REAR SEAT PASSENGER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM

• US 20090290021A1
• Filed: 05/23/2008
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Della J. Rudesill, John R. Rudesill
• Original Assignee: Della J. Rudesill, John R. Rudesill
• Inventors: Rudesill, Della J., Rudesill, John R.
• Application Number:
  US12/126,516
• Publication Number:
  US 20090290021A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/148
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 1/008 allowing the driver to see passengers, e.g. for busses combined with rear-view mirrors B60R1/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A rear seat passenger surveillance camera/display system is constructed of an automobile that has a dashboard, a rear seat and a headliner panel; a video camera mounted on the headline panel at a substantially central location with a lens of the camera pointing downwardly; a video display panel mounted on the dashboard for receiving signals from the video camera, displaying an image of the rear seat, and for viewing by the automobile operator; and wiring for supplying electric power to the video camera and the video display panel from a power source in the automobile.

Claims

1. A surveillance camera display system for rear seat passengers in an automobile comprising:

an automobile having a dashboard, a rear seat and a headliner panel;

a video camera mounted on said headliner panel at a substantially central location with a lens of said camera pointing downwardly;

a video display panel mounted on said dashboard for receiving signals from said video camera, displaying an image of said rear seat, and for viewing by said automobile operator; and

wiring for supplying electric power to said video camera and said video display panel from a power source in said automobile.

2. The surveillance camera/display system for rear seat passengers according to claim 1 further comprising a central processing unit attached to said display panel.

3. The surveillance camera/display system for rear seat passengers according to claim 1 further comprising a central processing unit attached to the video camera.

4. The surveillance camera/display system for rear seat passengers according to claim 1, wherein said video camera is equipped with a wide-angle lens.

5. The surveillance camera/display system for rear seat passengers according to claim 1 further comprising wiring between said video camera and said video display panel.

6. The surveillance camera/display system for rear seat passengers according to claim 1, wherein said video display panel is removably mounted to the dashboard by a hook-and-loop fastener system.