US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 9 for "Autonomous driving control apparatus and method of controlling speed during transition to manual driving" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,496, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous driving control apparatus and method of controlling speed during transition to manual driving" was invented by Su Hong Chae (Hwaseong, South Korea), Ji Hwan Park (Seoul, South Korea), Young Jin Sung (Seoul, South Korea) and Chan Hee Jung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous driving control apparatus for transitioning control authority of an autonomous vehicle and a method thereof may include a processor provided in the autonomous vehicle configured to determine whether a predetermine...