ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. RE50,714, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Motors Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle driving controller, system including the same, and method thereof" was invented by Su Jung Yoo (Incheon, South Korea), Dong Hwi Lee (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Jin Su Jeong (Suwon-Si, South Korea) and Jae Yong Jeon (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle driving controller, a system including the same, and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle driving controller includes a processor configured to apply a different warning level depending on at least one of a driving situation...