ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,685, issued on July 22, was assigned to ZF Friedrichshafen AG (Friedrichshafen, Germany).
"Combined vehicle interior monitoring system" was invented by Anthony Rivas (Royal Oak, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monitoring system for an interior of a vehicle comprising: a housing having a first side and defining a radar opening and a camera opening at the first side; a radar transceiver disposed within the housing and exposed at least in part at the radar opening; a camera assembly disposed within the housing and having a lens extending at least partially through the camera opening; at least one illumination device arranged on t...