ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,191, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to AGC INC. (Tokyo).
"Vehicle window glass with onboard camera" was invented by Naohiro Yamaguchi (Tokyo), Hideomi Kamizono (Tokyo) and Takashi Kawahara (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle window glass with an onboard camera includes a vehicle window glass configured to be mounted to a vehicle; a bracket fixed to an inner side surface of the vehicle window glass; an onboard camera attached to the bracket; and a hood member disposed on a vehicle forward side of the onboard camera; wherein the hood member has a surface facing the vehicle window glass and exhibiting a black appearance hav...