US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Dec. 30 for "Safety detecting device and a safety detecting system including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,709, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Safety detecting device and a safety detecting system including the same" was invented by Hwa Woong Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ki Hoon Nam (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Ji Su Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Byung Ho Yoon (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Chul Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety detecting device includes a detector that detects an external object located in a detection area, and a controller that determines the detection area based on whether a communication with a robot t...