US Patent Issued to MAGNA ELECTRONICS on Dec. 30 for "Driver monitoring systems and methods with indirect light source and camera" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,917, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MAGNA ELECTRONICS LLC (Southfield, Mich.).

"Driver monitoring systems and methods with indirect light source and camera" was invented by Bernard de Mersseman (Andover, Mass.) and Olof Eriksson (Alvsjo, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A driver monitoring system of a vehicle includes: an infrared (IR) camera configured to, via a windshield, capture an image of a driver on a driver's seat within a passenger cabin of the vehicle; and an IR light source configured to transmit IR light directly toward the driver and the driver's seat."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2022, under Application ...