ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,297, issued on Aug. 11.

"Systems and methods for intelligent control of vehicle lighting to mitigate insect presence" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Naples, Fla.), Matthew Johnson (Toledo, Ohio), David Michael Russell (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Michael Alan Mcnees (Flat Rock, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for intelligent control of vehicle lights to mitigate presence of insects are provided. A vehicle may capture image data using one or more of its sensors. The image data may be of the internal cabin of the vehicle an external environment of the vehicle. The image data may be pro...