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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2024
Applicant:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems Gmbh, Karlsbad, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Harman Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, Karlsbad, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 1/08 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 1/08 (2013.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging system for a driver monitoring system, comprising: a mirror element; a camera comprising an imaging sensor, the camera being provided at a back side of the mirror element; and a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to switch the mirror element from a reflective mode to a transmissive mode when the camera starts to scan a row of pixels of the imaging sensor, and switch the display from the transmissive mode to the reflective mode when the camera moves to a next row of pixels.