Patents by Inventor Min Hyuk KWAK

Min Hyuk KWAK 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: 11951062
    Abstract: A device configured for a vehicle for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger is provided. The device is configured such that a neck support pad is integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to hold up and support the neck of a passenger, and a massage device is mounted in the neck support pad to massage the neck of the passenger, thus stably supporting and massaging the neck of the passenger sitting on a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Patent number: 11950501
    Abstract: An organic light emitting device including: a substrate; a first electrode; a second electrode; and an organic layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including an emission layer, wherein one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode and the other is a semitransparent or transparent electrode, and wherein the organic layer includes a layer having at least one of the compounds having at least one carbazole group, and a flat panel display device including the organic light emitting device. The organic light emitting device has low driving voltage, excellent current density, high brightness, excellent color purity, high efficiency, and long lifetime.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok-Hwan Hwang, Young-Kook Kim, Yoon-Hyun Kwak, Jong-Hyuk Lee, Kwan-Hee Lee, Min-Seung Chun
  • Publication number: 20240001827
    Abstract: Provided is a vibration isolating apparatus for isolating vibration from being transferred from a vehicle to a seat during idling and traveling. The vibration isolating apparatus provides an isolation structure applied between the upper and lower seat frames for a vehicle. A bearing unit having a low friction characteristic are applied so that horizontal vibration is effectively isolated without an up-and-down motion. A damping unit capable of attenuating the motion and frictional noise is applied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Tae Su Kim, Min Hyuk Kwak, Hyun KO, Du Go JUNG, Jong Soon LEE, Hyun Gyu JO, IK Sang OH
  • Patent number: 11571999
    Abstract: A system for adjusting properties of a seat for a vehicle, may include thermoelement modules configured to have a structure in which a plurality of flexible thermoelements is connected by conductive wires to each other, and mounted in a seat foam pad of the seat; a property adjustment region input unit configured to select a property adjustment region of the seat foam pad; a property adjustment amount input unit configured to input a target property adjustment amount of the seat foam pad; and a controller connected to the thermoelement modules, the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit, and configured to control an amount of current supplied to some or all of the flexible thermoelements according to output signals from the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Patent number: 11505092
    Abstract: A hologram switch system of a seat for vehicles generates hologram switch images for adjusting movement of the seat and air-conditioning of the seat in front of a passenger sitting on the seat, and allows the passenger to perform selection and operation in the generated hologram switch images through the position and motion of a passenger's hand, so that the passenger may more intuitively approach and easily operate the switch images and thereby easily operate various seat moving apparatuses and seat air-conditioning apparatuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Patent number: 11504540
    Abstract: A defibrillation system may include a cardiac arrest detector detecting whether cardiac arrest of a passenger has occurred in a state of taking a seat of a self-driving vehicle and fastening a seatbelt of the vehicle; a passenger posture detection device detecting a posture of the passenger; a seat driving device changing the posture of the passenger into another posture in which the passenger lies down based on a detection signal of the passenger posture detection device when the cardiac arrest of the passenger occurs; a heart position detector configured to search for a position of a heart of the passenger; a defibrillation robot to perform a CPR method or a method using an AED on the heart of the passenger; and a controller controlling operation of the seat driving device, the heart position detector, and the defibrillation robot based on detection signals of the cardiac arrest detector and the passenger posture detection device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jong Hun Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20220031559
    Abstract: A device configured for a vehicle for supporting and massaging a neck of a passenger is provided. The device is configured such that a neck support pad is integrally formed on a lower end portion of a headrest to hold up and support the neck of a passenger, and a massage device is mounted in the neck support pad to massage the neck of the passenger, thus stably supporting and massaging the neck of the passenger sitting on a seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Gyu Ho CHUNG, Jong Hun LEE, Yo Seob LEE, Hyun Kyu PARK, Min Hyuk KWAK
  • Patent number: 11235709
    Abstract: An entertainment apparatus for a self-driving vehicle is configured to enable a passenger to playa game while viewing a game start image of a display installed in a seat in a state in which the passenger sits on the seat, where the game is executed and proceeds based on a signal that is obtained by detecting a distribution of human body pressure of the passenger by a body pressure sensor installed in the seat and a signal obtained by detecting touch pressure of the passenger by a touch pad installed in the seat, and thus the passenger is capable of playing various games related to body pressure and/or a touch signal while moving his or her body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jin Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11213140
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for correcting a passenger's posture in an autonomous vehicle, wherein the system includes a camera configured to measure a distance between a headrest and a head of the passenger, a plurality of body pressure sensors configured to be uniformly embedded across an entire area of the seat and sense body pressures of the passenger, a pressurizing device configured to be expandably installed inside a seatback and press between T10 and T12 of a thoracic spine of the passenger, and a controller configured to control an operation of the pressurizing device on the basis of the distance measured by the camera and a scapular pressure of the passenger, which is sensed by the plurality of body pressure sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jin Hee Lee
  • Patent number: 11214183
    Abstract: A ventilation and massage device for a seat, may include a seat foam pad including a plurality of air discharge holes formed in the seat foam; an air distribution duct mounted in a space in a rear surface of the seat foam pad and fluidically-connected to the plurality of air discharge holes, the air distribution duct being configured to distribute air to the air discharge holes; massage units mounted on a bottom surface of the air distribution duct, the massage units being configured to move forwards and backwards to open or close the air discharge holes or penetrate the air discharge holes; and a controller electrically connected to the massage units and configured to control an amount of movement of the massage units based on information related to a body pressure of an occupant accommodated in the seat and information related to a temperature and humidity at a contact portion between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Patent number: 11091073
    Abstract: A humidity-responsive seat control device for a vehicle employs a self-transforming film including a kind of biomaterial configured to operate to be opened through gradual shrinkage thereof when humidity of a seat cover or humidity inside of the seat cover increases while operating to be closed through gradual expansion thereof when the humidity of the seat cover or the humidity inside of the seat cover decreases, thereby being capable of not only achieving smooth air ventilation in an area where a body portion of a seat occupant contacts the seat cover, but also automatically adjusting an amount of air discharged outwards through the self-transforming film in accordance with humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jong Hun Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Yo Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11058958
    Abstract: A gaming device in an autonomous vehicle includes: a body pressure sensor disposed in a seatback and a seat cushion at laterally symmetrical positions thereof and sensing a body pressure distribution of an upper body of a passenger and a body pressure distribution of a lower body of the passenger; a display device disposed at a position around a seat and displaying a game execution screen when the game using a ball is executed; a joystick disposed at a position around the seat and manipulating the game; and a game module connected to a front portion of the seat cushion and comprising: the ball enabling the passenger to kick the ball by a foot; a plurality of force sensors mounted on the ball; and a connector for holding the ball and outputting signals from the force sensors to a controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Jong Hun Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Yo Seob Lee
  • Patent number: 11027189
    Abstract: An entertainment device and method for a self-driving vehicle enable a passenger to play a game while watching a game execution screen of a display mounted around a seat in a state where the passenger is seated on the seat of a self-driving vehicle, and execute and proceed with the game based on a signal that senses a body pressure distribution of the passenger in a body pressure sensor mounted on the seat, and a signal that senses the touch pressure of the passenger in a touch pad mounted on the seat, thereby allowing the passenger to enjoy various games related to the body pressure and/or the touch signal while the passenger moves his or her body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Jin Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20210162888
    Abstract: A hologram switch system of a seat for vehicles generates hologram switch images for adjusting movement of the seat and air-conditioning of the seat in front of a passenger sitting on the seat, and allows the passenger to perform selection and operation in the generated hologram switch images through the position and motion of a passenger's hand, so that the passenger may more intuitively approach and easily operate the switch images and thereby easily operate various seat moving apparatuses and seat air-conditioning apparatuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210162900
    Abstract: A system for adjusting properties of a seat for a vehicle, may include thermoelement modules configured to have a structure in which a plurality of flexible thermoelements is connected by conductive wires to each other, and mounted in a seat foam pad of the seat; a property adjustment region input unit configured to select a property adjustment region of the seat foam pad; a property adjustment amount input unit configured to input a target property adjustment amount of the seat foam pad; and a controller connected to the thermoelement modules, the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit, and configured to control an amount of current supplied to some or all of the flexible thermoelements according to output signals from the property adjustment region input unit and the property adjustment amount input unit
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee LEE, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210162904
    Abstract: A ventilation and massage device for a seat, may include a seat foam pad including a plurality of air discharge holes formed in the seat foam; an air distribution duct mounted in a space in a rear surface of the seat foam pad and fluidically-connected to the plurality of air discharge holes, the air distribution duct being configured to distribute air to the air discharge holes; massage units mounted on a bottom surface of the air distribution duct, the massage units being configured to move forwards and backwards to open or close the air discharge holes or penetrate the air discharge holes; and a controller electrically connected to the massage units and configured to control an amount of movement of the massage units based on information related to a body pressure of an occupant accommodated in the seat and information related to a temperature and humidity at a contact portion between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Gyu Ho Chung, Jong Hun Lee, Yo Seob Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Min Hyuk Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210129721
    Abstract: A humidity-responsive seat control device for a vehicle employs a self-transforming film including a kind of biomaterial configured to operate to be opened through gradual shrinkage thereof when humidity of a seat cover or humidity inside of the seat cover increases while operating to be closed through gradual expansion thereof when the humidity of the seat cover or the humidity inside of the seat cover decreases, thereby being capable of not only achieving smooth air ventilation in an area where a body portion of a seat occupant contacts the seat cover, but also automatically adjusting an amount of air discharged outwards through the self-transforming film in accordance with humidity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jong Hun Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20210069521
    Abstract: A defibrillation system may include a cardiac arrest detector detecting whether cardiac arrest of a passenger has occurred in a state of taking a seat of a self-driving vehicle and fastening a seatbelt of the vehicle; a passenger posture detection device detecting a posture of the passenger; a seat driving device changing the posture of the passenger into another posture in which the passenger lies down based on a detection signal of the passenger posture detection device when the cardiac arrest of the passenger occurs; a heart position detector configured to search for a position of a heart of the passenger; a defibrillation robot to perform a CPR method or a method using an AED on the heart of the passenger; and a controller controlling operation of the seat driving device, the heart position detector, and the defibrillation robot based on detection signals of the cardiac arrest detector and the passenger posture detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jong Hun Lee, Hyun Kyu Park, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20210016187
    Abstract: A gaming device in an autonomous vehicle includes: a body pressure sensor disposed in a seatback and a seat cushion at laterally symmetrical positions thereof and sensing a body pressure distribution of an upper body of a passenger and a body pressure distribution of a lower body of the passenger; a display device disposed at a position around a seat and displaying a game execution screen when the game using a ball is executed; a joystick disposed at a position around the seat and manipulating the game; and a game module connected to a front portion of the seat cushion and comprising: the ball enabling the passenger to kick the ball by a foot; a plurality of force sensors mounted on the ball; and a connector for holding the ball and outputting signals from the force sensors to a controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Jong Hun Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Yo Seob Lee
  • Publication number: 20200377036
    Abstract: An entertainment apparatus for a self-driving vehicle is configured to enable a passenger to playa game while viewing a game start image of a display installed in a seat in a state in which the passenger sits on the seat, where the game is executed and proceeds based on a signal that is obtained by detecting a distribution of human body pressure of the passenger by a body pressure sensor installed in the seat and a signal obtained by detecting touch pressure of the passenger by a touch pad installed in the seat, and thus the passenger is capable of playing various games related to body pressure and/or a touch signal while moving his or her body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Inventors: Baek Hee Lee, Min Hyuk Kwak, Jin Hee Lee