ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,436,387, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Head-up display apparatus" was invented by Hui Won Shin (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Dong Woo Kim (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Ju Hyuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-up display apparatus includes an image source including a display; a first mirror located above the image source, and having a predetermined transmittance; a second mirror facing the first mirror, and selectively moving, by a driving unit, between an operating position and a protection position; a light sensor located be...