ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,684, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling volume level of personalized voice guidance based on changes in posture of vehicle occupant and device therefor" was invented by Tae Hun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ji Soo Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myung Bin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Joon Ahn (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method of controlling, by a voice guidance control device according to some embodiments of the present disclosure, a volume level of personalized voice guidance. The method includes: obtaining informati...