US Patent Issued on June 9 for "Systems and methods for operating vehicle exterior lights" (Michigan, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,412, issued on June 9.

"Systems and methods for operating vehicle exterior lights" was invented by Keith Weston (Canton, Mich.), John Robert Van Wiemeersch (Novi, Mich.), Brendan Diamond (Naples, Fla.), Stuart C. Salter (White Lake, Mich.) and Michael Alan Mcnees (Flat Rock, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle including a plurality of lighting units and a processor is disclosed. The plurality of lighting units may be oriented on an exterior of the vehicle to illuminate areas proximate to the vehicle. The processor may identify that a vehicle speed is less than a predefined threshold value. The processor may further identify...