ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,916, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Display operation device and vehicle including the same" was invented by Jae Min Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Shin Yeong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sung Goo Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display operation device includes a cover glass configured to cover a front surface of a display panel including a touch area, and a knob attached to a position corresponding to the touch area on a front surface of the cover glass. The knob includes a boundary portion along a circumference of the knob to demarcate a boundary wit...