US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 21 for "Device and method for controlling vehicle by recognizing digital key" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,126, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling vehicle by recognizing digital key" was invented by Yong Ho Shin (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeong Min Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seok Gyu Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Jeong Gi Yun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling a vehicle includes a communication circuit, a processor, and a memory, and the processor recognizes a trigger event for recognizing an external digital key corresponding to the vehicle, establishes wireless communication ...