ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,106, issued on June 24, was assigned to Magna Mirrors of America Inc. (Holland, Mich.).
"Vehicular driver monitoring system" was invented by Justin E. Sobecki (Rockford, Mich.) and Austen C. Peterson (Hudsonville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicular driver monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly including a mirror head and a mirror reflective element, a driver monitoring camera and a video mirror display screen accommodated by the mirror head and that move together and in tandem with the mirror head. The video mirror display screen displays video images viewable through the mirror reflective eleme...