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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.:

US 12633138 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 16, 2024

Vehicular monitoring system

Applicant:

Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Gregory A. Huizen, Hudsonville, MI (US);

Justin E. Sobecki, Rockford, MI (US);

Assignee:

Magna Mirrors of America, Inc., Holland, MI (US);

Attorney:

HONIGMAN LLP

Primary Examiner:

Nathnael Aynalem

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60R 1/04 (2006.01); B60R 1/12 (2006.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/04 (2006.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06V 20/59 (2022.01); B60R 1/04 (2013.01); B60R 1/12 (2013.01); B60R 1/29 (2022.01); B60R 11/04 (2013.01); G06V 10/141 (2022.01); G06V 10/26 (2022.01); G06V 10/60 (2022.01); G06V 40/161 (2022.01); B60R 2001/1253 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0085 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior cabin of a vehicle and viewing at least the head of a driver of the vehicle. A first subset of image data captured by the camera is representative of the head of the driver and is processed for monitoring the driver. A plurality of spectrally reflecting mirror elements are disposed within the interior cabin of the vehicle and spectrally reflect light toward the camera representative of at least a portion of light incident at respective obstructed regions within the interior cabin that are remote from the head of the driver and not directly viewed by the camera. A second subset of the image data is representative of light reflected from at least one spectrally reflecting mirror element. Based on processing the second subset of image data, the system determines presence of an object within a respective obstructed region.

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