ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,320, issued on March 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Tae Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor device that obtains position information and driving information of a vehicle, a communication device that receives traffic light information related to at least one traffic light associated with the position information from the outside thereof, and a controller configured for determining whether to provide a service prohibited for use while the ...