ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,333, issued on July 22, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Forward collision-avoidance assist system and a method thereof" was invented by Joo Hyeok Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Kyeong Yeon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A forward collision-avoidance assist (FCA) system and method that prevents a too sensitive operation of anti-collision control such as unnecessary braking or an avoidance control due to sensing of an oncoming vehicle even when a risk of collision is lowered by temporary lane crossing performed based on a surrounding situation....