Patents by Inventor Moonkil SEO

Moonkil SEO 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: 10029723
    Abstract: An input system for a vehicle having a steering wheel includes an input unit with a plurality of buttons that are disposed in the steering wheel of the vehicle, and a processor configured to detect an event and to assign a function to at least one of the buttons that corresponds to the detected event. At least one of the plurality of buttons includes a display portion configured to display an image corresponding to the assigned function, and an operation portion disposed under the display portion, the operation portion including one or more protruding members that are activatable. The one or more protruding members are configured, based on the image displayed on the display portion being divided into a plurality of areas, to be activated so as to correspondingly constrain a movement of the display portion relative to the operation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Hyongguk Kim, Yongbeom Ma, Jaekul Lee, Mihwa Chang, Moonkil Seo
  • Patent number: 9800717
    Abstract: An embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal for performing communication with a vehicle control apparatus installed in a vehicle, and the mobile terminal may include a wireless communication unit configured to form a network comprising the vehicle control apparatus and the mobile terminal, respectively, as one node thereof, and a controller configured to allow the vehicle control apparatus or the mobile terminal to perform an operation corresponding to an event according to whether or not the vehicle is moving or whether a user is getting on or off the vehicle based on the event generated from at least one node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Yongbeom Ma, Hyongguk Kim, Jaekul Lee, Moonkil Seo, Mihwa Chang
  • Publication number: 20150350413
    Abstract: An embodiment disclosed in the present disclosure discloses a mobile terminal for performing communication with a vehicle control apparatus installed in a vehicle, and the mobile terminal may include a wireless communication unit configured to form a network comprising the vehicle control apparatus and the mobile terminal, respectively, as one node thereof, and a controller configured to allow the vehicle control apparatus or the mobile terminal to perform an operation corresponding to an event according to whether or not the vehicle is moving or whether a user is getting on or off the vehicle based on the event generated from at least one node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Yongbeom MA, Hyongguk KIM, Jaekul LEE, Moonkil SEO, Mihwa CHANG
  • Publication number: 20150344059
    Abstract: An input system for a vehicle having a steering wheel includes an input unit with a plurality of buttons that are disposed in the steering wheel of the vehicle, and a processor configured to detect an event and to assign a function to at least one of the buttons that corresponds to the detected event. At least one of the plurality of buttons includes a display portion configured to display an image corresponding to the assigned function, and an operation portion disposed under the display portion, the operation portion including one or more protruding members that are activatable. The one or more protruding members are configured, based on the image displayed on the display portion being divided into a plurality of areas, to be activated so as to correspondingly constrain a movement of the display portion relative to the operation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hyongguk KIM, Yongbeom MA, Jaekul LEE, Mihwa CHANG, Moonkil SEO