ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,108, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle" was invented by Jeong Min Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Woong Choi (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method and apparatus for controlling a vehicle, the vehicle control apparatus includes rear-wheels steering unit configured to steer a rear wheel, to measure a rear wheel angle, and generate a status signal, a failure determination unit operatively connected to the rear-wheel steering unit and configured to determine a failure situation of the rear-...