US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 24 for "Ultra wide band based digital key positioning and object sensor positioning fusion with vehicle control" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,064, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ultra wide band based digital key positioning and object sensor positioning fusion with vehicle control" was invented by Jaewoong Min (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include: an autonomous vehicle sensor configured to detect an object located around the vehicle; an ultra wide band (UWB) module configured to receive a UWB signal transmitted from a digital key; and a controller configured to be electrically connected to the UWB module. The controller is configured to obtain sensor-based po...