ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,648, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle control apparatus and a method thereof" was invented by Jee Wook Huh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus for a rest in a vehicle and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle control apparatus includes a detector that obtains user information and a processor connected to the detector. The processor determines a user state based on the user information obtained by the detector while a vehicle is traveling. The processor determines whether a rest mode entry c...