ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,737, issued on June 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI AUTOEVER Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous driving control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Yu Ho Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Bong Ju Kim (Yongin-Si, South Korea) and Kyeng Taek Kim (Anyang-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for a vehicle comprises a sensor device, memory storing instructions, and a controller linked to both, enabling autonomous driving of a vehicle. The apparatus stores first sensor data associated with autonomous driving in a buffer, transferring it to...