US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of Michigan on Aug. 5 for "Vehicle state-based light projection communication system" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,777, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Vehicle state-based light projection communication system" was invented by Brian Mason (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Sridhar Lakshmanan (Belleville, Mich.), Pam McAuslan (LaSalle, Canada) and Marie Waung (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light projection system and method for use in communicating intent of an automated system to a user. The light projection system includes a light projector for projecting light onto a surface adjacent to the light projection system; and a controller for controlling the light projected by ...