ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,416, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Seong Soo Yae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle may accurately recognize a voice command of a speaker by identifying the speaker who desires to use a voice recognition function. In particular, the vehicle includes: a microphone array including a first microphone and a second microphone; a button configured to activate a voice recognition system; a sensor configured to detect a contact area of a finger pressing the button. The voice ...