Patents by Inventor Tae Oan Kim

Tae Oan Kim 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: 10005388
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a polite-sounding vehicle horn apparatus. The polite-sounding vehicle horn apparatus includes: a main horn sound generator provided in a vehicle, and configured to generate main horn sounds; a subsidiary horn sound generator provided in the vehicle, and configured to generate subsidiary horn sounds lower than the main horn sounds; a main horn button provided on a steering wheel of the vehicle; a subsidiary horn button provided on the steering wheel of the vehicle; a camera sensor configured to detect a shape of a human in front of the vehicle; and an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to generate a main horn sound via the main horn sound generator when the main horn button is pushed, and to generate a subsidiary horn sound lower than the main horn sound via the subsidiary horn sound generator when the subsidiary horn button is pushed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Inventor: Tae Oan Kim