US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOBIS on Dec. 30 for "Obstacle detection system and method using distance sensor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,658, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Obstacle detection system and method using distance sensor" was invented by Tae Sik Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an obstacle detection system using distance sensors including a first distance sensor which is mounted in a vehicle and senses a distance to the obstacle positioned inside a first field of view; a second distance sensor which is mounted in the vehicle to be spaced apart from the first distance sensor in the lateral direction of the vehicle and senses the distance to the obstacle positioned i...