ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,690,104, issued on July 21, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).

"Method for controlling the illumination of at least one light source arranged at an end of at least one light guide" was invented by Julien Roy (Bobigny, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for controlling the illumination of at least one light source arranged at an end of at least one at least partially transparent or translucent light guide, the method being implemented by a driver device for driving the light source. According to the invention, the driver device is configured to control the illumination of the light source ...