US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on Nov. 3 for "Vehicular driver monitoring system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,472, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular driver monitoring system" was invented by Niall R. Lynam (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a driver monitoring camera and an illumination source accommodated within a movable head of an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle. The illumination source is electrically activatable to emit near-infrared (NIR) light that illuminates with near-infrared (NIR) light at least the eyes of a driver of the vehicle. Emission of near-infrared (NIR) light by the illumination source is modul...