Patents by Inventor Sung Joon Ahn

Sung Joon Ahn 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: 20240100952
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for interlocking a display device with a vehicle, the device including a mount disposed in the vehicle, the display device being attached to and detached from the mount, a first sliding member disposed on a front surface of the mount and capable of moving forward or backward in a direction perpendicular to a rear surface of the display device, and a connector provided to the first sliding member, wherein the connector may transmit and receive electrical signals to and from the display device. The vehicle may be controlled by coupling a display device to the interlocking device disposed in the vehicle. Even when the display device is not coupled to the vehicle, the vehicle may be controlled by pairing through wireless communication between the vehicle and the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Jik LEE, Sung Joon AHN, Ji Soo SHIN, Jun LEE, Hyun Jun AN, Seung Ho SONG
  • Patent number: 11942508
    Abstract: A display device includes a pixel in a display area. The pixel includes a first electrode and a second electrode that are spaced apart from each other, a first insulating layer disposed on the first and second electrodes and including a trench corresponding to a region between the first and second electrodes, light emitting elements disposed in the trench, each of the light emitting elements including a first end portion and a second end portion, a first contact electrode disposed on the first end portion of each of the light emitting elements and the first electrode, and a second contact electrode disposed on the second end portion of each of the light emitting elements and the second electrode. The trench includes a first trench accommodating the light emitting elements, and second trenches disposed in the first trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Kim, Yi Joon Ahn, Eun Kyung Yeon, Jae Been Lee
  • Patent number: 11865919
    Abstract: A vehicular display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display configured to display, as an image, a function for various pieces of vehicle operation information, a knob operatively coupled to the display and configured to selectively operate a corresponding function of the display according to left-right movement, and guide rails configured to provide a movement path for the knob and divide a plurality of functional areas interlocked with functions displayed on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee, Tae Hun Kim
  • Patent number: 11850919
    Abstract: An air vent apparatus of a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention includes a knob electrically interlocked with a display disposed inside a cockpit and laterally moved to selectively operate various functions installed in the display and an air duct disposed on a movement path of the knob and configured to adjust a ventilation direction of air introduced into an interior of a vehicle according to the lateral movement of the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230406100
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for controlling a display viewing environment of occupants in a vehicle with occupant seats forming multiple rows. The method includes, in response to a result of a viewing state determination being that a first occupant of a first seat in a first row of the vehicle, and a second occupant of a second seat in a second row of the vehicle, are in a state of viewing a front display together, performing reclining or vertical level reduction of the first row seats in response to a determination that occupants of the first row seats and the second row seats are in the state of viewing the front display together, and determining whether view of the front display is secured at an eye level of the occupants of the second row seats.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Ji Soo SHIN, Shin Jik LEE, Kyung Hoon KIM, Hyun Jun AN, Tae Hun KIM
  • Patent number: 11827269
    Abstract: Provided is a steering apparatus. The steering apparatus includes a console unit allowed to be switched left and right in front of a driver's seat and a front passenger seat in a vehicle, a handle unit connected to the console unit and configured to steer the vehicle, and a rail unit disposed on a bottom surface of the console unit and configured to provide a path through which a position of the console unit is switched left and right.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee, Kyung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 11820215
    Abstract: Provided are a system and a method for controlling a display of a vehicle. The system for controlling a display of a vehicle includes an input part for receiving a touch input signal with respect to a touch operation region, a memory in which a haptic feedback provision program with respect to a touch input is stored, and a processor for executing the haptic feedback provision program, wherein the processor provides haptic feedback of a different feel for each touch operation region and for each function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Tae Hun Kim, Seung Hwan Lee, Myung Bin Choi, Won Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 11820228
    Abstract: Provided are a control system and method using an in-vehicle gesture input, and more particularly, a system for receiving an occupant's gesture and controlling the execution of vehicle functions. The control system using an in-vehicle gesture input includes an input unit configured to receive a user's gesture, a memory configured to store a control program using an in-vehicle gesture input therein, and a processor configured to execute the control program. The processor transmits a command for executing a function corresponding to a gesture according to a usage pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Myung Bin Choi, Kyung Hoon Kim, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Publication number: 20230249550
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a console display disposed in a vehicle includes a display holder unit coupled to the console display, a motor unit configured to rotate the display holder unit, and a mounting bracket including the display holder unit and the motor unit installed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Myung Bin CHOI, Hyun Jun AN, Kyung Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 11714590
    Abstract: A display control apparatus includes: an inputter configured to receive internal display information and external display information about a vehicle; a memory storing a control program for an internal display of the vehicle and an external display of the vehicle; and a processor configured to perform control on a brightness of the internal display and a brightness of the external display, in connection with a portable terminal, by executing the control program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee
  • Patent number: 11703684
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing cluster information using a three-dimensional (3D) image. The apparatus for providing the cluster information using the 3D image according to the present invention includes an input unit configured to receive display mode setting information and driving information, a memory configured to store a cluster information providing program that uses a 3D image, and a processor configured to execute the cluster information providing program, wherein the processor controls a light source disposed in a cluster according to the display mode setting information to display the driving information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Myung Bin Choi, Seung Hwan Lee, Tae Hun Kim, Kyung Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230221913
    Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle interacting with a console display includes determining a position of the console display; determining an interaction state of the console display; and controlling an output state to be displayed on the console display based on the position information of the console display and an interaction state of the console display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Myung Bin CHOI, Sung Joon AHN, Tae Hun KIM, Kyung Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20230219465
    Abstract: A purpose-built vehicle includes a windshield selectively presenting an image toward the inside and the outside of a vehicle, and a seat, a position of the seat being movable inside of the vehicle and a seating base of the seat being attachable and detachable. Particularly, the seating base of the seat is configured to have such a rotatable structure that the seating is detached from a frame of the seat and then is possibly fitted in place in an arbitrary space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Kyung Hoon KIM, Tae Hun KIM
  • Publication number: 20230219418
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a system for vehicle display image warping including an occupant monitoring unit configured to check occupant monitoring information; a control command generation unit configured to generate a control command for warping an image according to the result of monitoring the occupant; and a warped image display unit configured to display a warped image according to the control command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Kyung Hoon KIM
  • Patent number: 11691514
    Abstract: A vehicle display device according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes a display that displays, as an image, functions for various pieces of vehicle operation information, a knob that is electrically interlocked with the display and selectively operates a corresponding function of the display according to left-right movement thereof, a guide rail that provides a movement path of the knob and divides a plurality of functional areas interlocked with the functions displayed on the display, and a guide part in which magnets having different polarities are alternately arranged in a lengthwise direction of the guide rail to automatically guide a location of the knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Sung Joon Ahn
  • Patent number: 11691510
    Abstract: A control apparatus and method using a knob are provided. The control apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive knob operation information, a memory configured to store a program for transmitting a vehicle function control command on the basis of the knob operation information, and a processor configured to execute the program, wherein the processor displays information about the vehicle function control command by using a knob.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myung Bin Choi, Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230185147
    Abstract: A vehicle display device using a hetero electrochromic film according to the present invention includes a projection part configured to project a predetermined image on one or more of a windshield and a window, a hetero electrochromic film formed on one or more of the windshield and the window, and a driving part configured to drive the projection part and the hetero electrochromic film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Seung Hwan LEE
  • Patent number: 11667324
    Abstract: A steering apparatus of a smart mobility vehicle includes: a cockpit module disposed in front of a driver seat and a passenger seat within a vehicle; a steering wheel part connected to the cockpit module, and switchable between a position toward the driver seat and a position toward the passenger seat in a longitudinal direction of the cockpit module; and a locking part to fix the steering part according to a preset condition. The cockpit module includes a first flat section disposed in front of the driver seat and a second flat section disposed in front of the passenger seat; and a locking section curved upward to connect the first flat section and the second flat section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Seung Hwan Lee, Tae Hun Kim
  • Publication number: 20230121260
    Abstract: A system for controlling a vehicle display based on an occupant's gaze includes: a first occupant gaze recognition unit to recognize a gaze of a first occupant in a vehicle; a second occupant gaze recognition unit to recognize a gaze of a second occupant in the vehicle; an interest information display area crossover confirmation and priority determination unit to determine interest information from the gaze of the first occupant and the gaze of the second occupant, to confirm whether areas for displaying interest information on a windshield are mutually crossover with each other, and to determine a priority for display; and a display control unit to control a display in accordance with the priority for display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon KIM, Sung Joon AHN, Tae Hun KIM, Myung Bin CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230121130
    Abstract: A system for controlling a vehicle includes: an occupant gaze recognition unit to recognize a gaze of an occupant in the vehicle; a point of interest determination unit to determine the point of interest among an external object visible through a side window of the vehicle based on the gaze of the occupant; and a seat position control unit to change a seat position of the occupant to enable a continuous stare at the point of interest according to a movement of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon KIM, Sung Joon AHN, Tae Hun KIM, Myung Bin CHOI