ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,637,001, issued on May 26, was assigned to Honda Motor Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Control system and method for enhancing vehicle driving experience" was invented by Christopher John Tarchala (Los Angeles), Gypsy R. Modina (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Yuyan Chen (Los Angeles), Chanmi Lee (Torrance, Calif.) and Jaehyung Jo (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system for enhancing a vehicle driving experience is disclosed. The control system comprises a lighting system disposed within a vehicle and is at least configured to illuminate one or more locations on one or more passenger seats of the vehicle. The control system further c...