ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,420, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Sungwang Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jungdo Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jaemin Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Minjae Park (Seongnam-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle includes at least one holder, a communication interface configured to communicate with a user terminal, a user interface device configured to visualize and output vehicle operating information, and a controller configured to, in response to the user terminal being mounte...