US Patent Issued to KOITO MANUFACTURING on May 13 for "Vehicle communication system, vehicle module, front composite module, and vehicle lamp" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,676, issued on May 13, was assigned to KOITO MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle communication system, vehicle module, front composite module, and vehicle lamp" was invented by Kenji Nobuhara (Shizuoka, Japan), Yosuke Sakauchi (Shizuoka, Japan) and Hiroya Koizumi (Shizuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle communication system installed in a vehicle includes: a lamp for illumination, a display or signal; a display that is configured by a planar light emitter and has an information display function; and a control unit that is capable of controlling turning-on of the lamp and of the display. The control unit is confi...