ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,137, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Dimming device and dimming method" was invented by Yoshihisa Ooishi (Kanagawa Ken, Japan) and Shoichi Ishikawa (Kanagawa Ken, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dimming device includes a dimming layer, a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, a row drive circuit, a column drive circuit, and a control circuit. The dimming layer includes a first main surface and a second main surface opposite the first main surface. The first electrodes each extend in a row direction and face the first main surface. The second...