ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,309, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERING AND BUILDING TECHNOLOGY (Goyang-si, South Korea).

"Automatic light intensity control device for vehicle rear lamps in response to changes in visibility distance and its control method" was invented by Suk-Ki Lee (Gimpo-si, South Korea), Yongseok Kim (Goyang-si, South Korea), Won Il Park (Bucheon-si, South Korea) and Ki-Soo Park (Paju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an automatic light intensity control device for vehicle rear lamps in response to changes in visibility distance and its control method. To this end...