Patents by Inventor Yong You

Yong You 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).

  • Lane changing apparatus and method of autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 9625910
    Abstract: A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, a control information calculator, a controller and a steering apparatus. The lane recognizer is configured to recognize a lane of a road on which the vehicle is driving and extract road information from the recognized lane. The vehicle information collector is configured to collect vehicle information by a variety of sensors installed in the vehicle. The control information calculator is configured to calculate control information for changing the lane by using the vehicle information and the road information. The controller is configured to control a yaw rate of the vehicle based on the control information upon changing the lane. The steering apparatus is configured to change a moving direction of the vehicle according to a control of the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Tae Sung Choi, Byung Yong You, Sung Won Yoon, Chang Young Jung
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING OBJECT ON ROAD
    Publication number: 20170097414
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting an object on a road are capable of enhancing performance of a driving environment recognition system of a vehicle by detecting a size and a position of an object on a road with high accuracy on the basis of radar and lidar data respectively obtained using a radar sensor and a lidar sensor installed in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Byung Yong You, Myung Seon Heo, Young Chul Oh
  • Apparatus and method for recognizing driving field of vehicle
    Patent number: 9550529
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for recognizing a driving field of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a sensor that is configured to sense a location of a vehicle driving on a road and sense whether an object is adjacent to the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to detect whether the object is present and a lane of the road on which the vehicle is being driven is changed to detect a final lane candidate group on which the vehicle is positioned. The final lane candidate group is then displayed by the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Young Chul Oh, Tae Sung Choi, Byung Yong You, Chang Young Jung, Su Rim Kwon
  • Apparatus and method for managing failure in autonomous navigation system
    Patent number: 9529361
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for managing failure in an autonomous navigation system are provided. The method includes collecting, by a controller, failure information in the autonomous navigation system and a monitoring a driver condition. The controller is configured to collect the failure information in the autonomous navigation system, and determine whether to switch control from the autonomous navigation vehicle to a manual driving mode based on the driver condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Byung Yong You, Young Chul Oh
  • Modifications for antisense compounds
    Patent number: 9506059
    Abstract: The invention pertains to modifications for antisense oligonucleotides, wherein the modifications are used to improve stability and provide protection from nuclease degradation. The modifications could also be incorporated into double-stranded nucleic acids, such as synthetic siRNAs and miRNAs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: Integrated DNA Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Aaron Behlke, Richard Owczarzy, Yong You, Joseph Alan Walder, Kim Lennox
  • DEBRIS FLOW DRAINAGE CHANNEL WITH STEP POOL STRUCTURE AND ITS APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160312425
    Abstract: A debris flow drainage channel is provided. The debris flow drainage channel is applicable to debris flows with large gully bed longitudinal slopes. The debris flow drainage channel has an upstream step section and a downstream step section. The debris flow drainage channel also has a step pool disposed between the upstream step section and the downstream step section. The pool section has a cable net cage bottom protection, a cable net cage buffer layer and block stones. When the debris flow drainage channel is applied to the debris flows with large gully bed longitudinal slopes, the flow velocity of the debris flow can be controlled to ensure that the scouring of the debris flow body at a bottom of the channel can be controlled. As a result, normal drainage function of the debris flow drainage channel can be guaranteed and maintenance cost can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoqing Chen, Fangqiang Wei, Jiangang Chen, Yong You, Tao Wang
  • Method for measuring position of vehicle using cloud computing
    Patent number: 9465099
    Abstract: A method of measuring a position of a vehicle using a cloud computing includes obtaining surrounding information according to a driving of the vehicle and driving information of the vehicle. The obtained surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle are transmitted to a server which is remotely located from the vehicle and equipped with map data. A position of the vehicle is calculated through the surrounding information and the driving information of the vehicle by the server. The calculated position of the vehicle is transmitted to the vehicle. The calculated position of the vehicle is outputted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2016
    Assignee: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Young Chul Oh, Byung Yong You
  • Apparatus and method for determining careless driving
    Patent number: 9415778
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for determining careless driving are provided and determine more reliable careless driving by generating normal driving patterns using driving performance data for a reference time at the beginning of driving. In addition, careless driving patterns greater than a predetermined number are detected using the normal driving pattern and a boundary between the normal driving and the careless driving is determined using a supervised learning method. The careless driving of the driver is then determined based on the determined boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Seong Su Im, Jin Hak Kim, Byung Yong You, Seok Youl Yang, Cheol Ha Lee
  • Apparatus and method for recognizing driving environment for autonomous vehicle
    Patent number: 9360328
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for recognizing driving environment for an autonomous vehicle. The apparatus includes a controller configured to receive navigation information from a satellite navigation receiver. The controller is further configured to receive map data from a map storage and image data from an image sensor regarding captured images from around a vehicle and distance information from a distance sensor regarding sensed objects positioned around the vehicle. The controller is also configured to determine a fusion method for information measured by the image sensor and the distance sensor based on a receiving state of the satellite navigation receiver and precision of the map data to recognize the driving environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Byung Yong You, Myung Seon Heo, Young Chul Oh
  • SYSTEM FOR FILTERING LIDAR DATA IN VEHICLE AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160103208
    Abstract: A system and method for filtering LiDAR data is provided. The system includes a LiDAR data collector that is configured to collect the LiDAR data from a LiDAR and store the LiDAR data in a matrix structure. A noise point determiner is configured to determine whether a first filtering condition for determining whether a point within a predetermined reference distance in the LiDAR data is present, a second filtering condition for determining whether a present point adjacent to a left and right by a reference of a reference point in the matrix structure is a first reference value or less, and a third filtering condition for determining whether a present point adjacent to a top and bottom by the reference of the reference point is a second reference value or less are satisfied.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Myung Seon Heo, Byung Yong You, Young Chul Oh
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR RECOGNIZING DRIVING ENVIRONMENT FOR AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160061612
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are provided for recognizing driving environment for an autonomous vehicle. The apparatus includes a controller configured to receive navigation information from a satellite navigation receiver. The controller is further configured to receive map data from a map storage and image data from an image sensor regarding captured images from around a vehicle and distance information from a distance sensor regarding sensed objects positioned around the vehicle. The controller is also configured to determine a fusion method for information measured by the image sensor and the distance sensor based on a receiving state of the satellite navigation receiver and precision of the map data to recognize the driving environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2014
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Byung Yong You, Myung Seon Heo, Young Chul Oh
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING A PEDESTRIAN BY A VEHICLE DURING NIGHT DRIVING
    Publication number: 20160052452
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for detecting a pedestrian by a vehicle during night driving are provided, in which the apparatus includes: a first camera configured to take a first image including color information of a vicinity of the vehicle during night driving; a second camera configured to take a second image including thermal distribution information of the vicinity of the vehicle; a pedestrian detector configured to detect a non-pedestrian area by using the color information from the first image and detect a pedestrian area by excluding the non-pedestrian area from the second image; and a display configured to match and display the pedestrian area on the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Young Chul Oh, Myung Seon Heo, Wan Jae Lee, Byung Yong You
  • METHOD FOR PLANNING AND DESIGNING DEBRIS FLOW DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160040381
    Abstract: A method for planning and designing a debris flow drainage channel is provided. The position and total length of the drainage channel and a longitudinal slope of a gully bed of the drainage channel are determined. An inlet section, an outlet section and an acceleration section of the drainage channel are formed as fully lined channel type. After determining the length of the inlet section and the included angle between the side wall of the inlet section and the main channel, the length of the outlet section and the included angle between the side wall of the outlet section and the main channel, and the length of the acceleration section, the channel type and the length of the main channel section are also determined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: February 11, 2016
    Inventors: Xiaoqing CHEN, Yong YOU, Peng CUI, Jiangang CHEN, Yuhua ZOU, Tao WANG
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING GLOBAL PATH FOR AN AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20160025505
    Abstract: There are provided an apparatus and method for generating a global path for an autonomous vehicle. The apparatus for generating a global path for an autonomous vehicle includes a sensor module including one or more sensors installed in the vehicle, a traffic information receiver configured to receive traffic information through wireless communication, a path generator configured to generate one or more candidate paths based on the traffic information, a difficulty evaluator configured to evaluate a difficulty of driving in the one or more candidate paths in each section of the one or more candidate paths using recognition rates of the one or more sensors and the traffic information, and an autonomous driving path selector configured to finally select an autonomous driving path by evaluating the one or more candidate paths based on the evaluation of the difficulty of driving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Young Chul OH, Myung Seon HEO, Byung Yong YOU
  • VEHICLE POSITIONING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20160018527
    Abstract: A vehicle positioning apparatus and method are provided that are capable of more accurately measuring the position of a traveling vehicle without interoperating with a DGPS. The method includes calculating a position of the traveling vehicle based on coordinates of the respective GPS satellites shared by a surrounding vehicle and the traveling vehicle. In addition, a positon coordinate is calculated of the surrounding vehicle measured by the reference of the traveling vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Young Chul Oh, Myung Seon Heo, Byung Yong You
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-LOCALIZATION OF VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150378015
    Abstract: An apparatus for a self localization of a vehicle includes a sensor unit, a landmark detector, a landmark recognizer, and a location estimator. The sensor includes at least two sensors and is configured to measure information on environment around the vehicle using each of the at least two sensors. The landmark detector is configured to detect landmark information based on data measured by each sensor. The landmark recognizer is configured to selectively combine landmark information detected based on data measurement of at least one of the at least two sensors to recognize a landmark and reflect fused landmark information to update a probability distribution. The location estimator is configured to use the probability distribution updated by the landmark recognizer to estimate a self location of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Byung Yong YOU, Myung Seon Heo, Young Chul Oh
  • TRANSMISSION PATH AND DATA PROCESSING METHOD FOR TRANSMISSION PATH
    Publication number: 20150365332
    Abstract: The present invention provide a transmission path, including: an FD storage module, configured to receive and store an FD; a calculating module, configured to determine, according to a length value of the first frame stored in the FD storage module, a volume of data stored in the transmission path; a determining module, configured to determine whether the volume of the data stored in the transmission path determined by the calculating module is greater than a preset data volume threshold; and an instructing module, configured to send a backpressure signal to the TM module when the determining module determines that the volume of the data stored in the transmission path is greater than the preset data volume threshold, where the backpressure signal is used to instruct the TM module to stop sending an FD of the second frame to the transmission path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventors: Yong YOU, Xiyou WU
  • LANE CHANGING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF AUTONOMOUS VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20150355641
    Abstract: A lane changing apparatus of an autonomous vehicle includes a lane recognizer, a vehicle information collector, a control information calculator, a controller and a steering apparatus. The lane recognizer is configured to recognize a lane of a road on which the vehicle is driving and extract road information from the recognized lane. The vehicle information collector is configured to collect vehicle information by a variety of sensors installed in the vehicle. The control information calculator is configured to calculate control information for changing the lane by using the vehicle information and the road information. The controller is configured to control a yaw rate of the vehicle based on the control information upon changing the lane. The steering apparatus is configured to change a moving direction of the vehicle according to a control of the controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Inventors: Tae Sung CHOI, Byung Yong You, Sung Won Yoon, Chang Young Jung
  • Apparatus and method for controlling automatic steering of vehicle
    Patent number: 9180904
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method for controlling automatic steering of a vehicle are provided. The apparatus includes a global positioning system (GPS) that is configured to detect a current location of the vehicle. In addition, a controller is configured to detect a curvature of a road that corresponds to the current location of the vehicle, detect a road type based on the curvature, and set a plurality of target points to adjust steering of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Byung Yong You, Tae Sung Choi
  • Driving concentration level calculating apparatus and method, and system and method for warning of vehicle collision using the same
    Patent number: 9168926
    Abstract: A driving concentration level calculating apparatus is provided and includes a controller configured to acquire an acceleration of a traveling vehicle and measure a relative velocity to a preceding vehicle. In addition, noise is removed from the acquired acceleration of the traveling vehicle and from the measured relative velocity to the preceding vehicle. A plurality of correlation values are calculated based on the acceleration of the traveling vehicle and the relative velocity to the preceding vehicle from which noise has been removed. In addition, the controller is configured to detect a time at which a maximum correlation value is calculated as a driving concentration level from among the calculated correlation values.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Cheol Ha Lee, Seong Su Im, Byung Yong You, Seok Youl Yang