ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,600, issued on May 12, was assigned to Rosco Inc. (Jamaica, N.Y.).

"Mirror monitor using two levels of reflectivity and transmissibility" was invented by Benjamin Englander (Woodmere, N.Y.), Julian Serer (Plainview, N.Y.), Peter Plate (Northport, N.Y.) and Gary Balsam (East Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rear-view mirror and modular monitor system and method include an interior mirror that embeds a modular monitor behind see-through mirror glass. In some embodiments, the system includes multiple cameras, some in the vehicle, bus and/or truck, as well as some cameras outside the vehicle, bus and/or truck, advantageous...