Patents by Inventor Minsung SON

Minsung SON 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: 11961309
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera obtaining a surrounding image around the vehicle; and a controller configured to derive spatial recognition data by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value of the controller, derive object recognition data including wheel area data of surrounding vehicles around the vehicle by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value of the controller, determine a ground clearance between a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the surrounding vehicles and a ground by use of the spatial recognition data and the wheel area data, and control the vehicle to park the vehicle according to the ground clearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hayeon Lee, JongHoon Kwak, Jinwook Choi, Jihee Han, Jongmo Kim, Jonghyuk Lim, Junsik An, Minsung Son
  • Patent number: 11654897
    Abstract: A system for performing autonomous parking of a vehicle includes: a camera configured to acquire a surrounding image of the vehicle including a parking line; and a controller configured to derive spatial recognition data based on the surrounding vehicle image as an input, derive a feature point corresponding to the parking line based on the surrounding image and the spatial recognition data, determine a candidate parking line based on clustering of the feature point, and control the vehicle to perform parking in a parking area having the candidate parking line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jongmo Kim, Minsung Son, Hayeon Lee, Jinwook Choi, Wonjune Lee, Sohee You
  • Patent number: 11418693
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a camera unit disposed in the vehicle to have a plurality of channels and configured to obtain an image around the vehicle, the camera unit including one or more cameras, a sensing device including an ultrasonic sensor, the sensing device configured to obtain distance information between an object and the vehicle, and a controller configured to match a part of the image around the vehicle with at least one mask, form map information based on the at least one mask and the distance information, determine at least one control point based on the map information, and obtain the image around the vehicle based on a priority of the camera unit corresponding to a surrounding type of the vehicle determined based on the control point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junsik An, Hayeon Lee, Jongmo Kim, Jinwook Choi, Minsung Son
  • Publication number: 20220073055
    Abstract: A system for performing autonomous parking of a vehicle includes: a camera configured to acquire a surrounding image of the vehicle including a parking line; and a controller configured to derive spatial recognition data based on the surrounding vehicle image as an input, derive a feature point corresponding to the parking line based on the surrounding image and the spatial recognition data, determine a candidate parking line based on clustering of the feature point, and control the vehicle to perform parking in a parking area having the candidate parking line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jongmo Kim, Minsung Son, Hayeon Lee, Jinwook Choi, Wonjune Lee, Sohee You
  • Publication number: 20220067400
    Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera obtaining a surrounding image around the vehicle; and a controller configured to derive spatial recognition data by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value of the controller, derive object recognition data including wheel area data of surrounding vehicles around the vehicle by learning the surrounding image of the vehicle as an input value of the controller, determine a ground clearance between a bottom surface of a vehicle body of the surrounding vehicles and a ground by use of the spatial recognition data and the wheel area data, and control the vehicle to park the vehicle according to the ground clearance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hayeon Lee, JongHoon KWAK, Jinwook CHOI, Jihee HAN, Jongmo KIM, Jonghyuk LIM, Junsik AN, Minsung SON
  • Publication number: 20210179098
    Abstract: A vehicle and a method are capable of efficient autonomous parking by forming an occupancy map and a probability map using a camera and an ultrasonic sensor, and a method of controlling the vehicle. The vehicle includes: a camera disposed in a vehicle to have a plurality of channels and configured to obtain an image from around the vehicle; a sensing device including an ultrasonic sensor and configured to obtain distance information between an object and the vehicle; and a controller. The controller is configured to match the distance information with the image from around the vehicle, to divide the image from around the vehicle into a plurality of areas, to determine a risk of each of the plurality of areas by matching the object included in the plurality of areas to a predetermined class, and to form a probability map and an occupancy map corresponding to the image from around the vehicle based on the risk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hayeon Lee, Jinwook Choi, Jongmo Kim, Junsik An, Minsung Son
  • Publication number: 20210185205
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a camera unit disposed in the vehicle to have a plurality of channels and configured to obtain an image around the vehicle, the camera unit including one or more cameras, a sensing device including an ultrasonic sensor, the sensing device configured to obtain distance information between an object and the vehicle, and a controller configured to match a part of the image around the vehicle with at least one mask, form map information based on the at least one mask and the distance information, determine at least one control point based on the map information, and obtain the image around the vehicle based on a priority of the camera unit corresponding to a surrounding type of the vehicle determined based on the control point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Junsik An, Hayeon Lee, Jongmo Kim, Jinwook Choi, Minsung Son
  • Patent number: 10453359
    Abstract: A braille learning apparatus includes a plurality of slave blocks for receiving braille from a learner, and a master station configured to: receive braille learning information from an external braille learning information terminal, when slave blocks corresponding to a specific braille inputted by the learner are mounted, determine whether the specific braille inputted to the slave blocks match a learning word, and transmit a determination result to the external braille learning information terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: OHFA TECH, Inc.
    Inventors: Hangsok Kim, Jae Ryun Cho, Kyounghwang Lee, Minsung Son
  • Publication number: 20170309203
    Abstract: A braille learning apparatus includes a plurality of slave blocks for receiving braille from a learner, and a master station configured to: receive braille learning information from an external braille learning information terminal, when slave blocks corresponding to a specific braille inputted by the learner are mounted, determine whether the specific braille inputted to the slave blocks match a learning word, and transmit a determination result to the external braille learning information terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2016
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Hangsok KIM, Jae Ryun CHO, Kyounghwang LEE, Minsung SON
  • Publication number: 20170214290
    Abstract: An actuator is provided, which includes: a rotary driver having a rotary shaft; a driving member coupled to the rotary shaft of the rotary driver and having a driving surface; a driven member, supported by the driving surface of the driving member, configured to linearly move along the rotary shaft by a rotation of the driving member without rotating around the rotary shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Kyounghwang LEE, Jae Ryun CHO, Minsung SON