US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on Sept. 9 for "Vehicle and method of controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,792, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle and method of controlling the same" was invented by Hyunsang Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Yun Sup Ann (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, which includes a display and enables a driver to easily observe an occupant in a rear seat, includes a rear camera configured to acquire a rear image and having a visual field directed toward a rear side of the vehicle, a display part configured to display the rear image, at least one rear-seat camera configured to acquire at least one re...