ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,432, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Jin Sol Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Woong Hyun Ka (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jang Yoon Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jin Woo Bae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vehicle control apparatus and a method thereof. The vehicle control apparatus may include a memory in which neural network models are stored, a light detection and ranging (LiDAR) device, a camera, and a processor. The proces...