Retaining device for a still or video camera in the interior of a motor vehicle

A system, comprising a retaining device, the system further comprising a vehicle seat positioned in an interior of a motor vehicle, the vehicle seat having:

• a vehicle seat part comprising at least one of a backrest, a headrest, and a headrest holder;
• the retaining device having a fastening apparatus which releasably attaches the retaining device to the headrest holder;
• the fastening apparatus comprising a carrier, a receptacle extending in a horizontal plane perpendicular to the carrier, a retaining bushing and an engagement hook, wherein the receptacle is inserted and latched into the retaining bushing via the engagement hook and can be released via at least one unlatching button positioned on either side of the receptacle;
• a carrier arm which is oriented approximately horizontally and parallel with respect to a broad side of the backrest and at a free end of which a holder is arranged for receiving a camera, wherein the carrier arm protrudes beyond the vehicle seat part to such an extent that a lens of a camera mounted to the free end of the carrier arm has an uninterrupted view towards the front in the driving direction and/or towards the rear in the direction counter to the driving direction, characterized in that the carrier arm at its other end is connected via a first rotary joint with an approximately vertically-oriented rotational axis to the fastening apparatus and can be pivoted in an approximately horizontal plane, wherein the rotational axis is arranged approximately in the center with respect to the width broad side of the backrest, and the carrier arm is pivotable between a first position and a second position via the first rotary joint through about 180° around the rotational axis and, in the first and second positions, is oriented approximately parallel with respect to the broad side of the backrest, such that a camera mounted to the free end of the carrier arm can be pivoted to one of a first side or a second side of the vehicle seat part;
• wherein in the first position, the carrier arm extends perpendicular to the fastening apparatus on a first side of the fastening apparatus and in the second position, the carrier arm extends perpendicular to the fastening apparatus on a second side of the fastening apparatus, and the carrier arm is rotatable between the first and second position via the first rotary joint.