US Patent Issued to GM Global Technology Operations on July 28 for "Sideview mirror system for a vehicle" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,823, issued on July 28, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Sideview mirror system for a vehicle" was invented by Manoj K. Sharma (Troy, Mich.), Jonglee Park (Novi, Mich.), Julien P. Mourou (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.) and Charles R. Quinn (Pleasant Ridge, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An on-vehicle rearview-focused camera is arranged to monitor a field of view that is rearward of the vehicle. The operator monitoring device is arranged to dynamically monitor an eye gaze of an operator. The controller is in communication with a digital display screen, the rearview camera, and the operator monitoring dev...