ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,606, issued on March 24, was assigned to Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Image variable lighting apparatus" was invented by Chan Ho Joo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyoung Jin Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jun Hyuk Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an image variable lighting apparatus, including a light source portion configured to emit light forward, and a variable light-transmitting portion configured to be disposed in front of the light source portion, in which light transmittance of the variable light-transmitting portion changes depending on whether an electrical signal is in...