ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,778, issued on March 17, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-Ken, Japan).
"Indicator apparatus for vehicle" was invented by Fumihiko Mouri (Owariasahi, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An indicator apparatus for a vehicle is provided which draws an indication of a predetermined shape on a road surface on a side of a course of travel by illuminating light onto the road surface when a user performs a travel course changing operation which is an operation for changing a course of travel of a vehicle, in which a drawing operation on the road surface is prohibited when a hazard switch is set in an ON state."
The patent was fi...