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).

  • Patent number: 12681593
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling a mouse using gaze recognition are provided. The method includes measuring a distance between eyes of a user and a gaze recognizer in response to a user gazing at an object displayed on a display, setting a size of a mouse pointer based on at least one of the measured distance and a display resolution, performing calibration based on the set size of the mouse pointer, displaying the mouse pointer created based on the calibration on a display, determining occurrence of gaze recognition-based mouse shaking, and controlling a movement of the mouse pointer based on the gaze recognition-based mouse shaking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Sung Joon Ahn, Kyung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12681684
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of controlling, by a voice guidance control device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a volume level of personalized voice guidance. The method includes: obtaining information on a distance between an occupant of a vehicle and a seat of the vehicle from a signal generated from the vehicle; and outputting voice guidance related to the occupant. A volume level of the voice guidance is adaptively determined based on the information on the distance between the occupant and the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Hun Kim, Ji Soo Shin, Myung Bin Choi, Sung Joon Ahn
  • Publication number: 20260194981
    Abstract: A display operating device and a system therefor are provided. The display operating device includes a button plate including a portion that is transparent and configured to be pressed by a user, a touch film attached to a lower surface of the button plate and configured to detect a touch thereon and generate a touch signal, a haptic module to receive a detection signal in response to the touch signal being detected by the touch film and generate a haptic vibration at the button plate, and a swing module to support one or more sides of the button plate and transmit the haptic vibration to the button plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shin Jik LEE, Sung Joon AHN, Hyun Jun AN, Jun LEE, Kyung Hoon KIM
  • Publication number: 20260192670
    Abstract: A flexible display assembly for a vehicle is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun AN, Sung Joon AHN, Shin Jik LEE, Jun LEE, Kyung Hoon KIM, In Seok SONG, Woo Kyung JEONG
  • Publication number: 20260192662
    Abstract: A display module includes a windshield display formed at a lower end of a windshield, a center display linked to the windshield display, and a control plate disposed in front of the center display, wherein the control plate is disposed spaced a predetermined distance apart from the front of the center display; wherein the control plate is configured to allow a user to operate the windshield display and the center display by providing an input to the control plate; and wherein the control plate is configured to select a function through a first input of the user and to adjust the corresponding selected function through a second input of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2025
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Applicant: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon KIM, Jun LEE, Hwang Eui LEE, Sung Joon AHN, Hyun Jun AN, Shin Jik LEE, Ung Gu LEE, Hae Woon SHIN
  • Publication number: 20260175810
    Abstract: A driver seat airbag device includes a cover including a window, with the cover being coupled to a steering wheel of a vehicle, a display module installed behind the cover to display information to a driver through the window, and an airbag assembly installed behind the display module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2025
    Publication date: June 25, 2026
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Soo SHIN, Do Hyung KIM, Jung Won KIM, Sung Joon AHN, Jun LEE, Hyun Jun AN
  • Patent number: 12656860
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Kyung Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 12594835
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Joon Ahn, Tae Hun Kim, Myung Bin Choi
  • Patent number: 12589654
    Abstract: A display device for a vehicle, a method therefor, and a system therefor are provided. The display device includes a front display positioned in front of a driver seat and a passenger seat of the vehicle, and a drive module linked to a camera to adjust a position of the front display based on a position of a specific facial portion of an occupant in the driver seat or the passenger seat. The drive module provides a driving force to enable movement of the front display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hyun Jun An, Kyung Hoon Kim, Shin Jik Lee, In Seok Song, Sung Joon Ahn, Ji Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 12583322
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Myung Bin Choi, Hyun Jun An, Kyung Hoon Kim
  • Publication number: 20260061799
    Abstract: A clothing ventilation apparatus for a vehicle according to one embodiment of the present invention may include a ventilation hanger mounted on a rear of a seat of the vehicle, a ventilation blower fan installed inside the ventilation hanger and discharging air through a discharge hole formed in a lower portion of the ventilation hanger, and a suction member installed on a lower portion of the seat, disposed below clothing, and suctioning the air discharged from the ventilation blower fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2025
    Publication date: March 5, 2026
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Soo SHIN, Sung Joon AHN, Seung Jae KIM
  • Patent number: 12565166
    Abstract: A layout control system for a vehicle mode and a method therefor are provided. The layout control system includes: an input interface configured to receive information on a vehicle driving mode; a memory to store a program for controlling a layout of at least one of an in-vehicle display, a steering wheel, a seat for the vehicle driving mode, or any combination thereof; and a processor electrically connected to the memory, wherein, upon execution of the program, the processor controls the layout in at least one of a manual driving mode, a passenger seat entertainment display attachment mode, an operation mode during autonomous driving, a theater mode, a relax mode, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon Kim, Tae Hun Kim, Sung Joon Ahn, Hyun Jun An, Shin Jik Lee, Ji Soo Shin
  • Patent number: 12534025
    Abstract: A moving display device disposed in a vehicle includes a display configured to be moveable in a forward or backward direction according to a driving mode of a vehicle, and a moving device mounted on a rear of the display and being configured to move a position of the display and to tilt the display, wherein the moving device includes rails, actuators, and gear modules for forward or backward movement of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Joon Ahn, Shin Jik Lee, Tae Hun Kim, Hyun Jun An, Kyung Hoon Kim, Ji Soo Shin
  • Publication number: 20250383147
    Abstract: A drying device for vehicles and a vehicle therefor are provided. The drying device includes an air conditioner for exhaust and intake, and a sterilization dryer connected to the air conditioner and having formed therein a storage space. The sterilization dryer includes an intake line to direct air exhausted from the air conditioner into the storage space, a discharge line to externally discharge air that has flowed through the intake line and passed through the storage space, and an exhaust line to direct air that has flowed through the intake line and passed through the storage space, into the air conditioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Ji Soo SHIN, Tae Hun KIM, Seung Jae KIM
  • Publication number: 20250353546
    Abstract: A system for steering a vehicle, and a method therefor are provided. The system includes a steering module, a user terminal mountable on and dismountable from the steering module, a vehicle corner module provided for each of wheel of the vehicle so that steering of each of the wheels may be independently operated, and a processor to independently control steering of each of the wheels through the vehicle corner module based on steering information received from the user terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2025
    Publication date: November 20, 2025
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hun KIM, Sung Joon AHN, Seung Hyeong CHOE
  • Publication number: 20250346246
    Abstract: A steering mode guidance system of a vehicle corner module device for a vehicle, and a method therefor are provided. The system includes a sensor, and a processor to measure an area of a space region into which a vehicle intends to enter using the sensor, determine whether trajectory switching is possible for each steering mode of the vehicle in the space region on the basis of the measured area information, and provide information on a steering mode in which the trajectory switching is possible on the basis of the determination result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 13, 2025
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Joon AHN, Seung Hyeong CHOE, Tae Hun KIM, Jong Min LEE, Moon Cheon CHOI
  • Patent number: 12464663
    Abstract: A movable display system and a method therefor are provided. The movable display system includes: a movable display; a driving module to realize at least one of a vertical movement of the movable display, a linear movement of the movable display, a rotational movement of the movable display, or any combination thereof; and a controller to control the driving module such that the movable display functions in a first mode of displaying information outside a mobility and a second mode of displaying information inside the mobility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Soo Shin, Sung Joon Ahn, Tae Hun Kim, Hyun Jun An, Shin Jik Lee, Myung Bin Choi
  • Patent number: 12427895
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: 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: 12397643
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for controlling a vehicle display. The system includes a display and processors that confirm an external interest information of a first occupant in a vehicle; and a display controller that performs control to display the external interest information of the first occupant through the vehicle display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Hoon Kim, Sung Joon Ahn, Tae Hun Kim, Myung Bin Choi
  • Patent number: 12397685
    Abstract: An occupant customized seat control apparatus and method are provided. The method includes recognizing, by a camera, an occupant that approaches a vehicle, controlling a display to move based on a height of the recognized occupant, determining whether the recognized occupant is an infant, and when the recognized occupant is determined to be an infant, determining whether a booster seat needs to be controlled based on the height of the recognized occupant, and when at least one of the booster seat, a footrest, or the combination thereof needs to be controlled, converting a value of the recognized height into a booster seat actuator movement amount value, and controlling the booster seat to move based on the converted actuator movement amount value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2025
    Assignee: Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji Soo Shin, Shin Jik Lee, Hyun Jun An, Tae Hun Kim, Sung Joon Ahn