US Patent Issued to HYUNDAI MOTOR, KIA on Sept. 23 for "Vehicle integrated controller and vehicle function implementation method using the same" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,635, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle integrated controller and vehicle function implementation method using the same" was invented by Yu-Mi Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle integrated controller includes: a board; an integrated pattern part positioned on the board; a touch integrated circuit (IC) part connected to the integrated pattern part to detect a change in a charge amount of the integrated pattern part; and a controller connected to the touch IC part and outputting an operation signal of a function co...