ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,812, issued on July 28.
"Automobile display mute" was invented by Benjamin J Kwitek (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Scott C Harris (San Diego).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle display system for use in a vehicle that has an internal vehicle compartment. A vehicle screen, in the internal vehicle compartment, driven by the processor to display information on the vehicle screen. The amount of light in the compartment is sensed, and a darkness score is formed that depends on both the amount of light in the vehicle compartment and an amount of time that the light has been at a current level in the vehicle compartment. If the amount o...