Patents by Inventor Seong-Ik Park
Seong-Ik Park 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: 11891960Abstract: A powertrain control system is provided for a vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle for urban air mobility. A powertrain of the vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle is a hybrid type powertrain, in which the output shaft of a rotor driving motor is directly connected to a rotor, a battery is connected to the rotor driving motor to supply power thereto, and an engine and a generator are connected to a battery to charge and discharge the battery. The driving of the engine and the generator is controlled based on required power of the motor and the SOC of the battery in each flight step of the vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle, and the SOC of the battery is constantly maintained at a predetermined level or higher.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2021Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventor: Seong Ik Park
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Patent number: 11845437Abstract: An embodiment acceleration limit control method includes determining an acceleration limit based on information on a passenger, determining a disturbance torque due to a disturbance, other than a drive source of a vehicle, based on at least a slope, determining a torque limit satisfying the acceleration limit based on the disturbance torque, and determining an output torque to be generated by the drive source based on the torque limit and a driver's requested torque.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Hong Chul Shin, Jae Myoung Pi, Song Il Park, Sang Kyu Park, Soo Bang Lee, Seong Ik Park
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Patent number: 11820357Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle for generating an acceleration profile based on the acceleration cognitive characteristics of the human and a method of controlling the same. The method includes: receiving a manipulation amount of an accelerator pedal and calculating a first torque value, inserting the first torque value to a function that receives force and outputs acceleration feeling, generating a second torque value by inserting an output value of the function into a first filter for stabilizing the output value, generating a target torque value by inputting the second torque value to a second filter for stabilizing the second torque value, and generating a torque command based on the target torque value.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Lee Hyoung Cho, Ji Won Oh, Sang Joon Kim, Seong Ik Park
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Patent number: 11794589Abstract: A motor control system and a method thereof are provided for a vehicle having a plurality of motors as a driving power source. The system includes a request torque determination part that determines a request torque requested for the plurality of motors corresponding to a driver request torque. An optimal operating point torque determination part determines an optimal operating point torque for each of the plurality of motors according to a current rotation speed of each of the plurality of motors. An motor torque determination part then determines a target torque for each of the plurality of motors by distributing the request torque to the plurality of motors based on the optimal operating point torque.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Yonghoon Lee, Seong Ik Park
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Patent number: 11658506Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided and includes an input that receives user selection for terrain mode and a HSG connected to the engine to operate as a start motor to turn on the engine. The HSG operates as a generator that performs idle charging when the engine is turned on. A battery is electrically connected to the HSG. A controller configured perform idle charging when SOC of the battery is less than or equal to a first SOC through the HSG by turning on the engine.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Chun Hyuk Lee, Seong Ik Park, Gwangil Du, Hoon Han, Kwonchae Chung, Jae Young Choi, Hyukjin Lee
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Publication number: 20230119802Abstract: A hybrid vehicle (HEV) provides an improved sensation of acceleration. An example method for controlling an engine of an HEV which includes a first motor directly connected to an engine and a second motor located at an input side of a transmission, may include determining a requested torque, determining a compensation torque for compensating an acceleration loss in a shift process based on the requested torque, a torque of the second motor, a torque of the engine and information on the shift, determining an available torque of the first motor, and determining a final torque of the first motor based on the compensation torque and the available torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Seong Ik Park, Sung Chan Na
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Publication number: 20220250484Abstract: A motor control system and a method thereof are provided for a vehicle having a plurality of motors as a driving power source. The system includes a request torque determination part that determines a request torque requested for the plurality of motors corresponding to a driver request torque. An optimal operating point torque determination part determines an optimal operating point torque for each of the plurality of motors according to a current rotation speed of each of the plurality of motors. An motor torque determination part then determines a target torque for each of the plurality of motors by distributing the request torque to the plurality of motors based on the optimal operating point torque.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2021Publication date: August 11, 2022Inventors: Yonghoon Lee, Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20220243670Abstract: A powertrain control system is provided for a vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle for urban air mobility. A powertrain of the vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle is a hybrid type powertrain, in which the output shaft of a rotor driving motor is directly connected to a rotor, a battery is connected to the rotor driving motor to supply power thereto, and an engine and a generator are connected to a battery to charge and discharge the battery. The driving of the engine and the generator is controlled based on required power of the motor and the SOC of the battery in each flight step of the vertical take-off and landing aerial vehicle, and the SOC of the battery is constantly maintained at a predetermined level or higher.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 25, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventor: Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20220203956Abstract: A method of controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle having an engine connected to main drive wheels via a transmission and a motor connected to auxiliary drive wheels includes setting a drive mode, controlling an input torque of the transmission in response to an extent of depression of an accelerator pedal (APS) according to the drive mode, performing distribution of drive power to the main drive wheels and the auxiliary drive wheels and variable shift-pattern control based on a result of a comparison between an amount of slip of the main drive wheels and the amount of slip of the auxiliary drive wheels, and determining whether to perform variable shift-time control in consideration of a type of the variable shift-pattern control or a number of revolutions per minute (RPM) of the engine at beginning of a shift.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Sung Chan Na, Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20220111833Abstract: A method of controlling a hybrid electric vehicle including an engine and a first motor connected to main drive wheels and a second motor connected to auxiliary drive wheels includes determining a required torque, in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, determining a first torque that the second motor is to continuously output based on the required torque and a vehicle speed and determining a second torque that the second motor is to discontinuously output in order to compensate for acceleration loss in a situation in which the acceleration loss occurs based on a state of an engine clutch disposed between the engine and the first motor, a state of a transmission, or the required torque, and determining a final torque of the second motor based on the first and second torques.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2021Publication date: April 14, 2022Inventors: Seong Ik Park, Sung Chan Na, Ku Young Kang, Yong Hoon Lee
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Patent number: 11260862Abstract: A method for controlling an engine clutch of an electrified vehicle is provided to easily engage and disengage an engine clutch by applying a launch engagement control method that utilizes power from both of an engine and a motor in accordance with the variation of the number of revolutions per hour of the engine and the usage rate of electrical energy by a motor to engage the engine clutch in a terrain mode and by applying a control method that disengages an engine clutch early in accordance with the number of revolutions per hour of the engine and the shaft torque of the engine clutch in the terrain mode.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Chun Hyuk Lee, Kwon Chae Chung, Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20220055604Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle for generating an acceleration profile based on the acceleration cognitive characteristics of the human and a method of controlling the same. The method includes: receiving a manipulation amount of an accelerator pedal and calculating a first torque value, inserting the first torque value to a function that receives force and outputs acceleration feeling, generating a second torque value by inserting an output value of the function into a first filter for stabilizing the output value, generating a target torque value by inputting the second torque value to a second filter for stabilizing the second torque value, and generating a torque command based on the target torque value.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 11, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Lee Hyoung CHO, Ji Won OH, Sang Joon KIM, Seong Ik PARK
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Patent number: 11187287Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling engagement of an engine clutch in a hybrid electric vehicle in which an engagement control method of the engine clutch is accurately determined so as to minimize a determination error and a sense of discontinuity caused by conversion of the engagement control method resulting therefrom.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 30, 2021Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Chun Hyuk Lee, Kwon Chae Chung, Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20210309225Abstract: A method for controlling an engine clutch of an electrified vehicle is provided to easily engage and disengage an engine clutch by applying a launch engagement control method that utilizes power from both of an engine and a motor in accordance with the variation of the number of revolutions per hour of the engine and the usage rate of electrical energy by a motor to engage the engine clutch in a terrain mode and by applying a control method that disengages an engine clutch early in accordance with the number of revolutions per hour of the engine and the shaft torque of the engine clutch in the terrain mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2020Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Chun Hyuk LEE, Kwon Chae Chung, Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20210281101Abstract: A hybrid vehicle is provided and includes an input that receives user selection for terrain mode and a HSG connected to the engine to operate as a start motor to turn on the engine. The HSG operates as a generator that performs idle charging when the engine is turned on. A battery is electrically connected to the HSG. A controller configured perform idle charging when SOC of the battery is less than or equal to a first SOC through the HSG by turning on the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: September 9, 2021Inventors: Chun Hyuk Lee, Seong Ik Park, Gwangil Du, Hoon Han, Kwonchae Chung, Jae Young Choi, Hyukjin Lee
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Patent number: 11084498Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a driving mode of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a mode converter that converts the driving mode of the vehicle based on an operation of a mode conversion input. When the driving mode is converted into a custom mode, a mode setting screen for adjusting a setting value of a driving characteristic preset is configured and the configured mode setting screen is displayed on a display of the vehicle. A tuning device then tunes a driving characteristic of the custom mode based on a setting value adjusted on the mode setting screen.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2017Date of Patent: August 10, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Gi Young Kwon, Soo Bang Lee, Kyoung Cheol Oh, Hong Chul Shin, Hye Kil Hwang, Jong Bum Oh, Seul Gi Lee, Jae Myoung Pi, Sang Don Lee, Woo Suk Choi, Seong Ik Park
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Publication number: 20210164528Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling engagement of an engine clutch in a hybrid electric vehicle in which an engagement control method of the engine clutch is accurately determined so as to minimize a determination error and a sense of discontinuity caused by conversion of the engagement control method resulting therefrom.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2020Publication date: June 3, 2021Inventors: Chun Hyuk Lee, Kwon Chae Chung, Seong Ik Park
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Patent number: 10988046Abstract: A method for setting an electric vehicle (EV) on/off line of a hybrid vehicle considers a driving load of the vehicle by setting the EV on/off line based on a climbing angle and creep power. The method for setting the EV on/off line of the hybrid vehicle includes an operation of setting a region according to a state of charge (SOC), an EV online setting operation based on a climbing angle of the vehicle, and an EV offline setting operation based on creep power of the vehicle. The method provides a simple and intuitive EV line setting method to reduce a mapping time and substantially eliminate the possibility of human error, thus increasing logic reliability, so as to reduce use of a hybrid control unit (HCU) memory and provide cost-saving effects.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2017Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jee-Wook Huh, Seong-Ik Park, Chun-Hyuk Lee, Kyoung-Cheol Oh
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Patent number: 10513266Abstract: An apparatus and method of controlling a vehicle including a drive motor are provided. The apparatus includes a data detector that detects a driving information including a vehicle speed, a position value of a brake pedal and a drive motor speed and a drive motor that generates a driving torque for driving the vehicle and selectively operates as a generator. A controller then determines a braking mode based on the driving information and adjusts a shift completion timing in accordance with the braking mode.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Gwang Il Du, Teh Hwan Cho, Hye Kil Hwang, Seong Ik Park, Jee Wook Huh
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Patent number: 10408668Abstract: An apparatus of estimating a vehicle weight may include: an acceleration detector detecting a longitudinal direction acceleration of the vehicle; a data detector detecting state data to estimate the vehicle weight; an engine clutch disposed between an engine and a drive motor and selectively connecting the engine to the drive motor; an integrated starter-generator for starting the engine and generating electric energy; and a vehicle controller calculating a basic vehicle weight based on an engine torque, a motor torque and the longitudinal direction acceleration detected by the acceleration detector. The vehicle controller estimates a final vehicle weight based on the basic vehicle weight and a predetermined weight when an estimating entrance condition is satisfied from the state data.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Seong Ik Park, Soo Bang Lee, Leehyoung Cho, Gi Young Kwon, Sang Joon Kim