ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,474, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for controlling autonomous vehicle" was invented by Yimju Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Hoon Lee (Gunpo-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an autonomous vehicle control apparatus including a sensor that obtains sensing information associated with an entity around a vehicle, a camera that obtains an image of the entity, and one or more processor that determine whether the entity is estimated to reach the vehicle at least a predetermined time after a door of the vehicle opens, a...