ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,135, issued on March 18, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle controller and method thereof" was invented by Ki Won Lee (Uiwang-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle controller and a method thereof are provided. The vehicle controller includes a processor that determines whether a driver has an intention to make a lane change using at least one of a steering angle condition, a gaze condition of the driver, or a driving pattern condition of the driver. The processor shares lane change information with a surrounding vehicle, when it is determined tha...