Patents by Inventor Sihyun Joo

Sihyun Joo 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).

  • Patent number: 11474687
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Patent number: 11320940
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch control device. The touch control device includes a touch panel having a curved surface shape of multiple curvatures. The touch control device includes a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed in a touch area of the base, a plurality of sensor electrodes formed on the electrode groove, each including a conductive material, a via hole penetrating the base, a connection electrode connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes through the via hole and an integrated circuit coupled to the base and connected to the sensor electrodes to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, SEOYON ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Nae Seung Kang, Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh, Sam Min Park, Jun Sam Choi
  • Patent number: 10997974
    Abstract: A dialogue system for a vehicle may include: a storage storing context information including at least one of vehicle state information indicating a vehicle state, user information indicating a driver of the vehicle, or driving environment information indicating a driving environment of the vehicle; an input processor determining whether a context of the vehicle is a pre-utterance context, in which the dialogue system firstly outputs an utterance, based on the stored context information, determining whether a task related to the pre-utterance context is a duplicate task which has already processed or is currently processing when the context of the vehicle is the pre-utterance context, and obtaining at least one of an action corresponding to the pre-utterance context or a pre-utterance message to be output by the dialogue system when the task related to the pre-utterance context is not a duplicate task; a dialogue manager obtaining, from the storage, a parameter value of an action parameter used to perform the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dongsoo Shin, Donghee Seok, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10866726
    Abstract: A touch input device and control method thereof, wherein the touch input device includes a swiping input unit configured to receive a selection of a character through a swiping gesture by a user, a gesture input unit placed on an area different from that of the swiping input unit and in which a user inputs a gesture trough a touch, and a controller configured to determine that the selected character is input when a touch gesture is input from the swiping input unit to the gesture input unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10839797
    Abstract: A dialogue system includes: an input processor extracting an action corresponding to a user's utterance; a storage storing information value of context information comprising at least one of vehicle state information related to a vehicle state, and driving environment information related to the driving environment of the vehicle; a dialogue managing processor acquiring a parameter value of a condition determination parameter used to determine whether the action corresponding to the user's utterance is executable, from the storage, the dialogue managing processor determining an action to be executed based on the parameter value of the condition determination parameter, the dialogue managing processor acquiring a parameter value of action parameter used to execute the determined action, from the storage; and a result processor generating a response to execute the determined action by using the acquired parameter value of action parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dongsoo Shin, Donghee Seok, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Patent number: 10802701
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display configured to provide a user interface (UI); a touch input device including a concave region for detecting a touch, the concave region being divided into a plurality of subregions in accordance with the UI; a pressure detector configured to detect pressure; and a controller configured to control the display such that the UI is manipulated in accordance with a subregion in which the touch has been detected among the plurality of subregions when the pressure is detected by the pressure detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong
  • Patent number: 10732824
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display for providing a character input interface, a touch input apparatus for sensing a plurality of sub gestures sequentially through a touch portion, and a controller for controlling the character input interface to display, when a difference between a direction of a first sub gesture of the plurality of sensed sub gestures and a direction of a second sub gesture sensed within a first delay time period starting at a time at which the first sub gesture ends is greater than or equal to a reference direction difference, a character corresponding to a gesture including the first sub gesture and the second sub gesture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Dongsoo Shin
  • Patent number: 10732780
    Abstract: A touch input device including a connection member electrically connecting a sensor electrode and a printed circuit board by contact without soldering may include a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed by irradiating a laser on the base, a sensor electrode formed on the electrode groove through a plating or deposition process and including a conductive material, a sensor IC to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrode, a printed circuit board on which the sensor IC is mounted and is disposed to be coupled with the base, and the connection member provided on the printed circuit board and configured to electrically connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board, wherein the connection member may elastically come into contact with the sensor electrode to connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoyon Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Nae Seung Kang, Jungsang Min, Jongmin Oh, Sam Min Park, Jun Sam Choi
  • Publication number: 20200241742
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jungsang MIN, Nae Seung KANG, Gi Beom HONG, Sung Un KIM, Seo Ho CHOI, Sihyun JOO, Jeong-Eom LEE, Werner PETER, Andy Max PRILL
  • Patent number: 10678425
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a touch unit to which a user can input a touch gesture, wherein the touch unit includes a gesture input unit positioned at a center of the touch unit and a swiping input unit inclined downward along an edge of the gesture input unit, and the gesture input unit and the swiping input unit receive separate touch signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Hyundai Motor Europe Technical Center GMBH
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Nae Seung Kang, Gi Beom Hong, Sung Un Kim, Seo Ho Choi, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Werner Peter, Andy Max Prill
  • Patent number: 10614330
    Abstract: A method for recognizing characters of handwritten input text includes: receiving, by a handwriting input area, a handwritten input text from a user; calculating, by a controller, a center axis of the handwritten input text; calculating, by the controller, a rotation angle of the center axis based on a reference axis; correcting, by the controller, a slope of the handwritten input text by the rotation angle so that the slope of the handwritten input text is parallel to the reference axis; and performing, by the controller, character recognition of the handwritten input text acquired by correction of the slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Nae Seung Kang
  • Patent number: 10551958
    Abstract: A touch input device includes a mounting unit in which a mounting groove is formed at an inner side of the mounting unit, and a touch unit accommodated in the mounting groove and installed to be detachable from the mounting unit, wherein the touch unit comprises a first touch portion and a second touch portion, which are provided on different surfaces of the touch unit and allow a user to input a touch gesture, and the touch unit is selectively coupled to the mounting unit to allow the first touch portion to face an upper side or to allow the second touch portion to face the upper side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dongsoo Shin, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Publication number: 20190355353
    Abstract: A dialogue system for a vehicle may include: a storage storing context information including at least one of vehicle state information indicating a vehicle state, user information indicating a driver of the vehicle, or driving environment information indicating a driving environment of the vehicle; an input processor determining whether a context of the vehicle is a pre-utterance context, in which the dialogue system firstly outputs an utterance, based on the stored context information, determining whether a task related to the pre-utterance context is a duplicate task which has already processed or is currently processing when the context of the vehicle is the pre-utterance context, and obtaining at least one of an action corresponding to the pre-utterance context or a pre-utterance message to be output by the dialogue system when the task related to the pre-utterance context is not a duplicate task; a dialogue manager obtaining, from the storage, a parameter value of an action parameter used to perform the
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Dongsoo Shin, Donghee Seok, Sihyun Joo, Jeong-Eom Lee, Ga Hee Kim, Seona Kim, Jung Mi Park, HeeJin Ro, Kye Yoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20190204951
    Abstract: Disclosed is a touch control device. The touch control device includes a touch panel having a curved surface shape of multiple curvatures. The touch control device includes a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed in a touch area of the base, a plurality of sensor electrodes formed on the electrode groove, each including a conductive material, a via hole penetrating the base, a connection electrode connecting the plurality of sensor electrodes through the via hole and an integrated circuit coupled to the base and connected to the sensor electrodes to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Sihyun JOO, Nae Seung KANG, Jungsang MIN, Jongmin OH, Sam Min PARK, Jun Sam CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190196621
    Abstract: A touch input device including a connection member electrically connecting a sensor electrode and a printed circuit board by contact without soldering may include a base including a metal complex, an electrode groove formed by irradiating a laser on the base, a sensor electrode formed on the electrode groove through a plating or deposition process and including a conductive material, a sensor IC to sense a change in capacitance of the sensor electrode, a printed circuit board on which the sensor IC is mounted and is disposed to be coupled with the base, and the connection member provided on the printed circuit board and configured to electrically connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board, wherein the connection member may elastically come into contact with the sensor electrode to connect the sensor electrode and the printed circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Seoyon Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sihyun JOO, Nae Seung KANG, Jungsang MIN, Jongmin OH, Sam Min PARK, Jun Sam CHOI
  • Publication number: 20190180127
    Abstract: A method for recognizing characters of handwritten input text includes: receiving, by a handwriting input area, a handwritten input text from a user; calculating, by a controller, a center axis of the handwritten input text; calculating, by the controller, a rotation angle of the center axis based on a reference axis; correcting, by the controller, a slope of the handwritten input text by the rotation angle so that the slope of the handwritten input text is parallel to the reference axis; and performing, by the controller, character recognition of the handwritten input text acquired by correction of the slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventors: Sihyun JOO, Nae Seung KANG
  • Patent number: 10268675
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a display unit for displaying a first character input User Interface (UI) in which a plurality of characters are arranged to surround a predetermined reference point, a touch input apparatus having a concave area for detecting a touch gesture of selecting one character of the plurality of characters, and a controller for controlling the display unit to display, wherein if the number of pre-stored completed character combinations corresponding to an input character combination configured with at least one character sequentially selected according to the touch gesture detected by the touch input apparatus is smaller than or equal to a threshold value, a second character input UI in which the completed character combinations corresponding to the input character combination are arranged to surround the reference point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gi Beom Hong, Jungsang Min, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10126915
    Abstract: A concentrated control system for a vehicle includes: a menu portion that, when rotated, provides menu modes associated with devices in the vehicle; and a first menu providing portion that scrolls menu buttons, included in an enabled menu and used to control functions of an in-vehicle device, in a first direction so that the scrolled menu buttons are displayed within the menu portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sihyun Joo, Dongsoo Shin, Jongmin Oh, Jungsang Min
  • Patent number: 10126938
    Abstract: A touch input apparatus mounted on a mounting surface includes a protrusion protruding from the mounting surface. A recessed portion is formed in the protrusion. A touch portion is provided on a bottom surface of the recessed portion and receives a user's touch signal. A vehicle having the touch input apparatus includes a display and a controller configured to operate the display according to the users input inputted to the touch input apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sihyun Joo
  • Patent number: 10095313
    Abstract: An input device includes an input module, a detector for detecting a position of a wrist of a user, and a controller for controlling a movement of the input module based on information about the position of the wrist of the user detected by the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeong-Eom Lee, Jungsang Min, Gi Beom Hong, Sihyun Joo