US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on June 30 for "Driver recognition system and method of use thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,732, issued on June 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Driver recognition system and method of use thereof" was invented by Jae Young Lee (Icheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for automatically extracting image data of a driver's face when a driver sits in a driver's seat and then starting an engine of a vehicle, based on determining whether the extracted face matches a pre-registered face, and automatically controlling a vehicle environment based on the matched face data, thereby maximizing the convenience of using the vehicle."

The patent was filed on...