US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on July 22 for "Device and method for controlling autonomous driving" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,363, issued on July 22, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device and method for controlling autonomous driving" was invented by Kyung Joo Bang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for controlling autonomous driving includes at least one sensor disposed in an autonomous driving vehicle, wherein the sensor is configured to detect information necessary for autonomous driving of the autonomous driving vehicle. The device further includes a controller, wherein the controller is configured to diagnose a fault of the at least one sensor during autonomous drivin...