ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,766, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vehicle collision prevention system using light sources emitting light rays having different orientations from one another" was invented by Myeong Je Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a vehicle collision prevention system and a collision prevention method by using the same, and may include a first light source positioned on a left side of a vehicle, a second light source positioned on a right side of the vehicle, a camera positioned at a center of the vehicle and providing a shape, which is di...