ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,494, issued on April 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sound control device of vehicle and method for controlling the same" was invented by Jung Keun You (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myoung Ok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Kaang Dok Yee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chi Sung Oh (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Mun Hwan Cho (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sound control device and a method for controlling the sound control device provided in a vehicle. The method comprises obtaining an input signal including at least one of a reference signal of an accelerometer or...