US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 1 for "Vehicle lighting fixture device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,562, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota-shi, Japan).

"Vehicle lighting fixture device" was invented by Fumihiko Mouri (Owariasahi, Japan) and Satoshi Ito (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lighting fixture device configured to: at a time of forward travel of a vehicle, except during deceleration of the vehicle, control a lighting fixture of the vehicle so as to change, at a predetermined speed in a direction of travel of the vehicle, an illumination range on a road surface of light emitted from the lighting fixture, at a time of deceleration of the vehicle, control the lighting fixture...