US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 23 for "System and methods for shift characterization by driver intervention and external environment" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,797, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"System and methods for shift characterization by driver intervention and external environment" was invented by Brian Link (Superior Township, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for performing shift characterization are provided. The method may comprise determining whether an ego vehicle is decelerating based on one or more vehicle control and motion status measurements, monitoring, using a sensor unit, driver input and one or more driving situations for the ego vehicle, when the ego vehicle is de...