US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Sept. 8 for "Lamp control method and device for vehicle" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,079, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Lamp control method and device for vehicle" was invented by Fumihiko Mouri (Owariasahi, Japan) and Kento Nakazato (Tama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "At the time of lane change of the own vehicle, a light pattern, which is a pattern in which three partial projection regions of a predetermined shape are arranged in a direction extending from the own vehicle to the lane side of the lane change destination, is projected from the lamp of the own vehicle in a direction extending from the own vehicle to the lane side of the lane change destination. Furthe...