Patents by Inventor Sam-Yong Kim
Sam-Yong 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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Publication number: 20240083415Abstract: An advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) includes a communicator configured to communicate with a camera; and a processor configured to: receive a first image and a second image obtained by the camera, obtain a plurality of first feature points based on the received first image, obtain a plurality of second feature points based on the received second image, obtain a plurality of first and second feature points matching each other among the plurality of first feature points and the plurality of second feature points, obtain an optical flow and a vanishing point based on the plurality of first and second feature points matching each other, recognize a pose of the camera based on the optical flow and the vanishing point, and correct a distance to an object in the second image based on the recognized pose of the camera.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 22, 2023Publication date: March 14, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jung Hyun LEE, Sam Yong KIM, Donghoon KOO
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Patent number: 11904900Abstract: An autonomous vehicle for blind people is provided. The autonomous vehicle includes a riding and alighting point search device that searches for a riding point at which a user will ride and an alighting point at which the user will alight, in response to call information received from a terminal of the user, a passenger recognition device that recognizes the user who will ride in the vehicle at the riding point, and an autonomous driving controller that controls an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Seong Sook Ryu, Byoung Joon Lee
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Publication number: 20240032657Abstract: Provided is a non-piercing-type earring having hole pins, which have a predetermined length and are provided on both sides of the side surfaces of partitions of an opening so as to be coupled to holes of a coupling part, having a spring loaded in inner space parts of a first circular member and a second circular member, having a protrusion handle part provided at one side of the upper portion of the first circular member, and having prevention protrusions, which extend from the end of the opening of the first circular member and are caught by prevention protrusion corresponding parts of the second circular member through the hole pins as a hinge point, and the present invention changes, into an integrated type, the structure of a conventional method having allowed each separate earring to be coupled with a pin, and thus reduces production costs and shortens a manufacturing process.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2022Publication date: February 1, 2024Inventor: Sam Yong KIM
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Patent number: 11840118Abstract: A vehicle includes an alarm portion, a storage configured to store information on a ground clearance, a camera configured to obtain a surrounding image including a front image and a rear image of the vehicle, and a controller configured to, when an object in front of the vehicle is recognized based on the front image obtained by the camera, determine a height of the object based on the front image obtained by the camera, and when the ground clearance is greater than the height of the object by comparing the height of the object with the ground clearance, and when the object is not recognized in a rear side of the vehicle based on the rear image obtained by the camera, configured to control the alarm portion to output a warning alarm.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Dae Hwan Kim, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20230368424Abstract: A vehicle includes a controller and a first camera, a second camera, and a third camera. The first camera is installed in the vehicle to have a first field of view and is configured to obtain first image data for the first field of view. The second camera is installed in the vehicle to have a second field of view and is configured to obtain second image data for the second field of view. The third camera is installed in the vehicle to have a third field of view and is configured to obtain third image data for the third field of view. The controller is configured to perform vehicle dynamic compensation (VDC) based on a result of processing any one of the first image data, the second image data, and the third image data and to perform automated online calibration (AOC) based on a result of the VDC to determine abnormality of the cameras.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jung Hyun Lee, Sam Yong Kim, Donghoon Koo
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Patent number: 11370436Abstract: A vehicle controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle controller includes a processor that detect an intervening vehicle based on a line of sight direction of a user; and respond to the intervening vehicle based on an intent of the user when the intervening vehicle is detected; and a storage configured to store information regarding the line of sight direction of the user or the detected intervening vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Byoung Joon Lee, Jin Kwon Kim, Seong Sook Ryu, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20220194158Abstract: A vehicle includes an alarm portion, a storage configured to store information on a ground clearance, a camera configured to obtain a surrounding image including a front image and a rear image of the vehicle, and a controller configured to, when an object in front of the vehicle is recognized based on the front image obtained by the camera, determine a height of the object based on the front image obtained by the camera, and when the ground clearance is greater than the height of the object by comparing the height of the object with the ground clearance, and when the object is not recognized in a rear side of the vehicle based on the rear image obtained by the camera, configured to control the alarm portion to output a warning alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2021Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Dae Hwan Kim, Sam Yong Kim
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Patent number: 11198445Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of the vehicle includes a processor to adjust a driving assistance controlling setting value, based on at least one of whether a user looks ahead, whether the user performs a driving manipulation, and a driving condition during driving assistance of the vehicle, and a storage to store the driving assistance controlling setting value.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Dong Gu Lee, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Patent number: 11048949Abstract: An interactive autonomous driving system for an autonomous driving vehicle may include: a target mapping device that determines whether an obstacle is present in a predetermined range of a target selected by a passenger and outputting obstacle information; a target attribute determination device that determines a target attribute based on the obstacle information and outputs target controllable item information; and a processor that generates control mode recommendation information selectable by the passenger based on the target controllable item information and outputs target attribute information and a selected control mode when control mode selection information is received from the passenger.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Byoung Joon Lee, Seong Sook Ryu, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20210179148Abstract: An autonomous vehicle for blind people is provided. The autonomous vehicle includes a riding and alighting point search device that searches for a riding point at which a user will ride and an alighting point at which the user will alight, in response to call information received from a terminal of the user, a passenger recognition device that recognizes the user who will ride in the vehicle at the riding point, and an autonomous driving controller that controls an autonomous driving operation of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Inventors: Sam Yong KIM, Seong Sook RYU, Byoung Joon LEE
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Patent number: 10963678Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a face recognition apparatus and method. The face recognition apparatus includes a camera that captures a face image a driver, a database (DB) that stores face data including the face image and one or more environmental conditions corresponding to the face image, and a controller that, when a face recognition function is performed, extracts the face data from the DB based on an environmental condition at a time of recognizing a face, and recognizes a face of the driver based on a face image of the extracted face data.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 30, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee
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Publication number: 20210049379Abstract: An interactive autonomous driving system for an autonomous driving vehicle may include: a target mapping device that determines whether an obstacle is present in a predetermined range of a target selected by a passenger and outputting obstacle information; a target attribute determination device that determines a target attribute based on the obstacle information and outputs target controllable item information; and a processor that generates control mode recommendation information selectable by the passenger based on the target controllable item information and outputs target attribute information and a selected control mode when control mode selection information is received from the passenger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2020Publication date: February 18, 2021Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Byoung Joon LEE, Seong Sook RYU, Sam Yong KIM
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Patent number: 10882533Abstract: A drowsy driving management device includes: a processor configured to determine whether slow eye movement of a user occurs and whether there is no change in steering torque and to determine that the user drives while drowsy when the slow eye movement of the user occurs and when there is no change in the steering torque for a predetermined period of time; and a storage that stores information indicating whether the slow eye movement occurs and a result of determining whether there is no change in the steering torque.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20200317208Abstract: A drowsy driving management device includes: a processor configured to determine whether slow eye movement of a user occurs and whether there is no change in steering torque and to determine that the user drives while drowsy when the slow eye movement of the user occurs and when there is no change in the steering torque for a predetermined period of time; and a storage that stores information indicating whether the slow eye movement occurs and a result of determining whether there is no change in the steering torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Jin Kwon KIM, Byoung Joon LEE, Sam Yong KIM
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Patent number: 10752261Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driver distraction warning control apparatus and a driver distraction warning control method. The driver distraction warning control apparatus includes a sensor device that detects gaze of a driver, a setting device configured to divide a virtual area on front of the driver into a plurality of gaze areas, and sets a threshold for each of the gaze areas, a determining device that determines a viewing area corresponding to the driver's gaze direction from among the gaze areas, and a controller that performs driver distraction warning control based on the threshold set for the determined viewing area.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2019Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee
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Patent number: 10755083Abstract: A vehicle terminal automatically registering a profile image of a user to a vehicle using images stored in a mobile terminal of a user and performing a face authentication includes a communicator that performs a data communication with the mobile terminal of the user, a camera that obtains a face image of the user, and a processor that registers the profile image of the user using an image among the images stored in the mobile terminal. The processor learns a facial feature of the user using the images stored in the mobile terminal as learning data and analyzes the face image obtained through the camera based on the learned facial feature of the user to perform the face authentication of the user.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Sam Yong Kim, Yu Jin Yun, Seong Sook Ryu, Hwal Ly Lee, Byoung Joon Lee, Jin Kwon Kim
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Publication number: 20200255013Abstract: A vehicle controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle controller includes a processor that detect an intervening vehicle based on a line of sight direction of a user; and respond to the intervening vehicle based on an intent of the user when the intervening vehicle is detected; and a storage configured to store information regarding the line of sight direction of the user or the detected intervening vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 29, 2019Publication date: August 13, 2020Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Byoung Joon LEE, Jin Kwon Kim, Seong Sook RYU, Sam Yong KIM
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Publication number: 20200156653Abstract: An apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of a vehicle, a system including the same and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus for controlling the driving assistance of the vehicle includes a processor to adjust a driving assistance controlling setting value, based on at least one of whether a user looks ahead, whether the user performs a driving manipulation, and a driving condition during driving assistance of the vehicle, and a storage to store the driving assistance controlling setting value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Inventors: Jin Kwon Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Dong Gu Lee, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Patent number: 10657397Abstract: An apparatus for determining a concentration of a driver includes: a region-of-interest definition processor configured to define a region-of-interest based on traffic-related information on front image information of a vehicle running; a driver eye-gaze detection processor configured to detect a plurality of eye-gaze points from driver image information of a driver in accordance with an eye-gaze movement of the driver; a driver concentration information calculation processor configured to calculate concentration information of each of the eye-gaze points; an image coordinate system processor configured to convert the region-of-interest to an image coordinate system and convert positions of the eye-gaze points to the image coordinate system; and a concentration determination processor configured to determine a concentration of the driver on the image coordinate system based on the concentration information.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Seong Sook Ryu, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee, Sam Yong Kim
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Publication number: 20200151433Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a face recognition apparatus and method. The face recognition apparatus includes a camera that captures a face image a driver, a database (DB) that stores face data including the face image and one or more environmental conditions corresponding to the face image, and a controller that, when a face recognition function is performed, extracts the face data from the DB based on an environmental condition at a time of recognizing a face, and recognizes a face of the driver based on a face image of the extracted face data.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Sam Yong Kim, Jin Kwon Kim, Byoung Joon Lee