US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Oct. 14 for "Sound control apparatus for vehicles and method of controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,330, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sound control apparatus for vehicles and method of controlling the same" was invented by Joong Kwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Myoung Ok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kang Dok Yee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jung Keun You (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Chi Sung Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Mun Hwan Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound control apparatus for a vehicle is capable of implementing a separated sound zone in response to a change in position of a passenger's head. A separated sound ...