US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Aug. 18 for "Apparatus for controlling vehicle and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,711,779, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Ju Hyeok Ra (Guri-si, South Korea) and Yoon Suk Jang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure presents a vehicle control apparatus comprising a sensor and a processor. The processor is configured to generate a tracking box from a virtual box acquired at an initial time point, determine associated virtual boxes at a subsequent time point, and merge virtual boxes selectively based on factors like distance, road edge location, or...