ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,470, issued on June 2, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems America LLC.

"Head up side view mirror" was invented by Benjamin David Sweet (West Bloomfield, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle includes a left side view camera attached to the left lateral side of the body and having a field of view in a rearward direction. A right side view camera is attached to the right lateral side of the body and has a field of view in a rearward direction. There is a right back up camera and a left back up camera. An optics module receives resulting video signals and produces light fields such that the light fields are refle...