ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,477, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for warning vehicle entry into dangerous area" was invented by Daehan Choi (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Suhyeon Chae (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for warning vehicle entry into a dangerous area includes: a monitoring period calculator determining a first monitoring period based on a driving speed of a vehicle and a distance from the vehicle to a second dangerous area nearest to the vehicle after an initial first alarm is transmitted as the vehicle enters a ...