Patents Assigned to Magna Electronics
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Patent number: 12015201Abstract: Waveguide and/or antenna structures for use in RADAR sensor assemblies and the like. In some embodiments, the assembly may comprise a waveguide block comprising a first surface on a first side of the waveguide block and a second surface on a second side of the waveguide block opposite the first side. One or more waveguides may be formed in the waveguide block. One or more antenna slots may be operably coupled with one or more of the waveguides. One or more auxiliary grooves may be positioned adjacent to at least one of the antenna slots and may mimic, or at least substantially mimic, at least one of the one or more antenna slots, such as in length and/or width.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2021Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics, LLCInventors: Scott B. Doyle, Angelos Alexanian, Konstantinos Konstantinidis
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Patent number: 12007476Abstract: A vehicular sensing system includes a first set of first sensors disposed at a first rear portion of a vehicle. The system includes a second set of second sensors disposed at a second rear portion of the vehicle that is above the first rear portion of the vehicle. A respective first field of sensing of at least one first sensor at least partially overlaps a respective second field of sensing of at least one second sensor. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for processing sensor data to detect objects that are located within the at least partially overlapping fields of sensing of the at least one first sensor and the at least one second sensor. The vehicular sensing system, responsive to detecting the objects that are located within the at least partially overlapping fields of sensing, determines three-dimensional locations of the detected objects relative to the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Helmut A. H. Wodrich, Deniz B. Gunel, James W. Reynolds, III
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Patent number: 12007484Abstract: A vehicular driving assist system includes a plurality of lidar sensors having respective fields of sensing exterior the vehicle. The lidar sensors emit light pulsed at a respective pulse rate and provide a respective output to an electronic control unit based on sensed light that is reflected by objects present in the field of sensing of the respective lidar sensor. The pulse rates of light emitted by the lidar sensors are different. The vehicular driving assist system, via processing at the ECU of the outputs from the lidar sensors, generates a three dimensional (3D) point cloud. The vehicular driving assist system controls the vehicle based at least in part on light sensed by the lidar sensors that is reflected by the objects when light is emitted by the lidar sensors at the respective pulse rates.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Peter Nicke, Benjamin May
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Patent number: 11997371Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera module mounted at an in-cabin side of a windshield of a vehicle. The camera module includes a windshield-interfacing portion that, with the camera module mounted at the in-cabin side of the windshield, interfaces with the in-cabin side of the windshield. A thermally conductive tape is disposed at the windshield-interfacing portion. A thermally conductive connecting element thermally conductively connects to (i) the thermally conductive tape and (ii) at least one component of the camera module. When electrically operated, the at least one component generates heat at an interior portion of the camera module and heat generated by the at least one component of the camera module is dissipated at the windshield of the vehicle via the thermally conductive connecting element and the thermally conductive tape.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Nagender Reddy Kasarla
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Patent number: 11997392Abstract: A vehicular camera module includes a main circuit board electrically connected with an imager circuit board having an imager disposed thereat. 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 electrical connector configured for electrical connection to a connector of a vehicular wire harness. 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: September 11, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: 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: 11989902Abstract: A vehicular trailer beam estimation system includes a camera disposed at a rear portion of a vehicle equipped with a trailer hitch. With a trailer hitched at the trailer hitch of the vehicle, the camera views at least a portion of the trailer hitched to the vehicle. The system, responsive at least in part to processing by an image processor of image data captured by the camera, determines a trailer angle of the trailer relative to the vehicle. During a driving maneuver, the system tracks trailering parameters, which include (i) the trailer angle, (ii) steering angle of the vehicle and (iii) speed of the vehicle. The system determines beam length of the trailer based at least in part on (i) the trailering parameters, (ii) the vehicle's wheelbase and (iii) hitch length of the trailer hitch of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Mohammadmehdi Jalalmaab, Jyothi P. Gali
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Patent number: 11981329Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a plurality of cameras disposed at an equipped vehicle. As the equipped vehicle travels forward along a traffic lane of a multi-lane highway, the system, responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by a forward-viewing camera, detects a leading vehicle traveling forward in the traffic lane that the equipped vehicle is traveling along. The system, responsive at least in part to processing of image data captured by a left-side camera or a right-side camera, detects another vehicle traveling forward in another traffic lane of the multi-lane highway that is adjacent to the traffic lane along which the equipped vehicle is traveling. With the equipped vehicle operating in accordance with SAE Level 3, the system controls the equipped vehicle without driver intervention to maneuver into the other traffic lane ahead of the detected other vehicle to pass the detected leading vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2023Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Martin Rachor
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Patent number: 11975659Abstract: A vehicular camera monitoring system a driver-side camera, a driver-side video display screen disposed at a driver-side cabin region of an interior cabin of the vehicle, a passenger-side camera and a passenger-side video display screen disposed at a passenger-side cabin region of the interior cabin of the vehicle. Upon completion of a parking maneuver of the vehicle, and until a period of time elapses following powering down of the vehicle upon completion of the parking maneuver of the vehicle, the driver-side video display screen displays driver-side video images of a driver-side region sideward of the driver side of the vehicle and rearward of the vehicle and the passenger-side video display screen displays passenger-side video images of a passenger-side region sideward of the passenger side of the vehicle and rearward of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Niall R. Lynam, Yuesheng Lu
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Patent number: 11971475Abstract: A vehicular radar sensing system includes at least one radar sensor having a plurality of transmitting antennas and a plurality of receiving antennas. Individual transmitting antennas are arranged in multiple rows, and individual receiving antennas are arranged in multiple columns. The multiple rows of transmitting antennas include first and second rows of transmitting antennas, each row having at least four transmitting antennas. Each column of the multiple columns of receiving antennas comprises at least four receiving antennas. The multiple columns of receiving antennas are disposed between the first row of transmitting antennas and the second row of transmitting antennas. The vehicular radar sensing system applies two dimensional multiple input multiple output processing to outputs of the receiving antennas. The vehicular radar sensing system, responsive to processing of outputs of the receiving antennas, detects objects present in a field of sensing of the at least one radar sensor.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Holger Hess, Joern Ihlenburg
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Patent number: 11972597Abstract: A vehicular occupant monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror of a vehicle. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens. The lens is disposed at the imaging array sensor with a center axis of the lens vertically offset from a center region of the imaging array sensor. A center region of the lens is disposed at and images at a lower region of the imaging array sensor when the camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror and an upper peripheral region of the lens images at the center region and a lower region of the imaging array sensor when the camera is disposed at the interior rearview mirror. 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: February 8, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Marc Rother, Jonathan D. Conger, Steven V. Byrne, Zhongyao Liu
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Patent number: 11970113Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a forward-viewing camera located behind and viewing through a vehicle windshield, a rearward-viewing camera located at a rear of the vehicle, and a common image processor operable for processing captured image data. A video display screen is located within the interior cabin of the vehicle viewable by a driver of the vehicle. The common image processor processes first image data captured by the forward-viewing camera to detect at least one vehicle present exterior the equipped vehicle. Responsive to the vehicle being shifted into a reverse gear and while the driver is executing a reversing maneuver, video images derived from image data captured by at least the rearward-viewing camera are displayed by the video display screen.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Andrew D. Weller, Mark L. Larson, Ian A. McCabe, Niall R. Lynam, Rodney K. Blank, Joseph P. McCaw, John T. Uken
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Patent number: 11964691Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a camera and a radar sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle. The system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) and, as the equipped vehicle travels along a road, the ECU, via processing of image data and processing of sensor data, determines other vehicles present on the road ahead of the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to determining the presence of a plurality of other vehicles present on the road, fuses the image data captured by the camera and the sensor data captured by the radar sensor. The ECU, based on the fused data, determines a threat level for each vehicle of the plurality of other vehicles and, when the threat level for one or more vehicles of the plurality of other vehicles exceeds a threshold value, generates a braking command. The ECU transmits the braking command to a braking system of the equipped vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Venkata Satya Siva Prasad Challa, Nikunj Vinubhai Kumbhani
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Patent number: 11964689Abstract: A vehicular trailer guidance system includes a human machine interface provided in the vehicle and operable by a driver of the vehicle during a backing up maneuver of the vehicle with a trailer hitched thereto. The human machine interface comprises a rotary knob and operates (i) in a backing up trailer left-backup mode when rotated counter-clockwise, (ii) in a backing up trailer straight-backup mode when the rotary knob is pushed or pulled and (iii) in a backing up trailer right-backup mode when rotated clockwise. Responsive to selection by the driver of the backup mode, the system sets a desired trailer angle relative to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle to an angle that is commensurate with a driver-selected setting of the rotary knob. The system controls steering of the vehicle to back up the trailer to have the determined trailer angle coincide with the set desired trailer angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Yuesheng Lu, Jyothi P. Gali
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Patent number: 11968639Abstract: A vehicular control system includes a first electronic control unit (ECU) and a second ECU disposed at a vehicle. The first and second ECUs are in digital communication with one another via a communication link. The first ECU transmits a first frame to the second ECU, which, responsive to receiving the first frame from the first ECU, transmits a second frame to the first ECU. The first ECU, responsive to receiving the second frame from the second ECU, determines a propagation delay based on an amount of time between when the first ECU transmitted the first frame to the second ECU and when the first ECU received the second frame from the second ECU. The first ECU, responsive to determining the propagation delay, transmits a time synchronization frame to the second ECU that is based at least in part on the determined propagation delay.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Gaurav Shrikant Patil
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Patent number: 11958424Abstract: A vehicular safety feature control system includes a camera disposed at a vehicle that views exterior of the equipped vehicle. The vehicular safety feature control system includes an electronic control unit (ECU) for processing image data captured by the camera to detect presence of objects. The ECU, responsive to processing of image data captured by the camera, detects an object on a collision course with the equipped vehicle. The ECU, responsive to detecting the object on the collision course with the equipped vehicle, classifies the detected object. The ECU estimates a mass of the detected object based on the classification. The ECU estimates a kinetic energy of a potential collision and, based on the estimated kinetic energy of the potential collision, estimates a severity of the potential collision. The ECU controls a safety feature of the equipped vehicle based on the estimated severity of the potential collision.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Eser Ustunel
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Patent number: 11951914Abstract: A bracket (10) adapted to be mounted to a pane of a motor vehicle having a base part (11) and at least one fixation arrangement (12a, 12b, 12c) configured to fixate a camera carrier (35) carrying at least one camera (14) to the bracket (10). Each of the at least one fixation arrangement (12a, 12b, 12c) includes a holder (13a, 13b, 13c) and a spring element (15) configured to exert an elastic locking force on a pin (19) of the camera carrier (35). The spring element (15) forms a base element (17) configured to be held in said holder (13). The spring element (15) comprises a fixation tongue (16) bendably connected to the base element (17) at one end (23) and adapted to exert said elastic locking force on the pin (19) of the camera carrier (35).Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Sweden ABInventors: Maxim Grasun, Catalin Padurariu, Catalin Rotariu
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Patent number: 11951993Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera and an electronic control unit. The camera is disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of the vehicle. The system detects changes at the driver's eyes via processing of image data captured by the camera and determines driver attentiveness based at least in part on detected changes at the driver's eyes. The system functions as a remote Photoplethysmography (rPPG) system. Based at least in part on the determined driver attentiveness, and responsive to monitoring the heart rate of the driver, the system determines impairment of the driver's capability to operate the vehicle. The system generates an alert responsive to (i) determination, via the rPPG system, that the driver's heart rate changes greater than a threshold change over a predetermined period of time and/or (ii) determination, via processing of image data captured by the camera, that driver attentiveness is below a threshold level.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventor: Yuesheng Lu
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Patent number: 11938795Abstract: A vehicular vision system includes a forward viewing camera disposed at and viewing through a windshield of a vehicle. A driver viewing camera is disposed in the vehicle and views the driver's eyes. A control, responsive to processing of image data captured by the forward viewing camera to determine a light source ahead of the vehicle, and responsive to processing of image data captured by the driver viewing camera to determine a gaze direction of the eyes of the driver, determines a forward view path between the driver's eyes and the determined light source and determines a location where the determined forward view path intersects the windshield. The control, responsive to the determined light source having an intensity greater than a threshold level, controls the windshield to locally darken a region of the windshield that includes the location where the determined forward view path intersects the windshield.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Marco Moschek, Dmitri Sandler
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Patent number: 11930257Abstract: A vehicular camera assembly includes a camera housing having a front housing portion and a rear housing portion that joins the front housing portion. A first printed circuit board (PCB) is disposed at the front housing portion, with an imager disposed at a front side of the first PCB and a first electrical connector disposed at a rear side of the first PCB. A second PCB has a second electrical connector disposed at a front side of the second PCB. Board-to-board electrical connection of circuitry of the second printed circuit board to circuitry of the first printed circuit board is made via electrical connection of the first and second electrical connectors. The connector portion of the rear housing portion includes a multi-pin connector comprising a plurality of solid terminal pins. A connector portion of the rear housing portion is configured for connecting to a vehicle wiring connector.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Stefan Sauer, Marc Sigle
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Patent number: 11930264Abstract: A vehicular driver monitoring system includes a camera disposed at an interior rearview mirror assembly of a vehicle equipped with the vehicular driver monitoring system, an electronic control unit (ECU) with an image processor for processing image data captured by the camera. The camera includes an imaging array sensor and a lens and the camera is adjustable by at least one 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. The 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 adjusts the camera to adjust the position of where the monitored body portion of the driver is imaged at the imaging array sensor.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Magna Electronics Inc.Inventors: Jonathan D. Conger, Steven V. Byrne