ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,819, issued on March 17, was assigned to HL MANDO Corp. (Pyeongtaek Si, South Korea).

"Electronic parking brake system and control method thereof" was invented by Kisung Jo (Pyeongtaek-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an electronic parking brake system including: an electronic parking brake configured to generate a braking force in a vehicle by a motor; and a controller configured to operate or release the electronic parking brake, wherein the controller is configured to collect, according to detection of a driver's intention to park, at least one of vehicle information, surrounding environment information...