US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on June 10 for "Methods and system for detecting misuse of seat belts" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,380, issued on June 10, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Methods and system for detecting misuse of seat belts" was invented by Young Rok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for detecting misuse of the seat belt includes a sensor unit detecting an occupant seated on a seat and a seat belt and a controller detecting an occupant based on an image signal detected through the sensor unit while the seat belt is fastened, separately detecting a shoulder webbing and a lap webbing of the seat belt, and determining whether the seat belt ...