US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on May 27 for "Dual integrated control apparatus for autonomous vehicle and method of controlling operation of the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,765, issued on May 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dual integrated control apparatus for autonomous vehicle and method of controlling operation of the same" was invented by Eun Sik Kim (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea), Jae Wan Cho (Seoul, South Korea) and Won Jin Jeong (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a dual integrated control apparatus for an autonomous vehicle and a method of controlling an operation of the same, that allow a user to control operations of two joystick levers based on whether the joystick levers are...