ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,321, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to HL KLEMOVE CORP. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Vehicle consumables management system and method" was invented by Soohyun Ko (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle consumables management system includes a consumables remaining amount calculation unit receiving vehicle data including a brake pedal input signal, an outdoor temperature, a driving distance, a wheel velocity, and a wheel speed such as a wheel RPM, and calculating a remaining amount of a tire tread based on the driving distance and the wheel speed, and/or calculating a remaining amount of a brake pad based on at...