ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,888, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Seohwan Choi (Whasung-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and a control method thereof includes a microphone to which a speech command of a user is input; a communication module configured to receive contact data and contact history data from a mobile device; at least one memory configured to store a first speech recognition database, obtained based on the contact history data received from the mobile device, and a second speech recognition databas...