ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,567, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle based on weather information and road environment information" was invented by Ji Hun Choi (Goyang-si, South Korea), Jun Yong Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Sung Ho Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sung Ik Jo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Sung Su Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Seung Eun Yu (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Sung Jae Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle based on weather information and road environment inform...