US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Dec. 30 for "Method and apparatus for assisting vehicle stopping using SVM" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,082, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for assisting vehicle stopping using SVM" was invented by Min Chul Kang (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for assisting a vehicle to stop at crosswalks and intersections by using a surround view monitor (SVM). In particular, the method includes: obtaining a front top-view image of the vehicle by using the SVM, performing a stop line detection in the front top-view image, and performing a crosswalk detection in the front top-view image in response to no...