US Patent Issued to Hyundai Mobis on March 24 for "Smart key system for vehicle and method of controlling the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,417, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Smart key system for vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Yong Hee Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart key system for a vehicle includes a communication unit configured to communicate with a smart key, memory configured to store a code and a count that are included in a signal received from the smart key, and a processor configured to identify whether the smart key has been registered with the vehicle based on the signal, determine whether the count is normal by comparing the count with a pre-...