ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,376,014, issued on July 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for frequency scan control in sleep mode of vehicle" was invented by Yi Ha Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling frequency scanning in a sleep mode of a vehicle and a method thereof. The apparatus includes an input unit configured to receive vehicle mode information, a memory configured to store a program controlling the frequency scanning according to the vehicle mode information, and a processor configured to execute the program, and the processor stops the frequency scanning w...