US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on March 25 for "Vehicle and method for preventing malfunction of touch sensor in vehicle door" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,979, issued on March 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method for preventing malfunction of touch sensor in vehicle door" was invented by Dae Sung Jin (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle and a method are configured to prevent malfunction of a touch sensor in a vehicle door. The vehicle includes a transceiver for transmitting a searching signal to a smart key located outside the vehicle and receiving a response signal to the searching signal, at least one touch sensor mounted in a door of the vehicle to sense a touch input of a user i...