ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,371, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Korea University Of Technology And Education Industry-University Cooperation Foundation (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Vehicle control device and method" was invented by Jee Yoon Suh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung Han You (Seoul, South Korea) and Wan Ki Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device includes a sensor that obtains information about a driving environment of a vehicle, a driving device that controls behavior of the vehicle, and a processor that determines a required c...