ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,101, issued on May 13, was assigned to SK PLANET Co. LTD. (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and system for detecting road surface condition and method for detecting road surface condition by using same" was invented by Jong Hee Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yeonghyeon Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to: an apparatus and system for detecting a road surface condition, wherein the road surface condition is determined through a sound signal; and a method for detecting a road surface condition by using same. The apparatus for detecting a road surface condition according to ...