ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,545,149, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Hyundai Transys Inc. (Seosan-si, South Korea).

"VR-based seat control apparatus and method for vehicle" was invented by Sang Kyung Koh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ingyu Jang (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Wonho Jung (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Seong Youn Jo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Virtual Reality (VR)-based seat control apparatus for a vehicle includes: an input unit for receiving an image mode operation command from a user; and a control unit for playing a prepared timetable according to the image mode operation command, performing interlocking with a seat module of ...