US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 29 for "Method of controlling air-conditioning for occupants through seating detection" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,854, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling air-conditioning for occupants through seating detection" was invented by Jae Won Heo (Seoul, South Korea) and Jin Han Kim (Hwasun-eup, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling air conditioning for occupants through seating detection includes: determining whether an entire air conditioning condition is satisfied when an air conditioner is operated and performing air conditioning for the entire vehicle when the entire air conditioning condition is satisfied; detecting...