ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,209, issued on March 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle control method for one-pedal driving assistance" was invented by Jin Rak Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jeong Soo Eo (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control method for one-pedal driving assistance including a process capable of accurately determining whether a traveling road is in a congested section in a proximity distance control start condition in a vehicle that enables one-pedal driving is provided. The vehicle control method includes including collecting, by a con...