ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,401, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular driving assist system with driver monitoring" was invented by Gaurav S. Kulkarni (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driving assist system includes (i) a forward-viewing camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle viewing forward of the vehicle through the windshield and (ii) an in-cabin camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly in an interior cabin of the vehicle and viewing at least a steering wheel of the vehicle. The forward-viewing camera and the in-cabin camera are operable to capture image data. I...