US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on April 22 for "Vehicle and method for controlling thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,284,491, issued on April 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method for controlling thereof" was invented by Kyoung Jin Chang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle selects various sound sources and outputs driving sound based on information received from the navigation system. A database stores sound sources classified as first and second emotions. A controller outputs a landmark name based on a route guidance text and outputs a ratio of the first and second emotions corresponding to the landmark name. The controller selects a first sound ...