ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,467, issued on June 2, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Communication lamp for vehicle" was invented by Yuichi Shibata (Shizuoka, Japan), Honami Fujii (Shizuoka, Japan), Kouhei Murata (Shizuoka, Japan) and Kouki Hizumi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A communication lamp for a vehicle includes a light source unit including a multi-color light source configured to emit light of a plurality of colors, and an illumination control unit configured to control the light source unit such that colors of the light emitted from the light source unit change over time."

The patent was filed on Jan. 11, 2023, ...