ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,576, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and control method thereof" was invented by Seong Soo Yae (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A voice recognition apparatus for use in a vehicle may include: a user interface configured to receive a command from a user; a memory configured to store data about a voice recognition usage history of the user; and a processor configured to change a voice recognition guide mode to one of a plurality of modes divided according to a degree of detail of a voice recognition guide based on the voice r...