ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,083, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for controlling walking assist" was invented by Jong Kyu Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Ji Min Han (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment system for controlling walking assist includes a walking assist device worn by a user and an electric moving device configured to set a height of a grip of the electric moving device and a height of a seat of the electric moving device that allow seating of the walking assist device based on setting information received from the wal...