ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,407,794, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kla Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for SVM top view image processing" was invented by Min Chul Kang (Uiwang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment image processing apparatus includes an image collector for collecting an image of surroundings around a vehicle using a camera attached to the vehicle, an object recognition sensor for collecting obstacle location information of an obstacle located around the vehicle, a first display for displaying a parking warning image based on the obstacle location information, a ...