Patent ID: 7001219

Claim:
An electronic video monitoring system, comprising a monitoring device having at least one external connection field and a casing, said external connection field having a plurality of external individual connections each for connecting one camera with the device, said external connection field being provided for on a flat plate-shaped segment housing, the segment housing being removably fastened in a recess of said casing of the monitoring device and forming part of the outer surface of said casing, a plurality of video cameras connected with said monitoring device via video lines, internal multiple contacts on the segment housing, the internal multiple contacts being disconnectably connected to at least one multiple connection on the casing of the monitoring device, said external individual connections being electrically connected with the internal multiple contacts on the segment housing, said recess being closed at its bottom by a bottom wall inside of the casing, said at least one multiple connection being provided on said bottom wall inside the recess, and said internal multiple contacts on the segment housing and said at least one multiple connection on the bottom wall inside the recess being multiple plugs and multiple sockets connections.