US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 30 for "Authentication device and vehicle having the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,758, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Authentication device and vehicle having the same" was invented by Jaewon Jung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Youlan Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Juyeong Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an authentication camera provided on an exterior of a body of the vehicle, a vehicle terminal provided on an interior of the body and receiving a user input, an auxiliary display provided on the interior of the body and displaying an review view image, and a processor controlling, upon receipt of...