US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on March 17 for "Vehicle seat control apparatus and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,752, issued on March 17, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle seat control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Ki Chang Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dong Chul Park (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle seat control apparatus for controlling seat vibration based on a sleep state of a driver and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus includes a detector that detects biometric information of a user and a driving device that controls a vibrator embedded in a vehicle seat. The apparatus further includes a controller connected ...