US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 9 for "Apparatus for controlling autonomous driving and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,445, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling autonomous driving and method thereof" was invented by Kyung Joo Bang (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Jeong Ki Hong (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Jae Woong Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hyuk Kim (Hanam-si, South Korea) and Il Hwan Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for a vehicle to manage different braking modes is introduced. The apparatus may use a control device, along with sensors and memory, to monitor acceleration error and a real-time driving mode. Based...