US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 28 for "Apparatus for controlling autonomous vehicle based on performing a minimum risk maneuver and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,907, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling autonomous vehicle based on performing a minimum risk maneuver and method thereof" was invented by Young Jin Sung (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Young Kim (Gwangmyeong, South Korea), Ji Hwan Park (Seoul, South Korea), Su Hong Chae (Hwaseong, South Korea) and Chan Hee Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for controlling an autonomous vehicle for a minimum risk maneuver (MRM) of the autonomous vehicle are provided. A processor provided in the autonomous veh...