Patents by Inventor Woo-Sung Kim

Woo-Sung 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).

  • Publication number: 20220144097
    Abstract: A system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor is disclosed. The system for managing a vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery when a voltage applied to the vehicle battery is constant, and determines whether the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on a deviation between the measured voltages of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Il LEE, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Jae Shin Yi, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Hyun Jin PARK, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220146583
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery diagnosis system including a processor configured to: receive high-voltage battery information of a parked car; measure impedance of a battery through the received battery information; and determine, based on a comparison between a normal battery impedance and an abnormal battery impedance, that a battery having an abnormal battery impedance is an abnormal battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sung KIM, Ki Seung BAEK, Sung Il LEE
  • Publication number: 20210354806
    Abstract: An air mobility control system is provided. The system includes one or more shock absorbing units that are mounted in an aircraft and are configured to absorb a vertical force impacting on the air mobility vehicle. A distance sensor is mounted in the air mobility vehicle and is configured to sense the distance to a ground or an approaching object. A safety controller is configured to detect an abnormal descent of the air mobility vehicle and to operate the one or more shock absorbing units to be deployed according to the distance sensed by the distance sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventor: Woo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 11073327
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a main body having a storage room, a door configured to open or close the storage room, a sensing lever configured to contact the door while the door is closed, where the sensing lever is movable in one of a first direction and in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, a sensor configured to sense a movement of the sensing lever in one of the first direction and the second direction, and a controller configured to open the door when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the first direction, and to maintain the door closed when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Woo-Sung Kim, Sung Ho Cho, Il Sung Bae
  • Patent number: 10882989
    Abstract: Provided are a resin blend, a copolymer, a pellet, a method of manufacturing a resin molded article using the same, and a resin molded article. The exemplary resin blend may provide a protective film for a polarizing plate having an excellent adhesive strength to a polarizer. In addition, when the resin blend is used, additional primer coating on the protective film for a polarizing plate may be omitted, and an excellent adhesive strength to the polarizer may be exhibited, thereby reducing production time and cost and increasing productivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM. LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Won Lee, Han Na Lee, Jin Young Ryu, Woo Sung Kim, Eun Joo Choi, Hyeon Choi
  • Patent number: 10656043
    Abstract: A battery pack for electric vehicles and a method of detecting cooling water leakage in the battery pack for electric vehicles are provided. The battery pack includes a moisture collection unit that is disposed in the battery pack and a moisture discharge unit that is disposed in a bottom of the moisture collection unit. A moisture discharge detection unit detects whether moisture is being discharged through the moisture discharge unit and a controller detects and adjusts the amount of moisture discharged through the moisture discharge unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Woo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10656211
    Abstract: A method of predicting time for charging a battery of an eco-friendly vehicle can include: measuring a temperature and a voltage of the battery using one or more sensors; comparing the measured temperature and voltage with pre-stored data values; identifying a charging step among a plurality of charging steps; calculating a charging current value and a cutoff voltage value according to the identified charging step; and calculating an expected charging time by adding a second time to the expected charging time when a first time is greater than the second time or by adding the first time to the expected charging time when the second time is greater than the first time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Gil Ha, Woo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10618514
    Abstract: An apparatus for activating a pedestrian detection and collision mitigation system (PDCMS) of a vehicle includes: an engine management system (EMS) acquiring speed information of the vehicle in real-time; an image collecting unit recognizing a pedestrian positioned within a driving lane of the vehicle and detecting information of a relative speed or a distance between the pedestrian and the vehicle, when a speed of the vehicle is greater than or equal to a set speed; and an electronic control unit (ECU) activating a PDCMS function based on a mapping table using the speed information of the vehicle and information of a motion or a distance of the pedestrian with respect to the vehicle, and controlling a warning unit to inform a driver of a collision of the pedestrian with the vehicle. The PDCMS function includes activating an operation of an active hood, activating an operation of the warning unit, and activating an operation of a brake regardless of whether the driver operates the brake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Soo Kim, Eung Seo Kim, Suk Ki Min, Dong Hyun Sung, Seung Wook Park, Yong Seok Kwon, Sang Min Lee, Tae Young Lee, Min Byeong Lee, Woo Sung Kim, In Yong Jung
  • Patent number: 10551100
    Abstract: A refrigerator including a water intake container, in which carbonated water is produced by mixture of carbon dioxide and clean water, a first dispenser assembly, which the water intake container is attached to or detached from, and which supplies carbon dioxide and clean water to the water intake container when the water intake container is attached to the first dispenser, a dispenser lever and a second dispenser assembly which discharges clean water or ice according to manipulation of the dispenser lever, but stops the discharging of clean water or ice if the water intake container is attached to the first dispenser assembly. The refrigerator may include a dispenser lever and a processor to control an ice maker to stop operation if a command is entered through a user interface and to control the ice maker to start operation if the dispenser lever is manipulated while the ice maker stops operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Won Park, Sung Ho Cho, Kyung Tae Ko, Seung Wan Kang, Woo Sung Kim, Chang Hern Lee, Gang Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10491019
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) may include a battery, a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect the battery for supplying a voltage (an electric power) to an electric load to and from the electric load, the electric load configured to receive the voltage (the electric power) from the battery, to compare the received voltage (the electric power) with a reference value and to output a wakeup signal according to the compared result, when the relay is electrically connected, and a controller configured to wake up by the wakeup signal, to monitor a state of the battery and to control a state of the relay. It is possible to prevent overdischarge and overcharge of the battery by monitoring the battery through the electric load in a state in which a vehicle is turned off and switching the BSM to a wakeup state only if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyo Sik Moon, Jun Ho Bang, Woo Sung Kim, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Jin Wook Kim, Dong II Kim, Ji Won Nam, Yong Hwan Choi, Yoon Jun Lee, Jeong Hun Seo, Hui Tae Yang, Jun Seok Choi, Yu Seok Kim, Jung Je Woo, Byung Su Kim, Yong Jae Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Suk Hyung Kim, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Patent number: 10408689
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for controlling a high voltage battery within vehicle. The apparatus monitors states of a first temperature sensor and a second temperature sensor mounted within a battery pack and calculates a replacement temperature that corresponds to the faulty temperature sensor using a temperature deviation within the battery pack for each ambient temperature of the battery when a faulty temperature sensor of the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor is detected. The replacement temperature is then used to operate the battery, and thus the stability of the battery control is improved even though the temperature sensor of the battery fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Woo Sung Kim, Dong Gil Ha
  • Publication number: 20190212392
    Abstract: A method of predicting time for charging a battery of an eco-friendly vehicle can include: measuring a temperature and a voltage of the battery using one or more sensors; comparing the measured temperature and voltage with pre-stored data values; identifying a charging step among a plurality of charging steps; calculating a charging current value and a cutoff voltage value according to the identified charging step; and calculating an expected charging time by adding a second time to the expected charging time when a first time is greater than the second time or by adding the first time to the expected charging time when the second time is greater than the first time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Dong Gil Ha, Woo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10330738
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a battery degradation state, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The battery degradation state estimation system includes a battery degradation state estimation apparatus, implemented by a processor, that estimates a battery degradation state by using a correction coefficient calculated from a difference between a first open circuit voltage (OCV), calculated from battery state information, and a second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), acquired based on a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) determined by current integration, and a memory device that stores the first open circuit voltage (OCV), the second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), and the correction coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Woo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10328818
    Abstract: A system for charging a battery is provided. The system includes a high voltage battery that supplies electrical energy necessary to assist in a motor during acceleration of a vehicle and stores electrical energy generated by a motor regeneration during declaration of the vehicle or occurrence of a margin output of an engine. An on board charger receive AC power from a power supply which is supplied from the outside and supplies power for charging the high voltage battery. A battery management system transmits and receives charging and discharging information regarding the high voltage battery to and from the power supply through the on board charger using controller area network (CAN) communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dong Gil Ha, Woo Sung Kim
  • Patent number: 10330737
    Abstract: An apparatus for calculating a degradation degree is provided and includes a battery and a measurer that senses the battery to generate behavior information. The apparatus further includes a calculator that divides the behavior information into a plurality of sections and calculates a behavior change quantity in each section and/or charging capacity in each section of the behavior information in each section. The calculator uses the behavior change quantity in each section and the charging capacity in each section to determine the degradation degrees of the battery in each section, and use the degradation degrees of the battery within each section to generate a final degradation degree of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Woo-Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20190152871
    Abstract: A plant nutrient composition of the present invention can produce high-quality fruits or fruit vegetables which cause substantially no chemical damage, have no antagonistic action of each component in crops, synergistically increase inherent flavors of fruits through interactions of nitrogen and calcium, and improve textures, by performing foliage spray through a specific range of weight ratio of total nitrogen and water-soluble calcium, the spray concentration, and the spray amount when fruits or fruit vegetables are cultivated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Woo Sung Kim, In Kook Chang
  • Patent number: 10266062
    Abstract: A system for charging a vehicle battery includes a relay configured to establish/interrupt electrical connection between the vehicle battery and a vehicle system supplied with power from the vehicle battery, and a controller. The controller is configured to monitor a voltage of the battery, control the relay to interrupt the electrical connection when a voltage of the battery is less than or equal to a first predetermined reference value, and control the relay to establish the electrical connection when a predetermined condition is satisfied while the relay is electrically disconnected. The controller controls the relay to be electrically connected to charge the battery through an external power source while the electrical connection is interrupted, and then control a connection state of the relay based on the voltage of the battery, a voltage and current of the relay at a side of the vehicle system, and whether a vehicle is started.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hui Tae Yang, Kyung Ho Kim, Woo Sung Kim, Kyung In Min, Do Sung Hwang, Jae Hoon Choi, Beom Joo Kwon, Dong Gil Ha, Beom Gyu Kim, Jong Hu Yoon, Bo Ram Yang, Hee Sung Moon, Yu Seok Kim, Jung Je Woo, Suk Hyung Kim, Hyun Soo Park
  • Patent number: 10234189
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a plurality of storage compartments, a plurality of cooling units to cool the plurality of storage compartments, a temperature sensing unit to sense temperatures of the plurality of storage compartments, a drive unit to drive the plurality of cooling units, and a controller to control the drive unit to drive the cooling unit that satisfies a predetermined driving condition. If at least one cooling unit among the plurality of cooling units is being driven, the controller delays driving the other cooling unit even if the other cooling unit satisfies the driving condition. The refrigerator minimizes simultaneous driving a plurality of compressors, which may prevent generation of noise and vibration, as well as excessive power consumption, due to driving the plurality of compressors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Cho, Woo Sung Kim
  • Publication number: 20180347892
    Abstract: A refrigerator may include a main body having a storage room, a door configured to open or close the storage room, a sensing lever configured to contact the door while the door is closed, where the sensing lever is movable in one of a first direction and in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction, a sensor configured to sense a movement of the sensing lever in one of the first direction and the second direction, and a controller configured to open the door when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the first direction, and to maintain the door closed when the sensor senses the movement of the sensing lever in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2018
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Woo-Sung KIM, Sung Ho CHO, Il Sung BAE
  • Publication number: 20180299511
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a battery degradation state, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The battery degradation state estimation system includes a battery degradation state estimation apparatus, implemented by a processor, that estimates a battery degradation state by using a correction coefficient calculated from a difference between a first open circuit voltage (OCV), calculated from battery state information, and a second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), acquired based on a change amount of a battery state of charge (SoC) determined by current integration, and a memory device that stores the first open circuit voltage (OCV), the second open circuit voltage (OCV_i), and the correction coefficient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventor: Woo Sung KIM