ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,452,978, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Table lamp" was invented by Di Lou (Shanghai), Huai Zhou Liao (Shanghai), Zhong Huang (Shanghai), Hua Jie Luo (Shanghai) and Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a table lamp for illuminating a task area of a table. A plurality of light sources are provided, each with a different illumination direction toward the task area. A control arrangement is provided such that the plurality of light sources are controlled based on a position of the observer. Specifically, the control arr...