ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,424, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Ichikoh Industries Ltd. (Isehara, Japan).

"Vehicle lamp control device, and vehicle lamp" was invented by Yasufumi Suzuki (Isehara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides: a vehicle lamp control device that can extend, in accordance with the vehicle speed, the distance over which a vehicle-mounted sensor can detect objects; and a vehicle lamp. Provided is a vehicle lamp control device for controlling headlights which are mounted onto a vehicle provided with an autonomous driving function or a driving assistance function and emit light distribution patterns (PA-L, PA-M...