Patents by Inventor Woon Seo

Woon Seo 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: 20250197161
    Abstract: A roll transfer device is provided, which makes it convenient to perform a centering work of a roll stocked in a left or right eccentric state to increase reliability of the centering work of the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventor: Hong Woon SEO
  • Publication number: 20250197149
    Abstract: A roll transfer device and method is provided, which makes it easy to recognize a unique identification code for a material wound on a roll while quickly and accurately aligning a position of the roll. The roll transfer device comprises a pair of holding units disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, supporting a roll core seated thereon; and a pair of rotation units disposed on both sides of the roll core along the first direction, wherein the pair of rotation units linearly move in the first direction and are inserted into the roll core seated on the holding unit to align a position of the roll, include one or more keys coupled to one or more key grooves formed in the roll core, and are rotated in a state that they are inserted into the roll core, so that the key is coupled to the key groove, thereby rotating the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Hong Woon SEO, Seon Jung KIM
  • Patent number: 12237944
    Abstract: A communication network system and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The communication network system includes a controller area network (CAN) controller that generates a CAN message, a gateway that receives the CAN message and generates a conversion message for Ethernet communication based on that preset conversion determination data is included in the CAN message, and an Ethernet controller that receives the conversion message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kang Woon Seo
  • Publication number: 20230388147
    Abstract: A communication network system and a method of operating the same are disclosed. The communication network system includes a controller area network (CAN) controller that generates a CAN message, a gateway that receives the CAN message and generates a conversion message for Ethernet communication based on that preset conversion determination data is included in the CAN message, and an Ethernet controller that receives the conversion message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kang Woon Seo
  • Patent number: 11477746
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node operating as a current reference grand master (GM) node in a vehicle network includes: transmitting a first synchronization message including a first reference time of the first communication node; receiving a first response message from a second communication node, the first response message including a first synchronization offset indicating a difference between a first local time of the second communication node and the first reference time; receiving a second response message from the second communication node, the second response message including a second synchronization offset indicating a difference between the first local time and a second reference time of a third communication node operating as a GM node; and determining the first communication node or the third communication node as a new reference GM node based on a result of comparison between the first synchronization offset and the second synchronization offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11320891
    Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in an Ethernet-based vehicle network, the communication node including a regulator, a physical (PHY) layer unit, and a processor, includes outputting, by the processor, a first signal to initiate a supply of power to the communication node; outputting, by the processor, a second signal to initiate a transition of the communication node from a normal mode to a sleep mode; and transitioning, by the PHY layer unit, the communication node from the normal mode to the sleep mode when the second signal is received at the PHY layer unit from the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Woo Yu, Jin Hwa Yun, Kang Woon Seo, Jun Byung Chae, Dong Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11314319
    Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in an Ethernet-based vehicle network, the communication node including a regulator, a physical (PHY) layer unit, and a processor, includes outputting, by the processor, a first signal to initiate a supply of power to the communication node; outputting, by the processor, a second signal to initiate a transition of the communication node from a normal mode to a sleep mode; and transitioning, by the PHY layer unit, the communication node from the normal mode to the sleep mode when the second signal is received at the PHY layer unit from the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Woo Yu, Jin Hwa Yun, Kang Woon Seo, Jun Byung Chae, Dong Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 11246098
    Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in a vehicle network may include detecting a wake-up event; generating a wake-up signal including an identifier indicating a wake-up reason corresponding to the wake-up event based on a wake-up table, the wake-up table configured for storing the wake-up reason corresponding to the wake-up event, a target communication node configured to be woken up by the wake-up reason, and an operation power configured to be supplied to the target communication node; and transmitting the wake-up signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Ok Kim, Kang Woon Seo, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11190332
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node among a plurality of communication nodes included in an Ethernet-based vehicle network may include steps of measuring a first link delay for performing time synchronization with a second communication node included in the plurality of communication nodes; calculating a difference between the first link delay and an average value of a plurality of link delays measured before the measurement of the first link delay; comparing the calculated difference with a first threshold value for controlling a link delay measurement cycle for the second communication node; and controlling the link delay measurement cycle for the second communication node based on the comparison result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11169821
    Abstract: An operation method of an end node including a physical (PHY) layer unit and a controller unit in a vehicle network includes: detecting, by the controller unit, a local event; in response to detecting the local event, transitioning an operation state of the controller unit from an OFF state to an ON state; transmitting, by the controller unit, to the PHY layer unit an indicator requesting to transmit a wake-up signal in accordance with the local event; and transmitting, by the PHY layer unit, the wake-up signal including an identifier of at least one end node required to be woken up by the local event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Ok Kim, Kang Woon Seo, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11126240
    Abstract: A communication node in a vehicle network may comprise a medium access control (MAC) layer; a physical (PHY) layer; a first port connected to the PHY layer; a second port connected to the PHY layer; and a switch controlling a connection between the first port and the second port. The switch may turn on or off the connection between the first port and the second port under control of the MAC layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Ok Kim, Kang Woon Seo, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 11063868
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node comprises: receiving a first frame from a second communication node; obtaining a destination address of the first frame; and transmitting a second frame including an indicator for indicating an occurrence of an error in the first frame to a communication node corresponding to a source address of the first frame, when a port corresponding to the destination address does not exist in a routing table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 10969850
    Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in a vehicle network may include detecting a local event; transitioning an operation mode of the communication node from a sleep mode to a normal mode when the local event is detected; generating a wake-up signal including a wake-up pattern corresponding to the local event; and transmitting the wake-up signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Ok Kim, Kang Woon Seo, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 10917253
    Abstract: A method of configuring an in-vehicle network includes: receiving a first wake-up signal from a first controller among a plurality of controllers in a sleep mode by an Ethernet switch; activating the Ethernet switch according to the wake-up signal; determining a routing port according to a destination address of the Ethernet data received from the first controller; and transmitting a second wake-up signal of a second controller among the plurality of controllers through a physical-layer processing device included in the Ethernet switch corresponding to the determined routing port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 10862668
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node operating as a current reference grand master (GM) node in a vehicle network may comprise: transmitting a first synchronization message including a first reference time of the first communication node; receiving a first response message from a second communication node, the first response message including a first synchronization offset indicating a difference between a first local time of the second communication node and the first reference time; receiving a second response message from the second communication node, the second response message including a second synchronization offset indicating a difference between the first local time and a second reference time of a third communication node operating as a GM node; and determining the first communication node or the third communication node as a first reference GM node based on a result of comparison between the first synchronization offset and the second synchronization offset.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Publication number: 20200341534
    Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in a vehicle network may include detecting a local event; transitioning an operation mode of the communication node from a sleep mode to a normal mode when the local event is detected; generating a wake-up signal including a wake-up pattern corresponding to the local event; and transmitting the wake-up signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Dong Ok Kim, Kang Woon Seo, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 10778284
    Abstract: A method includes generating preference information according to each of a plurality of base stations including at least one adjacent base station and transmitting the generated preference information to a serving base station, receiving, from the serving base station, information related to beams of the serving base station and the at least one adjacent base station determined based on the preference information, and receiving a signal by using the information related to the beams, wherein the information related to the beams includes beam information on a partial area in which interference signals transmitted by the at least one adjacent base station are aligned among a whole reception area of the terminal. A serving base station includes a controller configured to configure beams for a partial area in which interference signals transmitted by the at least one adjacent base station are aligned among a whole reception area of the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology
    Inventors: Kwang-Taik Kim, Wan Choi, Myung-Gil Kang, Hyo-Woon Seo, Kyung-Rak Son
  • Patent number: 10764210
    Abstract: An operation method of a first communication node among a plurality of communication nodes included in an Ethernet-based vehicle network includes: receiving a first message indicating an operation of a first function of a vehicle from a second communication node among the plurality of communication nodes; determining a third communication node performing a second function corresponding to the first function among the plurality of communication nodes; determining at least one communication node providing data related to the second function among the plurality of communication nodes; and configuring port mirroring for the first function such that a second message received from the at least one communication node is mirrored to the third communication node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Jin Hwa Yun, Jeong Seok Han, Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim
  • Patent number: 10754411
    Abstract: An operation method of a communication node in a vehicle network may include detecting a local event; transitioning an operation mode of the communication node from a sleep mode to a normal mode when the local event is detected; generating a wake-up signal including a wake-up pattern corresponding to the local event; and transmitting the wake-up signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Ok Kim, Kang Woon Seo, Jin Hwa Yun
  • Patent number: 10749707
    Abstract: A method for operating a first communication node connected to an in-vehicle network is provided. The method comprises generating a header including a count field indicating a wraparound count for a presentation time of contents and a timestamp field indicating the presentation time, generating a payload field including the contents, and transmitting a frame including the header and the payload field to a second communication node connected to the in-vehicle network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Kang Woon Seo, Dong Ok Kim, Jin Hwa Yun