Patent ID: 8564729

Claim:
A display system for a vehicle comprising: a display panel mountable to the interior ceiling of a vehicle, the display panel including a first side display screen viewable by a rear-seat passenger in the vehicle when the display panel is in a first panel position, and a second side display screen positioned on the opposite side of the display panel from the first side display screen and viewable by a driver of the vehicle through an interior rear-view mirror of the vehicle when the display panel is in the first panel position; a hinge pivotably connecting the display panel to a base and allowing the display panel to be moved between the first panel position wherein the display panel is substantially perpendicular to the interior ceiling of the vehicle and a second panel position wherein the display panel does not obstruct a field of view of the interior rear view mirror; a motor configured to move the display panel between the first panel position and the second panel position; a first camera mountable to a rear portion of the vehicle and configured to capture images of a rear view of the vehicle; a second camera configured to capture images of the rear-seat passenger; a switch; and a processor configured to display the images from a media device on the first side display screen when the display panel is in the first panel position, receive a signal from the switch indicating whether the switch is in a first switch position or a second switch position, display images from the first camera on the second side display screen when the display panel is in the first panel position and the switch is in the first switch position, display images from the second camera on the second side display screen when the display panel is in the first panel position and the switch is in the second switch position, receive a first signal from the vehicle when the vehicle is operating in reverse, and cause the motor to move the display panel from the second panel position to the first panel position in response to receiving the first signal such that the second side display screen is viewable by the driver of the vehicle through the interior rear view mirror when the vehicle is operating in reverse.