US Patent Issued to STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS on April 21 for "Camera mirror system with dark docking IR LED" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,092, issued on April 21, was assigned to STONERIDGE ELECTRONICS AB (Solna, Sweden).

"Camera mirror system with dark docking IR LED" was invented by John Couperthwaite (Ypsilanti, Mich.), Casey A. Viegelahn (Addison, Mich.) and Catalin Marius Gafencu (Novi, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of illuminating a commercial vehicle in low-light conditions includes providing a camera monitor system that includes a scattered IR LED with a first beam angle and a focused IR LED with a second beam angle smaller than the first beam angle. The method includes operating the scattered IR LED in a first condition to provide a diffused I...