ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,316, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular mirror control system" was invented by Christopher L. Long (Big Rapids, Mich.) and Anthony J. LaCross (Hastings, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly includes a mirror head adjustable relative to a mounting base. The mirror head accommodates a mirror reflective element having a transflective mirror reflector and a video display device disposed behind the mirror reflective element and operable to display video images derived from image data captured by a camera of the vehicle. The displayed v...