ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,069, issued on Dec. 16.

"Autonomous driving device and driving control method thereof" was invented by Ga Hee Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Yun Sub Kim (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Hwan Hee Lee (Gunpo-Si, South Korea) and Seung Yong Lee (Uiwang-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous driving device and a driving control method thereof are provided. The autonomous driving device includes at least one sensor, a processor, and storage including a database. The processor is configured to detect, using the at least one sensor, an obstacle that is present on a passage in a first driving path, of the first autonomous driving de...