ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,964, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to HL KLEMOVE CORP. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for assisting driving of a host vehicle" was invented by Dongmyeong Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present document provides an apparatus for assisting driving of a host vehicle that operates according to an operating condition to prevent a forward collision of a host vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a navigation system for providing location information of the host vehicle; a sensor for detecting forward of the host vehicle and the presence or absence of a pedestrian in front of the host vehicle; a...