Patent ID: 8508350

Claim:
A system for providing and displaying video information in a vehicle, comprising; a display device having a video input: a first camera mountable at the rear of the vehicle, the first camera having a first video output; a second camera mountable at the passenger side of the vehicle, the second camera having a second video output, wherein the first video output and the second video output are connected in parallel to the video input of the display device; a camera control device configured to keep no more than one camera activated at a time when the display device is active; and wherein each camera has an output impedance of about 150 Ohms, and the parallel resistance of the first and second cameras is about 75 Ohms, wherein each video source has a video plus output line and video minus output line connected together through a 150 Ohm resistor, and wherein the video minus output line is connected to ground.