ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. RE50,506, issued on July 29, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle lamp controller, vehicle lamp system, and vehicle lamp control method" was invented by Yusuke Kasaba (Shizuoka, Japan), Masashi Yamazaki (Shizuoka, Japan) and Atsushi Toda (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lamp controller, a vehicle lamp system, and a vehicle lamp control method are provided. The vehicle lamp system includes an acceleration sensor, a vehicle lamp, and the vehicle controller. The controller includes a receiver configured to receive an acceleration information detected by the acceleration sensor, a control unit ...