US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on Oct. 7 for "Vehicle lighting device for lane change indication and vehicle lighting device with image projection on road surface" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,624, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Aichi-ken, Japan).

"Vehicle lighting device for lane change indication and vehicle lighting device with image projection on road surface" was invented by Fumihiko Mouri (Owariasahi, Japan) and Kento Nakazato (Tama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle lighting device disclosed in this specification comprises an illumination unit that draws an image on a road surface around a vehicle by illuminating the road surface with light; a turn signal unit that causes a turn signal lamp to flash; and a controller configured to control the illumination unit, wherein when the ve...