ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,631, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle control apparatus and method thereof" was invented by Min Seok Song (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus includes a processor configured to obtain operation data including at least one of a required power value of a vehicle, a speed of the vehicle, transmission efficiency, or a gradient angle. The processor is also configured to calculate total mass of the vehicle, including at least one of tolerance mass of the vehicle, mass of a passenger riding in the vehi...