US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on April 8 for "Human machine interface device of a vehicle and a controlling method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,272,240, issued on April 8, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Human machine interface device of a vehicle and a controlling method thereof" was invented by Hong Gyu Lee (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Human Machine Interface (HMI) device for a vehicle includes a determination unit configured to determine whether to recommend an alternative type of transportation around a vehicle, a calculation unit configured to calculate at least one of an expected arrival time or an expected fare of the passenger to arrive at a destination on the navigation route usi...