Patents by Inventor Na Eun Yang
Na Eun Yang 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: 11548509Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11518387Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11485364Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11433895Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11370458Abstract: An apparatus for deciding a steering intent of a driver is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to determine whether a driver intends to steer a vehicle based on sensing results of a stabilization state of a vehicle and whether a hand of the driver is positioned on a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a memory configured to store a preset reference value to determine the steering intent of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Chang Young Jung, Keon Chang Lee, Chan Il Park, Na Eun Yang, Dong Hwi Lee
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Patent number: 11345348Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11305774Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11254314Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11214256Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11180151Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Patent number: 11136035Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min Park, Na Eun Yang, Jin Su Jeong
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Publication number: 20210206393Abstract: The autonomous controller includes: a processor configured to control autonomous driving, calculate a safety area, and determine conversion into an autonomous driving mode based on a current location of the driver's seat; and a storage configured to store information about the safety area, data, and an algorithm run by the processor. The processor is configured to convert a manual driving mode into the autonomous driving mode when the current location of the driver's seat is within the safety area or when a request for conversion into the autonomous driving mode is input while driving in the manual driving mode, and move the current location of the driver's seat into the safety area and convert the manual driving mode into the autonomous driving mode when the current location of the driver's seat is not within the safety area.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2020Publication date: July 8, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Na Eun YANG, Jin Su JEONG, Jae Yong JEON
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Publication number: 20210155235Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a required speed of a vehicle includes: a processor to control the required speed for autonomous driving of a host vehicle based on a traffic flow or an appropriate driving speed on a driving road on which the host vehicle is traveling; and a storage to store the required speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2020Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventor: Na Eun YANG
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Publication number: 20210146960Abstract: An apparatus for deciding a steering intent of a driver is provided. The apparatus includes a processor configured to determine whether a driver intends to steer a vehicle based on sensing results of a stabilization state of a vehicle and whether a hand of the driver is positioned on a steering wheel of the vehicle, and a memory configured to store a preset reference value to determine the steering intent of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Chang Young Jung, Keon Chang Lee, Chan Il Park, Na Eun Yang, Dong Hwi Lee
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Patent number: 10933883Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2018Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Su Jung Yoo, Na Eun Yang, Sung Min Park, Keon Yup Chu
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Publication number: 20200156644Abstract: An apparatus for managing a driving lane of a vehicle includes: a processor that generates first route information based on a current lane in which a host vehicle travels when generation of lane-based route information based on a current location of the host vehicle is desired. In particular, the processor generates second route information based on a target lane to which the host vehicle moves when a lane change of the vehicle is desired. And the apparatus further includes a storage that stores the lane-based route information, the first route information and the second route information generated from the processor.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Su Hong CHAE, Na Eun YANG, Seung Yong LEE, Tae Sung CHOI
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Publication number: 20200031362Abstract: A driving control apparatus for a vehicle includes: one or more external sensors, one or more vehicle sensors, a steering device, an acceleration/deceleration device, an output device, a communication circuit, and a control circuit. The control circuit detects a failure associated with autonomous driving while the vehicle performs the autonomous driving, outputs the warning signal for a transfer of control of the vehicle by using the output device for a first time interval, when the failure is detected, controls the acceleration/deceleration device for a second time interval after the first time interval to reduce a travel speed of the vehicle to a target speed, and controls the steering device and the acceleration/deceleration device after the second time interval to maintain a travel lane of the vehicle with the travel speed lower than the target speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2018Publication date: January 30, 2020Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO, Na Eun YANG, Sung Min PARK, Keon Yup CHU
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Patent number: 10535269Abstract: Disclosed are a boundary-based vehicle collision control apparatus and a boundary-based vehicle collision control method. The vehicle collision control apparatus includes a driving information collection device collecting driving information comprising size information of a vehicle and environment information around the vehicle, a boundary setting device generating a reference boundary area of each of an ego vehicle and a nearby vehicle based on the size information of the vehicle and the environment information around the vehicle and variably setting the reference boundary area based on a driving state of the vehicle, a determination device determining whether the nearby vehicle enters the set boundary area, and a collision control device performing a collision avoidance control based on whether the nearby vehicle enters the set boundary area.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: January 14, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Doo Jin Um, Na Eun Yang, Min Yong Shin
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Publication number: 20190315361Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed of the vehicle for a lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a speed of a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min PARK, Na Eun YANG, Jin Su JEONG
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Publication number: 20190315359Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change of a vehicle includes: a sensor to sense an external vehicle, an input device to receive a lane change command from a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit to be electrically connected with the sensor and the input device. The control circuit may receive the lane change command using the input device, calculate a minimum operation speed for lane change control, and determine whether to accelerate the vehicle based on a distance between a preceding vehicle which is traveling on the same lane as the vehicle and the vehicle, when a driving speed of the vehicle is lower than the minimum operation speed when receiving the lane change command.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2018Publication date: October 17, 2019Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sung Min PARK, Na Eun YANG, Jin Su JEONG