US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 22 for "Device and method for detecting 3D object" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,118, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for detecting 3D object" was invented by Hyun Kyu Lim (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus and a method for detecting a three-dimensional object includes a camera configured for obtaining a 2D image, and a controller electrically connected to the camera, and the controller extracts 2D information and 3D information for at least one object from the 2D image, and detects 3D object information by utilizing the 2D information and the 3D inf...