Patents by Inventor Sung Yoon YEO

Sung Yoon YEO 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: 20230398986
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus for controlling a speed of a vehicle includes a communication device configured to receive at least one of a starting point of a speed trap, an end point of the speed trap, a speed limit in the speed trap, an average speed of the vehicle, a traveling distance from the starting point of the speed trap of the vehicle, or a present speed of the vehicle, a target speed setting device configured to set a target point, set a starting point for a target speed, and calculate the target speed, a required acceleration calculating device configured to calculate a required acceleration, and a controller configured to control the vehicle, based on at least one of the calculated target speed or the calculated required acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Sung Yoon Yeo, Seung Geon Moon, Seo Hyeon Park, Young Min Han
  • Publication number: 20230398987
    Abstract: In an embodiment an apparatus includes a communication device configured to receive at least one of a starting point of a speed trap, an end point of the speed trap, a speed limit in the speed trap, an average speed of the vehicle, a traveling distance from the starting point of the speed trap of the vehicle, or a present speed of the vehicle, a target speed setting device configured to set a target point, to set a starting point for a target speed, and to calculate the target speed, a required acceleration calculating device configured to calculate a required acceleration, and a controller configured to control the vehicle based on at least one of the calculated target speed or the calculated required acceleration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Yoon Yeo, Seo Hyeon Park, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon
  • Patent number: 11670096
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing a driving lane of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes an information acquisition device that acquires forward information of a road on which the vehicle is driving, and a processor that recognizes an entrance section and an exit section on a front left side of the vehicle based on the forward information, and determines a driving lane of the vehicle by correcting a number of lanes of the road in the entrance section and the exit section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Min Han, Sung Yoon Yeo, Seo Hyeon Park, Seung Geon Moon
  • Patent number: 11370427
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driver assistance apparatus and a method for operating the same. The driver assistance apparatus includes a navigation device that provides a guide route and road information, a detector that measures information regarding surroundings of a vehicle, and a processor that performs a deceleration control for entrance to an exit ramp, based on the information obtained through the navigation device and the detector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Woo Choi, Sung Yoon Yeo
  • Publication number: 20210365693
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing a driving lane of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes an information acquisition device that acquires forward information of a road on which the vehicle is driving, and a processor that recognizes an entrance section and an exit section on a front left side of the vehicle based on the forward information, and determines a driving lane of the vehicle by correcting a number of lanes of the road in the entrance section and the exit section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Young Min HAN, Sung Yoon YEO, Seo Hyeon PARK, Seung Geon MOON
  • Patent number: 11163306
    Abstract: A driving controlling apparatus and method of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a navigation device providing a guide route and a travelable route and a controller. The controller is configured to determine one of the guide route and the travelable route as a driving control target depending on a result of determining whether to deviate from the guide route and a result of determining whether the guide route is set on a pocket-shaped off ramp and the vehicle is driving on an outermost lane of a road on which the vehicle is currently driving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Woo Choi, Sung Yoon Yeo, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon
  • Patent number: 11001274
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically controlling a driving assist function of a vehicle includes a sensing device to sense surrounding information and driving information of the vehicle and a state of a driver, a controller to determine whether an automatic activation condition for automatically activating the driving assist function is satisfied, based on the surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle, which are acquired from the sensing device, and the sensed driver state, and automatically activate the driving assist function when the automatic activation condition is satisfied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Gu Lee, Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Hoi Won Kim, Min Chul Kang
  • Patent number: 10960759
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically setting a speed of a vehicle may include a path guide device configured to obtain information related to a location of the vehicle, a type of a road corresponding to the location, and a speed limit of the road corresponding to the location and a controller configured to be electronically connected to the path guide device, wherein the controller is configured to activate an automatic setting mode for setting a setting speed for autonomous driving of the vehicle to a speed limit of a road corresponding to a current location of the vehicle, when the vehicle enters another type of road from the specified type of road in a state where the automatic setting mode is activated, release the automatic setting mode, and activate the automatic setting mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Chan Il Park, Beom Jun Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Min Chul Kang, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Sung Yoon Yeo, Jee Young Kim, Hoi Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10885790
    Abstract: An apparatus configured for determining an intention to cut in in a vehicle may include a navigation module, a camera, a radar configured to obtain data about an external vehicle, a sensor configured to obtain data about behavior of the vehicle, and a processor configured to be electrically connected to the navigation module, the camera, the radar, and the sensor, wherein the processor is configured to obtain information associated with at least a portion of a road environment, traffic, or road curvature based on data obtained using at least a portion of the navigation module, the camera, the radar, or the sensor and adjust a parameter for determining an intention for a surrounding vehicle which is traveling in a second lane adjacent to a first lane where the vehicle is traveling to cut in, based on the obtained information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dae Young Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun-Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan-Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Hoi Won Kim, Min Chul Kang
  • Patent number: 10882536
    Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus that informs the driver of a departure of a front vehicle may include a front vehicle recognition device configured to recognize behavior information related to a front vehicle, a driver monitoring device configured to detect whether a driver is gazing at a front side thereof, and a processor configured to determine a time point of notification of a departure of the front vehicle in consideration of whether the driver is gazing at the front side thereof and the behavior of the front vehicle when recognizing the departure of the front vehicle through the front vehicle recognition device while a host vehicle and the front vehicle are stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Hoi Won Kim, Min Chul Kang
  • Patent number: 10882519
    Abstract: An apparatus for setting a speed of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a first camera, a second camera, a navigation, and a processor. The processor detects inattention of a driver of the vehicle based on an operation for a steering device of the vehicle, an operation for a deceleration device of the vehicle, an operation for an acceleration device of the vehicle, or an image obtained by the first camera. The processor also obtains information associated with a lane of a road in which the vehicle is traveling and information associated with a surrounding vehicle based on an image obtained by the second camera, a heading angle of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, a yaw rate of the vehicle, a trajectory of the surrounding vehicle, or a curvature of the road, obtained by the navigation, and performs deceleration control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hoi Won Kim, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Kyoung Jun Lee, Min Chul Kang
  • Patent number: 10836384
    Abstract: A lateral acceleration limiting device may include a processor configured to calculate current lateral acceleration of a vehicle, predict forward lateral acceleration, and determine whether the prediction lateral acceleration and the current lateral acceleration are greater than a predetermine reference value, a controller communicatively connected to the processor and configured to determine whether to generate a warning or whether to adjust steering torque, depending on a result determined by the processor, and a steering torque adjusting device communicatively connected to the processor and configured to adjust the steering torque depending on control of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoi Won Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Jee Young Kim, Min Chul Kang
  • Publication number: 20200189586
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a driver assistance apparatus and a method for operating the same. The driver assistance apparatus includes a navigation device that provides a guide route and road information, a detector that measures information regarding surroundings of a vehicle, and a processor that performs a deceleration control for entrance to an exit ramp, based on the information obtained through the navigation device and the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Sung Woo CHOI, Sung Yoon YEO
  • Publication number: 20200192367
    Abstract: A driving controlling apparatus and method of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a navigation device providing a guide route and a travelable route and a controller. The controller is configured to determine one of the guide route and the travelable route as a driving control target depending on a result of determining whether to deviate from the guide route and a result of determining whether the guide route is set on a pocket-shaped off ramp and the vehicle is driving on an outermost lane of a road on which the vehicle is currently driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sung Woo CHOI, Sung Yoon Yeo, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon
  • Patent number: 10661790
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a display located in the vehicle, a sensor configured to collect information about a surrounding vehicle, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, and configured to obtain location information and speed information of at least one surrounding vehicle located on neighboring lanes beside a driving lane where the vehicle is traveling, using the sensor, when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a danger distance in a lateral direction of the vehicle, perform avoidance driving for avoiding the at least one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane, and display an indicator corresponding to the avoidance driving on the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Min Chul Kang, Beom Jun Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun-Jae Yoo, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan-Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Jee Young Kim, Hoi Won Kim
  • Patent number: 10589785
    Abstract: A lane keeping assist method and system may include determining a driving state of a vehicle according to a state of a lane change in which an intention of a driver is reflected after a turn signal is applied, adjusting a criterion for driver override depending on an error between a driving path of the vehicle and a target path according to the driving state of the vehicle, comparing a steering torque of the driver with the adjusted criterion to determine activation or cancellation of the driver override, minimizing the driver's discomfort in the steering operation when the driver intentionally changes the lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Beom Jun Kim, Kyoung Jun Lee, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Min Chul Kang, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Jee Young Kim, Hoi Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20190256085
    Abstract: An apparatus for setting a speed of a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a first camera, a second camera, a navigation, and a processor. The processor detects inattention of a driver of the vehicle based on an operation for a steering device of the vehicle, an operation for a deceleration device of the vehicle, an operation for an acceleration device of the vehicle, or an image obtained by the first camera. The processor also obtains information associated with a lane of a road in which the vehicle is traveling and information associated with a surrounding vehicle based on an image obtained by the second camera, a heading angle of the vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, a yaw rate of the vehicle, a trajectory of the surrounding vehicle, or a curvature of the road, obtained by the navigation, and performs deceleration control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Hoi Won Kim, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan Il Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Kyoung Jun Lee, Min Chul Kang
  • Publication number: 20190256083
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling driving of a vehicle includes a display located in the vehicle, a sensor configured to collect information about a surrounding vehicle, and a processor electrically connected with the display and the sensor, and configured to obtain location information and speed information of at least one surrounding vehicle located on neighboring lanes beside a driving lane where the vehicle is traveling, using the sensor, when the at least one surrounding vehicle is located within a danger distance in a lateral direction of the vehicle, perform avoidance driving for avoiding the at least one surrounding vehicle in the driving lane, and display an indicator corresponding to the avoidance driving on the display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Min Chul KANG, Beom Jun KIM, Kyoung Jun LEE, Doo Jin UM, Dong Gu LEE, Dong Eon OH, Hyun-Jae YOO, Dae Young KIM, Young Min HAN, Seung Geon MOON, Sung Woo CHOI, Chan-Il PARK, Sung Yoon YEO, Jee Young KIM, Hoi Won KIM
  • Publication number: 20190256106
    Abstract: An autonomous driving control apparatus that informs the driver of a departure of a front vehicle may include a front vehicle recognition device configured to recognize behavior information related to a front vehicle, a driver monitoring device configured to detect whether a driver is gazing at a front side thereof, and a processor configured to determine a time point of notification of a departure of the front vehicle in consideration of whether the driver is gazing at the front side thereof and the behavior of the front vehicle when recognizing the departure of the front vehicle through the front vehicle recognition device while a host vehicle and the front vehicle are stopped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kyoung Jun LEE, Doo Jin Um, Dong Gu Lee, Dong Eon Oh, Hyun Jae Yoo, Beom Jun Kim, Dae Young Kim, Young Min Han, Seung Geon Moon, Sung Woo Choi, Chan II Park, Sung Yoon Yeo, Hoi Won Kim, Min Chul Kang
  • Publication number: 20190202472
    Abstract: An apparatus for automatically controlling a driving assist function of a vehicle includes a sensing device to sense surrounding information and driving information of the vehicle and a state of a driver, a controller to determine whether an automatic activation condition for automatically activating the driving assist function is satisfied, based on the surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle, which are acquired from the sensing device, and the sensed driver state, and automatically activate the driving assist function when the automatic activation condition is satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Gu LEE, Kyoung Jun LEE, Doo Jin UM, Dong Eon OH, Hyun Jae YOO, Beom Jun KIM, Dae Young KIM, Young Min HAN, Seung Geon MOON, Sung Woo CHOI, Chan Il PARK, Sung Yoon YEO, Hoi Won KIM, Min Chul KANG