ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,408, issued on July 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Autonomous vehicle and method for controlling stop thereof" was invented by Yim Ju Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Lee (Gunpo-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stop control method for the autonomous vehicle includes: a processor configured to classify stop zones depending on predetermined requirement, to select one of the classified stop zones as a stop point by determining a degree of suitability of the classified stop zones based on the predetermined requirement, and to control the autonomous vehicl...