ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,141, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vehicle with road surface rendering function" was invented by Kentarou Yamasaki (Tokyo) and Makoto Kinoshita (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle with a road surface rendering function includes a projection member, a controller, and a detection device. The projection member is configured to project perform light projection for road surface rendering at least toward a road surface ahead of the vehicle. The controller is configured to control the light projection for the road surface rendering by the projection member. The detection device is configured to perfor...