ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,913, issued on April 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for identyfing object priority for autonomous driving control of vehicle" was invented by En Sun Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object display apparatus and a method thereof are provided. The object display apparatus includes a sensor, such as a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device, and a processor. The processor determines an object located in front of a vehicle based on contour points in a first frame obtained via the sensor at a first time, determines at least one of lane ...