Patents by Inventor Moo Kwan KIM
Moo Kwan KIM 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).
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Patent number: 11813975Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: a housing installed inside the front of a vehicle and formed one side thereof with an opening, a plurality of light emitting units installed inside the housing and configured to emit light toward the opening, and a plurality of flap units rotatably installed in the housing, disposed to face the plurality of light emitting units, and configured to open or close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Soon Mo Lee, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 11772543Abstract: A control method of a lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: sensing, by a sensing unit, a distance between the vehicle and a pedestrian; determining, by a control unit, whether the distance between the vehicle and the pedestrian falls within a first distance; determining, by the control unit, a walking direction of the pedestrian when the distance between the vehicle and the pedestrian falls within the first distance; and indicating, by the control unit, the walking direction to the pedestrian by operating a plurality of flap units.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2022Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Soon Mo Lee, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 11651713Abstract: A flip dot display apparatus for a vehicle includes a plurality of flip dot units disposed in a front grill disposed at a front bumper of the vehicle, and configured to transfer either one or both of notice information on a state of the vehicle and notice information on driving of the vehicle to an oncoming vehicle or a pedestrian. Each flip dot unit among the plurality of flip dot units includes: a housing having an opening formed on one side thereof and a space formed therein; and a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to open or close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Tae Kyoung Jin, Moo Kwan Kim
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Publication number: 20230122112Abstract: An indoor display apparatus of a vehicle may include a vehicle state inputter configured to receive a vehicle state, a front detector configured to detect an object ahead of a vehicle, a flip-dot display installed at a top of a cockpit module, and being configured to implement a pixel by rotating a flip disk, an illuminator installed around the flip-dot display, and being configured to illuminate the surface of the flip-dot display, and a controller configured to receive an operation mode of the vehicle from the vehicle state inputter, to receive a distance to the object and a direction of the object from the front detector, and to operate the flip-dot display and the illuminator.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Tae Kyoung JIN, Moo Kwan KIM
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Patent number: 11628726Abstract: An indoor display apparatus of a vehicle may include a vehicle state inputter configured to receive a vehicle state, a front detector configured to detect an object ahead of a vehicle, a flip-dot display installed at a top of a cockpit module, and being configured to implement a pixel by rotating a flip disk, an illuminator installed around the flip-dot display, and being configured to illuminate the surface of the flip-dot display, and a controller configured to receive an operation mode of the vehicle from the vehicle state inputter, to receive a distance to the object and a direction of the object from the front detector, and to operate the flip-dot display and the illuminator.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Tae Kyoung Jin, Moo Kwan Kim
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Publication number: 20230098087Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: a housing installed inside the front of a vehicle and formed one side thereof with an opening, a plurality of light emitting units installed inside the housing and configured to emit light toward the opening, and a plurality of flap units rotatably installed in the housing, disposed to face the plurality of light emitting units, and configured to open or close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Soon Mo Lee, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 11607988Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: a housing installed inside the front of a vehicle and formed one side thereof with an opening, a plurality of light emitting units installed inside the housing and configured to emit light toward the opening, and a plurality of flap units rotatably installed in the housing, disposed to face the plurality of light emitting units, and configured to open or close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2022Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Soon Mo Lee, Moo Kwan Kim
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Publication number: 20220396198Abstract: A control method of a lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: sensing, by a sensing unit, a distance between the vehicle and a pedestrian; determining, by a control unit, whether the distance between the vehicle and the pedestrian falls within a first distance; determining, by the control unit, a walking direction of the pedestrian when the distance between the vehicle and the pedestrian falls within the first distance; and indicating, by the control unit, the walking direction to the pedestrian by operating a plurality of flap units.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2022Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Soon Mo LEE, Moo Kwan KIM
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Publication number: 20220371507Abstract: A lighting apparatus for a vehicle may include: a housing installed inside the front of a vehicle and formed one side thereof with an opening, a plurality of light emitting units installed inside the housing and configured to emit light toward the opening, and a plurality of flap units rotatably installed in the housing, disposed to face the plurality of light emitting units, and configured to open or close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Soon Mo LEE, Moo Kwan KIM
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Patent number: 11378249Abstract: A head lamp for a vehicle includes: a lamp housing; a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle; a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source; and a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel. Each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units includes: a housing having an opening formed on one side the housing, and a space formed in the housing; and a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Tae Kyoung Jin, Moo Kwan Kim
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Publication number: 20220034474Abstract: A head lamp for a vehicle includes: a lamp housing; a light source disposed in the lamp housing and configured to emit light to a forward area of a vehicle; a bezel disposed on the lamp housing, spaced apart from the light source, and shaped to cover the light source; and a plurality of flip-dot units disposed in the bezel. Each flip-dot unit among the plurality of flip-dot units includes: a housing having an opening formed on one side the housing, and a space formed in the housing; and a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to selectively open and close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Tae Kyoung JIN, Moo Kwan KIM
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Publication number: 20220032839Abstract: A vehicle information display apparatus includes: at least one processor configured to receive a vehicle state of a vehicle, and detect a forward object ahead of the vehicle; a flip-dot display installed in the vehicle and configured to implement a pixel by rotating a flip disk; and an illumination module installed around the flip-dot display, and configured to illuminate a surface of the flip-dot display.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Tae Kyoung JIN, Moo Kwan KIM
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Publication number: 20210312840Abstract: A flip dot display apparatus for a vehicle includes a plurality of flip dot units disposed in a front grill disposed at a front bumper of the vehicle, and configured to transfer either one or both of notice information on a state of the vehicle and notice information on driving of the vehicle to an oncoming vehicle or a pedestrian. Each flip dot unit among the plurality of flip dot units includes: a housing having an opening formed on one side thereof and a space formed therein; and a flip disk rotatably installed in the housing and configured to open or close the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 2, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Do Hyung KIM, Tae Kyoung JIN, Moo Kwan KIM
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Patent number: 11097656Abstract: A lighting apparatus of an autonomous vehicle may include: a roof formed at the top of a vehicle; a lighting unit installed on the roof, and configured to display an autonomous driving status of the vehicle to the outside; and a control unit configured to vary a lighting status of the lighting unit according to the autonomous driving status of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Jeong Lee, Seung Woo Baek, Ban Suk Choi, Cheon Seop Shin, Jun Hyuk Cha, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 10981497Abstract: A control system of an autonomous vehicle may include: a camera unit installed on a vehicle body, and configured to take an image of a pedestrian; a measurement unit installed on the vehicle body, and configured to measure a position of the pedestrian and a distance to the pedestrian; a control unit configured to receive data of the camera unit and the measurement unit; and an image irradiation unit configured to operate according to a control signal of the control unit, and irradiate light to one or more of the pedestrian and a road.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Jeong Lee, Seung Woo Baek, Ban Suk Choi, Cheon Seop Shin, Jun Hyuk Cha, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 10843622Abstract: A control system of an autonomous vehicle may include: a camera unit installed on a vehicle body, and configured to take an image of a pedestrian; a measurement unit installed on the vehicle body, and configured to measure a position of the pedestrian and a distance to the pedestrian; a control unit configured to receive data of the camera unit and the measurement unit; and an image irradiation unit configured to operate according to a control signal of the control unit, and irradiate light to one or more of the pedestrian and a road.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: November 24, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Jeong Lee, Seung Woo Baek, Ban Suk Choi, Cheon Seop Shin, Jun Hyuk Cha, Moo Kwan Kim
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Patent number: 10814778Abstract: An apparatus for transmitting driving information of a vehicle may include: a surrounding information sensing unit configured to sense an obstacle positioned within a designated distance around the vehicle or an obstacle approaching within a designated distance; a vehicle information sensing unit configured to sense a status of the ego vehicle; a control unit configured to determine a surrounding situation of the ego vehicle or whether the surrounding situation was recognized, based on the information sensed through the surrounding information sensing unit, determine the status of the ego vehicle based on the information sensed through the vehicle information sensing unit, and output information through an information output unit, the information corresponding to the determined surrounding situation or whether the surrounding situation was recognized and the determined status of the ego vehicle; and the information output unit including a display lamp and speaker installed on the vehicle body.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Jeong Lee, Seung Woo Baek, Ban Suk Choi, Cheon Seop Shin, Jun Hyuk Cha, Moo Kwan Kim
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Publication number: 20200269752Abstract: A lighting apparatus of an autonomous vehicle may include: a roof formed at the top of a vehicle; a lighting unit installed on the roof, and configured to display an autonomous driving status of the vehicle to the outside; and a control unit configured to vary a lighting status of the lighting unit according to the autonomous driving status of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: August 27, 2020Inventors: Eun Jeong LEE, Seung Woo BAEK, Ban Suk CHOI, Cheon Seop SHIN, Jun Hyuk CHA, Moo Kwan KIM
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Publication number: 20200215966Abstract: A control system of an autonomous vehicle may include: a camera unit installed on a vehicle body, and configured to take an image of a pedestrian; a measurement unit installed on the vehicle body, and configured to measure a position of the pedestrian and a distance to the pedestrian; a control unit configured to receive data of the camera unit and the measurement unit; and an image irradiation unit configured to operate according to a control signal of the control unit, and irradiate light to one or more of the pedestrian and a road.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 16, 2020Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Eun Jeong LEE, Seung Woo BAEK, Ban Suk CHOI, Cheon Seop SHIN, Jun Hyuk CHA, Moo Kwan KIM
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Patent number: 10682950Abstract: A lighting apparatus of an autonomous vehicle may include: a roof formed at the top of a vehicle; a lighting unit installed on the roof, and configured to display an autonomous driving status of the vehicle to the outside; and a control unit configured to vary a lighting status of the lighting unit according to the autonomous driving status of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.Inventors: Eun Jeong Lee, Seung Woo Baek, Ban Suk Choi, Cheon Seop Shin, Jun Hyuk Cha, Moo Kwan Kim