US Patent Issued to Magna Mirrors of America on July 28 for "Vehicular driver monitoring system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,822, issued on July 28, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular driver monitoring system" was invented by Gregory A. Huizen (Hudsonville, Mich.), Justin E. Sobecki (Rockford, Mich.), Austen C. Peterson (Hudsonville, Mich.), Ian A McCabe (Holland, Mich.), Rodney K. Blank (Zeeland, Mich.) and Niall R. Lynam (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly that includes a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element. A megapixel camera is accommodated by the mirror head and includes a backside Illumination (BSI) i...