ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,781, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle" was invented by Dong Hyuk Kim (Hanam-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor configured to obtain a location of an obstacle in a driving lane of a vehicle and a location of a rear vehicle driving in the driving lane and a controller configured to set an avoidance area within the driving lane based on a virtual line connecting the rear vehicle to the obstacle and to generate an avoidance route for the vehicle ...