ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,846, issued on May 20, was assigned to 2468862 Ontario Inc..

"Lightbar with integrated camera system" was invented by Mouneir Saad El Din (Windsor, Canada) and Khalid Saad El Din (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lightbar for an emergency vehicle is provided. The lightbar includes lights and a camera within the same unit. An opaque and hollow cylindrical tube runs from the lens of the camera to an inside surface of the lightbar. The tube prevents IR light that reflects from the inside surface of the lightbar from entering the lens. The tube also prevents IR light and light from LED lights within the lightbar from ente...