US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 24 for "System and method for converting driving control rights in autonomous vehicles" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,483, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for converting driving control rights in autonomous vehicles" was invented by Eun Young Choi (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Woo Jin Kim (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Ki Seok Seong (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Dong IL Yang (Whasung-Si, South Korea) and Da Ye Pyun (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated driving system of a vehicle includes a driver monitoring unit configured to perform at least one of monitoring a gaze of a driver and determining a position of a hand of the driver, ...