Vehicle camera system

A video monitoring system comprising:

• a vehicle having a vehicle front end, a vehicle rear end, and a pair of vehicle lateral sides being coupled to and extending between the vehicle front end and the vehicle rear end to define an interior space;
• a dashboard being positioned within the interior space proximate to the vehicle front end;
• a display panel being positioned on the dashboard wherein the display panel is configured to be visible to a user when the user is driving the vehicle;
• a rearview mirror being positioned within the interior space proximate to the vehicle front end wherein the rearview mirror is configured to be visible to the user when the user is driving the vehicle, the rearview mirror including:
• a rearview mirror front side facing the vehicle rear end of the vehicle, the rearview mirror front side being reflective wherein the rearview mirror front side is configured to facilitate visibility of objects behind the vehicle;
• a rearview mirror back side facing the vehicle front end of the vehicle;
• a pair of rearview mirror lateral sides being coupled to and extending between the rearview mirror front side and the rearview mirror back side, each rearview mirror lateral side of the pair of rearview mirror lateral sides facing a respective vehicle lateral side of the pair of vehicle lateral sides;
• a rearview mirror bottom side being coupled to and extending between the rearview mirror front side and the rearview mirror back side, the rearview mirror bottom side extending between the pair of rearview mirror lateral sides;
• a plurality of rearview mirror cameras being coupled to the rearview mirror, each rearview mirror camera of the plurality of rearview mirror cameras capturing video footage, the plurality of rearview mirror cameras including:
• a rear facing camera being positioned on the rearview mirror front side wherein the rear facing camera is configured to obtain video footage of objects behind the vehicle and of objects within the interior space;
• a front facing camera being positioned on the rearview mirror back side wherein the front facing camera is configured to obtain video footage of objects in front of the vehicle;
• a downward facing camera being positioned on the rearview mirror bottom side wherein the downward facing camera is configured to obtain video footage of objects within the interior space beneath the rearview mirror;
• a processor being positioned within the rearview mirror, the processor being electrically coupled to each rearview mirror camera of the plurality of rearview mirror cameras wherein the processor actuates each rearview mirror camera of the plurality of rearview mirror cameras;
• a rearview mirror transceiver being positioned within the rearview mirror, the rearview mirror transceiver being electrically coupled to the processor;
• a dashboard transceiver being electrically coupled to the display panel, the dashboard transceiver being in wireless communication with the rearview mirror transceiver wherein the dashboard transceiver is configured to receive the video footage from the rearview mirror transceiver and wherein the display panel is configured to display the video footage in real time to facilitate visibility of surroundings of the vehicle to the user;
• a memory card slot being electrically coupled to the processor, the memory card slot being configured to receive a memory card, the processor being configured to store the video footage from each rearview mirror camera of the plurality of rearview mirror cameras on the memory card when the memory card is positioned within the memory card slot, the memory card slot being inset into one of the pair of rearview mirror lateral sides, the memory card slot being exposed within the one of the pair of rearview mirror lateral sides;
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• a microphone being electrically coupled to the processor, the microphone being positioned within the rearview mirror wherein the microphone is configured to detect an audio feed from within the interior space, the processor being configured to store the audio feed on the memory card when the memory card is positioned within the memory card slot.