US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 23 for "Method and apparatus for providing user interface based on projection" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,699, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for providing user interface based on projection" was invented by Ha Kyung Yeom (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Jae Hoon Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for providing an interface using a projection includes: a first camera for capturing a vehicle user when an approach of the vehicle user to a vehicle is detected; a projector for projecting an interface, related to at least one vehicle control function, preset based on user identification information; a second ca...