ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,672, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to HL KLEMOVE CORP. (Incheon, South Korea).

"Device and method for detecting blockage of radar sensor, and radar apparatus" was invented by GiYeon Won (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to devices and methods for detecting the blockage of a radar sensor, and radar apparatuses. The radar sensor blockage detection device may include a first determiner for determining an external environment state based on at least one of external weather data, external image data, and vehicle status data, and determining detection sensitivity according to a result ...