Patent ID: 7792189

Claim:
A multi-camera surveillance system for use on a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of cameras, each operating as a Real Time Protocol (RTP) server for providing multiple image streams, and each being configured for deployment at respective locations in the vehicle; at least one viewing panel, adapted for deployment at a respective location in the vehicle that is connectable to each of the plurality of cameras using an associated Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) to establish an RTP session with a respective said camera; at least one digital server unit (DSU) that is connectable to each of the plurality of cameras using an associated Real-Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) to establish an RTP session with a respective said camera, each adapted to store at least one image captured by at least one of the cameras; and a network, deployed in the vehicle, coupling the plurality of cameras and the at least one viewing panel to each other, and operating to receive the multiple image streams from each of the plurality of cameras operating as an RTP server, to enable each viewing panel to selectably view an image captured by any of the cameras or to selectably view a plurality of images captured by a plurality of the cameras simultaneously.