US Patent Issued to KOITO MANUFACTURING on March 31 for "Light distribution control device, vehicular lamp system, and light distribution control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,686, issued on March 31, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Light distribution control device, vehicular lamp system, and light distribution control method" was invented by Hirohiko Oshio (Shizuoka, Japan), Yuichi Watano (Shizuoka, Japan), Koji Ishihara (Shizuoka, Japan), Takashi Terayama (Shizuoka, Japan), Tatsuma Kitazawa (Shizuoka, Japan), Takao Muramatsu (Shizuoka, Japan) and Shuji Matsuura (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light distribution control device controls formation of a light distribution pattern by a light distribution variable lamp. The light distribution control device controls t...