ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,441, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous vehicle, control system for remotely controlling the same, and method thereof" was invented by Jung Eun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Pil Hwang (Seoul, South Korea) and Wan Jae Lee (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle, a control system for remotely controlling the same, and a method thereof may include an autonomous driving control apparatus including a processor for determining whether remote control of the autonomous vehicle is required according to at least one of oc...