ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,463, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Seong Soo Yae (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a vehicle and a control method thereof that may allow an occupant as well as a driver to conveniently use a speech recognition system by utilizing a microphone of a mobile device as a source of speech input, that may utilize a microphone of a mobile device as a source of noise collection, when a driver uses a speech recognition system. A vehicle may include a microphone; a speaker;...