Patents by Inventor Tae-Geun An
Tae-Geun An 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).
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Patent number: 12179748Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera configured to obtain image data associated with an image. The image may include a trailer being in proximity to the vehicle in an external field of view. The vehicle may further include a radar associated with a second external field of view of the vehicle and configured to obtain radar data associated with the trailer in the second external field of view, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine whether the trailer is coupled to the vehicle by processing the image data and the radar data, perform at least one of: generating a warning signal or controlling a braking device based on a forward collision-avoidance assist (FCA) function, and change at least one of: a timing of the generating the warning signal or an operation of the controlling the braking device based on the trailer being coupled to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 31, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Hyoungjong Wi, Dong Hyun Sung, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Joon Ho Lee, Eungseo Kim, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20240416901Abstract: Disclosed is an autonomous driving control apparatus. The autonomous driving control apparatus includes a sensor device, a memory, and a control device. For example, the autonomous driving control apparatus identifies an autonomous driving control level of a host vehicle, identifies a first autonomous driving control method corresponding to at least one level higher than or equal to the specified level when the autonomous driving control level is higher than or equal to a specified level, identifies a surrounding object of the host vehicle by using the sensor device while the host vehicle is driving, and performs a first autonomous driving control corresponding to the surrounding object based on the first autonomous driving control method.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Sang Min Lee, Dae Seok Jeon, Dong Hyun Sung, Yong Seok Kwon, Tae Geun An, Hyoung Jong Wi, Joon Ho Lee, Eung Seo Kim, Sang Yeob Lee
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Publication number: 20240416900Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a device and a method for avoiding an obstacle. The device includes a sensor that detects an object outside a vehicle, a processor, and memory storing instructions. The device determines whether the object belongs to any pre-classified type, determines a reliability value associated with information on the object based on the object not belonging to any pre-classified type, and controls, based on the reliability value being greater than a threshold reliability value, the driving controller to avoid the object.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2023Publication date: December 19, 2024Inventors: Eung Seo Kim, Dong Hyun Sung, Yong Seok Kwon, Sang Min Lee, Tae-Geun An, Hyoung Jong Wi, Joon Ho Lee, Dae Seok Jean, Sang Yeob Lee
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Publication number: 20240400042Abstract: An apparatus for controlling autonomous driving of a host vehicle is introduced. The apparatus may comprise a processor, and memory storing instructions, when executed by the processor, may cause the apparatus to receive sensor information from at least one of a plurality of sensors mounted on the host vehicle, determine, based on the sensor information, whether another vehicle, traveling within a threshold distance from the host vehicle, satisfies a target condition, based on the other vehicle satisfying the target condition, set the other vehicle as a target vehicle, determine an avoidance condition between the target vehicle and the host vehicle, and control, based on the avoidance condition, the autonomous driving of the host vehicle to operate in a first avoidance mode or in a second avoidance mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Tae Geun An, Dae Seok Jeon, Dong Hyun Sung, Yong Seok Kwon, Sang Yeob Lee, Hyoung Jong Wi, Joon Ho Lee, Eung Seo Kim, Sang Min Lee
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Patent number: 12116020Abstract: A vehicle is capable of disabling autonomous driving by identifying whether an intervention of a user has occurred during autonomous driving. The vehicle includes a steering wheel, a first sensor device configured to detect a steering torque of the steering wheel, a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a steering angular velocity of the steering wheel, and a second sensor device configured to detect a touch of a user applied to the steering wheel. When the vehicle travels in an emergency control state in which a deceleration/acceleration speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined first value during autonomous driving, if the touch of the user on the steering wheel is detected through the second sensor device, the emergency control state is disabled under certain conditions, and if the steering torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined torque value, autonomous driving is disabled.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2022Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Eungseo Kim, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Dong Hyun Sung, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20240262348Abstract: A collision avoidance assistance device and method determine a risk of collision with a structure such as a guardrail present in a driving path using information obtained by a front-side light detection and ranging (LiDAR) sensor and a front camera, and then enable desirable braking control.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: August 8, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hyoung Jong Wi, Dong Hyun Sung, Yong Seok Kwon, Sang Yeob Lee, Tae Geun An, Joon Ho Lee, Eung Seo Kim, Sang Min Lee
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Publication number: 20240239317Abstract: A method for controlling a vehicle is disclosed. The method includes determining whether one or more objects are present on both side lanes of the vehicle in response to identification of a front object positioned on a lane in which the vehicle is positioned. The method also includes determining, when the one or more objects are present on both side lanes of the vehicle, whether steering for avoiding collision with the one or more objects on both side lanes of the vehicle is possible based on physical quantity information of the vehicle and the front object. The method additionally includes determining a braking control time of the vehicle based on the determination of whether steering for avoiding collision is possible. The method further includes controlling brakes of the vehicle at the determined braking control time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yong Seok Kwon, Dae Seok Jeon, Dong Hyun Sung, Sang Min Lee, Tae Geun An, Hyoung Jong Wi, Joon Ho Lee, Eung Seo Kim, Sang Yeob Lee
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Publication number: 20240239334Abstract: In a method of collision prevention strategy for a vehicle and a vehicle control system of the same, the vehicle control system includes a recognition/determination unit which recognizes whether a front vehicle is a target vehicle which is stopped on the side either slowing down or stopped, and determines a state of road occupancy of the target vehicle; a driving situation determination unit which determines a driving situation of a host vehicle; a control strategy unit which determines a strategy before preventing collision according to the result of the recognition/determination unit and the driving situation determination unit; and an actuator operation unit which controls at least a warning mean, a steering device, and a braking device according to the determination of the control strategy unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2023Publication date: July 18, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Dong Hyun SUNG, Dae Seok JEON, Yong Seok KWON, Sang Min LEE, Tae Geun AN, Hyoung Jong WI, Joon Ho LEE, Eung Seo KIM, Sang Yeob LEE
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Publication number: 20240061424Abstract: A vehicle includes a camera provided to obtain image data, radar provided to obtain radar data, Lidar provided to obtain Lidar data, and a controller configured to process the image data, the radar data, and the Lidar data to generate a first sensor fusion track, where the controller calculates reliability of at least one sensor in which an event does not occur among a plurality of sensors including the camera, the radar and the Lidar when the event for the sensor is detected, and changes from the first sensor fusion track to a second sensor fusion track based on the at least one sensor when the reliability is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, and where the controller is configured to control a braking amount or a deceleration amount of the vehicle based on the first sensor fusion track or the second sensor fusion track.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Eungseo Kim, Dong Hyun Sung, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Hyoungjong Wi, Joon Ho Lee, Dae Seok Jeon, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20230398982Abstract: A vehicle is equipped with a lidar installed on the vehicle to secure an external field of view of the vehicle and configured to obtain lidar data for detecting an object in the external field of view. The vehicle includes a controller including at least one processor configured to process the lidar data and perform an avoidance control or a warning control based on the processed results. In particular, the controller is further configured to generate a plurality of virtual lines in a moving direction of the vehicle within a full width of the vehicle, obtain a plurality of contour points of the object by processing the lidar data, and determine a collision risk for the avoidance control or the warning control based on the number of crossing points between the plurality of virtual lines and the plurality of contour points.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yongseok Kwon, Dae Seok Jeon, Dong Hyun Sung, Tae-Geun An, Hyoungjong Wi, Joon Ho Lee, Eungseo Kim, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20230365125Abstract: A vehicle may include a camera configured to obtain image data associated with an image. The image may include a trailer being in proximity to the vehicle in an external field of view. The vehicle may further include a radar associated with a second external field of view of the vehicle and configured to obtain radar data associated with the trailer in the second external field of view, and a controller. The controller may be configured to determine whether the trailer is coupled to the vehicle by processing the image data and the radar data, perform at least one of: generating a warning signal or controlling a braking device based on a forward collision-avoidance assist (FCA) function, and change at least one of: a timing of the generating the warning signal or an operation of the controlling the braking device based on the trailer being coupled to the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Hyoungjong Wi, Dong Hyun Sung, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Joon Ho Lee, Eungseo Kim, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20230365126Abstract: A vehicle includes a camera configured to capture an outside of the vehicle, a radar configured to detect an object outside the vehicle, and a controller configured to acquire a virtual path of the vehicle based on image data output from the camera and radar data output from the radar and perform forward collision-avoidance braking based on maintaining a time in which the object intersects the virtual path of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Sangmin LEE, Dae Seok JEON, Dong Hyun SUNG, Tae-Geun AN, Hyoungjong WI, Joon Ho LEE, Eungseo KIM, Yongseok KWON
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Publication number: 20230316735Abstract: An advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) and a vehicle including the same include a camera; a plurality of distance detectors; a braking device; and a processor configured to recognize a fusion track and a plurality of single tracks based on obstacle information recognized by the camera and obstacle information recognized by at least one of the plurality of distance detectors, upon determining that the fusion track is present, obtain a cluster area in a stationary state and a cluster area in a moving state based on movement information and reference position information of the fusion track and movement information and position information of each of the single tracks, determine a possibility of collision based on the obtained cluster area, and control the braking device in response to the determined possibility of collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Joon Ho Lee, Dong Hyun Sung, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Hyoungjong Wi, Eungseo Kim, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20230227027Abstract: A vehicle includes a front camera, a front radar, a corner radar, a corner LiDAR, and a controller configured to generate a first fusion mode by processing image data and radar data or to generate a second fusion mode by processing radar data and LiDAR data, wherein the controller changes the first fusion mode to the second fusion mode when the controller detects an abnormality of the front camera while performing avoidance control of the vehicle based on the first fusion mode, and performs the avoidance control based on the second fusion mode for a predetermined time period.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Dong Hyun SUNG, Dae Seok JEON, Yongseok KWON, Tae-Geun AN, Hyoungjong WI, Joon Ho LEE, Eungseo KIM, Sangmin LEE
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Publication number: 20230219565Abstract: A vehicle includes a camera obtaining image data for detecting a target in the external field of view, a radar obtaining radar data for detecting the target, and a controller configured to process the image data and the radar data, and controlling at least one of braking and steering devices based on a result of the processing, wherein the controller is configured to detect a target in a lane adjacent to the vehicle, and obtain a first index based on a lateral velocity of the target, a second index based on a heading angle of the target, and a third index based on a possibility of collision of the vehicle with the target, and when each of the first to third indexes corresponds to a predetermined output value, detect a cut-in attempt of the target, and control at least one of the braking and steering devices for adjusting an avoidance control timing for the target.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2022Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Tae-Geun AN, Dae Seok JEON, Dong Hyun SUNG, Sangmin LEE, Hyoungjong WI, Joon Ho LEE, Eungseo KIM, Yongseok KWON
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Publication number: 20230101872Abstract: A vehicle includes a radar mounted to have a front field of view and a lateral field of view of the vehicle and configured to detect an object and acquire object data; a sensor configured to detect a movement of the vehicle and acquire motion data based on the movement of the vehicle; and a controller comprising a processor configured to process the object data and the motion data.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yongseok KWON, Dong Hyun SUNG, Junghyun KIM, Tae-Geun AN, Eungseo KIM, Sangmin LEE
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Publication number: 20230093168Abstract: A vehicle is capable of disabling autonomous driving by identifying whether an intervention of a user has occurred during autonomous driving. The vehicle includes a steering wheel, a first sensor device configured to detect a steering torque of the steering wheel, a steering angle of the steering wheel, and a steering angular velocity of the steering wheel, and a second sensor device configured to detect a touch of a user applied to the steering wheel. When the vehicle travels in an emergency control state in which a deceleration/acceleration speed of the vehicle is greater than a predetermined first value during autonomous driving, if the touch of the user on the steering wheel is detected through the second sensor device, the emergency control state is disabled under certain conditions, and if the steering torque is greater than or equal to a predetermined torque value, autonomous driving is disabled.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 11, 2022Publication date: March 23, 2023Inventors: Eungseo Kim, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Dong Hyun Sung, Sangmin Lee
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Publication number: 20220281443Abstract: A vehicle configured to perform collision avoidance control includes a steering device, a brake device, an output device, and a controller. When there is a risk of collision between the vehicle and an external object, the controller determines a dangerous state and a collision risk level according to signals received from an operating device being operated by a driver, determines a collision avoidance method, a collision avoidance time point, and a control amount for collision avoidance, based on at least one of the dangerous state and the collision risk level, and controls at least one of the steering device, the brake device, and the output device such that the vehicle performs collision avoidance control, based on the collision avoidance method, the collision avoidance time point, and the control amount for the collision avoidance.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 8, 2021Publication date: September 8, 2022Inventors: Dong Hyun SUNG, Jong Chul KIM, Sangmin LEE, Tae-Geun AN, Eungseo KIM, Yongseok KWON
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Publication number: 20220203974Abstract: A vehicle for performing avoidance control of the vehicle according to a position and a relative speed of an object, may include a sensing device mounted to the vehicle and having a field of view in front of the vehicle and a field of view in a lateral side of the vehicle, the sensing device configured to obtain object data related to the object; a dynamics sensor configured to detect a motion of the vehicle and obtain motion data based on the motion of the vehicle; and a controller including a processor configured to process the object data and the motion data.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, Mando Mobility Solutions CorporationInventors: Sangmin Lee, Dong Hyun Sung, Yongseok Kwon, Tae-Geun An, Eungseo Kim, Junghyun Kim, Jin Hyeon Park, Wonsik Jung