Patents Assigned to Magna Electronics Inc.
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Patent number: 12366653Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes at least one radar sensor disposed at a vehicle and capturing radar data, an electronic control unit (ECU) having a data processor for processing radar data captured by the at least one radar sensor to detect an object present exterior of the vehicle. The vehicular sensing system, during a parking maneuver of the equipped vehicle, responsive to processing by the data processor of radar data captured by the at least one radar sensor, determines the detected object is within a threshold distance of a predicted path of an exterior side mirror assembly of the vehicle. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to determining the object is within the threshold distance of the predicted path of the exterior side mirror assembly of the vehicle, automatically folds the exterior side mirror assembly toward the side of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: October 25, 2022Date of Patent: July 22, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Prathyush Kumar Keshipeddy
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Patent number: 12358447Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle equipped with the vehicular sensing system and a plurality of zonal aggregators each receiving respective sensor data captured by at least two respective sensors of the plurality of sensors and each aggregating its received sensor data into respective aggregated sensor data. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) that receives the respective aggregated sensor data from each respective zonal aggregator. The system includes a plurality of daughter cards, each removably connected to a respective zonal aggregator. Each respective daughter card includes a respective controller that controls a respective component of the equipped vehicle and the respective component controlled by the respective controller is based on a location of the respective zonal aggregator and respective daughter card within the equipped vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Suresh Boddi, Alan M. Cordeiro, Sujith Gurram
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Patent number: 12345809Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes a radar sensor including a radar module having a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers. The radar module includes a plurality of facets, with each facet arranged at an obtuse angle relative to an adjacent facet and having a respective transmitter and a respective receiver disposed thereat. The respective transmitter and the respective receiver of each facet have a respective field of sensing and a respective principal sensing axis that is perpendicular to the respective facet. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to processing by the data processor of sensor data captured by the radar sensor, determines presence of a target object within a field of sensing of the radar sensor. Responsive to determining presence of the object, the vehicular sensing system controls a system of the vehicle based on the determined presence of the object.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2023Date of Patent: July 1, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Ha Bui-Van, Wilhelm Johann Wolfgang Wöhlte
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Patent number: 12337894Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a camera and an electronic control unit (ECU) that processes image data captured by the camera. The ECU, via processing of the image data, determines lane information of a traffic lane. The lane information includes lane boundaries. The ECU also determines presence of other vehicles on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining presence of a target vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle, and at least in part via processing by the image data, predicts a change in velocity of the target vehicle relative to the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining the lane information and responsive to predicting the change in velocity of the target vehicle, generates longitudinal and lateral commands for centering the vehicle within the traffic lane and maintaining a threshold distance between the equipped vehicle and the target vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa
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Patent number: 12340546Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera disposed within a cabin of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular vision system and positionable to view within an interior cabin of the vehicle and positionable to view exterior of the vehicle through at least one window of the vehicle. The system includes an actuator disposed at the vehicle and electrically operable to rotate the camera about an axis relative to the vehicle. Multiple frames of image data captured by the camera as the camera rotates about the axis are processed at an ECU for a plurality of vehicle functions. Respective frames of image data of the multiple frames of captured image data are processed for respective vehicle functions of the plurality of vehicle functions based on respective viewing directions of the camera when the respective frames of image data are captured by the camera.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2022Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Hassan Mohsen El-Khatib, Samiul Adnan Al Mamun, Gopalsamy Padmanaban
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Patent number: 12337843Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a forward-sensing sensor and a rearward-sensing sensor disposed at an equipped vehicle. The system, as the equipped vehicle travels along a traffic lane of a road, and responsive to processing of forward sensor data captured by the forward-sensing sensor, determines a condition ahead of the equipped vehicle. The system, via processing of rearward sensor data captured by the rearward-sensing sensor, determines an overtaking vehicle rearward of the equipped vehicle and overtaking the equipped vehicle to pass the equipped vehicle. Based at least in part on the determined condition and the determined overtaking vehicle, the system determines a safeness of a passing maneuver by the overtaking vehicle. Responsive to determination that it is not safe for the overtaking vehicle to pass the equipped vehicle, the system indicates to the overtaking vehicle that it is not safe for the overtaking vehicle to pass the equipped vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2024Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Martin Solar, Akilesh Sivakumar
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Patent number: 12333770Abstract: A vehicular occupant monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle. A polarization filter is disposed between an imaging array sensor of the camera and occupants of the vehicle such that light reflected off of the occupants of the vehicle passes through the polarization filter prior to reaching the imaging array sensor. The vehicular occupant monitoring system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines presence of an occupant of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2023Date of Patent: June 17, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Xiyuan Liu
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Patent number: 12325357Abstract: A vehicular interior cabin monitoring system includes an interior rearview mirror assembly with a mirror head that accommodates a camera and a plurality of sets of light sources. The system includes a plurality of electronic switches. Each of the electronic switches (i) is connected in parallel across a respective set of light sources and (ii) is connected in series with at least one other set of light sources when at least one other electronic switch operates in its opened state. With each electronic switch operating in its respective opened state, electrical current provided by the current driver passes through the individual light sources of the plurality of sets of lights sources. The system is (i) operable to provide an occupant detection function for detecting an occupant present within an interior cabin of the vehicle and (ii) operable to provide a driver monitoring function for monitoring a driver of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2024Date of Patent: June 10, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Patrick A. Miller, Yuesheng Lu
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Patent number: 12319281Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at a vehicle. The system, responsive to processing of radar data captured by the radar sensor, determines an edge of a road the vehicle is traveling along. Responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, location of a lane marking of the road is determined. As the vehicle travels along the road, the system, responsive to failing to determine the location of the lane marking of the road via processing of the image data captured by the camera, predicts the location of the lane marking of the road based on the radar data. The vehicle is controlled based in part on the predicted location of the lane marking of the road.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2023Date of Patent: June 3, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Alan M. Cordeiro
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Patent number: 12311930Abstract: A vehicular driver assistance system includes a front camera module (FCM) disposed at a vehicle. The system, responsive to processing captured image data, generates FCM lane information including information regarding a traffic lane the vehicle is currently traveling along. An e-Horizon module (EHM) generates EHM lane information including information regarding the traffic lane the vehicle is currently traveling along. The vehicular driver assistance system determines an FCM correlation using the FCM lane information and sensor data captured by at least one exterior sensor. The vehicular driver assistance system determines an EHM correlation using the EHM lane information and the sensor data captured by the at least one exterior sensor. Responsive to determining the FCM correlation and the EHM correlation, the system controls lateral movement of the vehicle based on one selected from the group consisting of (i) the FCM lane information and (ii) the EHM lane information.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Alan M. Cordeiro, Tejas Murlidhar Varunjikar, Mayank Hitesh Desai, Harold E. Joseph
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Patent number: 12316940Abstract: A vehicular camera system includes a vehicular camera including a camera housing and an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB). The camera housing includes a first portion and a second portion joined with the first portion. The first portion includes a lens barrel accommodating a lens that includes a plurality of lens optics. The imager PCB includes an imager and is attached at the first portion of the camera housing with the imager aligned with the lens. With the imager aligned with the lens, the lens focuses an image at the imager. After the imager PCB is attached at the first portion of the camera housing with the imager aligned with the lens, at least one lens optic of the lens is laser processed to adjust the focus of the lens at the imager.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jeffrey A. White, Zhongyao Liu
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Patent number: 12316934Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion, with the front housing portion including a lens accommodated by a lens barrel. A heating device is disposed at an outermost lens element of the lens. The heating device includes a heating element and electrically conductive elements that extend along the lens barrel for electrical connection to circuitry at a printed circuit board. The electrically conductive elements are disposed along respective channels established along the inner surface of the lens holder. An outer end of each of the electrically conductive elements is disposed at and in contact with the heating element. When powered, the heating element heats the outermost lens element. The camera is configured to be disposed at an exterior portion of a vehicle so as to have a field of view exterior of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 27, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Zhongyao Liu, Yuesheng Lu, Jonathan D. Conger
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Patent number: 12286154Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at an equipped vehicle. The system, via processing of image data and processing of sensor data, determines other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The system, responsive to determining the presence of a plurality of other vehicles present on the road, determines a threat level for each vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles. An emergency braking system of the equipped vehicle is controlled responsive to the determined threat levels. When a vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles is no longer detectable via processing of image data captured by the camera and processing of sensor data captured by the radar sensor, the system predicts a position for the no longer detectable vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Nikunj Vinubhai Kumbhani
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Patent number: 12286059Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes an imager printed circuit board (imager PCB), a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and a camera housing. The imager PCB has an imager disposed at a first side of the imager PCB. The lens barrel is disposed at a first portion of the camera housing. The imager PCB is attached at the first portion or a second portion of the camera housing, and, with the imager PCB attached at the first portion or the second portion of the camera housing and with the lens barrel disposed at the first portion, the imager at the first side of the imager PCB faces the lens accommodated by the lens barrel. The vehicular camera assembly includes at least one component that (i) is formed of a thermoplastic material, and (ii) has undergone electron beam treatment (EB treatment) that crosslinks molecules between polymer chains of the thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Gavin E. Skrocki
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Patent number: 12286102Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a front camera disposed at a windshield of a vehicle equipped with the system and a side camera disposed at a side mirror of the vehicle. An electronic control unit (ECU) includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the cameras. The vehicular vision system, responsive to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the front camera, detects a leading vehicle traveling in front of the equipped vehicle in a traffic lane the equipped vehicle is also traveling along. The vehicular vision system, responsive to determination of an intent of the equipped vehicle to change lanes and to processing by the image processor of image data captured by the side camera, detects an oncoming vehicle traveling in a traffic lane adjacent to the traffic lane the equipped vehicle is traveling along.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Wilhelm Johann Wolfgang Wöhlte
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Patent number: 12279045Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a main circuit board and an imager circuit board having an imager disposed thereat. A lens barrel accommodating a lens is at least partially disposed in a passageway of a lens holder. The vehicular camera module includes a housing having an upper cover and a lower cover that are joined together. Electronic circuitry disposed at a main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. The electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board includes an image processor. With the imager operated to capture image data, captured image data is provided via a flexible ribbon cable to the electronic circuitry disposed at the main printed circuit board of the main circuit board. The imager is disposed within a rear portion of the housing and is not accommodated within a front portion of the housing.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2024Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jianguo Wang, Garret Achenbach, Ove Salomonsson, Tom H Toma, Edward R. Ahlquist, Jr., Brian J. Winden, Christopher L. Van Dan Elzen
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Patent number: 12271049Abstract: A vehicular camera includes a PCB having an imager disposed thereat, a lens barrel accommodating a lens, and a lens barrel support structure that protrudes from the PCB and at least partially circumscribes the imager. The lens barrel has an outer surface between the ends of the lens barrel. The outer surface of the lens barrel is adhesively bonded to an inner surface of the lens barrel support structure via adhesive. The outer surface of the lens barrel opposes the inner surface of the lens barrel support structure. With the adhesive in its uncured state and contacting the opposed surfaces, the imager is aligned with the lens accommodated at the lens barrel. With the imager aligned with the lens, the adhesive is cured to adhesively attach the lens barrel at the lens barrel support structure.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Martin J. Reckker, Steven V. Byrne, Rene Dreiocker, Jonathan D. Conger, Jose Luis Zamudio Cabral, Jazmin Hortensia Gallardo Gabaldon, Robert A. Devota, Matthew C. Sesti
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Patent number: 12263862Abstract: A vehicular parking assist system includes a plurality of sensors disposed at a vehicle and sensing exterior of the vehicle. The vehicular parking assist system, via processing of captured sensor data, and while the vehicle is conducting a parking maneuver, detects an object and tracks location of the detected object relative to the vehicle until the detected object leaves a field of sensing of the at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors. The system, after the detected object leaves the field of sensing of the at least one sensor, predicts location of the detected object relative to the vehicle. The system, upon completion of the parking maneuver, determines that the detected object is hazardous based on the predicted location of the detected object relative to the vehicle, and responsive to determining that the detected object is hazardous, restricts opening of a door of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 8, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Richard C. Bozich, Nikhil Gupta, Suresh Boddi, Jyothi P. Gali, Alan M. Cordeiro
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Patent number: 12266195Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior cabin of a vehicle. Electronic circuitry of an ECU includes an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The camera views at least a head region of a driver of the vehicle and is operable to capture image data. Based on processing at the ECU of the captured image data, the vehicular driver monitoring system determines an attentiveness level of the driver. Responsive to determination that the attentiveness level of the driver is below a threshold level of attentiveness, the vehicular driver monitoring system alerts a person exterior the vehicle of the determined inattentive driver.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Sudeshna Saha
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Patent number: 12258065Abstract: A vehicular trailer guidance system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and a rear backup camera disposed at a vehicle. A human machine interface (HMI) is operable in (i) a trailer left-backup mode, (i) a trailer straight-backup mode and (iii) a trailer right-backup mode. Responsive to selection by the driver of the trailer left-backup mode or trailer right-backup mode, the ECU sets a desired trailer angle of the trailer tongue leftward or rightward to an angle that is commensurate with a driver-selected setting of an input device. Responsive to selection by the driver of the trailer straight-backup mode, the ECU sets the desired trailer angle to a zero degree angle. The ECU, while the vehicle is backing up the trailer, controls the power steering system of the vehicle to steer the vehicle to back up the trailer to have the determined trailer angle coincide with the set desired trailer angle.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yuesheng Lu, Jyothi P. Gali, Richard C. Bozich, Alexander Velichko