US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 3 for "Apparatus for generating U-turn path of vehicle and method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,319,312, issued on June 3, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for generating U-turn path of vehicle and method thereof" was invented by Sung Woo Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Su Jin Han (Seoul, South Korea) and Su Young Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment an apparatus includes a path generator provided in a vehicle, wherein the path generator is configured to generate, based on a minimum turning radius of the vehicle, a default U-turn path and to generate a final U-turn path based on a path following control reference point of the vehicle ...