US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA, KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION on Sept. 8 for "Method and apparatus for controlling an elevator car" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,094, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and KOOKMIN UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY ACADEMY COOPERATION FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling an elevator car" was invented by Gu Min Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Jung Oh (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hyeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yo Cheol Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ju Young Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Jun Ha (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elevator control method is implemented by a computer and comprises: receiving a board request from a board-standby ...