US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, TOYOTA JIDOSHA on July 21 for "Vehicle communication using light projections" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,877, issued on July 21, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas) and TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Japan).

"Vehicle communication using light projections" was invented by Christopher Anthony Ferone (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Shaurya Panthri (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Brian T. Clayson (South Lyon, Mich.), Paul T. Fanson (Howell, Mich.) and Akila C. Ganlath (Fremont, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatus for a system that communicates with other vehicles using light signals. The system includes one or more light emitters coupled to a vehicle and an electronic control unit coupl...