ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,344, issued on July 22, was assigned to Japan Display Inc. (Tokyo).
"Illumination device" was invented by Masashi Takahata (Tokyo), Takeo Koito (Tokyo) and Hiroyuki Wakana (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect, an illumination device includes: a light distribution controller having a light distribution control region in which a transmission region of light is changeable; a plurality of types of light sources each disposed at a position facing the light distribution controller; and a controller configured to control operation of the light distribution controller and the plurality of types of light sources. The l...