ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,766, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SL Mirrortech Corp. (Siheung-Si, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method of controlling vehicle equipped with operating switch linked to touch panel of digital side mirror system" was invented by Chang Woo Sohn (Seoul, South Korea), Byeong Kwan Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Soo Man Jung (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea), Choon Gi Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Mu Youl Lee (Daegu, South Korea), Chul Jung (Incheon, South Korea), Woo Young Chung (Uiwang-Si, South Korea) and Seok Keon Kwon (Anyang-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Offi...