ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,214, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle control device and vehicle control method" was invented by Cho Rong Ryu (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control device includes a Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR), a memory that stores map information, and a processor. The processor may filter datasets including a road edge portion associated with a position of a vehicle from the map information according to a first specified condition, obtain a plurality of first partial line segments, identify a plurality of second partial ...