Patents by Inventor Wooseok YOO

Wooseok YOO 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).

  • Parking assistance apparatus and vehicle having the same
    Patent number: 10131347
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus for a vehicle, and including a camera configured to photograph surroundings of the vehicle; an interface configured to receive sensor information from the vehicle; a display configured to display a graphic image about an automatic parking function of the vehicle; and a processor configured to initiate the automatic parking function by controlling the vehicle to travel to a target parking position, detect a traveling resistance of the vehicle from the sensor information while the vehicle is traveling to the target parking position, determine a factor causing the traveling resistance, continue controlling the vehicle to travel to the target parking position when the detected traveling resistance is less than a predetermined resistance, and change the controlling of the vehicle to travel to the target parking position to offset the factor causing the traveling resistance, when the detected traveling resistance is equal to or greater than the predetermined resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ilho Kim, Wooseok Yoo
  • PARKING ASSISTANCE APPARATUS AND VEHICLE HAVING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20180093662
    Abstract: A parking assistance apparatus for a vehicle, and including a camera configured to photograph surroundings of the vehicle; an interface configured to receive sensor information from the vehicle; a display configured to display a graphic image about an automatic parking function of the vehicle; and a processor configured to initiate the automatic parking function by controlling the vehicle to travel to a target parking position, detect a traveling resistance of the vehicle from the sensor information while the vehicle is traveling to the target parking position, determine a factor causing the traveling resistance, continue controlling the vehicle to travel to the target parking position when the detected traveling resistance is less than a predetermined resistance, and change the controlling of the vehicle to travel to the target parking position to offset the factor causing the traveling resistance, when the detected traveling resistance is equal to or greater than the predetermined resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Ilho KIM, Wooseok YOO