ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,457,401, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to VALEO COMFORT AND DRIVING ASSISTANCE (Creteil, France).

"Device for observing a passenger compartment of a vehicle" was invented by Samuel Bole (Creteil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for observing a passenger compartment of a vehicle is disclosed. The observing device includes a camera configured to acquire images of the passenger compartment, a primary luminous module, and a secondary luminous module. The primary luminous module has a primary illumination field configured to illuminate at least one passenger area. The secondary luminous module has a secondary illumination fie...