ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,720,005, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Imaging and display system combining IR and color video streams" was invented by David M. Falb (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Brian S. Lorence (Washington, Mich.), Brian J. Barksdale (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Brian G. Brackenbury (Grand Haven, Mich.), Bradley A. Bosma (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Craig L. Piersma (Wyoming, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging and display system is provided for a vehicle having: a video display disposed in an interior of the vehicle; a visible light video camera configured to capture a visible light video stream of a scene in a visibl...