Patent ID: 11930264
Assignee: MAGNA ELECTRONICS INC.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 26:
27. A vehicular driver monitoring system, the vehicular driver monitoring system comprising:
a camera disposed at a mirror head of an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, the camera viewing interior of the vehicle and capturing image data;
wherein the mirror head comprises a mirror reflective element;
wherein the mirror head is adjustable relative to a mounting portion attached at an interior portion of the vehicle;
wherein the camera moves in tandem with the mirror head when the mirror head is adjusted relative to the mounting portion to set a rearward view of a driver of the vehicle;
an electronic control unit (ECU) comprising electronic circuitry and associated software;
wherein the electronic circuitry of the ECU comprises an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera;
wherein the camera comprises an imaging array sensor and a lens;
wherein the camera is adjustable by at least one selected from the group consisting of (i) adjusting a position of the imaging array sensor relative to the lens and (ii) adjusting a position of the lens relative to the imaging array sensor;
wherein the vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, monitors the eyes of the driver of the vehicle;
wherein the vehicular driver monitoring system adjusts the camera to adjust the position of where the monitored eyes of the driver are imaged at the imaging array sensor;
wherein the vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to receiving an indication that is indicative of adjustment of the mirror head relative to the mounting portion, adjusts the camera to accommodate the adjustment of the mirror head; and
wherein the camera is adjusted to increase resolution of imaging of the eyes of the driver of the vehicle, and wherein the camera is adjusted by shifting an optical axis of the lens relative to the imaging array sensor.