ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,686, issued on March 31, was assigned to SL Corp. (Daegu, South Korea).

"Lighting system" was invented by Ki Hae Shin (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea), Jong Woon Kim (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea) and Jong Min Lee (Gyeongsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system is capable of forming pattern images at various locations while having a simplified structure. The lighting system includes a lighting device that emits light for forming a pattern image at at least one location; and a control device configured to control a target direction to which the irradiation light is emitted based on at least one of vehicle state in...