ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,740, issued on May 13, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle" was invented by Noriaki Takagi (Tokyo) and Yosuke Shimizu (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology relates to a vehicle that enables to improve designability while avoiding deterioration of safety and functionality of the vehicle.The vehicle includes: a front line extending in a vehicle width direction on a front surface of a body; and a headlight arranged on left and right of the front surface, divided vertically by the front line, and configured to output a low beam from a portion above the front line and output a high beam from a portion...