US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on March 25 for "Vehicular driver monitoring system with event camera" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,025, issued on March 25, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Vehicular driver monitoring system with event camera" was invented by Niall R. Lynam (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an event camera disposed in a cabin of a vehicle and viewing the head of a driver of the vehicle. The dynamic range of the event camera is at least 100 dB. The response time of the event camera is less than 10,000 microseconds. The event camera has a quantum efficiency of at least 15% for near-infrared light having a wavelength of 940 nm. The system, responsive to process...