ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,660, issued on July 28, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous vehicle, control method for remotely controlling thereof" was invented by Hyun Cheol Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Wan Jae Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle and a remote control method therefor. An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides an autonomous vehicle including: an autonomous driving control apparatus including: a communication device configured to communicate with a control system; and a processor...