ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,947, issued on March 25, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOBIS Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lamp" was invented by Dong Hwa Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a lamp includes a light source that outputs light, and a mask that forms a beam pattern on a road surface as the light output from the light source reaches the mask, any portion of the reaching light is input thereto and then is output therefrom, and the mask includes a long distance area that forms a long distance pattern in the beam pattern on the road surface as long distance light in the light output from the light source reaches the long di...