ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,993, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Collision accident response system and method for a vehicle" was invented by Seung-Kyu Kang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jong-Hun Choi (Incheon, South Korea), Dae-Hyun Choi (Ansan-si, South Korea), Eun-Mook Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Han-Jo Jeong (Uiwang-si, South Korea), Sung-Ung Ryu (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoung-Hyun Lee (Incheon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collision accident response system for a vehicle includes: a transparent glass attached to a front surface of the vehicle; a transparent ...