Patents by Inventor Kyeora Lee

Kyeora Lee 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).

  • System and method for estimating occupant movement in response to automatic emergency braking
    Patent number: 12485843
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable safety device for protecting an occupant of a vehicle includes utilizing an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) to determine that a vehicle collision is impending. In response to determining the existence of an impending vehicle collision, a mass spring damper model uses sensed vehicle longitudinal acceleration (IMU_X) to estimate the occupant movement that will result from the impending vehicle collision. The estimated occupant movement is used to determine how to control deployment of an actuatable safety device in response to the crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2025
    Assignee: ZF Friedrichshafen AG
    Inventors: Charles A. Bartlett, Kyeora Lee, Kiran Balasubramanian
  • Passive pedestrian protection system utilizing inputs from active safety system
    Patent number: 12071089
    Abstract: A vehicle safety system for helping to protect a pedestrian in the event of a vehicle frontal collision with the pedestrian includes a plurality of crash sensors for sensing a vehicle frontal collision, an actuatable pedestrian protection device, a controller for controlling actuation of the pedestrian protection device, and at least one active sensor for determining the presence of a pedestrian in the path of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: ZF FRIEDRICHSHAFEN AG
    Inventors: Charles A. Bartlett, Pawel Koziel, Michal Duchowski, Kiran Balasubramanian, Kyeora Lee
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ESTIMATING OCCUPANT MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
    Publication number: 20240140344
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable safety device for protecting an occupant of a vehicle includes utilizing an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) to determine that a vehicle collision is impending. In response to determining the existence of an impending vehicle collision, a mass spring damper model uses sensed vehicle longitudinal acceleration (IMU_X) to estimate the occupant movement that will result from the impending vehicle collision. The estimated occupant movement is used to determine how to control deployment of an actuatable safety device in response to the crash.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Charles A. Bartlett, Kyeora Lee, Kiran Balasubramanian
  • PASSIVE PEDESTRIAN PROTECTION SYSTEM UTILIZING INPUTS FROM ACTIVE SAFETY SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20230032994
    Abstract: A vehicle safety system for helping to protect a pedestrian in the event of a vehicle frontal collision with the pedestrian includes a plurality of crash sensors for sensing a vehicle frontal collision, an actuatable pedestrian protection device, a controller for controlling actuation of the pedestrian protection device, and at least one active sensor for determining the presence of a pedestrian in the path of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: CHARLES A. BARTLETT, PAWEL KOZIEL, MICHAL DUCHOWSKI, KIRAN BALASUBRAMANIAN, KYEORA LEE
  • Enhanced discrimination method and apparatus for controlling an actuatable restraining device
    Patent number: 11104284
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable restraining device includes sensing a plurality of crash event indications in response to a crash event. The method also includes classifying the crash event in response to comparing the sensed crash event indications against one another to identify an oblique moving deformable barrier crash event. The method further includes controlling deployment timing of the actuatable restraining device in response to the classification of the crash event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: ZF ACTIVE SAFETY AND ELECTRONICS US LLC
    Inventors: Charles A. Bartlett, Huahn Yeh, Raymond David, Kim Kyoungwang, Sonia Gupta, Masashi Nagai, Kyeora Lee, Yuxiao Wu
  • ENHANCED DISCRIMINATION METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING AN ACTUATABLE RESTRAINING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20190016286
    Abstract: A method for controlling an actuatable restraining device includes sensing a plurality of crash event indications in response to a crash event. The method also includes classifying the crash event in response to comparing the sensed crash event indications against one another to identify an oblique moving deformable barrier crash event. The method further includes controlling deployment timing of the actuatable restraining device in response to the classification of the crash event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Charles A. Bartlett, Huahn Yeh, Raymond David, Kim Kyoungwang, Sonia Gupta, Masashi Nagai, Kyeora Lee, Yuxiao Wu