US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle using voice or facial expressions" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,996, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (South, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (South, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for controlling vehicle using voice or facial expressions" was invented by Jung Seok Suh (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yu Na Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an embodiment a method for controlling a vehicle using a vehicle control apparatus is disclosed. The method includes determining whether one or more occupants are in the vehicle and determining whether to change a route based on a conversation between a main occupant and a non-main occupant, a voice of the main occupa...