ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,304, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular camera monitoring system" was invented by Niall R. Lynam (Holland, Mich.) and Yuesheng Lu (Farmington Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular camera monitoring system includes a rearward-viewing camera, a driver-side camera, a passenger-side camera and a dual-mode interior rearview mirror assembly disposed at an interior cabin of a vehicle. The dual-mode interior rearview mirror assembly is operable in a mirror mode and a display mode. With the vehicle traveling along a road, and with the dual-mode interior rearview mirror asse...