ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,698, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method of controlling four-wheel independent steering system" was invented by Tae Hong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for a four-wheel independent steering system includes at least one sensor configured to detect at least one of a shift position of a joystick, mounted on the four-wheel independent steering system, or a driving speed of a vehicle, and a position controller configured to control a position of the joystick based on sensing data detected by the at least one sensor."

The patent was...