US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 28 for "Apparatus for determining short distance cut-in target" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,688, issued on July 28, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for determining short distance cut-in target" was invented by Nam Hyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Bo Young Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Sung Moon Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for determining a short cut-in target includes a processor, wherein the processor is configured to generate a ROI on a grid map by use of sensor information provided from a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) sensor mounted on a vehicle, sets a cut-in reference line based on a sensor inf...