ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,089, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Vehicular driver monitoring system with camera and light emitter in interior rearview mirror" was invented by Michael J. Baur (Kentwood, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head that accommodates a variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A camera is accommodated by the mirror head and views through the variable reflectance mirror reflective element. A light emitter is accommodated by the mirror head and is electrically operable to ...