ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,500, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method and apparatus for smart anchor-based position estimation" was invented by Jung Hun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Hyun Ha (Seoul, South Korea) and Jae Wung Jung (Bucheon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A smart anchor-based position estimation method and apparatus are disclosed. The position estimation method, performed by a position estimation apparatus, includes: identifying one or more line-of-sight (LOS) anchors from among one or more anchors mounted in a vehicle; selecting reference ...