ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,074, issued on April 29, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea) and KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Infrared lamp device and infrared lamp system for a vehicle" was invented by Jung Wook Lim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared lamp device for a mobility vehicle and an infrared lamp system for a mobility vehicle may display whether an infrared sensor, for sensing peripheral environments during night traveling so as to secure traveling stability, is operating, and use infrared rays not only to sense peripheral environments, but also to deliver messages, thereby securing traveling stability...