ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,588, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"System and method for sterilizing vehicle" was invented by Jae Seung Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for sterilizing an interior of a vehicle includes: a sterilizer disposed on a driver's seat of the vehicle and configured to sterilize the interior of the vehicle; a driver detection sensor configured to detect a presence of a driver inside the vehicle; a seat movement adjustment mechanism configured to move the seat; and a controller configured to, in response to receiving a non-det...