ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,073, issued on June 3, was assigned to AutoNetworks Technologies Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan), Sumitomo Wiring Systems Ltd. (Yokkaichi, Japan) and Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Luminance adjustment apparatus, luminance adjustment system, and luminance" was invented by Shota Ushiro (Yokkaichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An individual ECU (luminance adjustment apparatus) adjusts a luminance value of a lamp. The individual ECU adjusts the luminance value of the lamp according to a luminance pattern in which luminance values are indicated in keeping with elapsed time in one cycle. The individual ECU acquires a sy...