ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,882, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).
"Camera unit and occupant monitoring system" was invented by Hideyuki Hirota (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera unit is housed and attached in an internal space of a pillar, the camera unit including a plurality of modules that executes respective functions regarding camera imaging, and a housing having a dimension in such a manner that an outer shape of the housing around a longitudinal direction of the housing is accommodated in the internal space, the modules being mounted on the housing without protruding from the outer shape."
The patent was ...