ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,877, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and system for recommending vehicle control mode based on vehicle situation" was invented by Do Hwa Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Il Jung (Busan, South Korea), Dae Yeong Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Tae Hyun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sung Bae Jeon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yong Joo Lee (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method and a system for recommending a vehicle control mode based on a vehicle situation, the method of recommending a vehicle control mode includes receiving s...