US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on Nov. 3 for "Vehicular cabin monitoring system with light control based on occupant location" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,787,134, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular cabin monitoring system with light control based on occupant location" was invented by Haiquan Li (Rochester Hills, Mich.), Nan Wang (Rothenbach an der Pegnitz, Germany), Christian Euler (Aschaffenburg, Germany) and Zhiliang Chen (Ulm, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a camera disposed within a cabin of a vehicle. Image data captured by the camera is transferred to and is processed at an electronic control unit (ECU). A light emitter that, when electrically operated to emit nonvisible light...