US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 22 for "Apparatus for controlling lane keeping, vehicle system having the same and method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,773, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling lane keeping, vehicle system having the same and method thereof" was invented by Dong Hyuk Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lane keeping control apparatus and, a vehicle system including the same are provided. The lane keeping control apparatus includes a processor that supports a lane replacement mode by determining an intention of a driver based on a steering direction of the driver and a steering torque value of the driver during lane keeping control; and a stor...