ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,205, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electronic device and control method thereof" was invented by Chan Mo Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seok Won Kim (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Jung Min Ryu (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Yun Jae Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device can include one or more processors, and a storage medium storing computer-readable instructions that enable the one or more processors to receive target robot state information and a target robot boarding request of a target robot that is to board a t...