US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 16 for "Autonomous driving control system and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,694, issued on June 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous driving control system and method thereof" was invented by Dong Hwi Lee (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Keon Chang Lee (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Su Jung Yoo (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous driving control system and a method thereof are provided. The autonomous driving control system includes a strategy performing device that generates and performs a stop strategy of a vehicle on the basis of a target stop location, when a critical situation occurs during autonomous driving...