Patents by Inventor Sung-Bae Jeon

Sung-Bae Jeon 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: 12275402
    Abstract: A vehicle and an acceleration limit control method thereof, includes obtaining a driving score of a driver, determining a driving score change amount of the driver based on traveling information measured or generated when the vehicle is driving, determining a current driving score based on the determined change amount of the driving score and the obtained driving score, and setting an acceleration limit level or changing a preset acceleration limit level based on the determined current driving score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hwa Kim, Seong Wook Moon, Hui Un Son, Gyu Ri Lee, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Sung Bae Jeon
  • Patent number: 12269463
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods, apparatuses, and systems for controlling a valet mode of a vehicle. The method may include activating a valet mode, determining a parking environment of the vehicle being parked in a parking area, when the valet mode is set. Based on the parking environment of the vehicle, a first signal or a second signal may be output. The first signal may be configured to permit parking of the vehicle in the parking area. The second signal may be configured to prohibit parking of the vehicle in the parking area. Determining the parking environment of the vehicle may include determining, based on the parking environment, whether to limit a vehicle control of the vehicle and/or a degree of limit of the vehicle control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son
  • Patent number: 12214790
    Abstract: Disclosed may be a method for evaluating valet mode driving of a vehicle. The method includes determining whether or not a valet mode entry condition may be satisfied, determining a plurality of driving evaluation factors for valet parking based on at least one of a vehicle status or a driving environment, upon determining that the valet mode entry condition may be satisfied, calculating a valet driving evaluation score by analyzing the determined driving evaluation factors and collecting result values acquired through analysis, and displaying the calculated valet driving evaluation score.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son
  • Publication number: 20250026202
    Abstract: A haptic display for a vehicle includes a display panel, a front cover having a front surface to which the display panel is attached, an oscillation actuator attached to the display panel, a main bracket disposed in rear of the front cover and spaced apart from the oscillation actuator and the front cover, a forward/backward vibration damper installed to enable the front cover to be supported by the main bracket in order to dampen vibration between the front cover and the main bracket, an upward/downward vibration damper installed to enable the front cover to be supported by the main bracket in a upward/downward direction in order to dampen vibration between the front cover and the main bracket, and a rear cover fixed to the main bracket while surrounding the main bracket in rear of the front cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Bae JEON
  • Patent number: 12151607
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20240351598
    Abstract: A vehicle provides various functions for a pregnant woman and a method of controlling the same. The method of supporting vehicle driving for a pregnant woman may include determining whether to enter a driving support control for the pregnant woman based on at least one of an entry command or an input biometric information of a driver, determining a control function to be activated among predetermined control functions in the driving support control for the pregnant woman based on the at least one of the entry command or the biometric information when entering the driving support control for the pregnant woman, and performing the determined control function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Il Jung, Jae Keun Lee, Hui Un Son, Sung Bae Jeon
  • Patent number: 12122404
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle capable of controlling acceleration in consideration of a driving environment and an acceleration limit control method therefor. The acceleration limit control method of the disclosure includes determining a base value of an acceleration limit level, which is classified into a plurality of levels, determining a first correction value based on manipulation of an accelerator pedal, determining a second correction value based on a driving environment, determining a final acceleration limit level by applying the first correction value and the second correction value to the base value, and determining a limit acceleration based on the final acceleration limit level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Il Jung, Hui Un Son, Gyu Ri Lee
  • Publication number: 20240336261
    Abstract: A vehicle speed control method includes the steps of: limiting the acceleration of a pertinent vehicle according to an acceleration limitation level which has been set based on a predetermined command; and adjusting the acceleration limitation level based on a first parameter regarding a driver's request for acceleration and a second parameter regarding the traveling state of a peripheral vehicle when a preset acceleration limitation alleviation condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ye Chan JEONG, Hui Un SON, Sung Bae JEON
  • Publication number: 20240317246
    Abstract: A vehicle is configured for controlling an acceleration limit according to the change amount in the accelerator pedal, and a method for limiting the acceleration thereof. A method for limiting acceleration of a vehicle may include: activating an acceleration limitation function; and adjusting an acceleration limit of the vehicle based on a vehicle situation and a change in accelerator pedal manipulation (APS) of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jeong Yoon CHOI, Seul Gi LEE, Sung Bae JEON, Soo Bang LEE, Hui Un SON
  • Publication number: 20240286519
    Abstract: A method of controlling vehicle charging and discharging for electricity trading and a V2G system using the same includes obtaining information for selling electricity, the information including an electricity unit cost by time, determining whether to sell electricity of a vehicle and an amount of electricity available to be sold based on the information for selling the electricity of the vehicle, and transmitting the electricity from the vehicle to a grid based on a result of whether to sell the electricity of the vehicle and the amount of the electricity available to be sold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyun LEE, Sung Bae JEON, Dae Young KIM, Hui Un SON, Gyu Ri LEE
  • Publication number: 20240190438
    Abstract: A hybrid electric vehicle includes an engine, a drive motor, and a controller configured to determine a boarding state or a leaving state of a passenger, to allow a vehicle to enter a first mode for pick-up driving or a second mode for drop-off driving, and to control the vehicle based on the entered mode and the boarding or leaving state after the entering, and a method of controlling the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Do Hwa Kim, Hui Un Son, Sung II Jung, Jae Young Park, Yong Joo Lee, Seong Wook Moon, Sung Bae Jeon
  • Patent number: 12005901
    Abstract: A method of controlling a brake lamp of a vehicle including an electric motor as a power source includes determining whether gear shifting is required and whether there is a forward section with a suddenly changing slope when regenerative braking is performed through the electric motor without manipulation of an accelerator pedal or a brake pedal, delaying the gear shifting until the gear shifting exceeds a gear-shifting limit when the gear shifting is required and when there is the forward section with the suddenly changing slope, calculating acceleration based on regenerative braking torque while the gear shifting is delayed, and controlling the brake lamp based on the calculated acceleration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Seong Wook Moon, Song Il Park, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joon Young Park, Chan Ho Lee
  • Publication number: 20240174241
    Abstract: A method of mitigating motion sickness in a passenger including learning a motion sickness prediction model based on state information of a vehicle or the passenger, reaction information of the passenger, and motion sickness-related information, predicting reactions of the passenger to a current state of the vehicle or the passenger and possibility of motion sickness using the learned motion sickness prediction model, and providing information on the motion sickness mitigation methods to the passenger or controlling the vehicle based on the predicted reactions of the passenger and possibility of motion sickness. The motion sickness-related information includes one or more of a determination result of whether motion sickness occurs to the passenger, motion sickness state information, and motion sickness reaction information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Sung Bae Jeon, SungII Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son
  • Patent number: 11926310
    Abstract: Controlling a speed limit includes determining a virtual vehicle speed as being a lower one of a vehicle speed and a target limit speed, determining a virtual APS value as being a larger one of a first APS value and a second APS value, transitioning to a second mode at a point in time at which an actual APS value and the second APS value become different, when it is expected to transition to the second mode, among a first mode for sustaining a SOC of a battery at the target limit speed and the second mode for depleting the SOC, and determining a transmission gear position by applying the determined virtual vehicle speed and the determined virtual APS value to one of a first shifting pattern and a second shifting pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20240075920
    Abstract: A method for controlling driving of a hybrid electric vehicle includes collecting driving data while the hybrid electric vehicle is driven, determining whether the hybrid electric vehicle enters a first mode corresponding to emergency driving of the hybrid electric vehicle or a second mode corresponding to control in preparation for the emergency driving, and controlling the hybrid electric vehicle in accordance with a mode that the hybrid electric vehicle enters among the first mode and the second mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Bae Jeon, Seong Wook Moon, Do Hwa Kim, Gyu Ri Lee, Sung Il Jung, Jae Young Park, Jeong Eun Kim, Hui Un Son
  • Publication number: 20240067079
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20230415740
    Abstract: A vehicle and an acceleration limit control method thereof, includes obtaining a driving score of a driver, determining a driving score change amount of the driver based on traveling information measured or generated when the vehicle is driving, determining a current driving score based on the determined change amount of the driving score and the obtained driving score, and setting an acceleration limit level or changing a preset acceleration limit level based on the determined current driving score.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Do Hwa KIM, Seong Wook MOON, Hui Un SON, Gyu Ri LEE, Sung Il JUNG, Jae Young PARK, Jeong Eun KIM, Sung Bae JEON
  • Patent number: 11845427
    Abstract: A stability control method of a vehicle includes: determining possibility of broadside collision; as a result of the determining, when the possibility of broadside collision is present, applying a standby hydraulic pressure to a hydraulic brake device; when broadside collision is detected, performing evasion steering using the hydraulic brake device in consideration of a direction of the broadside collision; and performing stability control after the evasion steering is performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Jea Mun Lee, Sung Bae Jeon, Ji Hoon Kang, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Patent number: 11833960
    Abstract: A brake lamp control method of a vehicle is provided. The method includes determining whether a deceleration of the vehicle based on regenerative brake through the electric motor is present in a hysteresis period between an off threshold as a reference for turning off a brake lamp and an on threshold as a reference for turning on the brake lamp. When the deceleration of the vehicle is present in the hysteresis period, the method includes determining a state of the brake lamp before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period. In response to determining that the brake lamp is turned on or off for a reason except for the regenerative brake before the deceleration of the vehicle enters the hysteresis period, a request for turning on the brake lamp is set or reset based on the regenerative brake in response to the determined state of the brake lamp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hui Un Son, Sang Joon Kim, Kyu Hwan Jo, Sung Bae Jeon, Sung Hoon Yu, Joo Young Kim, Jin Kyeom Cho
  • Publication number: 20230294722
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of controlling an eco-friendly vehicle, the method including determining whether the vehicle may be in valet mode, when the vehicle may be determined to be in valet mode, generating the weight of an object by sensing the object riding in the vehicle using a plurality of indoor sensors disposed in the vehicle, performing comparative analysis on the generated weight of the object with a predetermined vehicle reference weight, and differentiating limiting conditions for the vehicle or outputting a notification signal based on the result of the comparative analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Gyu Ri Lee, Hui Un Son, Sung Il Jung, Do Hwa Kim, Sung Bae Jeon