ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,590, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling vehicle and method for the same" was invented by Dae Hyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for controlling a vehicle and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus includes a plurality of controllers configured to control the vehicle, a hacking monitoring system to monitor a hacking attempt against the vehicle, and a vehicle control device to detect a safety zone in front of the vehicle, set an entry path for entering the safety zone, and adjust, based ...