ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,647,760, issued on June 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Terminal, a vehicle communicating with a terminal, and a vehicle control system" was invented by Changjin Ji (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Wonho Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dongsuk Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Soongmin Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, a terminal communicating with the vehicle, and a vehicle control system are disclosed. The vehicle control system includes a vehicle having a plurality of control marks provided to match with each of a plurality of electronic devic...