Patents by Inventor Yocheol Jang

Yocheol Jang 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: 12280844
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a steering bar, a steering rod provided on the steering bar and configured to rotate according to a rotation of the steering bar, a stopper provided on the steering bar and configured to change a rotation radius of the steering rod, a stopper driving device configured to control a rotation of the stopper, and a controller configured to control the stopper driving device such that the steering rod is rotatable in a state in which the personal mobility is rented and to control the stopper driving device such that the steering rod is not rotatable in a state in which the personal mobility is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang, Duck Young Kim, Donghee Seok, Ilsun Song
  • Patent number: 12208847
    Abstract: Disclosed are a parking system and a parking control method of a personal mobility. The parking system of the personal mobility includes a first parking stand and a second parking stand having one end rotatably installed at a lower end of a main body of the personal mobility and configured to be rotated downward to be unfolded to opposite sides of the main body or rotated upward to be folded, a parking motor configured to operate the first and second parking stands, and a power transmission device configured to transmit a rotational force of the parking motor to shafts of the first and second parking stands to simultaneously rotate the first and second parking stands in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Ilsun Song, Hee Jin Ro
  • Patent number: 12116072
    Abstract: A parking system for a personal mobility includes at least one parking stand configured to be mounted on the personal mobility and to automatically unfold or fold, a boarding sensor configured to be mounted on the personal mobility and to detect whether the personal mobility is boarded or deboarded, and a controller configured to determine whether the personal mobility is boarded or deboarded based on the detection of the boarding sensor and to control operation of the parking stand so that the parking stand unfolds when the personal mobility is deboarded and the parking stand folds when the personal mobility is boarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Ilsun Song, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Patent number: 12111401
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility device includes a location receiver configured to receive signals from a plurality of satellites to recognize location information, a communication module configured to perform communication in a different communication method than the location receiver and to communicate with an external communication device and a server, and a controller configured to obtain initial location information based on the signals received by the location receiver and control the initial location information to be transmitted to the server, in response to receipt of communication information by a communication module, cause the communication information to be transmitted to the server, and in response to receipt of corrected storage location information from the server, cause the received corrected storage location information to be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang, Duck Young Kim, Donghee Seok, Ilsun Song
  • Patent number: 12103632
    Abstract: A personal mobility and a control method thereof may include a main body, a steering shaft rotatably coupled to the main body, a steering limiting device configured to limit rotation of the steering shaft, a posture sensor provided to detect a change in posture of the main body, and a controller configured to selectively generate a control signal to control an operation of the steering limiting device to limit the rotation of the steering shaft when the controller determines that the posture of the main body changes at a speed exceeding a predetermined speed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ilsun Song, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Publication number: 20240231787
    Abstract: A method and system for installing an application in a mobility device are disclosed. The method of installing an application in a mobility device includes: securing data matched to the mobility device in a server based on application installation information included in an application installation request in response to the application installation request received from the mobility device; creating a metadata adapter of the application in the server based on the secured matching data; transmitting the created metadata adapter together with binary data of the application from the server to the mobility device; and installing the application in the mobility device using the metadata adapter transmitted from the server to the mobility device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, HeeJin Ro, Duckyoung Kim, Jongbok Lee, Donghee Seok
  • Patent number: 12024252
    Abstract: An electric bicycle includes a bicycle body, a pedal shaft rotatably installed on a pedal shaft support of the bicycle body, a driving sprocket rotatably installed on the pedal shaft, and a clutch device configured to connect the pedal shaft and the driving sprocket to enable power transmission or release the connection between the pedal shaft and the driving sprocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ilsun Song, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Publication number: 20240203223
    Abstract: An anti-theft system includes a digital key configured to control wirelessly various controls on a mobility device, and a wireless anchor configured to generate a wireless signal, wherein the digital key is deactivated in response to the wireless signal generated from the wireless anchor being detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Inventors: Yocheol JANG, Jongbok Lee, Donghee Seok
  • Publication number: 20240195655
    Abstract: A method of supporting mobility service according to an embodiment of the disclosure includes receiving, by a mobility data development platform, a request for providing information on a mobility device from a mobility service provider, abstracting, by the mobility data development platform, information on the mobility device in response to receiving the request for providing information, and providing, by the mobility data development platform, the abstracted information on the mobility device to the mobility device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: HeeJin RO, Donghee SEOK, Sanghyun HWANG, Duckyoung KIM, Jongbok LEE, Yocheol JANG
  • Publication number: 20240190385
    Abstract: A vehicle may receive channel hopping information and a time stamp of a data area of a packet from a communicator; broadcast the packet as information of an advertising signal through any one of a plurality of preset channels; in response to the information of the advertising signal being identical to information of a response signal of a mobile device received through the communicator, determine as a relay attack detection and control deactivation of a digital key; in response to the information of the advertising signal being different from the information of the response signal of the mobile device, confirm a channel through which the information of the response signal is received; and in response to the confirmed channel being identical to the any one channel, control activation of the digital key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heejin Ro, Yocheol Jang, Sanghyun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20240190384
    Abstract: In an embodiment, a vehicle and/or a mobile device obtains relative position information of surrounding wireless communication apparatuses based on received signal strengths of the wireless communication apparatuses received by a communication device, generates the relative positions of the wireless communication apparatuses as a constellation map, generates a print pattern based on the position of the constellation map, and controls activation of a digital key based on the print pattern corresponding to the constellation map.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, HeeJin Ro, Duckyoung Kim
  • Publication number: 20240191554
    Abstract: A door control device includes a communicator configured to receive gear position information, obstacle information, and wind speed information, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine at least two of a gear position, presence or absence of an obstacle, or a wind speed based on the gear position information, the obstacle information, and the wind speed information, and, based on a determination that (i) the gear position is at parking and the obstacle exists or (ii) the gear position is at parking and the wind speed is greater than or equal to a reference wind speed, control a safety device of a door to secure a position of the door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Donghee SEOK, Yocheol JANG, Duckyoung KIM
  • Patent number: 11999255
    Abstract: A personal mobility includes first and second test voltage sources, first and second switches, a ground, a first sensor, a second sensor obtaining weight information of a user, and a controller to: based on startup of the personal mobility, measure a first voltage applied to the first switch provided between the first test voltage source and the ground through the first sensor and a second voltage applied to the second switch provided between the second test voltage source and the ground, assign the user to one of predetermined groups based on the weight information, and based on a case in which at least one of the first or second voltage is greater than or equal to a reference value by comparing the first and second voltages with the reference value previously allocated to a group to which the user is assigned among the plurality of predetermined groups, control alarm device to provide a warning alarm to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Duck Young Kim, Donghee Seok, Ilsun Song, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Patent number: 11999432
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a main body including a footrest on an upper surface of the main body, a steering device provided in front of the main body, a front wheel installed at a lower end of the steering device, a rear wheel installed at a rear end of the main body, and a cargo loading unit configured to be unfolded in a lateral direction from opposite sides of the main body to expand a loading region for loading a cargo in an unfolded state and configured to be folded toward the main body in a folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ilsun Song, Donghee Seok, Juyoung Oh, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Publication number: 20240134621
    Abstract: A method and system for installing an application in a mobility device are disclosed. The method of installing an application in a mobility device includes: securing data matched to the mobility device in a server based on application installation information included in an application installation request in response to the application installation request received from the mobility device; creating a metadata adapter of the application in the server based on the secured matching data; transmitting the created metadata adapter together with binary data of the application from the server to the mobility device; and installing the application in the mobility device using the metadata adapter transmitted from the server to the mobility device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, HeeJin Ro, Duckyoung Kim, Jongbok Lee, Donghee Seok
  • Publication number: 20240125943
    Abstract: An embodiment vehicle includes a signal transmission part configured to transmit a signal for wireless network connection to an outside of a shaded area where a global positioning system (GPS) signal is not received based on the vehicle having entered the shaded area and a positioning part configured to communicate with another vehicle located outside the shaded area and receiving the signal and to calculate a relative position of the vehi
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, Donghee Seok
  • Publication number: 20240111060
    Abstract: An embodiment mobility includes a first global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module configured to generate first location information using a first signal, an internet of things (IOT) communication module configured to receive correction information from a base station for correcting the first location information, a first calculation processing module configured to perform calculation of final location information using the first location information and the correction information, and a communication interface module configured to communicate with a user terminal that includes a second GNSS module configured to generate second location information using a second signal, wherein the first calculation processing module is configured to set the first GNSS module or the second GNSS module as a master module and to calculate the final location information using the first location information or the second location information generated by the set master module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Donghee Seok, Yocheol Jang
  • Patent number: 11597465
    Abstract: A device for adjusting a seat height of a personal mobility includes a hollow seat frame extending in a longitudinal direction, a seat support shaft coupled to an upper portion of the seat frame and configured to slide upward and downward, a pedal shaft coupled to a lower portion of the seat frame, a lifting screw shaft extending downward in a state of being fixed to the seat support shaft inside the seat frame, and a rotation screw shaft fastened to the lifting screw shaft inside the seat frame and configured to raise and lower the lifting screw shaft by rotating based on operation of the pedal shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Ilsun Song, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang
  • Patent number: 11492061
    Abstract: A handle protection device configured for a personal mobility, which is mounted on an upper end portion of a steering shaft may include a handle member disposed with a grip portion at opposite sides of the handle member, includes a first protection member mounted on an external surface of the handle member between the grip portion and the steering shaft, a protection cover configured to enclose and accommodate the grip portion and one or more components provided on the grip portion and including a coupling end portion at a first end portion of the protection cover and detachably coupled to the first protection member and an opening through which a hand of a user enters and exits, and a second protection member fixed to a second end portion of the protection cover opposite to the coupling end portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yocheol Jang, Donghee Seok, Duck Young Kim, Ilsun Song, Hee Jin Ro
  • Publication number: 20220315144
    Abstract: An embodiment personal mobility includes a steering bar, a steering rod provided on the steering bar and configured to rotate according to a rotation of the steering bar, a stopper provided on the steering bar and configured to change a rotation radius of the steering rod, a stopper driving device configured to control a rotation of the stopper, and a controller configured to control the stopper driving device such that the steering rod is rotatable in a state in which the personal mobility is rented and to control the stopper driving device such that the steering rod is not rotatable in a state in which the personal mobility is returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hee Jin Ro, Yocheol Jang, Duck Young Kim, Donghee Seok, Ilsun Song