US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on March 31 for "Light projection apparatus and moving body" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,044, issued on March 31, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Light projection apparatus and moving body" was invented by Kenji Narumi (Osaka, Japan), Akira Hashiya (Osaka, Japan) and Tokuzou Kiyohara (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light projection apparatus includes a first mirror and a second mirror facing each other and extending in a first direction and an optical waveguide layer being located between the first mirror and the second mirror, having a structure in which a refractive index and/or a thickness can be changed, and guiding light in the first direction. The...