ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,868, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Remote parking control system and fail-safe method thereof" was invented by Ki Ho Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gil Won Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Kyeong Mo Yang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Wan Seok Yang (Gangnam-Gu, South Korea) and Yun Sik Kim (Dongjak-Gu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote parking control system and a fail-safe method thereof may include at least one controller and a remote parking control apparatus that performs braking control according to motor reverse torque control and tran...