ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,075, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and SMR Automotive Modules Korea Ltd. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"System for driving digital side mirror for vehicles" was invented by Nak Kyoung Kong (Seongnam-Si, South Korea), Ki Hong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Hee Lee (Incheon, South Korea), Jong Min Park (Seoul, South Korea), Won Sik Hong (Incheon, South Korea), Houng Young Shin (Incheon, South Korea), Chang Hwan Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Min Cho (Siheung-Si, South Korea) and Baek Joon Kwon (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for dr...