US Patent Issued to Panasonic Automotive Systems Company of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America on Aug. 19 for "Auto-switch display intelligent rearview mirror system" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,182, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Panasonic Automotive Systems Co. of America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America (Peachtree City, Ga.).

"Auto-switch display intelligent rearview mirror system" was invented by Padhu Kanagaraj (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Stephanie Tuttle (Walled Lake, Mich.) and Rachel Anderson (Rochester Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle includes a rearview mirror display system with a visible surface and having a mirror mode and a display mode. The visible surface functions as a mirror in the mirror mode. The visible surface displays an electronically produced image in ...