US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 5 for "Autonomous driving control apparatus and method for generating driving path thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,427, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous driving control apparatus and method for generating driving path thereof" was invented by Sung Woo Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Kwan Kim (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous driving control apparatus and a method for generating a driving path thereof are provided. The autonomous driving control apparatus includes a processor that receives a driving path from a navigation device. The processor is configured to determine whether there is a turn section on the driving path, determ...