ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,745, issued on May 13, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for recognizing emergency vehicle" was invented by Jung Seok Suh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hae Seong Jeong (Saha-gu, South Korea), Mi Jin Chung (Seoul, South Korea), Ja Yoon Goo (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Hong Gyu Lee (Goyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for recognizing an emergency vehicle. An apparatus for recognizing an emergency vehicle is provided, including a processor; and a memory configured to store at least one in...