ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,650,491, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and system for detecting object" was invented by Mi Rim Noh (Jeonju-si, South Korea) and Ju Heon Baeg (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method and a system for detecting an object. A method of detecting an object, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, includes determining whether the object in a region of interest of a (host) vehicle is in a turning state or a straight moving state, determining a location of a reference point for the object based ...