ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,460, issued on May 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle and hands-off state detection method thereof" was invented by Dongseob Lee (Ulsan, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hands-off state detection method of a vehicle includes determining a difference between a pinion angle and a column angle of a motor-driven power steering (MDPS) system of the vehicle, and determining a hands-off state of a steering wheel of the vehicle based on the difference between the pinion angle and the column angle."
The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2023, under Application No. 18/48...