ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,708, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).
"Vehicular cabin monitoring system with camera at interior rearview mirror assembly" was invented by Austen C. Peterson (Hudsonville, Mich.) and Anthony J. Schutz (Warren, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head that accommodates a prismatic mirror reflective element and a camera. The prismatic mirror reflective element is adhesively attached at a mirror back plate of the mirror head. A not-optically-clear adhesive (NOCA) layer is disposed between...