ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,208,737, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).
"Vehicular driver monitoring system" was invented by Michael J. Baur (Kentwood, Mich.), Ian A. McCabe (Holland, Mich.), Hamid Habibi (Holland, Mich.) and Niall R. Lynam (Holland, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a driver monitoring camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle. The driver monitoring camera views a driver of the vehicle when the driver is driving the vehicle. The driver monitoring camera captures image data. An image processor is operable to process image data...