ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,208, issued on July 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Foreign substance detection system" was invented by Je Yeon Kim (Yangsan-si, South Korea) and Hae Jun Jeong (Siheung-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A foreign substance detection system is disclosed to detect whether foreign substances are attached to an environmental sensor of a vehicle. The foreign substance detection system includes a detection loop through which current selectively flows. In particular, the detection loop includes a controller configured to operatively control a sensor cleaning sy...