US Patent Issued to Magna Mirrors of America on Dec. 30 for "Vehicular driver monitoring system with DMS camera at interior rearview mirror assembly" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,988, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular driver monitoring system with DMS camera at interior rearview mirror assembly" was invented by Austen C. Peterson (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Gregory A. Huizen (Hudsonville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular vision system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head adjustable about a mounting base. At least one near infrared light emitter is accommodated by the mirror head and is operable to emit near infrared light toward a head region of the driver of the vehicle that does not pass through a transfle...