ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,430, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for controlling autonomous driving vehicle" was invented by Jeong Ki Hong (Seongnam-Si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an autonomous driving control apparatus and a control method thereof. An autonomous driving control apparatus may include a sensor device, a communication device, one or more processors, and memory. The sensor device may detect a leading vehicle of a host vehicle. The communication device may receive, from the leading vehicle, vehicle in...