US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on Dec. 2 for "Vehicular vision system" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,972, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular vision system" was invented by Krishna Koravadi (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular vision system includes a global shutter camera disposed at a vehicle and a plurality of light emitters operable to emit light. With the vehicular vision system operating in a floodlight mode, the plurality of light emitters operates to emit light to illuminate a region. With the vehicular vision system operating in a reduced illumination mode, a reduced number of light emitters operates to emit light to illuminate a sub-region ...