ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,544, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for setting a UWB ranging period" was invented by Jong Chul Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for setting an ultra-wide band (UWB) ranging period including a Bluetooth low energy (BLE) communication unit configured to transmit and receive data to and from multiple digital keys, a UWB communication unit configured to provide information on separation distances between the multiple digital keys and a vehicle, a memory configured to store one or more instructions, and one or more processors confi...