Patents by Inventor Sung Uk Choi

Sung Uk Choi 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: 8506137
    Abstract: Provided is an Adaptive Front Lighting System and a control method thereof, which includes a motor driver which controls a beam irradiation direction of a headlamp by operating a motor coupled to the headlamp according to a motor control signal, and generates a motor fault signal when fail occurs in the motor, a power supply unit which controls a magnitude of electric power supplied to the headlamp according to a power control signal, and a controller which selectively outputs the power control signal to the power supply unit according to the motor fault signal of the motor driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, SL Lighting Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Ki-Young Ahn
  • Patent number: 8463504
    Abstract: An adaptive front lighting system for performing highway and urban district modes of front lights is provided, which includes a leveling actuator rotating a light source of front lights of a vehicle in upward and downward directions, and a control unit judging a driving state of the vehicle as either of a highway driving state and an urban district driving state in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle and determining a degree of rotation of the light source performed by the leveling actuator in accordance with a result of judgment. The driving condition includes at least one of a vehicle speed, external illumination, and frequency of vehicle stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Kwang-Seob Kim, Nam-Cheol Hyeong
  • Patent number: 8159183
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a contact-less power supply magnetically coupled to a battery device having a receiving coil therein, for contact-less charging the battery device, the contact-less power supply having a sending coil array including a plurality of sending coils for inducing a charging power to the receiving coil; and a driving means for detecting a sending coil magnetically coupled to the receiving coil and selectively driving only the detected sending coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: LS Cable & System Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Uk Choi, Kwang-Hee Kwon, Jung-Bum Kim, Sung-Wook Moon, Dong-Young Park, Sub Han
  • Publication number: 20110290538
    Abstract: A connecting structure of PCB using an anisotropic conductive film according to the present invention having members connected to each other by heat-compression using the anisotropic conductive film including an insulating adhesive as a base material and conductive particles dispersed in the insulating adhesive, wherein at least any one of the members has a flexible property, and a surface roughness value (Ra) of the member having a flexible property is 0.1 to 5.0 ?m due to dents formed by heat-compression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: December 1, 2011
    Applicant: LG INNOTEK CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Chul-Jong HAN, Yoon-Jae CHUNG, Jong-Yoon JANG, Jeong-Beom PARK, Yong-Seok HAN, Sung-Uk CHOI, Il-Rae CHO, Hyuk-Soo MOON, Kyung-Joon LEE
  • Patent number: 7993417
    Abstract: A connecting structure of PCB using an anisotropic conductive film according to the present invention having members connected to each other by heat-compression using the anisotropic conductive film including an insulating adhesive as a base material and conductive particles dispersed in the insulating adhesive, wherein at least any one of the members has a flexible property, and a surface roughness value (Ra) of the member having a flexible property is 0.1 to 5.0 ?m due to dents formed by heat-compression.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Assignee: LS Cable Ltd.
    Inventors: Chul-Jong Han, Yoon-Jae Chung, Jong-Yoon Jang, Jeong-Beom Park, Yong-Seok Han, Sung-Uk Choi, Il-Rae Cho, Hyuk-Soo Moon, Kyung-Joon Lee
  • Publication number: 20110133647
    Abstract: A method for selectively providing a low beam state and a high beam state of an LED headlamp, may include driving an engine of a vehicle, switching on a multi-function switch to turn on at least a second LED module to emit a high beam after driving the engine to perform the high beam state of the LED headlamp, and converting a low beam state of at least a first LED module into a high beam state to perform the high beam state of the LED headlamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, SL Lighting Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Jong-Woon Kim
  • Publication number: 20110128748
    Abstract: A method of controlling an adaptive head lamp including a control unit for detecting a driving signal of a vehicle to control an actuator which controls the head lamp in a horizontal or vertical direction in accordance with a control signal of the control unit, may include steps of, a) verifying whether an ignition of the vehicle is turned on or off, b) after the ignition of the vehicle is verified, driving the actuator to move the head lamp to a rightmost or leftmost position in the horizontal direction, or a lowermost or uppermost position in the vertical direction, c) driving the actuator by a predetermined number of pulses previously set in a micro stepping manner in a direction opposite to a driving direction of the headlamp at the step b), and d) setting a position of the head lamp determined at the step c) as an initial position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2010
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Hyun-Soo Lee
  • Publication number: 20110121733
    Abstract: Provided is an Adaptive Front Lighting System and a control method thereof, which includes a motor driver which controls a beam irradiation direction of a headlamp by operating a motor coupled to the headlamp according to a motor control signal, and generates a motor fault signal when fail occurs in the motor, a power supply unit which controls a magnitude of electric power supplied to the headlamp according to a power control signal, and a controller which selectively outputs the power control signal to the power supply unit according to the motor fault signal of the motor driver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, SL Lighting Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Ki-Young Ahn
  • Publication number: 20110125373
    Abstract: An adaptive front lighting system for performing highway and urban district modes of front lights is provided, which includes a leveling actuator rotating a light source of front lights of a vehicle in upward and downward directions, and a control unit judging a driving state of the vehicle as either of a highway driving state and an urban district driving state in accordance with a driving condition of the vehicle and determining a degree of rotation of the light source performed by the leveling actuator in accordance with a result of judgment. The driving condition includes at least one of a vehicle speed, external illumination, and frequency of vehicle stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Hyundai Mobis
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Hun Soo Kim, Hee Jun Jeong, Se Wook Oh, Kwang-Seob Kim, Nam-Cheol Hyeong
  • Patent number: 7784955
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an LED (light emitting diode) headlamp aiming apparatus, which aims a mounting module that is provided with LEDs and is installed in a headlamp housing. The LED headlamp aiming apparatus includes a vertical aiming unit, which is provided on the rear side of the mounting module and is coupled to the headlamp housing, a horizontal aiming unit, which is provided on the rear side of the mounting module and is coupled to the headlamp housing, and a pivot unit which is coupled to the headlamp housing and is provided under the lower portion of the mounting module to support the mounting module and provide the center of the aiming operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Se Wook Oh, Joung Hyun Joo
  • Patent number: D657897
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Dai Sung Kim
  • Patent number: D657898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Dai Sung Kim
  • Patent number: D657899
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Dai Sung Kim
  • Patent number: D662633
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Uk Choi, Dai Sung Kim
  • Patent number: D704870
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu-Bong Kim, Sung-Uk Choi, Mun-Hyo Yoon
  • Patent number: D705960
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu-Bong Kim, Sung-Uk Choi, Mun-Hyo Yoon
  • Patent number: D707374
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu-Bong Kim, Sung-Uk Choi, Mun-Hyo Yoon
  • Patent number: D707375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Gyu-Bong Kim, Sung-Uk Choi, Mun-Hyo Yoon
  • Patent number: D759862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Joon-Bo Shim, Jae-Hyun Lee, Dai-Sung Kim, Sung-Uk Choi, Ki-Euk Kim
  • Patent number: D759865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Joon-Bo Shim, Jae-Hyun Lee, Dai-Sung Kim, Sung-Uk Choi, Ki-Euk Kim