ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,975, issued on March 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Sinjung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vehicle capable of performing digital key authentication more smoothly. The vehicle includes a reader provided to perform communication with a digital key through near field communication (NFC), and a controller configured to perform a preset function of the vehicle based on a success of a transaction with the digital key through the reader, wherein the reader operates in a first mod...