Patent ID: 8363162
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A video display system for a motor vehicle, comprising: a display screen configured to receive video information from one or more video devices, wherein the display screen alternates between a single display mode and a dual display mode based on detection of at least one video signal from one or more input ports, the dual display mode having a left image portion and a right image portion; a primary video device is disposed within the motor vehicle, the primary video device including an internal input port in communication with the display screen; an input panel comprising a plurality of external input ports in communication with the display screen, the plurality of external input ports including a left external input port in communication with the display screen and a right external input port in communication with the display screen; the left external input port being physically located to the left of the right external input port; a control unit in communication with the internal input port, the left external input port, the right external input port, and the display screen, the control unit being configured to receive the at least one video signal and determine whether the at least one video signal is from the internal input port, the left external input port or the right external input port; wherein the control unit displays a primary video signal from the internal input port in at least one of the right image portion and the left image portion of the display screen in the dual display mode upon receiving at least one video signal from the left external input port or the right external input port; wherein the control unit displays a first video signal from the left external input port in the left image portion of the display screen upon receiving the primary video signal and the first video signal; and wherein the control unit displays a second video signal from the right external input port in the right image portion of the display screen upon receiving the primary video signal and the second video signal.