VEHICULAR CABIN MONITORING SYSTEM WITH CAMERA AND NEAR IR LIGHT EMITTER AT INTERIOR REARVIEW MIRROR ASSEMBLY

A vehicular cabin monitoring system includes a vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly configured for mounting at an interior portion of a vehicle and having a mirror head accommodating a mirror reflective element, a driver monitoring megapixel camera, and a near infrared light illuminator. With the vehicular interior rearview mirror assembly mounted at the interior portion of the vehicle, and when the near infrared light illuminator is electrically operated, at least the head of the driver and a front passenger region are illuminated with near infrared light and the camera views at least the head of the driver and the front passenger seat region. At least one near infrared light emitter of the near infrared light illuminator is pulsed at a first pulse rate and at least one near infrared light emitter of the near infrared light illuminator is pulsed at a second pulse rate less than the first pulse rate.