Patents by Inventor Sang Kyung SEO
Sang Kyung 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).
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Patent number: 11938895Abstract: A sensor integration module for detecting vehicle interior information and an operation method thereof are provided. The sensor integration module includes: a first sensor enabled based on first operation information and providing a sensing result as first sensing information; a second sensor enabled based on second operation information and providing a sensing result as second sensing information; a first communication device that transmits and receives information with electronic devices in a vehicle; and a controller that generates the first and second operation information for selectively enabling the first and second sensors based on information provided from the first communication device and provides the first communication device with the result determined based on the first and second sensing information.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11873001Abstract: A radar controller for a vehicle and a method therefore are provided. The radar controller includes a radar that detects a passenger located inside the vehicle and an obstacle located outside the vehicle and a controller that determines sensitivity and a detection speed corresponding to an operation mode of the radar and controls the radar to operate at the determined sensitivity and the determined detection speed.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11801845Abstract: An alcohol interlock control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor configured to acquire a biosignal of an occupant that is seated in a driver's seat; and a controller configured to determine whether or not the occupant seated in the driver's seat has changed based on the biosignal of the occupant, and when changed, to determine whether the occupant is in a drunken state, and may identify a driver based on the biosignal of the occupant seated in the driver's seat without an additional device and cost, and may fundamentally block an improper alcohol measurement of an additional occupant instead of the driver.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 31, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Dae Yun An, Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo
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Patent number: 11734970Abstract: An embodiment device for recording an image for a vehicle includes an image acquisition device configured to acquire an image of a region around the vehicle, a sensor device configured to acquire a bio-signal of a driver, the bio-signal comprising a signal carrying information selected from the group consisting of a heart rate, an electrocardiogram, a galvanic skin response (GSR), a body temperature, a voice, a facial expression, and a stress level and combinations thereof, and a controller configured to determine sections of the acquired image to be stored in a non-volatile memory based on the bio-signal and store images of the sections in the non-volatile memory.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11698365Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an alcohol component of a driver's breath includes an inlet that absorbs a driver's exhalation and a passenger's exhalation, respectively, a sensor that detects an alcohol component in the driver's exhalation or the passenger's exhalation, a driver valve controlled to be opened or closed to allow the driver's exhalation to be introduced into the sensor and a passenger valve controlled to be opened or closed to allow the passenger's exhalation to be introduced into the sensor, and a controller that determines whether a passenger is on board a vehicle and controls the driver valve and the passenger valve to be open or closed based on a determination result. Therefore, the driver's breath is distinguished from the passenger's breath and the influence of the passenger is removed to detect the alcohol component in the driver's breath, thereby accurately determining the driver's drinking state.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Kyung Seo, Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11643037Abstract: A safe exiting assistance system includes an object detector that detects an object which approaches from a rear side of a vehicle, a body detector that detects physical information of a passenger in the vehicle, a door opening/closing detector that detects door opening or closing information of the vehicle, a determiner that determines whether a situation requires alert to the passenger in response to detection results of the object detector and the door opening/closing detector and calculates a value sensed by the body detector in response to vehicle information set in advance, and a controller that differently controls a position and an irradiation angle of a light source in response to the physical information when information in which the alert is necessary is received from the determiner.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: May 9, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11548514Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting an attention level of a driver are provided. The apparatus includes an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor that measures ECG of a driver and a controller that calculates a standard deviation of NN interval (SDNN) quantifying an attention level of the driver using the ECG measured by the ECG sensor and detects the attention level of the driver based on the calculated SDNN.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Dae Yun An, Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo
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Patent number: 11510634Abstract: A healthcare device and a vehicle system are capable of charging a sensor device that measures a biosignal. The healthcare device includes the sensor device that includes a biosignal measuring sensor that measures the biosignal and uses the biosignal measuring sensor as a charging electrode during charging, a healthcare controller that collects and calculates the biosignal measured through the biosignal measuring sensor, a sensor device battery that receives power from an external pogo pin through an electrode of the biosignal measuring sensor during charging by the charging electrode to charge a power supply of the sensor device battery, and a selecting device that connects the biosignal measuring sensor to any one of the healthcare controller and the sensor device battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11458839Abstract: A device and a method for preventing driving under influence, may include a first measuring device configured for detecting alcohol in indoor air of a vehicle, and a processor connected to the first measuring device, wherein the processor performs a first check of checking a presence or an absence of the alcohol in the indoor air through the first measuring device before a driver boards the vehicle, performs a second check of checking the presence or the absence of the alcohol in the indoor air through the first measuring device after the driver boards the vehicle, and determines whether there is a possibility that the driver is drunken based on the results of performing the first check and the second check.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Kyung Seo, Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Dae Yun An
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Publication number: 20220172527Abstract: An embodiment device for recording an image for a vehicle includes an image acquisition device configured to acquire an image of a region around the vehicle, a sensor device configured to acquire a bio-signal of a driver, the bio-signal comprising a signal carrying information selected from the group consisting of a heart rate, an electrocardiogram, a galvanic skin response (GSR), a body temperature, a voice, a facial expression, and a stress level and combinations thereof, and a controller configured to determine sections of the acquired image to be stored in a non-volatile memory based on the bio-signal and store images of the sections in the non-volatile memory.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Inventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Publication number: 20220134995Abstract: A sensor integration module for detecting vehicle interior information and an operation method thereof are provided. The sensor integration module includes: a first sensor enabled based on first operation information and providing a sensing result as first sensing information; a second sensor enabled based on second operation information and providing a sensing result as second sensing information; a first communication device that transmits and receives information with electronic devices in a vehicle; and a controller that generates the first and second operation information for selectively enabling the first and second sensors based on information provided from the first communication device and provides the first communication device with the result determined based on the first and second sensing information.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2021Publication date: May 5, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11305649Abstract: An apparatus for controlling alcohol interlock includes a sensor that senses an environment of a driver's seat and a camera that obtains a face image of a passenger and an image of exhalation of the passenger. A controller activates a start lock mode of a vehicle and determines whether a condition for detecting components of the exhalation of the passenger is satisfied based on the environment of the driver's seat. The controller determines whether the exhalation of the passenger is exhalation of a driver based on the face image of the passenger and the image of the exhalation of the passenger, and determines whether to detect alcohol concentration in the exhalation of the passenger based on the determination result.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Kyung Seo, Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Dae Yun An
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Publication number: 20220111851Abstract: An apparatus and a method for detecting an attention level of a driver are provided. The apparatus includes an electrocardiogram (ECG) sensor that measures ECG of a driver and a controller that calculates a standard deviation of NN interval (SDNN) quantifying an attention level of the driver using the ECG measured by the ECG sensor and detects the attention level of the driver based on the calculated SDNN.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Dae Yun An, Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo
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Publication number: 20220111856Abstract: A radar controller for a vehicle and a method therefore are provided. The radar controller includes a radar that detects a passenger located inside the vehicle and an obstacle located outside the vehicle and a controller that determines sensitivity and a detection speed corresponding to an operation mode of the radar and controls the radar to operate at the determined sensitivity and the determined detection speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Eung Hwan Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Publication number: 20220054094Abstract: A healthcare device and a vehicle system are capable of charging a sensor device that measures a biosignal. The healthcare device includes the sensor device that includes a biosignal measuring sensor that measures the biosignal and uses the biosignal measuring sensor as a charging electrode during charging, a healthcare controller that collects and calculates the biosignal measured through the biosignal measuring sensor, a sensor device battery that receives power from an external pogo pin through an electrode of the biosignal measuring sensor during charging by the charging electrode to charge a power supply of the sensor device battery, and a selecting device that connects the biosignal measuring sensor to any one of the healthcare controller and the sensor device battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An
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Publication number: 20220022789Abstract: A device and a method for detecting a stress level of a driver are provided. The device includes an electrocardiogram sensor for measuring an electrocardiogram of the driver using electrodes arranged on a steering wheel of a vehicle, and a controller that monitors the electrocardiogram of the driver, determines an invalid section in the electrocardiogram based on a shape of the electrocardiogram, and compensates for an electrocardiogram in the determined invalid section.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Gyun Ha KIM, Eung Hwan KIM, Sang Kyung SEO, Dae Yun AN
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Publication number: 20220024309Abstract: A device and a method for preventing driving under influence, may include a first measuring device configured for detecting alcohol in indoor air of a vehicle, and a processor connected to the first measuring device, wherein the processor performs a first check of checking a presence or an absence of the alcohol in the indoor air through the first measuring device before a driver boards the vehicle, performs a second check of checking the presence or the absence of the alcohol in the indoor air through the first measuring device after the driver boards the vehicle, and determines whether there is a possibility that the driver is drunken based on the results of performing the first check and the second check.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2020Publication date: January 27, 2022Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Sang Kyung SEO, Eung Hwan KIM, Gyun Ha KIM, Dae Yun AN
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Publication number: 20220009503Abstract: An alcohol interlock control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a sensor configured to acquire a biosignal of an occupant that is seated in a driver's seat; and a controller configured to determine whether or not the occupant seated in the driver's seat has changed based on the biosignal of the occupant, and when changed, to determine whether the occupant is in a drunken state, and may identify a driver based on the biosignal of the occupant seated in the driver's seat without an additional device and cost, and may fundamentally block an improper alcohol measurement of an additional occupant instead of the driver.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 23, 2020Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Dae Yun An, Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo
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Publication number: 20220003747Abstract: An apparatus for detecting an alcohol component of a driver's breath includes an inlet that absorbs a driver's exhalation and a passenger's exhalation, respectively, a sensor that detects an alcohol component in the driver's exhalation or the passenger's exhalation, a driver valve controlled to be opened or closed to allow the driver's exhalation to be introduced into the sensor and a passenger valve controlled to be opened or closed to allow the passenger's exhalation to be introduced into the sensor, and a controller that determines whether a passenger is on board a vehicle and controls the driver valve and the passenger valve to be open or closed based on a determination result. Therefore, the driver's breath is distinguished from the passenger's breath and the influence of the passenger is removed to detect the alcohol component in the driver's breath, thereby accurately determining the driver's drinking state.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: January 6, 2022Inventors: Sang Kyung Seo, Eung Hwam Kim, Gyun Ha Kim, Dae Yun An
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Patent number: 11216180Abstract: A rear seat entertainment (RSE) remote controller and a method thereof are provided. The RSE remote controller includes a sensing module provided with a sensing surface including a biometric sensor and configured to sense a biometric signal and a finger gesture of a user, a main processor configured to provide an AC current to the sensing module, and a short-range wireless communication module configured to transmit one of the sensed biometric signal or the sensed finger gesture to a rear seat monitor through wireless communication depending on an operation mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Gyun Ha Kim, Eung Hwan Kim, Sang Kyung Seo, Dae Yun An