US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 15 for "Vehicle occupant verification methods and systems" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,815, issued on April 15, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle occupant verification methods and systems" was invented by Duhyun Hwang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a vehicle and a vehicle occupant check method. The vehicle occupant check method comprises checking whether a vehicle occupant is inside a vehicle based on a first preset condition, comprising checking a presence of the vehicle occupant inside the vehicle through a detection sensor, when a current driver of the vehicle matches an existing driver, and a driving pattern of ...