Patent ID: 6259475
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: B60Q,H04N

Abstract:
Apparatus enabling viewing of surveillance areas in or adjacent to a motor vehicle, comprising:a transmission module comprising:a housing, wherein said housing has an interior area, said interior area bounded by a lens, wherein a surveillance area adjacent said housing is viewable from said interior area through said lens;a camera mounted in said interior area, wherein said camera is operative to view said surveillance area through said lens;a transmitter in operative connection with said camera, wherein said transmitter is operative to transmit video signals responsive to said camera;an electrically powered device in said housing, wherein said device is not operatively associated with said camera or said transmitter, saiddevice being powered through at least one electrical line, wherein said transmitter is operatively connected with said electrical line, said transmitter responsive to signals superimposed on said line to control a condition of said transmitter.