ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,216, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lamp system capable of detecting stereoscopic shape of road surface" was invented by Myeong Je Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lamp system capable of detecting a stereoscopic shape of a road surface includes: a light projecting device including a light source that generates patterned light having a specific pattern and projects the patterned light onto a projection surface; a sensor unit including a camera that captures a pattern in which the patterned light is projected onto the projection surface to provide an image of the...