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

Claim 22:
23. A vehicular driver monitoring system, the vehicular driver monitoring system comprising:
a camera disposed at 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;
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 comprises an actuator;
wherein the actuator adjusts the camera 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 actuator adjusts the camera by shifting an optical axis of the lens relative to the imaging array sensor so that a center axis of the lens is not at a center region of the imaging array sensor;
wherein the vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to processing at the ECU of image data captured by the camera, monitors a body portion of a driver of the vehicle; and
wherein the vehicular driver monitoring system, responsive to determining a change in a position of the body portion of the driver relative to a field of view of the camera, adjusts the camera to adjust the position of where the monitored body portion of the driver is imaged at the imaging array sensor.