ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,162, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for controlling a vehicle" was invented by Young Hoon Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Kwang Hae Ye (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a vehicle includes a fuse block connected to a vehicle controller and configured to supply power to the vehicle controller. The system also includes a power control device that includes a sensor and a processor. The sensor is configured to sense a current of the fuse block connected to the vehicle controller. The processor is co...