ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,973, issued on May 13, was assigned to STANLEY ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Lighting apparatus, and vehicle lamp system" was invented by Hiroaki Ido (Tokyo), Matsuo Kamei (Tokyo) and Yoshihisa Iwamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting apparatus includes a light source; a condensing part that condenses light and forms a focal point at a predetermined position; a liquid crystal element arranged at a position including the focal point; a first polarizing element; a second polarizing element; and a projection lens that projects images generated by the liquid crystal element and the polarizing elements; where the liquid crys...