US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 24 for "Eco-friendly vehicle and method of controlling valet mode for the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,652, issued on June 24, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Eco-friendly vehicle and method of controlling valet mode for the same" was invented by Hui Un Son (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gyu Ri Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sung Il Jung (Dongnae-Gu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed may be a method of controlling a valet mode of a vehicle, the method including determining whether the vehicle may be in valet mode, when the vehicle may be determined to be in the valet mode, setting the vehicle to a plurality of parking state modes based on the traveling sta...