ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,727, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to SUBARU Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle having 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 having a road-surface rendering function includes a light projection member, a control unit, and a detection device. The light projection member is configured to perform light projection for road-surface rendering at least toward a road surface ahead of the vehicle. The control unit is configured to control the light projection for the road-surface rendering by the light projection member. The detection device is co...