ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,440, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Jihye Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Dong June Song (Anyang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes an authentication key system for identifying an authentication key, an occupant sensor for detecting an occupant and generating occupant information, a display to display information regarding vehicle operation, and a controller to control the authentication key system, the occupant sensor, and the display, wherein the controller is fu...