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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,245, issued on July 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Dong Ho Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hae Dong Youn (Incheon, South Korea), Da Won Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), June Kyu Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ju Ho Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of a vehicle control apparatus includes an air conditioning device, a sensor device, a memory, and a controller. The vehicle control apparatus can identify at least one of a driving position of a host vehicle, a driving m...