ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,288, issued on March 25, was assigned to NINTENDO Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Light emitting apparatus" was invented by Yoshiyasu Ogasawara (Kyoto, Japan) and Hironori Furuike (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light emitting apparatus has a visible light emitter, an invisible light emitter, invisible light receiver for receiving invisible light emitted from the invisible light emitter, cover member covering these components, and controller for controlling operation of the visible light emitter. The cover member has flexibility so as to deform when receiving external force, and at least partially reflects invisible light a...