Patents by Inventor Myung Ki Yeom
Myung Ki Yeom 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: 12145559Abstract: A control method for distribution of braking force of an autonomous vehicle may include a vertical load determination step in which a controller is configured to recognize an object existing in an interior of the vehicle and recognizes data of at least one among a position in the vehicle, a size, volume, density, weight, and center of gravity of the corresponding object, and determines a vertical load applied to each wheel of the vehicle according to the recognized data, wherein the controller transmits data of the determined vertical load of each wheel to a brake controller electrically connected to the controller, and the brake controller 40 determines an amount of the distribution of the braking force for each wheel of the vehicle according to the received data of the vertical load and drives a brake actuator electrically connected to the brake controller according to the determined amount of the distribution of the braking force.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 19, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In-Su Kim, Myung-Ki Yeom
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Publication number: 20240336259Abstract: A method for controlling a secondary collision avoidance of a vehicle, includes, while an autonomous vehicle is stopped, identifying the positions of another vehicle and an obstacle around the vehicle in advance, and when a side collision occurs by another vehicle, controlling, by an autonomous driving controller, a driving torque and a braking torque of the vehicle to avoid a secondary collision with a vehicle other than another vehicle or the obstacle which may occur after the side collision, minimizing injury to passengers.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2023Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In Su KIM, Myung Ki YEOM
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Publication number: 20240286604Abstract: A method of controlling collision avoidance of a vehicle, which is capable of preventing a collision accident caused by other vehicle even in a parked or stopped state of the vehicle, includes: detecting other vehicle in the parked or stopped state of the vehicle and predicting whether a collision occurs due to a movement of other vehicle and turning the vehicle during parking or stopping in a collision avoidance direction using a driving torque and a braking torque when a collision is expected due to the movement of other vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Myung Ki Yeom, In Su Kim
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Patent number: 12005913Abstract: A method of controlling vehicle driving, when a plurality of occupants is in the vehicle, by implementing components required for vehicle driving control as holographic images to ensure a maximum space in an autonomous vehicle, may include steps of requesting, by a first occupant currently having no driving control authority, a transfer of the authority by use of a holographic image, accepting, by a second occupant currently having the driving control authority, the transfer of the authority by use of the holographic image, selecting, by the first occupant, a mode by use of the holographic image based on the acceptance by the second occupant, and performing vehicle control in accordance with the mode selected by the first occupant, and the holographic images in the respective steps are displayed to the occupants wearing an HMD device.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Myung-Ki Yeom, In-Su Kim
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Publication number: 20240174268Abstract: A method of controlling a time switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle includes determining whether there is a request for switching to the manual driving mode, when there is the request, comparing at least one value of yaw rate, deceleration, and shifting in an autonomous driving route with at least one value of yaw rate, deceleration, and shifting by a driver's manual manipulation amount, and according to a size difference between the at least one value of yaw rate, deceleration, and shifting in the autonomous driving route and the at least one value of yaw rate, deceleration, and shifting by the driver's manual manipulation amount, performing a control operation of variably controlling the time switching from the autonomous driving mode to the manual driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2023Publication date: May 30, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In Su KIM, Myung Ki Yeom
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Patent number: 11981168Abstract: An apparatus for providing tire information is provided. The apparatus includes a detector that detects driving information as a vehicle is being driven and a controller that calculates a relative speed of a tire of the vehicle and a resonance frequency of the tire based on the driving information. The controller then compares the calculated relative speed and the calculated resonance frequency with a previously learned determination reference value to determine whether the tire is deflated.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Han Seon Ga, Joon Sang Jo, Hyun Dong Her, Myung Ki Yeom, Ju Yong Kang
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Publication number: 20240149922Abstract: An embodiment system for controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle includes a steering controller configured to determine whether a steering angle is changed according to operation of a steering wheel by a driver, a braking controller configured to apply braking torque to a braking device of each wheel, a motor controller configured to apply individual regenerative braking torque and driving torque to each wheel, and an autonomous driving controller configured to determine a control torque for maintaining straight-ahead driving and to issue an instruction using a feedforward control scheme when a steering angle change signal according to the operation of the steering wheel by the driver is received from the steering controller in a transition section in which an autonomous driving mode is switched to the manual driving mode during high-speed straight-ahead driving of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Myung Ki Yeom, In Su Kim
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Publication number: 20240124031Abstract: When there is a request of a driver for transition to manual driving mode while the autonomous vehicle is driving in autonomous driving mode, the autonomous vehicle is set to a safe state by performing control operations of maintaining a vehicle speed previously designated by the driver, maintaining safe distances between vehicles, and changing the driving land and the driving route. The driver is provided with a warning signal notifying that safe transition to the manual driving mode is possible. Accordingly, the driving mode of the autonomous vehicle is transited to the manual mode in a state in which the safety of the autonomous vehicle is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In Su KIM, Myung Ki Yeom
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Publication number: 20240101159Abstract: A method of controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle, enables switching to the manual driving mode to be safely performed without interfering with a nearby vehicle in a safe lane or a safe place according to a surrounding driving environment by allowing a driver to select between switching to the manual driving mode while driving or switching to the manual driving mode after stopping to switch to the manual driving mode while the autonomous vehicle is driven in an autonomous driving mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Myung Ki Yeom, In Su Kim
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Publication number: 20240083460Abstract: A method for controlling a driving mode transition of an autonomous driving vehicle may safely perform a lane change to avoid a collision accident with the other vehicle and prevent an injury to a joint, etc., while minimizing a sense of heterogeneity of a driver according to minimization of rotational steering of a steering wheel by determining whether the other vehicle in a next lane suddenly cuts in in an autonomous driving controller while the autonomous driving vehicle is driving in a manual driving mode and determining a safety distance from a rear vehicle to minimize rotational steering of the steering wheel held by the driver and at the same time perform partial braking control by autonomous driving mode transition control using an autonomous driving controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Myung Ki YEOM, In Su KIM
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Publication number: 20240067228Abstract: A method of controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle allowing stable transition to the manual driving mode and prevention of collision accidents includes performing motor drive control of a motor controller and braking control of a braking controller according to a command of an autonomous driving controller in a complex manner, when there is a risk of a collision accident caused by a difference between a target yaw rate of the autonomous vehicle and an actual yaw rate of the autonomous vehicle in a transition section from an autonomous driving mode to a manual driving mode during turning of the autonomous vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In Su Kim, Myung Ki Yeom
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Publication number: 20240059324Abstract: A control method for monitoring and responding to hacking into a vehicle, which may monitor whether hacking is performed by cross-checking preset check values for each ID with each other in a state where a plurality of controllers mounted in an autonomous vehicle is connected like a blockchain, and response-control the vehicle in a safe state upon determining that a specific controller is hacked as a result of monitoring.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2022Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Myung Ki Yeom, In Su Kim
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Patent number: 11878672Abstract: A method of emergency braking of a vehicle includes: displaying a brake button in a vehicle; determining pre-touch information on a distance before the brake button is touched by a user; determining post-touch information on a distance after the brake button is touched; and performing any one of a first brake control in which general braking is performed according to the degree of the pressing of the brake button and braking force is added from a first time point after the brake button is pressed, a second brake control in which the general braking is performed and braking force is added from a second time point that is after the first time point, and a third brake control in which the general braking is performed according to the pre-touch information and the post-touch information.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2021Date of Patent: January 23, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Myung-Ki Yeom, In-Su Kim
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Publication number: 20230415782Abstract: In a braking control method of responding to sensor failure for autonomous vehicles, when a braking-related sensor, such as a G sensor or a braking hydraulic sensor, has failed while driving of an autonomous vehicle, the host vehicle requests a nearby another autonomous vehicle determine a deceleration of the host vehicle and transmit deceleration information to the host vehicle. The host vehicle accurately determines a braking hydraulic pressure based on the deceleration information received from the aid vehicle and apply the accurate braking hydraulic pressure to a braking device. In the present manner, even in the case in which it is difficult to convert the vehicle to manual driving, the host vehicle is able to drive to a destination or a safe place.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2022Publication date: December 28, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In Su KIM, Myung Ki YEOM
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Patent number: 11738773Abstract: A system for controlling an autonomous vehicle is capable of predicting and eliminating a possibility of motion sickness before and during travelling of the autonomous vehicle. The system includes: a first control unit which compares a first vehicle motion sickness index that is determined by a travelling simulation with a first threshold set including passenger information before travelling and controls a boarding location of a passenger before travelling; and a second control unit which computes a passenger motion sickness index from passenger state information and vehicle state information detected during travelling, compares a second threshold indicating the degree of sensitivity to motion sickness according to passenger information during travelling with the passenger motion sickness index, and controls the autonomous vehicle so as to reduce or eliminate a generation of a motion sickness causing frequency.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2020Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Myung-Ki Yeom, In-Su Kim
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Publication number: 20230182696Abstract: A braking control system and method for an autonomous vehicle, may transmit information on surrounding vehicles monitored by autonomous traveling-related sensors of each vehicle while the autonomous vehicles are traveling to the cloud, and transmit a braking induction signal to a specific vehicle when the cloud determines that a distance with a leading vehicle of the specific vehicle has reached a reference distance or less at which braking is required so that the specific vehicle may be braked, checking occurrence of an error or a failure of autonomous traveling-related sensors of a specific vehicle, and easily preventing the safety accidents such as collision with the leading vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2022Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Myung Ki Yeom, In Su Kim
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Publication number: 20230174111Abstract: A system and method for inducing vehicles to yield right of way determines whether a common vehicle is an emergency vehicle through a cloud, which transmits and receives requests and response signals between vehicles, when the common vehicle transmits a request signal showing that the common vehicle is an emergency vehicle, and informs surrounding vehicles that there is an emergency vehicle in a driving path and simultaneously provides a yielding driving guide signal, which includes a driving direction for yielding driving, a lane change direction of the emergency vehicle, whether to accelerate and decelerate, etc., to the surrounding vehicles so that yielding driving may be easily performed for specific vehicles with an emergency patient other than emergency vehicles such as an ambulance and a fire truck.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 27, 2022Publication date: June 8, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventor: Myung Ki Yeom
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Patent number: 11639175Abstract: A method of controlling a vehicle when the vehicle passes over a speed bump, may include: dividing sections of the road into a first section within a first time period before the front wheel of the vehicle collides with the speed bump, a second section while the front wheel collides with the speed bump, a third section within a second time period before the rear wheel collides with the speed bump, and a fourth section while the rear wheel collides with the speed bump; and controlling and distributing at least one of suspension damping force, driving power and braking force to the front wheel and the rear wheel for each of the first section, the second section, the third section and the fourth section to reduce the amount of impact to be applied when the vehicle collides with the speed bump and to reduce a vertical motion of the vehicle that occurs while the vehicle goes over the speed bump.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In-Su Kim, Myung-Ki Yeom
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Patent number: 11634122Abstract: A method of moving an autonomous vehicle to a safe zone after an accident is provided. The method includes: setting a threshold which is a criterion for determining a failure of a chassis system; determining whether a failure occurs by using the threshold; determining a control mode of twin clutches or a braking system; designating avoidance speed level in accordance with whether a following vehicle approaches; and setting a target trajectory to a safe zone and then generating braking torque on left and right wheels or controlling distribution of driving torque through the twin clutches in order to move the autonomous vehicle at the avoidance speed along the target trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Myung-Ki Yeom, In-Su Kim
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Publication number: 20230009196Abstract: A control method for distribution of braking force of an autonomous vehicle may include a vertical load determination step in which a controller is configured to recognize an object existing in an interior of the vehicle and recognizes data of at least one among a position in the vehicle, a size, volume, density, weight, and center of gravity of the corresponding object, and determines a vertical load applied to each wheel of the vehicle according to the recognized data, wherein the controller transmits data of the determined vertical load of each wheel to a brake controller electrically connected to the controller, and the brake controller 40 determines an amount of the distribution of the braking force for each wheel of the vehicle according to the received data of the vertical load and drives a brake actuator electrically connected to the brake controller according to the determined amount of the distribution of the braking force.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: In-Su KIM, Myung-Ki YEOM