US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 9 for "Electronic toll collection system and control method for the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,167, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electronic toll collection system and control method for the same" was invented by Seung Jae Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, South Korea) and Dongchan Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic toll collection system terminal includes a communication interface configured to be connected to a vehicle network, a card IC chip configured to store a first card issued, and a controller configured to control the communication interface and the card IC chip. The controller is configured to generate initializati...