Patents by Inventor Seung-Myun Chung

Seung-Myun Chung 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).

  • Publication number: 20230382269
    Abstract: In accordance with an embodiment, a method includes: receiving charging scheduling information including a scheduled vehicle departure time and a destination set by a user through an interface unit; determining whether a remaining time to the scheduled vehicle departure time from a current time has reached a set time; determining a required battery conditioning time required until a current battery temperature reaches a preset target temperature; determining a total estimated required time to arrival at the destination from the current time by reflecting real-time traffic information; and performing control of a thermal management system of the vehicle by adjusting the current battery temperature to the target temperature when the determined total estimated required time is less than the determined required battery conditioning time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jin Gyu Lim, Joong Woo Lee, Seung Myun Chung, Tae Geun Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230159015
    Abstract: A method of the pre-conditioning system for a battery of a vehicle includes: receiving an input of a destination of the vehicle; generating and outputting a destination route to the destination; searching for information on one or more battery charging stations located within a predetermined range on or around the destination route; determining whether each of the searched battery charging stations satisfies a preset environmental condition; adding a charging station path to a charging station selected among charging stations provided with the environmental condition to the destination route; determining whether the battery of the vehicle satisfies a preset state condition; and warming the battery at a preset time point when the preset state condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Joong Woo LEE, Jin Gyu LIM, Seung Myun CHUNG, Tae Geun JEONG
  • Publication number: 20230150385
    Abstract: A method of conditioning a battery of an electric vehicle, includes obtaining information on a charging time varying with a battery temperature with respect to a battery through testing, and providing, to a controller, charging performance setting information that results from setting by categorizing battery charging performance into a plurality of levels based on the obtained information on the charging time varying with the battery temperature; determining, by the controller, a charging time corresponding to a current battery temperature measured through a sensor, from the measured current battery temperature using the information on the charging time varying with the battery temperature; selecting, by the controller, a level indicating current battery charging performance from the determined charging time corresponding to the current battery temperature using the charging performance setting information; and displaying, by the controller, the selected level on a display device of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Myun CHUNG, Dae Gun JIN, Gwang Su PARK, Jin Gyu LIM, Tae Geun JEONG, Joong Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20230048488
    Abstract: A system for conditioning a vehicle battery interworking with remote air conditioning includes: a receiving unit that receives remote air conditioning execution setting and in-vehicle battery conditioning execution setting after a vehicle is parked; and a control unit that is configured to determine whether the remote air conditioning execution setting and the in-vehicle battery conditioning execution setting are received, and control to turn on or off vehicle indoor air conditioning and executes battery conditioning based on a determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Gyu Lim, Hyun Soo Park, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Tae Geun Jeong, Dae Kyung Kim, Dae Gun Jin, Joong Woo Lee, In Seok Park, Seung Myun Chung, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20230046814
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for conditioning a vehicle battery interworking with scheduled air conditioning, including the steps of determining, using a controller, whether a scheduled departure time and scheduled air conditioning execution are set after parking a vehicle; determining, using the controller, whether battery conditioning execution of the vehicle is set when it is determined that the scheduled departure time and the scheduled air conditioning are set; and executing, using the controller, air conditioning and battery conditioning of the vehicle before a preset reference time of the scheduled departure time when the battery conditioning execution is set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Gyu Lim, Hyun Soo Park, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Tae Geun Jeong, Dae Kyung Kim, Dae Gun Jin, Joong Woo Lee, In Seok Park, Seung Myun Chung, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20230048344
    Abstract: In one aspect, a system and method for battery conditioning of a vehicle are disclosed. The system comprises receivers configured to collect driving route information of the vehicle, battery state information of the vehicle and battery conditioning mode setup state information, and a controller configured to determine whether or not the vehicle enters battery conditioning control based on the driving route information of the vehicle, the battery state information of the vehicle and the battery conditioning mode setup state information received from the receivers and to control a battery temperature adjuster so as to adjust a temperature of the battery in advance before charging the battery during the battery conditioning control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Joong Woo Lee, Hyun Soo Park, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Tae Geun Jeong, Dae Kyung Kim, Dae Gun Jin, In Seok Park, Jin Gyu Lim, Seung Myun Chung, Ki Seung Baek
  • Publication number: 20230020833
    Abstract: A battery temperature control apparatus for electric vehicles, the battery temperature control apparatus including a temperature measurement unit configured to measure a temperature of a battery mounted in an electric vehicle, a display unit configured to display state information of the battery based on temperature information of the battery measured by the temperature measurement unit, and a controller configured to perform control such that a preconditioning function to maintain the temperature of the battery at a predetermined optimum temperature is selectively turned ON/OFF by a user based on the state information displayed on the display unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Dae Gun Jin, Jin Gyu Lim, Seung Myun Chung, Tae Geun Jeong
  • Patent number: 11447026
    Abstract: A charging system for a vehicle and a battery charging stop method thereof may provide a charging system for a vehicle and a battery charging stop method thereof, which may stop the charging of a battery upon failure of a current sensor applied to a three-phase coils of a motor configured for driving a vehicle, preventing the occurrence of the torque caused by operation of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Lee, Jin Gyu Lim, Seung Myun Chung
  • Publication number: 20210347277
    Abstract: An OBC controller for vehicle, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The OBC controller includes a measurement device that measures a voltage of each phase of a three-phase OBC and a controller that calculates an impedance of each phase using a voltage of each phase. The voltage is measured before charging of the three-phase OBC starts. The controller also calculates a charging amount for each phase, the charging amount corresponding to the impedance of each phase, and adjusts charging based on the calculated charging amount for each phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Kyu Lee, Jin Gyu Lim, Seung Myun Chung
  • Publication number: 20210316630
    Abstract: A charging system for a vehicle and a battery charging stop method thereof may provide a charging system for a vehicle and a battery charging stop method thereof, which may stop the charging of a battery upon failure of a current sensor applied to a three-phase coils of a motor configured for driving a vehicle, preventing the occurrence of the torque caused by operation of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Kyu LEE, Jin Gyu LIM, Seung Myun CHUNG
  • Patent number: 10963930
    Abstract: An apparatus, a system, and a method are for automatically billing a vehicle left unattended in a charging station. The automatic billing apparatus includes a processor that provides a vehicle charging service at a charging station, determines that a vehicle is unattended after charging is completed, and performs a billing based on an unattended time. The apparatus further includes a storage that stores data obtained by the processor when the billing is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Woo Lee, Seung Myun Chung, Jin Cheol Shin, Ha Young Woo, Kyu Beom Ko, Ik Jun Choi, Deok Keun Shin, Jae Seok You
  • Patent number: 10913361
    Abstract: A battery temperature control system includes: a memory storing a maximum charging current map according to temperature of a battery for an electric vehicle, and an allowable current map according to a control pilot (CP) duty; and a temperature controller comparing a maximum charging current corresponding to a current temperature of the battery with an allowable current corresponding to a current CP duty to determine whether to increase the temperature of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyu Beom Ko, Seung Myun Chung, Tae Woo Lee, Jae Seok You, Deok Keun Shin, Jin Cheol Shin
  • Publication number: 20200118181
    Abstract: An apparatus, a system, and a method are for automatically billing a vehicle left unattended in a charging station. The automatic billing apparatus includes a processor that provides a vehicle charging service at a charging station, determines that a vehicle is unattended after charging is completed, and performs a billing based on an unattended time. The apparatus further includes a storage that stores data obtained by the processor when the billing is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tae Woo Lee, Seung Myun Chung, Jin Cheol Shin, Ha Young Woo, Kyu Beom Ko, Ik Jun Choi, Deok Keun Shin, Jae Seok You
  • Publication number: 20190001828
    Abstract: A battery temperature control system includes: a memory storing a maximum charging current map according to temperature of a battery for an electric vehicle, and an allowable current map according to a control pilot (CP) duty; and a temperature controller comparing a maximum charging current corresponding to a current temperature of the battery with an allowable current corresponding to a current CP duty to determine whether to increase the temperature of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Kyu Beom KO, Seung Myun CHUNG, Tae Woo LEE, Jae Seok YOU, Deok Keun SHIN, Jin Cheol SHIN
  • Patent number: 6114775
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a control system of an auxiliary power system for a hybrid electric vehicle in which a circuit of the control system of the auxiliary power system is constructed by a digital method. The control system has a function for monitoring a battery charging state and a function for controlling an engine at a constant speed. The auxiliary power system for a hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a generator, a battery, and a load. The control system includes a rectifier, a first shunt circuit, a smoothing circuit, a contactor, a main control circuit portion, an engine constant-speed control portion, an auxiliary battery, DC/DC converter, a battery charge voltage monitoring portion, a control state display portion, and a second shunt circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Mando Machinery Corporation
    Inventors: Seung-Myun Chung, Ho-Kyoung Kim, Juhn-Sub Whang, Jae-Ho Na