ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,700, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Hyejoo Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and a method of controlling the same includes: a display configured to emit light to a ground surface, a communicator configured to receive a movement signal of the vehicle through communication with an external terminal, and a controller configured to determine a moving area of the vehicle based on the received movement signal of the vehicle, determine a danger area and a safety area...