ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,730, issued on June 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Autonomous vehicle and operating method thereof" was invented by Jong Sung Park (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Young Bin Min (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method may provide a notification for handover of driving control from the autonomous driving system to the user. The method includes determining whether the control of the vehicle needs to be handed over to a user based on an event occurring during autonomous driving of the vehicle, and providing the user with a notification indicating th...