ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,297, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Driving operation apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Eun Sik Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving operation apparatus for a vehicle, and a steering unit provided on a center display, an acceleration unit provided on a right display, and a braking unit provided on a left display become a driving operation system of a vehicle and is integrally modularized as one system, and the driving operation apparatus may have a display to assist to improve a passenger's entertainment in an...