Camera monitoring system for motor vehicles

A camera monitoring system for motor vehicles, comprising:

• image capturing means being associated with at least an exterior rear-view mirror of a vehicle, the exterior rear-view mirror being a mounting assembly located at an exterior part of the vehicle, the image capturing means being located at the mounting assembly and configured to capture an image from an exterior field of view of the vehicle, wherein the field of view extends at least sideward and rearward outside the vehicle and encompasses a portion of the exterior part of the vehicle;
• an electronic control unit (ECU) connected to the image capturing means, wherein the ECU is configured to select an image region from the image captured by the image capturing means, the image region being smaller than the captured image and movable within the captured image;
• and
• at least one display device including at least a first screen located inside the vehicle and connected to the ECU, wherein the first screen is a touch screen,
• wherein the at least one display device comprises:
• a frame including a tinted portion and a non-tinted portion, the tinted portion restricting transmission of light from the display device, wherein
• the tinted portion defines a first portion of the display device in which a touch-and-drag operation of the captured image is not enabled, and
• the non-tinted portion defines a second portion of the display device in which the touch-and-drag operation is provided by the touch screen acting as a control surface configured both to displace the field of view (FOV) of the image region to simultaneously pan the captured image displayed at least by the first portion of the at least one, display device along one of a vertical plane and a horizontal plane via the touch-and-drag operation in the second portion.