US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Nov. 11 for "Method of controlling switching to manual driving mode of autonomous vehicle" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,446, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of controlling switching to manual driving mode of autonomous vehicle" was invented by Myung Ki Yeom (Incheon, South Korea) and In Su Kim (Anyang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling switching to a manual driving mode of an autonomous vehicle, enables switching to the manual driving mode to be safely performed without interfering with a nearby vehicle in a safe lane or a safe place according to a surrounding driving environment by allowing a driver to select between switching to ...