US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Sept. 8 for "Lighting system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,820, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Lighting system" was invented by Itaru Onishi (Osaka, Japan) and Naoki Tomoda (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting system includes a housing, a light source, an optical member, and a shooting unit. The housing is mounted on an inner wall surface of a tunnel provided along a road. The light source is provided for the housing to emit lighting light. The optical member is provided for the housing to receive the lighting light incident thereon. The shooting unit is provided for the housing. The optical member ca...