ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,948, issued on April 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle message output" was invented by Soo Joong Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for controlling a vehicle message output. The apparatus includes an input device that receives an input of a user, and a processor that generates a guide message and controls the guide message to be output by applying an emphasis scheme set by the input of the user to a keyword when determining that the keyword exists in the guide message."
The paten...