ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,955, issued on April 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle terminal and calculation server for calculating safe driving index based on longitudinal acceleration" was invented by Myung Hyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Hwan Moon (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Seo Won Beun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seong Woo Hong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Yun Seok Seol (Seoul, South Korea), Seong Man Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Sang Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle terminal can includes one or more processors, and a storage medium storing com...