ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,138, issued on March 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Adaptive headlight beam" was invented by Elke Dieter (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle, headlight system and method of operating the headlight. The headlight system includes a headlight, a sensor configured to obtain an image of an object, and a processor. The processor is configured to determine a projection of the object within the headlight, identify a pixel having a portion thereof within the projection, and turn off the pixel to reduce glare from the headlight at the object."

The patent was filed on March 10, 2...