US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on Aug. 4 for "Vehicular vision system using image data transmission and power supply via a coaxial cable" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,323, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular vision system using image data transmission and power supply via a coaxial cable" was invented by Joern Ihlenburg (Berlin), Jens Steigerwald (Sailauf-Eichenberg, Germany) and Michael Dominik Schoppner (Kunzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular vision system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) disposed at a vehicle and a camera having a CMOS imaging sensor operable to capture image data. The ECU includes (i) a data processor and (ii) a DC power supply. A coaxial cable carries DC power from the DC power supply of the E...