US Patent Issued to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems on Nov. 18 for "System and method for optical detection of driver tampering of a camera in a vehicle" (Ohio Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,475,679, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC (Avon, Ohio).

"System and method for optical detection of driver tampering of a camera in a vehicle" was invented by Justin R. Miller (Elyria, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method are provided for optical detection of driver tampering of a camera in a vehicle. In one embodiment, an indication is provided that the camera is in a potentially-blocked state. In response, a determination is made regarding whether the driver tampered with the camera (e.g., using pixel comparison or by determining that the camera is in the potentially-blocked st...