ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,889, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Sensor information fusion method and apparatus" was invented by Sung Moon Jang (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Bo Young Yun (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment sensor information fusion method includes acquiring a first sensor track from a first sensor mounted in a vehicle and setting a reference sector based on the first sensor track, selecting at least one target track included in the reference sector, and comparatively analyzing an angle between the at least one target track and the ...