ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,348,886, issued on July 1, was assigned to VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE (Creteil, France).
"Lighting device and imaging device comprising such a lighting device" was invented by Frederic Autran (Creteil, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting device comprising a lighting module including an optical output configured to emit a light beam having an angular spread. The module has a light source configured to generate the light beam and an optical diffuser arranged to receive and diffuse the beam towards the optical output, such that the downstream value is greater than the upstream value of the angular spread. A control mod...