US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 18 for "System and method for heating battery in vehicle using big data" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,036, issued on March 18, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and method for heating battery in vehicle using big data" was invented by Hyun Soo Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for heating a battery in a vehicle supplying driving power by a motor as a vehicle-driving source is provided. The system includes a big-data server configured to receive driving information of the vehicle and to determine an estimated driving start time of the vehicle and required output required at an initial driving stage of the vehicle based on the received driv...