ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,144, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for and method of controlling in in-vehicle infotainment system" was invented by Ji Hye Back (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bo Young Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jae Yeon Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and method for controlling an in-vehicle infotainment system are provided. The apparatus includes: a vehicular-information input device to input a vehicular state; a communicator for mirroring with a mobile terminal; an input and output device to display output information based on information input ...