ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,140, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH (Karlsbad-Ittersbach, Germany).
"Electronic mirror" was invented by Peter Brandt (Pfinztal, Germany) and Jorg Welke (Ettlingen-Schollbronn, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic mirror comprises a liquid crystal cell, wherein the liquid crystal cell comprises a first transparent electrode, a second transparent electrode, a liquid crystal layer comprising liquid crystal molecules arranged between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode, and an AC voltage source configured to apply an alternating voltage across the ...