Patents by Inventor Soobin KIM

Soobin 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).

  • Patent number: 12287221
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle includes a user interface configured to guide a route to a destination and receive a user input and a controller configured to determine whether a highlight mark for a point of interest corresponding to the destination is set, control the user interface to display a pop-up message according to the determination result, receive the user input in response to the pop-up message, and set the highlight mark for the point of interest based on the user input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo
  • Patent number: 12270671
    Abstract: An embodiment electronic device includes a display module, a communicator configured to communicate with a server, an input module, and a controller configured to determine a route to be guided as a shortest path, from an indoor route or an outdoor route based on an input received at the input module from a user or based on an external environment, determine a route from a departure point to an arrival point based on the route to be guided as the shortest path, and control the display module to display the determined route.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Publication number: 20250056794
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a cell region and a peripheral circuit region, a peripheral circuit gate line on the peripheral circuit region of the substrate, an interlayer insulating layer surrounding the peripheral circuit gate line, a contact plug passing through the interlayer insulating layer to be connected to the substrate, a wiring pad on the contact plug, and a metal via being in contact with the wiring pad, wherein a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the contact plug form acute angles with an upper surface of the contact plug, and a first sidewall and a second sidewall of the wiring pad form acute angles with a lower surface of the wiring pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Dongkyun Lim, Soobin Kim, Seungyoung Seo, Sunwoo Heo
  • Patent number: 12181298
    Abstract: An embodiment user terminal includes an image acquisition part, a user interface configured to display an image photographed through the image acquisition part, a position detection sensor configured to detect a position of the user terminal, and a controller configured to determine a recommended point of interest (POI) among a plurality of POIs located around the user terminal, based on operation information about each of the plurality of POIs, a user's search history for a POI, and the user's POI scrap, and to control the user interface to display an augmented reality (AR) image corresponding to the recommended POI by superimposing the AR image on the image photographed through the image acquisition part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Patent number: 12124260
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a display, a first sensor unit configured to obtain battery state information of the personal mobility, a second sensor unit configured to obtain speed information of the personal mobility, a third sensor unit configured to obtain steering information of the personal mobility, a communicator configured to obtain navigation information, and a controller configured to display a plurality of contents including the navigation information, usage time information of the personal mobility, the battery state information, or the speed information on the display as a basic screen in a plurality of regions in response to an ignition of the personal mobility being turned on and to control to change a screen displayed on the display based on the steering information or the navigation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 12092475
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus performing an augmented reality function and a navigation function includes an input device, a location receiver for obtaining a current location, an image obtaining device, a display device provided to display surrounding image obtained from the image obtaining device in response to execution of an augmented reality mode, and a controller provided to search for a route from the current location to a destination, destination information and map information obtained by the location receiver, identify a moving situation according to route information corresponding to the searched route, obtain location information of an inflection point at which the moving situation is changed according to information on the identified moving situation, and control the display device to display an object image of the inflection point on the surrounding image displayed on the display device based on the location information of the inflection point and the current location information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Publication number: 20240306376
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including an active region; a cell gate structure disposed in the substrate, crossing the active region, and extending in a first horizontal direction; bitline structures crossing the cell gate structure and extending in a second horizontal direction intersecting the first horizontal direction; a contact plug disposed between the bitline structures; a landing pad structure disposed on the contact plug and including a lower landing pad and an upper landing pad on the lower landing pad, wherein the upper landing pad includes a cavity; a conductive pattern disposed in the cavity of the upper landing pad; and an insulating pattern structure in contact with one of the bitline structures and in contact with the landing pad structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Inventors: Dongkyun Lim, Sunwoo Heo, Soobin Kim, Jinsub Kim, Seungyoung Seo, Taeyong Song
  • Patent number: 12045906
    Abstract: An embodiment server includes a communicator configured to communicate with a personal mobility and a user terminal and a controller configured to control the communicator to transmit a rental permission signal to the personal mobility in response to receiving an authentication completion signal from the user terminal, wherein the authentication completion signal is a signal generated by the user terminal based on biometric information of a user received by the user terminal and registered biometric information stored in the user terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 12030579
    Abstract: Disclosed are a personal mobility and a control method thereof. The personal mobility includes a front body on which a front wheel is installed, and a rear body slidably coupled to the front body in a front-rear direction to enable wheelbase adjustment and on which a rear wheel is installed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Ilsun Song, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Patent number: 11993160
    Abstract: Provided is a server including a communicator, and a controller electrically connected to the communicator. The controller is configured to receive, from a plurality of personal mobilities, first information related to a battery of each of the plurality of personal mobilities through the communicator, transmit, to a first personal mobility among the plurality of personal mobilities, a first control signal for causing a first conductive coil of the first personal mobility to be switched into a state for power transmission through the communicator, based on the first information, and transmit, to a second personal mobility among the plurality of personal mobilities, a second control signal for causing a second conductive coil of the second personal mobility to be switched into a state for power reception through the communicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo
  • Patent number: 11988577
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring a hydrocarbon storage system. The system and method for using the system allows the operator to determine if any undesired releases of gaseous hydrocarbons are occurring. The method utilizes a computer programmed with a process simulator function suitable for miming equations of state and determining the unwanted release of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon storage system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Flogistix, LP
    Inventors: Paul Munding, Aaron Baker, Soobin Kim, Mims Brooks Talton, III
  • Patent number: 11941162
    Abstract: A mobile apparatus includes a display device, a location receiving device configured to receive current location information for obtaining a current location, an image obtaining device configured to obtain an image of a surrounding environment, and a controller configured to control display of image information on the image obtained by the image obtaining device during execution of an augmented reality mode, obtain information on a building in the image information based on at least one of the current location information or map information obtained by the location receiving device, and control the display device to overlap and display representative information on the obtained building of the image information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seunghyun Woo, Jae Yul Woo, Rowoon An, Soobin Kim
  • Patent number: 11922692
    Abstract: A vehicle and a control method may adjust an augmented reality (AR) image of a point of interest (POI) based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI. The vehicle may include: an image sensor configured to obtain a front image of the vehicle; a display module configured to display the front image; and a controller configured to control the display module to display an AR image of a POI included in the front image by being superimposed on the front image, and adjust the AR image so that at least one of an amount of information or a size is changed based on at least one of a driving speed of the vehicle or a distance between the vehicle and the POI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An
  • Patent number: 11873044
    Abstract: Disclosed is a personal mobility device including a towing module configured to allow various types of towed modules to be selectively connected and towed, and a connection device configured to connect the towing module and the towed modules. The connection device includes a connection member extending rearward from the towing module, a connection shaft having an upper side rotatably supported on the connection member and a lower side coupled to a shaft coupling hole formed on a connection frame of the towed module, and a locking device provided on the connection frame to lock the connection shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Soobin Kim, Rowoon An, Ilsun Song, Seunghyun Woo, Jae Yul Woo
  • Patent number: 11873055
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a main body provided in a box shape, a steering device comprising a steering handle configured to extend outwardly from the main body or to retract so as not to protrude from the main body, and a front wheel and a rear wheel installed on a front side and a rear side of the main body, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Ilsun Song, Jae Yul Woo, Seunghyun Woo, Soobin Kim
  • Publication number: 20240004346
    Abstract: Provided is a holographic display apparatus capable of providing an expanded viewing window when reproducing a holographic image via an off-axis technique. The holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally; and an aperture enlargement film configured to enlarge a beam diameter of a light beam coming from each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator. The beam diameter of each light beam enlarged by the aperture enlargement film may be greater than the width of an aperture of each pixel of the spatial light modulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
    Inventors: Yunhee KIM, Hwi KIM, Hoon SONG, Soobin KIM, Hongseok LEE
  • Publication number: 20230393018
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring a hydrocarbon storage system. The system and method for using the system allows the operator to determine if any undesired releases of gaseous hydrocarbons are occurring. The method utilizes a computer programmed with a process simulator function suitable for miming equations of state and determining the unwanted release of hydrocarbons from a hydrocarbon storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: FLOGISTIX, LP
    Inventors: Paul Munding, Aaron Baker, Soobin Kim, Mims Brooks Talton, III
  • Patent number: 11796960
    Abstract: Provided is a holographic display apparatus capable of providing an expanded viewing window when reproducing a holographic image via an off-axis technique. The holographic display apparatus includes a spatial light modulator comprising a plurality of pixels arranged two-dimensionally; and an aperture enlargement film configured to enlarge a beam diameter of a light beam coming from each of the plurality of pixels of the spatial light modulator. The beam diameter of each light beam enlarged by the aperture enlargement film may be greater than the width of an aperture of each pixel of the spatial light modulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Korea University Research and Business Foundation, Sejong Campus
    Inventors: Yunhee Kim, Hwi Kim, Hoon Song, Soobin Kim, Hongseok Lee
  • Patent number: 11736603
    Abstract: A personal mobility includes a support including a holder and an awning configured to mount a user terminal, a first sensor configured to obtain illumination information, a second sensor configured to obtain road surface inclination information, and a controller configured to identify a brightness of a light corresponding to the illumination information and control a structure of the holder or the awning to be changed based on the brightness of the light and the road surface inclination information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rowoon An, Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo
  • Patent number: 11715233
    Abstract: An embodiment mobility device includes a position detector configured to detect a first current position of the mobility device, a display configured to display position information of the mobility device, and a controller configured to set the first current position of the mobility device detected by the position detector as first position information, identify an augmented reality (AR) marker in a predetermined range, based on the first position information, determine a second current position of the mobility device based on the identified AR marker, and set the second current position of the mobility device determined based on the identified AR marker as second position information, and determine final position information of the mobility device by applying the second position information to the first position information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Yul Woo, Soobin Kim, Seunghyun Woo, Rowoon An