US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Dec. 16 for "Autonomous vehicle, control system for remotely controlling the same, and method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,230, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Autonomous vehicle, control system for remotely controlling the same, and method thereof" was invented by Il Hwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An autonomous vehicle includes a control system for remotely controlling the same. The autonomous vehicle includes an autonomous driving control apparatus having a processor that is configured to transmit an emergency request message to a control system when an emergency occurs to an emergency patient in the vehicle during autonomous driving, and t...