ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,344, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Eco-friendly vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Gyu Ri Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hui Un Son (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Sung II Jung (Dongnae-Gu, South Korea), Do Hwa Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Bae Jeon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method of controlling an eco-friendly vehicle, the method including determining whether the vehicle may be in valet mode, when the vehicle may be determined to be in valet mode, generating the weight of an object...