Patent ID: 8520069

Claim:
A video system for a law enforcement vehicle, the system comprising: a video camera mounted on the vehicle and operable to capture and encode video for law enforcement applications and to stamp the encoded video with an unalterable unique camera identifier, wherein the video captured and encoded by the video camera is stamped with the camera identifier to verify and secure an identity of the camera on the video; a central control unit mounted on the vehicle and operable to receive and decode the encoded video; a rear view mirror housing; a mirror mounted in the rear view mirror housing; a display monitor operable to display the decoded video, the display monitor being mounted in the rear view mirror housing substantially behind the mirror, and the mirror and the display monitor being configured so that the displayed video is viewable through the mirror; a memory for receiving and storing the captured and decoded video from the central control unit; a microphone operable to capture and encode audio, wherein the central control unit is operable to receive and decode the encoded audio; a vehicle interface box mounted on the vehicle and operable to interface an external device to the central control unit, wherein the external device is a radar gun; a co-processing module mounted on the vehicle and operable to provide processing for an additional feature of the system, wherein the additional feature is selected from the group consisting of a face recognition feature and a license plate recognition feature; and a recorder operable to make a copy of the captured and decoded video stored in the memory.