ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,639, issued on June 24, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and HYUNDAI AUTOEVER CORP. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous driving recorder and operation method thereof" was invented by Byung Guk Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Ho Choul Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Kyu Baek Jung (Hanam-si, South Korea), Sung Mo Dong (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Hoon Lee (Cheonan-si, South Korea) and Jong Yoon Yee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous driving recorder and an operation method thereof, may include a storage including a secure world, an authenticator that s...