US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Feb. 4 for "Eco-friendly vehicle and method for evaluating valet mode driving therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,790, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Eco-friendly vehicle and method for evaluating valet mode driving therefor" was invented by Gyu Ri Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seong Wook Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Do Hwa Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Bae Jeon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung Il Jung (Busan, South Korea), Jae Young Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Jeong Eun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hui Un Son (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed may be a method for evaluating valet mode driving of a vehicle. The method includes dete...