ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,265, issued on May 20, was assigned to SEMES Co. LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"Driving apparatus and operation method thereof" was invented by Seung Chan Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Sang Ok Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a driving apparatus and an operating method thereof. The driving apparatus includes a body part; driving parts configured to drive the body part along a driving route; actuating parts configured to provide an actuation force to the driving parts to drive the body part; and an information collection part configured to collect vibration information on vibrati...