US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 11 for "User interface device, vehicle having the user interface device and method for controlling the vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,705,930, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"User interface device, vehicle having the user interface device and method for controlling the vehicle" was invented by Saeah Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sun Mi Oh (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Kang Sun Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface device which receives a user instruction for controlling at least one electronic device, includes a camera configured to obtain an image of a user; and at least one processor configured to divide the obtained image into a plurality of regio...