Patents by Inventor Tae-Sung Choi

Tae-Sung 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).

  • Publication number: 20240113270
    Abstract: A display device includes a base layer including a first base layer and a second base layer disposed on a rear surface of the first base layer, light emitting elements disposed on a surface of the first base layer, and pads including a first pad and a second pad, which are disposed on the rear surface of the first base layer and are spaced apart from each other. The base layer further includes blocking layers which are disposed between the first base layer and the second base layer and at least portions of the blocking layers do not overlap the pads in a plan view. The blocking layers include a first blocking layer and a second blocking layer, which are disposed in different layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hun CHOI, Dong Sung LEE, Byung Hoon KIM, Tae Oh KIM
  • Publication number: 20240105897
    Abstract: A display device comprises a first substrate comprising a first contact hole, a laser absorption layer disposed on the first substrate and containing amorphous silicon, a first barrier insulating layer disposed on the laser absorption layer, fan-out lines disposed in a metal layer on the first barrier insulating layer and comprising pad portions inserted into second contact holes provided in the first barrier insulating layer and the laser absorption layer, a second barrier insulating layer disposed on the metal layer, a second substrate disposed on the second barrier insulating layer, and a display layer disposed on the second substrate. The second substrate is inserted into a third contact hole provided in the second barrier insulating layer, the first barrier insulating layer, and the laser absorption layer disposed between the pad portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Se Hun CHOI, Dong Sung LEE, Mi Sun KIM, Byung Hoon KIM, Tae Oh KIM
  • Patent number: 11930858
    Abstract: An aerosol generating device according to an aspect comprises a main body that comprises a battery and a controller, a cartridge which is coupled to the main body and comprises a liquid storage that contains liquid composition and an atomization portion that generates an aerosol by heating the liquid composition contained in the liquid storage, and a cover that forms an inner space by being coupled to the main body such that the cartridge is arranged in the inner space, wherein the main body further comprises a light source that emits light toward an inside of the liquid storage, and the cover comprises a window hole through which light entitled from the light source toward the inside of the liquid storage is transmitted to the outside of the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: KT&G CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hun Il Lim, Tae Hun Kim, Hyung Jin Jung, Jae Sung Choi, Jung Ho Han
  • Patent number: 10856442
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved structure to efficiently cool a heating unit of electronic parts therein, a cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and a method for manufacturing the cooling unit are provided. The outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a case, a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing a refrigerant discharged from the compressor, electronic parts arranged in the case; and a cooling unit arranged to cool the electronic parts, wherein the cooling unit comprises a heat radiation member arranged to receive and cool down heat produced from the electronic parts, and to come into contact with at least a part of a cooling pipe in which the refrigerant flows, and a plurality of heat transfer fins formed at least some part of the heat radiation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho Choi, Wang Byung Chae, Tae Woo Kang, Kyo Seung Kim, Hyeon U Park, Ji-Ho Baek, Sung Hee Lee, Youn Sang Jang, Tae Sung Choi, Seung Ho Hong
  • Patent number: 10847034
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Tae Sung Choi, Jun Soo Kim, Su Jung Yoo, Hyun Ju Kim
  • Patent number: 10793159
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing map information for determining a driving situation of a vehicle includes a processor configured to update a position of an own vehicle to a detailed map including lane information, configure a valid detailed map by selecting an effective region around the position of the own vehicle on the basis of the position of the own vehicle on the detailed map, and generate a road model according to a requested type of a vehicle device which has requested providing of map information, using the valid detailed map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jun Soo Kim, Joo Hyun Ryu, Tae Sung Choi
  • Publication number: 20200156644
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing a driving lane of a vehicle includes: a processor that generates first route information based on a current lane in which a host vehicle travels when generation of lane-based route information based on a current location of the host vehicle is desired. In particular, the processor generates second route information based on a target lane to which the host vehicle moves when a lane change of the vehicle is desired. And the apparatus further includes a storage that stores the lane-based route information, the first route information and the second route information generated from the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Su Hong CHAE, Na Eun YANG, Seung Yong LEE, Tae Sung CHOI
  • Patent number: 10509406
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling competition of an autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous drive determination device that determines whether the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering a competitive space in a situation where the autonomous vehicle is required to move into the competitive space during autonomous driving, a vehicle control device that controls the autonomous vehicle such that the autonomous vehicle enters the competitive space when the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering the competitive space, and when the autonomous vehicle fails to enter the competitive space after attempting to enter the competitive space, a vehicle competition control device that controls such that the attempt to enter the competitive space is held for a first competition waiting time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Dong Hwi Lee, Su Jung Yoo
  • Publication number: 20190317495
    Abstract: An apparatus for managing control authority transition in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a steering device, an acceleration device, a deceleration device, a sensor configured to sense information about a driver of the vehicle, and a control circuit electrically connected with the steering device, the acceleration device, the deceleration device, and the sensor. The control circuit is configured to obtain state information about the driver using the sensor when performing an autonomous control, to receive a control input by the driver to at least one of the steering device, the acceleration device, or the deceleration device, to determine whether to transfer a control authority based on the state information and a reliability of the control input, and to transfer the control authority to the driver when the control authority is determined to transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORTION
    Inventors: Na Eun YANG, Jin Su Jeong, Seung Yong Lee, Su Hong Chae, Tae Sung Choi
  • Publication number: 20190317492
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing a safety strategy in a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a sensor configured to obtain sensing information about the outside of the vehicle, a memory storing road information, an output device outputting a notification, and a control circuit configured to be electrically connected with the sensor, the memory, and the output device. The control circuit recognizes an event associated with a critical situation of the vehicle based on at least a portion of the sensing information or the road information, while performing autonomous control, maintains the autonomous control, outputs a transition demand using the output device, and controls the vehicle according to a predetermined strategy for the critical situation, when the event is a planned event, and immediately outputs the transition demand and controls the vehicle according to the predetermined strategy, when the event is an unplanned event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Jin Su Jeong, Seung Yong Lee, Na Eun Yang, Su Hong Chae, Jae Yong Jeon
  • Publication number: 20190180625
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a lane change in a vehicle includes a navigation module for guiding a user along a path from a starting point to a destination point, a GPS module, a memory, a first sensor, a second sensor, and a processor for being electrically connected with the navigation module, the GPS module, the memory, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The processor determines whether it is possible to control a lane change to a target lane in the path based on a length of a diverging lane in a diverging section or a length of a merging lane in a merging section in the diverging section or the merging section included in the path, controls the lane change to the target lane, and controls the vehicle to travel along a lane link connected with the target lane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hwi LEE, Tae Sung CHOI, Jun Soo KIM, Su Jung YOO, Hyun Ju KIM
  • Publication number: 20190126930
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing map information for determining a driving situation of a vehicle includes a processor configured to update a position of an own vehicle to a detailed map including lane information, configure a valid detailed map by selecting an effective region around the position of the own vehicle on the basis of the position of the own vehicle on the detailed map, and generate a road model according to a requested type of a vehicle device which has requested providing of map information, using the valid detailed map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventors: Jun Soo KIM, Joo Hyun Ryu, Tae Sung Choi
  • Patent number: 10260895
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a path of a vehicle includes: a path generating processor configured to generate a first path by searching for a path from a current location of the vehicle to a destination and generate a second path by searching for a path from a path deviation prediction area on the first path to the destination based on a request; a path deviation area extracting processor configured to extract the path deviation prediction area based on road attributes on the first path; and a path controller configured to determine whether to generate the second path based on a congestion level of a road around the vehicle and reset a driving path of the vehicle to the second path when path deviation occurs on the extracted path deviation prediction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Keon Yup Chu
  • Publication number: 20180364709
    Abstract: A autonomous driving control apparatus may include a determination device that determines whether a mode switch event occurs to set a driving mode of the vehicle to a first mode or a second mode, a route generation device that sets a destination in a case that the first mode is set as the driving mode and generates a driving route based on the set destination, and a driving control device that controls an autonomous driving of the vehicle based on the generated driving route in the case that the first mode is set as the driving mode and to control the driving of the vehicle while maintaining a current driving lane in the case that the second mode is set as the driving mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Dong Hwi LEE, Keon Yup CHU, Su Jung YOO
  • Patent number: 10156846
    Abstract: A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, control information, calculator, a controller and a steering apparatus. The lane recognizer is configured to recognize a lane of a road on which the vehicle is driving and extract road information from the recognized lane. The vehicle information collector is configured to collect vehicle information by a variety of sensors installed in the vehicle. The control information calculator is configured to calculate control information for changing the lane by using the vehicle information and the road information. The controller is configured to control a yaw rate of the vehicle based on the control information upon changing the lane. The steering apparatus is configured to change a moving direction of the vehicle according to a control of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Byung Yong You, Sung Won Yoon, Chang Young Jung
  • Publication number: 20180239358
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling competition of an autonomous vehicle may include an autonomous drive determination device that determines whether the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering a competitive space in a situation where the autonomous vehicle is required to move into the competitive space during autonomous driving, a vehicle control device that controls the autonomous vehicle such that the autonomous vehicle enters the competitive space when the autonomous vehicle is capable of entering the competitive space, and when the autonomous vehicle fails to enter the competitive space after attempting to enter the competitive space, a vehicle competition control device that controls such that the attempt to enter the competitive space is held for a first competition waiting time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Dong Hwi LEE, Su Jung YOO
  • Publication number: 20180143028
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling a path of a vehicle includes: a path generating processor configured to generate a first path by searching for a path from a current location of the vehicle to a destination and generate a second path by searching for a path from a path deviation prediction area on the first path to the destination based on a request; a path deviation area extracting processor configured to extract the path deviation prediction area based on road attributes on the first path; and a path controller configured to determine whether to generate the second path based on a congestion level of a road around the vehicle and reset a driving path of the vehicle to the second path when path deviation occurs on the extracted path deviation prediction area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2017
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Keon Yup CHU
  • Patent number: 9910443
    Abstract: A drive control apparatus and method for an autonomous vehicle is provided. The drive control method includes: determining whether a subject vehicle has entered a pocket lane area during autonomous driving; determining whether the subject vehicle enters a pocket lane according to pocket lane conditions that are determined on the basis of surrounding environment information of the subject vehicle when the subject vehicle enters the pocket lane area; generating a tracking path with respect to a front vehicle when it is determined to enter the pocket lane; and performing the autonomous driving by controlling the subject vehicle to follow the front vehicle according to the tracking path with respect to the front vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Keon Yup Chu, Su Jung Yoo, Tae Sung Choi
  • Publication number: 20170118871
    Abstract: An outdoor unit of an air conditioner having an improved structure to efficiently cool a heating unit of electronic parts therein, a cooling unit applied to the outdoor unit, and a method for manufacturing the cooling unit are provided. The outdoor unit of an air conditioner includes a case, a compressor for compressing a refrigerant, a condenser for condensing a refrigerant discharged from the compressor, electronic parts arranged in the case; and a cooling unit arranged to cool the electronic parts, wherein the cooling unit comprises a heat radiation member arranged to receive and cool down heat produced from the electronic parts, and to come into contact with at least a part of a cooling pipe in which the refrigerant flows, and a plurality of heat transfer fins formed at least some part of the heat radiation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 27, 2017
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Ho CHOI, Wang Byung CHAE, Tae Woo KANG, Kyo Seung KIM, Hyeon U PARK, Ji-Ho BAEK, Sung Hee LEE, Youn Sang JANG, Tae Sung CHOI, Seung Ho HONG
  • Publication number: 20170106905
    Abstract: A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, control information, calculator, a controller and a steering apparatus. The lane recognizer is configured to recognize a lane of a road on which the vehicle is driving and extract road information from the recognized lane. The vehicle information collector is configured to collect vehicle information by a variety of sensors installed in the vehicle. The control information calculator is configured to calculate control information for changing the lane by using the vehicle information and the road information. The controller is configured to control a yaw rate of the vehicle based on the control information upon changing the lane. The steering apparatus is configured to change a moving direction of the vehicle according to a control of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2016
    Publication date: April 20, 2017
    Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Byung Yong YOU, Sung Won YOON, Chang Young JUNG