US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Jan. 13 for "Method of controlling vehicle by altitude prediction based on identification of high-energy areas and vehicle using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,195, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling vehicle by altitude prediction based on identification of high-energy areas and vehicle using the same" was invented by Young Kwang Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment, a method of controlling a vehicle by altitude prediction based on identification of a high-energy area is provided. The method can include identifying a high-energy spot based on a reference altitude change and map information including altitude data, clustering high-energy spots for each area ...