ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,388, issued on March 24, was assigned to Daimler Truck North America LLC (Portland, Ore.).

"Vehicle mirror camera systems" was invented by Stacy Lynn Mann Chung (Portland, Ore.), Markus Mayer (Hillsboro, Ore.), Dinesh Madugundi (Beaverton, Ore.), Ruben Lucescu (Newberg, Ore.) and Michael Gatza (Clackamas, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Vehicle mirror camera systems (MCSs) with improved anti-soiling and aerodynamic performance are disclosed that in some examples include a camera enclosure housing a camera and an illumination source disposed within recesses of a front enclosure surface and including upper, left, and right enclosu...