US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 3 for "Authentication device and vehicle having the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,148, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Authentication device and vehicle having the same" was invented by Hyunsang Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yunsup Ann (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The vehicle may include a communicator configured to communicate with a mobile device; a camera; and an authentication apparatus configured to perform user authentication based on image information obtained by the camera, and provide a user with a vehicle control right, in response to the user authentication being successful. In response to receiving b...