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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:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hans-Clemens Steffel, Stuttgart, DE;
Assignee:
Reitter & Schefenacker GmbH & Co. KG, Esslingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60Q 1/00 ;
Abstract
A monitoring device for vehicles has a housing and at least one mirror glass arranged in the housing so as to have a front side facing an observer. The at least one mirror glass has a reflective layer being reflective in the visible spectral range of light. At least one camera is arranged behind the reflective layer in a viewing direction viewed from the front side. The monitoring device can be used for driver identification, monitoring the driver's condition, identifying passengers and passenger positions, controlling airbags, theft surveillance, and similar purposes.
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