US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 21 for "Vehicle and control method of vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,495, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and control method of vehicle" was invented by Dongchan Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Seungjae Lee (Gwangmyeong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may include: an Electronic Toll Collection System (ETCS) terminal including a card Integrated Circuit (IC) chip; and a head unit connected to the ETCS terminal via a vehicle network, wherein the head unit may be configured to: obtain a remaining distance to an ETCS payment location, based on the remaining distance being less than a preset distanc...