US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 2 for "Vehicle assistance device and method and vehicle having same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,468, issued on June 2, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle assistance device and method and vehicle having same" was invented by Dong Hyeon Woo (Daegu, South Korea), Hyeon Taek Choi (Bucheon-si, South Korea), Dong Hoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeong Eun Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jin Kyeom Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle assistance device includes an information provider configured to provide information necessary to perform an assistance function, and a controller configured to determine whether a driver is drinking bas...