US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia, Seoul National University R&DB Foundation on Sept. 22 for "Emotion modeling method and apparatus thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,744,051, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoul National University R&DB Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Emotion modeling method and apparatus thereof" was invented by Ki Chang Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Dong Chul Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Myung Hwan Yun (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Ho Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emotion modeling method for providing a vehicle sound with regard to an emotion of a user in a vehicle sound and an apparatus thereof are provided. The emotion modeling apparatus receives a sound by a user ...