ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,003, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).
"Vehicular driver monitoring system" 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 an interior rearview mirror assembly having a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element. A driver monitoring camera is accommodated by the mirror head behind the mirror reflective element. With the mirror head adjusted to provide a rearward view to a driver of the equipped vehicle, (i) a normal vector of the mirror reflective element is angled away from a centerline axis of t...