ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,533, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Valeo Vision (Bobigny, France).
"Method and device to derate a light system" was invented by Colby Darlage (Troy, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light system with a plurality of light sources configured to generate light that when located within a vehicle form a beam pattern; and a controller in communication with the plurality of light sources and configured to control the plurality of light sources. The beam pattern is divided into two or more zones and the controller is configured to derate one or more of the plurality of light sources so that the beam pattern is changed by the con...