US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on Feb. 17 for "Adjustable task-lighting systems using liquid crystals" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,313, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Adjustable task-lighting systems using liquid crystals" was invented by Jonglee Park (Novi, Mich.) and Bradley Allen Newcomb (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes receiving, using a user interface element associated with an adjustable task-lighting module, a user input representing a selected illumination beam pattern for light emitted by the adjustable task-lighting module. The method also includes determining, based on the user input, a control voltage. Thereafter, the method includes controlling an a...