Patents by Inventor Tak Gen KIM

Tak Gen 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: 11794536
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system, a vehicle control method, and an image sensor, the vehicle control system including: an image sensor disposed on the vehicle to have a field of view of an outside of the vehicle to capture image data; at least one non-image sensor disposed on the vehicle to have a field of sensing of the outside of the vehicle to capture sensing data; at least one processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor and the sensing data captured by the non-image sensor; and a controller configured to determine a chance of a collision with an obstacle with respect to a rear side warning determination reference area that is changed depending on whether a trailer is mounted on the vehicle, on the basis of at least part of processing at least one of the image data and the sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HL KLEMOVE CORP.
    Inventors: Jae Suk Kim, Tak Gen Kim
  • Patent number: 11285939
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a smart parking assist system and a control method thereof, and display the ratios of the progress distance and the remaining distance of the vehicle based on the distance by which the vehicle must move in the path set for each period in which automatic parking control is performed by a smart parking assist system, thereby allowing the driver to easily recognize the automatic parking control state of the vehicle and the distance by which the vehicle must move. Accordingly, the present embodiments may provide the driver with information on the automatic parking control state for each period of the automatic parking control, and may enable the driver to drive the vehicle to an accurate control position without exceeding the same in the period in which the vehicle is moved straight by the manual operation of the driver during the automatic parking control period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: MANDO MOBILITY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Suk Kim, Tak Gen Kim
  • Patent number: 11027653
    Abstract: The present disclosure is provided to a collision avoidance apparatus, system and method, configured to calculate a velocity vector of a following vehicle located behind the vehicle in the driving lane in which the vehicle is driving based on at least one of the image data and the sensing data, calculate a collision risk range between the vehicle with the following vehicle based on the driving data and the velocity vector, calculate a time to collision within the collision risk range, and output a warning based on the time to collision. According to the present disclosure, warning and control may be performed according to the collision risk range and the time to collision calculated using the velocity vector of the following vehicle, thereby preventing collision with an adjacent following vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tak Gen Kim, Jae Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 11021172
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system for controlling a host vehicle including one or more image sensors and one or more radar sensors and controller configured to recognize a target vehicle and measure a front coordinate of the target vehicle and generate a warning according to whether the front coordinate of the target vehicle is located in a preset blind spot alert area of the host vehicle. The present disclosure may determine whether to activate an warning based on a front coordinate of a target vehicle and prevent a malfunction when activating the warning, thereby providing a driver with driving safety and driving convenience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tak Gen Kim, Jae Suk Kim
  • Patent number: 10759342
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for assisting driving of a host vehicle, and more particularly to a technology for controlling whether to operate a vehicle collision alert device according to the circumstances surrounding the host vehicle. An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle a sensor mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view outside of the host vehicle and capturing images; and a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and configured to predict a driving route of the host vehicle based on a vehicle control command input from a driver; determine whether the host vehicle is able to travel along the predicted driving route based on surrounding space information on the host vehicle obtained from the captured images; and control a collision alert device of the host vehicle based on a result of determining whether the host vehicle is able to travel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tak Gen Kim
  • Publication number: 20200238904
    Abstract: The present disclosure is provided to a collision avoidance apparatus, system and method, configured to calculate a velocity vector of a following vehicle located behind the vehicle in the driving lane in which the vehicle is driving based on at least one of the image data and the sensing data, calculate a collision risk range between the vehicle with the following vehicle based on the driving data and the velocity vector, calculate a time to collision within the collision risk range, and output a warning based on the time to collision. According to the present disclosure, warning and control may be performed according to the collision risk range and the time to collision calculated using the velocity vector of the following vehicle, thereby preventing collision with an adjacent following vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Tak Gen KIM, Jae Suk KIM
  • Publication number: 20200114710
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle control system, a vehicle control method, and an image sensor, the vehicle control system including: an image sensor disposed on the vehicle to have a field of view of an outside of the vehicle to capture image data; at least one non-image sensor disposed on the vehicle to have a field of sensing of the outside of the vehicle to capture sensing data; at least one processor configured to process the image data captured by the image sensor and the sensing data captured by the non-image sensor; and a controller configured to determine a chance of a collision with an obstacle with respect to a rear side warning determination reference area that is changed depending on whether a trailer is mounted on the vehicle, on the basis of at least part of processing at least one of the image data and the sensing data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2019
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventors: JAE SUK KIM, TAK GEN KIM
  • Publication number: 20200108837
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle road curvature control device and a method therefor, which correct the road curvature of a vehicle before a yaw rate value is stabilized, when the vehicle enters or leaves a curved road.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Tak Gen KIM, Jae Suk KIM
  • Patent number: 10579061
    Abstract: Provided are a parking assistance device for a vehicle and a parking control method thereof, capable of preventing collision with a stopper within a parking space by assisting parking in alignment with a parking reference line set with respect to an object located at a distance closest to the self vehicle among distances to objects located around a found parking space. The parking assistance device includes: a parking space searching unit configured to search for a parking space for parking of a self vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive sensing signals sensed from objects located around the parking space; a reference object determination unit configured to use the sensing signals to determine an object closest to the self vehicle as a reference object among the objects located around the parking space; and a parking reference line setting unit configured to set the parking reference line based on a front end of the determined reference object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Tak Gen Kim
  • Publication number: 20200062277
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system for controlling a host vehicle including one or more image sensors and one or more radar sensors and controller configured to recognize a target vehicle and measure a front coordinate of the target vehicle and generate a warning according to whether the front coordinate of the target vehicle is located in a preset blind spot alert area of the host vehicle. The present disclosure may determine whether to activate an warning based on a front coordinate of a target vehicle and prevent a malfunction when activating the warning, thereby providing a driver with driving safety and driving convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tak Gen Kim, Jae Suk Kim
  • Publication number: 20190275939
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for assisting driving of a host vehicle, and more particularly to a technology for controlling whether to operate a vehicle collision alert device according to the circumstances surrounding the host vehicle. An apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle a sensor mounted to the host vehicle and having a field of view outside of the host vehicle and capturing images; and a controller communicatively connected to the sensor and configured to predict a driving route of the host vehicle based on a vehicle control command input from a driver; determine whether the host vehicle is able to travel along the predicted driving route based on surrounding space information on the host vehicle obtained from the captured images; and control a collision alert device of the host vehicle based on a result of determining whether the host vehicle is able to travel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventor: Tak Gen Kim
  • Publication number: 20190129412
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a parking-space-exit assist system. The system of the present invention includes a driver device owned by a driver, and an assist device provided in a vehicle and configured to cause the vehicle to exit a parking space when it is determined that the driver device is within a prescribed distance from the vehicle or is expected to arrive at the vehicle within a prescribed amount of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Inventor: Tak Gen KIM
  • Publication number: 20180362023
    Abstract: The present embodiments relate to a smart parking assist system and a control method thereof, and display the ratios of the progress distance and the remaining distance of the vehicle based on the distance by which the vehicle must move in the path set for each period in which automatic parking control is performed by a smart parking assist system, thereby allowing the driver to easily recognize the automatic parking control state of the vehicle and the distance by which the vehicle must move. Accordingly, the present embodiments may provide the driver with information on the automatic parking control state for each period of the automatic parking control, and may enable the driver to drive the vehicle to an accurate control position without exceeding the same in the period in which the vehicle is moved straight by the manual operation of the driver during the automatic parking control period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: MANDO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jae Suk KIM, Tak Gen KIM
  • Publication number: 20170300062
    Abstract: Provided are a parking assistance device for a vehicle and a parking control method thereof, capable of preventing collision with an obstacle by determining characteristics of an obstacle located within a parking space upon parallel parking assistance and setting an accurate parking reference line. The parking assistance device for assisting parallel parking to a parking space found through an ultrasonic sensor installed in a vehicle includes an electronic control unit configured to determine characteristics of an obstacle located within the parking space according to whether more than one echo signal of the ultrasonic sensor reflected from the obstacle occurs or not, and to control a behavior of the vehicle such that the vehicle is parallel-parked within a parking reference line set according to the determined characteristics of the obstacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Tak Gen KIM
  • Publication number: 20170300057
    Abstract: Provided are a parking assistance device for a vehicle and a parking control method thereof, capable of preventing collision with a stopper within a parking space by assisting parking in alignment with a parking reference line set with respect to an object located at a distance closest to the self vehicle among distances to objects located around a found parking space. The parking assistance device includes: a parking space searching unit configured to search for a parking space for parking of a self vehicle; a reception unit configured to receive sensing signals sensed from objects located around the parking space; a reference object determination unit configured to use the sensing signals to determine an object closest to the self vehicle as a reference object among the objects located around the parking space; and a parking reference line setting unit configured to set the parking reference line based on a front end of the determined reference object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventor: Tak Gen KIM