ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,847, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Driving control apparatus and a method thereof" was invented by Il Hwan Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Kyung Joo Bang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jae Woong Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Hyuk Kim (Hanam-si, South Korea) and Jeong Ki Hong (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driving control apparatus includes a sensor device, a memory, and a controller. The driving control apparatus identifies at least one of a driving situation of an ego vehicle, driving information of the ego vehicle, or any ...