ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,313, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Autonomous driving control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Dong Hoon Kang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A longitudinal autonomous driving control apparatus for following a target vehicle and a method thereof are provided. A sensor device provided in a vehicle obtains information about one or more surrounding vehicles. A controller analyzes longitudinal behaviors of the one or more surrounding vehicles and determines whether the one or more surrounding vehicles are vehicles suitable for...