US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on June 2 for "Camera passive glare and natural light backscatter reduction" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,473, issued on June 2, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Camera passive glare and natural light backscatter reduction" was invented by Traian Miu (Oakville, Canada) and Gabriele W. Sabatini (Keswick, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera includes first and second imaging sensors respectively capturing first and second image data. Light incident at the camera passes through an optical element to be incident at a polarizing beam splitter (PBS). With the camera disposed at a vehicle, circularly polarized light reflected from an object and backscattered natural light are incident at the came...