US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 1 for "Route suggestion device and method therefor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,537, issued on July 1, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Route suggestion device and method therefor" was invented by Dong Il Yang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A route suggestion device and a method therefor are provided. The route suggestion device includes at least one processor. The at least one processor determines whether it is possible for a vehicle to arrive at a destination based on a current drivable distance, when the destination is set, searches for at least one charging station in a route where the vehicle arrives at the destination, usin...