US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI AUTOEVER on Feb. 10 for "Apparatus for and method of searching for an optimal route for vehicles" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,614, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for and method of searching for an optimal route for vehicles" was invented by SangKyu Son (Seoul, South Korea), Ruda Rhee (Seoul, South Korea), AhYoung Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and HyunSang Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for searching for an optimal route based on a well-used road includes a GPS module configured to detect a current vehicular position. The apparatus also includes a storage module configured to store digital map data. The apparatus also includes a processor configured to select an exte...