ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,066, issued on May 26, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and control method considering risk of vehicle" was invented by Dong Hyun Sung (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Jong Chul Kim (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Sangmin Lee (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Tae-Geun An (Whasung-Si, South Korea), Eungseo Kim (Whasung-Si, South Korea) and Yongseok Kwon (Whasung-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle configured to perform collision avoidance control includes a steering device, a brake device, an output device, and a controller. When there is a risk of collision between...