ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,291,178, issued on May 6, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus, method and computer readable storage medium for changing brake mode using brake pedal" was invented by Sang Bum Koh (Suwon-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for changing a brake mode using a brake pedal, includes a processor; and a storage medium recording at least one program configured to be executable by the processor, the at least one program including instructions; a first determination unit configured for determining whether a first condition for changing the brake mode is satisf...