Patents by Inventor Mun-Soon Kwon
Mun-Soon Kwon 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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Publication number: 20230398899Abstract: The vehicle includes a battery, a load receive a voltage higher than or equal to a preset voltage from the battery, a controller controls an operation of the load, a battery management system monitors a total amount of power output from the battery, and a power control device determines whether peak power is generated based on the total amount of power and an amount of peak power, controls the load so that an output of the load is decreased when it is determined that the peak power has been generated, and controls the load so that the output of the load is increased when it is determined that the generation of the peak power has been released.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Mun Soon KWON
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Patent number: 11760208Abstract: A method and system for controlling high voltage power of an electric vehicle to efficiently control outputs of power control object parts by controlling low-level controllers provided in the power control object parts through a high-level controller having various types of vehicle information, may include a power state monitoring step in which a high-level controller detects power variations in power control object parts through low-level controllers provided in the power control object parts, a power state determination step in which the high-level controller determines a stable power supply state and an unstable power supply state for the power control object parts on the basis of a preset power reference value, and a load output control step in which the high-level controller controls all load outputs for the power control object parts according to the stable power supply state and the unstable power supply state.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Publication number: 20230132873Abstract: A vehicle includes: a plurality of electronic devices including a first electronic device and a second electronic device; a plurality of control units configured to control power supplied to the plurality of electronic devices; and a main control unit configured to provide a plurality of control signals to the plurality of control units, in which the main control unit is further configured to determine required power of the plurality of electronic devices based on input signals provided from the plurality of control units and to generate the plurality of control signals for changing at least one of an output voltage of the first electronic device or an output voltage of the second electronic device, based on the determined required power.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: May 4, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Mun Soon KWON
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Publication number: 20220410654Abstract: Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for controlling electrical loads of a vehicle. The apparatus may include a high-voltage load that receives a high voltage from a high-voltage battery to perform an operation thereof, a low-voltage load that receives a low voltage from a low-voltage battery to perform an operation thereof, and a controller that mutually organically controls an output of the high-voltage load and an output of the low-voltage load based on a control level set by a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventor: Mun Soon KWON
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Publication number: 20220063419Abstract: A method and system for controlling high voltage power of an electric vehicle to efficiently control outputs of power control object parts by controlling low-level controllers provided in the power control object parts through a high-level controller having various types of vehicle information, may include a power state monitoring step in which a high-level controller detects power variations in power control object parts through low-level controllers provided in the power control object parts, a power state determination step in which the high-level controller determines a stable power supply state and an unstable power supply state for the power control object parts on the basis of a preset power reference value, and a load output control step in which the high-level controller controls all load outputs for the power control object parts according to the stable power supply state and the unstable power supply state.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Patent number: 11220951Abstract: A method of controlling a cooling system includes, by an integrated controller: controller area network (CAN) checking whether CAN communication is abnormal after a vehicle is turned on and control of a cooling fan and an active air flap is initiated; single-communication checking whether communication with a cooling fan controller and an active air flap (AAF) controller is abnormal; performing a first fail-safe operation of communicating with the cooling fan controller and the AAF controller; and controlling the cooling fan and the active air flap based on signals of a first temperature sensor of the cooling fan controller and a second temperature sensor of the AAF controller.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2019Date of Patent: January 11, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Mun Soon Kwon, Kwang Ki Kim
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Patent number: 11130407Abstract: A method of cooling control for a drive motor of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The method includes controlling an output of a cooling apparatus for cooling the drive motor of the electric vehicle, using a navigation system to predict a deceleration followed by an acceleration in the driving speed of the electric vehicle, temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output to cool residual heat of the drive motor prior to beginning of the predicted deceleration, and temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output to cool the drive motor when the acceleration is predicted.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2020Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Publication number: 20200171954Abstract: A method of cooling control for a drive motor of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The method includes controlling an output of a cooling apparatus for cooling the drive motor of the electric vehicle, using a navigation system to predict a deceleration followed by an acceleration in the driving speed of the electric vehicle, temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output to cool residual heat of the drive motor prior to beginning of the predicted deceleration, and temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output to cool the drive motor when the acceleration is predicted.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2020Publication date: June 4, 2020Inventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Patent number: 10626877Abstract: A method of controlling a cooling fan in a cooling system in a vehicle includes detecting presence/absence of abnormality in a communication state, measuring an output voltage level of an air-conditioner pressure transducer (APT) sensor when the abnormality in the communication state is detected, determining a cooling fan control condition based on the measured output voltage level, and controlling a cooling fan motor according to the determined cooling fan control condition.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2015Date of Patent: April 21, 2020Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Mun Soon Kwon, Jung Tae Cho
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Patent number: 10583741Abstract: Disclosed is a method of cooling control for a drive motor of an electric vehicle, the method including: a normal driving step of controlling the output of the cooling apparatus to be in proportion to a driving speed of the electric vehicle; a sensing step of predicting changes in the driving speed of the electric vehicle during the normal driving step; a first supercooling step of cooling residual heat of the drive motor prior to beginning of deceleration by temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output than the output controlled in the normal driving step, when deceleration is predicted in the sensing step; and a second supercooling step of cooling the drive motor in advance by temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output than the output controlled in the normal driving step, when acceleration is predicted in the sensing step after performing the first supercooling step.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2016Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Publication number: 20200049056Abstract: A method of controlling a cooling system includes, by an integrated controller: controller area network (CAN) checking whether CAN communication is abnormal after a vehicle is turned on and control of a cooling fan and an active air flap is initiated; single-communication checking whether communication with a cooling fan controller and an active air flap (AAF) controller is abnormal; performing a first fail-safe operation of communicating with the cooling fan controller and the AAF controller; and controlling the cooling fan and the active air flap based on signals of a first temperature sensor of the cooling fan controller and a second temperature sensor of the AAF controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2019Publication date: February 13, 2020Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Mun Soon Kwon, Kwang Ki Kim
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Patent number: 10343689Abstract: An integrated control method of a motor for a vehicle includes detecting an output torque value of a drive motor and an output torque value of a ventilation system compressor motor by a controller when a vehicle start and a ventilation system are turned on, determining whether an error is occurred in the drive motor and the compressor motor as an output torque value of the drive motor and an output torque value of the ventilation system compressor motor are respectively compared with a drive motor torque reference value and a compressor motor torque reference value which are predetermined by the controller, and adjusting output torque values of the drive motor or the compressor motor depending on a result of determining whether an error is occurred in the drive motor and the compressor motor by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2016Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Patent number: 10322644Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a cooling fan of a battery of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a motor controller that drives a cooling fan motor of the battery based on information regarding control conditions of the cooling fan motor, and requests a backup process of a control of the cooling fan motor when an error in CAN communication by a CAN communicator or an error of the vehicle occurs. A backup processor then compensates for an output signal of the cooling fan based on at least one of an air conditioner pressure transducer (APT) output value, a vehicle speed, and a cooled water temperature and transmits the compensated output signal of the cooling fan to the motor controller.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Patent number: 10189369Abstract: A method and a system for controlling motors is provided to have a vehicle travel smoothly in such a manner that, when a state of charge of a battery for supplying electric power stored to a plurality of motors included in the vehicle is low, a consumption of the battery is reduced by decreasing the electric power supplied to each motor of the plurality of motors. The method of controlling motors includes: determining a state of charge of a battery storing electric power supplied to each motor of a plurality of motors; calculating a present current consumption of each motor of the plurality of motors when the state of charge of the battery is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value; and resetting a power supply to each motor of the plurality of motors, based on the present current consumption of each motor of the plurality of motors.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2017Date of Patent: January 29, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Patent number: 10141618Abstract: A system and a method are capable of cooling a high voltage battery capable of maintaining a heat generation level of the high voltage battery in an optimal state by controlling a cooling fan motor on the basis of information on ignition of a vehicle and information on an operation of an air conditioner, when an error is generated in controller area network (CAN) communication with a battery management system (BMS).Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Publication number: 20180147952Abstract: A method and a system for controlling motors is provided to have a vehicle travel smoothly in such a manner that, when the state of charge of a battery for supplying electric power stored to a plurality of motors included in the vehicle is low, the consumption of the battery is reduced by decreasing the electric power supplied to each of the motors. The method of controlling motors includes: determining a state of charge of a battery storing electric power supplied to each of a plurality of motors; calculating a present current consumption of each of the motors when the state of charge of the battery is equal to or less than a predetermined reference value; and resetting a power supply to each of the motors, based on the present current consumption of each of the motors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2017Publication date: May 31, 2018Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Mun Soon KWON
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Publication number: 20180111486Abstract: Disclosed is a method of cooling control for a drive motor of an electric vehicle, the method including: a normal driving step of controlling the output of the cooling apparatus to be in proportion to a driving speed of the electric vehicle; a sensing step of predicting changes in the driving speed of the electric vehicle during the normal driving step; a first supercooling step of cooling residual heat of the drive motor prior to beginning of deceleration by temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output than the output controlled in the normal driving step, when deceleration is predicted in the sensing step; and a second supercooling step of cooling the drive motor in advance by temporarily operating the cooling apparatus at a higher output than the output controlled in the normal driving step, when acceleration is predicted in the sensing step after performing the first supercooling step.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 13, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Inventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Publication number: 20180112586Abstract: Disclosed is a cooling system of a vehicle. The cooling system includes an integrated controller for controlling a cooling fan and an active air flap, wherein the cooling fan is connected to the integrated controller through a single data line, and the active air flap is connected to the integrated controller through a single data line. The integrated controller is configured to receive signals of temperatures of cooling water and ambient air via controller area network (CAN) communication using two data lines.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2016Publication date: April 26, 2018Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Mun Soon Kwon, Kwang Ki Kim
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Publication number: 20180099672Abstract: An integrated control method of a motor for a vehicle includes detecting an output torque value of a drive motor and an output torque value of a ventilation system compressor motor by a controller when a vehicle start and a ventilation system are turned on, determining whether an error is occurred in the drive motor and the compressor motor as an output torque value of the drive motor and an output torque value of the ventilation system compressor motor are respectively compared with a drive motor torque reference value and a compressor motor torque reference value which are predetermined by the controller, and adjusting output torque values of the drive motor or the compressor motor depending on a result of determining whether an error is occurred in the drive motor and the compressor motor by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2016Publication date: April 12, 2018Inventor: Mun Soon Kwon
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Publication number: 20170072814Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a cooling fan of a battery of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a motor controller that drives a cooling fan motor of the battery based on information regarding control conditions of the cooling fan motor, and requests a backup process of a control of the cooling fan motor when an error in CAN communication by a CAN communicator or an error of the vehicle occurs. A backup processor then compensates for an output signal of the cooling fan based on at least one of an air conditioner pressure transducer (APT) output value, a vehicle speed, and a cooled water temperature and transmits the compensated output signal of the cooling fan to the motor controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventor: Mun Soon Kwon