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).
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Publication number: 20180143028Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2017Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Keon Yup CHU
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Patent number: 9910443Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 30, 2016Date of Patent: March 6, 2018Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Dong Hwi Lee, Keon Yup Chu, Su Jung Yoo, Tae Sung Choi
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Publication number: 20170118871Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 20, 2016Publication date: April 27, 2017Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20170106905Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: April 20, 2017Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Byung Yong YOU, Sung Won YOON, Chang Young JUNG
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Patent number: 9625910Abstract: A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, a 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: GrantFiled: October 28, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Tae Sung Choi, Byung Yong You, Sung Won Yoon, Chang Young Jung
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Patent number: 9550529Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing a driving field of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor that is configured to sense a location of a vehicle driving on a road and sense whether an object is adjacent to the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to detect whether the object is present and a lane of the road on which the vehicle is being driven is changed to detect a final lane candidate group on which the vehicle is positioned. The final lane candidate group is then displayed by the controller.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Young Chul Oh, Tae Sung Choi, Byung Yong You, Chang Young Jung, Su Rim Kwon
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Publication number: 20150355641Abstract: A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, a 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: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2014Publication date: December 10, 2015Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Byung Yong You, Sung Won Yoon, Chang Young Jung
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Patent number: 9180904Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling automatic steering of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) that is configured to detect a current location of the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to detect a curvature of a road that corresponds to the current location of the vehicle, detect a road type based on the curvature, and set a plurality of target points to adjust steering of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2014Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Byung Yong You, Tae Sung Choi
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Publication number: 20150175204Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing a driving field of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor that is configured to sense a location of a vehicle driving on a road and sense whether an object is adjacent to the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to detect whether the object is present and a lane of the road on which the vehicle is being driven is changed to detect a final lane candidate group on which the vehicle is positioned. The final lane candidate group is then displayed by the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2014Publication date: June 25, 2015Inventors: Young Chul Oh, Tae Sung Choi, Byung Yong You, Chang Young Jung, Su Rim Kwon
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Publication number: 20150158526Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling automatic steering of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) that is configured to detect a current location of the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to detect a curvature of a road that corresponds to the current location of the vehicle, detect a road type based on the curvature, and set a plurality of target points to adjust steering of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: June 11, 2015Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Byung Yong You, Tae Sung Choi
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Patent number: 9052215Abstract: An apparatus for navigation control includes: a GPS configured to locate a current position of a vehicle and a speed bump ahead of the vehicle; a sensor configured to acquire detailed information of the speed bump and a current speed of the vehicle; a controller configured to locate the current position of the vehicle to divide a distance from the current position to the speed bump into one or more regions, to check the current speed of the vehicle, to calculate a recommended speed for passing over the speed bump based on the detailed information of the speed bump, and to generate a warning message if the current speed is above the recommended speed; and an outputter configured to output the warning message under control of the controller.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Tae Sung Choi, Young Chul Oh
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Publication number: 20150046084Abstract: An apparatus for navigation control includes: a GPS configured to locate a current position of a vehicle and a speed bump ahead of the vehicle; a sensor configured to acquire detailed information of the speed bump and a current speed of the vehicle; a controller configured to locate the current position of the vehicle to divide a distance from the current position to the speed bump into one or more regions, to check the current speed of the vehicle, to calculate a recommended speed for passing over the speed bump based on the detailed information of the speed bump, and to generate a warning message if the current speed is above the recommended speed; and an outputter configured to output the warning message under control of the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: February 12, 2015Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANYInventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Young Chul OH
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Patent number: 8949727Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling a lock function in a portable terminal are provided. The apparatus includes one or more processors, a display unit for displaying a positional change of an object and an image set including a plurality of objects including the object, and a memory including one or more modules configured to be executed by the one or more processor, including module for displaying the image set, for changing a position of an object of the plurality of objects selected according to a user input, and for controlling the lock function if the selected object is combined with or separated from another object of the plurality of objects according to the positional change. At least one of the selected object and the other object includes a variable area which indicates an extent of the positional change of the selected object or the other object.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: February 3, 2015Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ho-Shin Lee, Beyong-Ho Yuu, Tae-Sung Choi
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Publication number: 20140365109Abstract: An apparatus and a method for recognizing a driving lane are provided and include a processor that is configured to detect driving environment information acquired by a plurality of driving environment information collecting devices installed within a vehicle. In addition, the processor is configured to determine the driving lane in which the vehicle is currently traveling by combining at least two pieces of the detected driving environment information and output the recognized driving lane information as a result of the determination.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2013Publication date: December 11, 2014Applicant: Hyundai Motor CompanyInventors: Byung Yong You, Young Chul Oh, Tae Sung Choi, Su Rim Kwon
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Patent number: D694211Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Beyong-Ho Yuu, Young-Ho Kim, Tae-Sung Choi, Kyu-Hyuk Lee
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Patent number: D694212Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2012Date of Patent: November 26, 2013Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Beyong-Ho Yuu, Young-Ho Kim, Tae-Sung Choi, Kyu-Hyuk Lee