US Patent Issued to GENTEX on Nov. 25 for "Vehicle rearview display system with orientation sensing" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,364, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Vehicle rearview display system with orientation sensing" was invented by Xiaoxu Niu (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Joshua D. Lintz (Allendale, Mich.) and David J. Cammenga (Zeeland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rearview apparatus for a vehicle includes a first measurement device configured to detect a vehicle orientation. The first measurement device is in connection with a portion of the vehicle that maintains a fixed relationship relative to a body of the vehicle. A second measurement device is configured to detect an apparatus orientation of the rearview ap...