ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,980, issued on March 3, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Illumination device" was invented by Hitoshi Saito (Tokyo) and Gang Shao (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illumination device includes: a light source part emitting light; a light distribution shape setter setting a light distribution shape of light from the light source part; a storage storing therein light distribution shape data related to the light distribution shape; and a controller controlling the light distribution shape setter based on the light distribution shape data. Further, the light distribution shape setter sets the light distribution shape b...