US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Oct. 27 for "Smart air-conditioning control method and apparatus of a vehicle" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,889, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Smart air-conditioning control method and apparatus of a vehicle" was invented by Sangwoo Yu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart air-conditioning control apparatus of a vehicle may include: a power supply unit configured to activate and deactivate a smart air-conditioning control function of the vehicle based on a user input, a detector configured to detect whether an occupant is seated in each seat through a sensor disposed in each seat in the vehicle, when the smart air-conditioning co...