US Patent Issued to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA on Oct. 27 for "Reflective pillar display to view blind spot of a vehicle pillar" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,949, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA INC. (Plano, Texas).

"Reflective pillar display to view blind spot of a vehicle pillar" was invented by Ercan M. Dede (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Sean P. Rodrigues (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Paul Donald Schmalenberg (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and devices for displaying an image of an obstructed blind spot on a pillar of a vehicle. The system includes an internal camera and an external camera. The system also includes a projector configured to beam light in the form of an image onto the pillar, and an electronic c...