US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 1 for "Method and device for detecting electric vehicle using external camera and electric vehicle charging robot using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,514, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and device for detecting electric vehicle using external camera and electric vehicle charging robot using the same" was invented by Min Kyu Lee (Hwaseong, South Korea) and Jae Ho Lee (Hwaseong, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method of detecting a position of a vehicle such as an electric vehicle (EV) using a camera to determine whether the EV may be parked or located in a proper position. The vehicle position detection method, which may be performed by a device compri...