ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,566, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to VALEO VISION (Bobigny, France).

"Lighting device for projecting an image onto the ground around a vehicle" was invented by Rabih Taleb (Bobigny, France), Sidahmed Beddar (Bobigny, France) and Remi Letoumelin (Bobigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device for projecting an image onto the ground around a motor vehicle. The lighting device includes a light source capable of producing a light beam, a first mask with a first pattern and a second pattern, the first mask being movable between a first position and a second position, a second mask with a third pattern and a fourth pat...