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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2024
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2023
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Magna Electronics Inc., Auburn Hills, MI (US);
Justin E. Sobecki, Rockford, MI (US);
Austen C. Peterson, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Gregory A. Huizen, Hudsonville, MI (US);
James A. Ruse, Allegan, MI (US);
Yuesheng Lu, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Martin Solar, Erlenbach, DE;
Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly configured for attaching at an interior portion of an equipped vehicle and having a having a mirror head accommodating a driver monitoring camera and first and second near infrared light emitters. When the equipped vehicle is a left hand drive vehicle, a beam of light emitted by the first near infrared light emitters is directed toward a driver-side front seating location of the left hand drive vehicle when the first near infrared light emitter emits near infrared light for a driver monitoring function. When the equipped vehicle is a right hand drive vehicle, a beam of light emitted by the second light emitting element is directed toward a driver-side front seating location of the right hand drive vehicle when the second near infrared light emitter emits near infrared light for the driver monitoring function.