US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 3 for "Apparatus for controlling biased driving of vehicle and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,207, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling biased driving of vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Heung Seok Chae (Incheon, South Korea), Beom Jun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yoo Suk Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling biased driving of a vehicle includes a first sensor which is configured to detect an obstacle on a road, a second sensor that captures a surrounding image of the obstacle, and a controller which is configured for determining an overtaking speed based on at least one of...