ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,474, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Object recognition apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Hyun Ju Kim (Yongin-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for recognizing an object and a method thereof are provided. The apparatus may comprise a sensor, a memory configured to store reference grid maps representing an appearance of a vehicle, and a processor configured to project a plurality of points indicating an external object, obtained by the sensor, onto a first surface to obtain a first grid map including a first plurality...