ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,886, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Jooam Baek (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle includes a side mirror, a communicator, and a controller. The communicator may be configured to transmit a search signal to a remote controller through the plurality of antennas and to receive a response signal transmitted from the remote controller as a response to the search signal. The controller may be electrically coupled to the side mirror, configured to determine whether...