US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 1 for "Object detection device" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,432, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Object detection device" was invented by Young Rok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An object detection device is capable of accurately detecting a position of an object that is a detection target inside a vehicle cabin by using a single image sensor. The object detection device also includes: a sensor part configured to photograph the object existing inside the vehicle cabin; a sensor moving device configured to move a position of the sensor part; and a controller configured to detect the p...