US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on May 12 for "Device and method for controlling a vehicle that supports vehicle boarding and exiting of passengers with mobility difficulties" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,506, issued on May 12, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling a vehicle that supports vehicle boarding and exiting of passengers with mobility difficulties" was invented by Yim Ju Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Lee (Gunpo-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling a vehicle includes: a sensor configured to obtain surroundings information of the vehicle and sensing a vehicle height; a location acquisition device configured to obtain a location of the vehicle; and a controller. The controller determines a location ...