ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,266, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous vehicle, control system for remotely controlling the vehicle, and control method thereof" was invented by Dong Hyuk Kim (Hanam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an autonomous vehicle, a control system for remotely controlling the same, and a method thereof. An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a control system including: a steering configured to be controlled by a user for steering control of an autonomous vehicle; and a processor configur...