ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,778, issued on April 15, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle with road surface rendering function" was invented by Kentarou Yamasaki (Tokyo) and Makoto Kinoshita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle with a road surface rendering function includes a projection member, a controller, and an external camera. The projection member is configured to project light for road surface rendering from the vehicle that is traveling to render a road surface rendered image on a road surface around the vehicle. The controller is configured to control light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member. The ext...