ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,317, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Lumileds Singapore Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Adaptive illumination for LED arrays" was invented by Rob Jacques Paul Engelen (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Mehdi Aas (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A structure and method of operating micro-LEDs are described. The micro-LEDs are arranged in a micro-LED array and have random orientations, distributions, and positions within the array. A lens array includes micro-lenses configured to capture light from the micro-LEDs. The micro-LED array structure is calibrated by capturing light from each of the micro-LEDs at different times and...