon, Sung Il Lee, Hong Min Oh, Jin Woo Cho
  • Patent number: 11366167
    Abstract: A system for managing a battery of a vehicle includes a battery, a main relay connected to the battery to transfer or block power of the battery to components in the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the components in the vehicle to be in a power-off (IG OFF) state and turning off the main relay when receiving a vehicle power-off input, and to determine whether or not the battery is abnormal by calculating a parameter for determining a state of the battery and comparing the calculated parameter with a plurality of reference values that are preset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Seung Baek, Jong Seo Yoon, Do Sung Hwang, Jae Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220144131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery diagnosis system and method, and disclosed is a battery diagnosis system including a receiving unit that receives information on a high voltage battery and charge state information of the high voltage battery of a vehicle being charged; a control unit that controls a current of the high voltage battery; a measurement unit that measures a voltage change amount of the high voltage battery in which the current is controlled; and a determination unit that determines the battery having the voltage change amount of an abnormal battery among the voltage change amounts of the battery measured in the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Shin YI, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Sung Il LEE, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220146583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery diagnosis system including a processor configured to: receive high-voltage battery information of a parked car; measure impedance of a battery through the received battery information; and determine, based on a comparison between a normal battery impedance and an abnormal battery impedance, that a battery having an abnormal battery impedance is an abnormal battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sung KIM, Ki Seung BAEK, Sung Il LEE
  • Publication number: 20220144128
    Abstract: A system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor is disclosed. The system for managing a vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that receives a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery, a temperature of the vehicle battery, and an insulation resistance of the vehicle battery, determines a reference value based on a deviation between voltages of the plurality of battery cells and the temperature of the vehicle battery, and determines whether the vehicle battery is abnormal by comparing the determined reference value with the insulation resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Jin PARK, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Sung Il LEE, Jae Shin YI, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220144097
    Abstract: A system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor is disclosed. The system for managing a vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery when a voltage applied to the vehicle battery is constant, and determines whether the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on a deviation between the measured voltages of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Il LEE, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Jae Shin Yi, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Hyun Jin PARK, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220144132
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor. The system for managing the vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a polarization voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery after charging of the vehicle battery is terminated, and determines whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on the measured polarization voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dae Gun JIN, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Sung Il LEE, Jae Shin YI, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220011369
    Abstract: A system for managing a battery of a vehicle includes a first controller configured to control a power-on (IG ON) state and a power-off (IG OFF) state of a plurality of controllers in the vehicle and to be periodically woken up in the power-off (IG OFF) state to wake up at least some of the plurality of controllers, and a second controller configured to turn off a main relay connecting a first battery in the vehicle and a vehicle system when the power-off (IG OFF) state begins, to monitor a state of the first battery storing energy for generating power of the vehicle by maintaining power during a preset first reference time, to be woken up at a wake-up period of the first controller when the first reference time elapses, and to monitor the state of the first battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Seung Baek, Ik Jun Choi, Do Sung Hwang, Kyung Taek Jung, Chang Yu Kim, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Han Seung Myoung, Ho Joong Lee, Hye Seung Kim, Byoung Jik Ahn, Kyu Beom Ko, Hyo Sik Moon, Jong Seo Yoon, Sung Il Lee, Hong Min Oh, Jin Woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20220009375
    Abstract: A battery management system of a vehicle includes a first controller configured to control a power-on (IG ON) state and a power-off (IG OFF) state of the plurality of controllers, and a second controller including a real time clock (RTC) and configured to be woken up by directly receiving power from the secondary battery in every preset time period during a preset time calculated based on a count value provided from the RTC when a power-off state is started by the first controller and to monitor states of the main battery and the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Sung Il LEE, Min Su KANG, Ki Seung BAEK
  • Publication number: 20220011368
    Abstract: A system for managing a battery of a vehicle includes a battery, a main relay connected to the battery to transfer or block power of the battery to components in the vehicle, and a controller. The controller is configured to control the components in the vehicle to be in a power-off (IG OFF) state and turning off the main relay when receiving a vehicle power-off input, and to determine whether or not the battery is abnormal by calculating a parameter for determining a state of the battery and comparing the calculated parameter with a plurality of reference values that are preset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ki Seung Baek, Jong Seo Yoon, Do Sung Hwang, Jae Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20190176641
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides methods for charging a battery of an electric vehicle, which relates to a technology for preventing deterioration of a battery embedded in an electric vehicle while simultaneously improving a charging speed of the battery. The battery charging method includes dividing a total State of Charge (SOC) section of a battery into a plurality of steps, and performing constant current based charging in each of the plurality of steps, and performing constant voltage-based charging at a predetermined voltage during the constant current based charging for each step of the plurality of steps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Seung BAEK, Do Sung HWANG
  • Patent number: 9827870
    Abstract: A charge control method for a vehicle is provided which includes charging a first battery when the vehicle is in an IG ON operational state, maintaining the IG ON operational state and monitoring a second battery voltage. The charge control method further includes charging a second battery, calculating a vehicle speed when the vehicle is in an EV READY state and adjusting the EV READY state of the vehicle to the IG ON operational state when the calculated vehicle speed is less than a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: O Young Ahn, Hyun Soo Park, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20170001537
    Abstract: A charge control method for a vehicle is provided which includes charging a first battery when the vehicle is in an IG ON operational state, maintaining the IG ON operational state and monitoring a second battery voltage. The charge control method further includes charging a second battery, calculating a vehicle speed when the vehicle is in an EV READY state and adjusting the EV READY state of the vehicle to the IG ON operational state when the calculated vehicle speed is less than a predetermined speed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: O Young Ahn, Hyun Soo Park, Ki Seung Baek