Camera lens sliders

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11112676-B2
Application number	US-201816763482-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 7, 2018
Priority date	Mar 7, 2018
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

Examples disclosed herein provide a shutter for obscuring a viewing portion of an opening found on a housing of a computing device. As an example, the housing includes a bezel that includes the opening extending through the bezel. The housing includes a slider deployable from within the housing, and the shutter is to selectively obscure the viewing portion when the slider is to deploy from within the housing.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A computing device comprising:
a camera comprising a lens; and
a housing comprising:
an opening extending through the housing, wherein the opening is to accommodate the lens;
a slider deployable from within the housing;
a shutter to selectively obscure a viewing portion of the opening; and
an element coupled to the slider that is to engage with the shutter, wherein the element is to bend to take the shape of an outer edge of the shutter, and wherein when the slider is to deploy from within the housing in a first instance, the shutter is to obscure the viewing portion, and wherein when the slider is to deploy from within the housing in a second instance subsequent to the first instance, the shutter is to expose the viewing portion.

2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the slider to deploy from within the housing comprises:
the slider to extend from within the housing; and
upon extending from within the housing, the slider to retract back within the housing.

3. The computing device of claim 2 , wherein the shutter comprises:
alternating elements to selectively obscure the viewing portion;
teeth defined along the outer edge of the shutter to mate with the element as the slider is to deploy from within the housing.

4. The computing device of claim 3 , wherein:
when the slider is to extend from within the housing in the first instance, the element is to engage with a first tooth defined along the outer edge of the shutter, and
when the slider is to retract back within the housing upon extending from within the housing in the first instance, the element is to rotate the shutter, wherein a first element of the alternating elements is to obscure the viewing portion.

5. The computing device of claim 4 , wherein:
when the slider is to extend from within the housing in the second instance, the element is to mate with a second tooth around the circumference of the shutter disposed above the first tooth, and
when the slider is to retract back within the housing upon extending from within the housing in the second instance, the element is to rotate the shutter, wherein a second element of the alternating elements is to expose the viewing portion.

6. The computing device of claim 4 , wherein the element is to rotate the shutter a quarter turn each time the slider is to deploy from within the housing.

7. A computing device comprising:
a camera comprising a lens; and
a housing comprising:
a bezel comprising an opening extending through the bezel, wherein the opening is to accommodate the lens;
a slider deployable from within the housing;
a shutter to selectively obscure a viewing portion of the opening; and
an element coupled to the slider that is to bend to conform along an outer edge of the shutter;
wherein when the slider is to deploy from within the housing in a first instance, the shutter is to obscure the viewing portion.

8. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein when the slider is to deploy from within the housing in a second instance subsequent to the first instance, the shutter is to expose the viewing portion.

9. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the slider to deploy from within the housing comprises:
the slider to extend from within the housing; and
upon extending from within the housing, the slider to retract back within the housing.

10. The computing device of claim 7 , wherein the shutter comprises:
alternating elements to selectively obscure the viewing portion; and
teeth around the outer edge of the shutter to mate with the element as the slider is to deploy from within the housing.

11. A computing device comprising:
a camera comprising a lens; and
a housing comprising:
an opening extending through the housing, wherein the opening is to accommodate the lens;
a slider deployable from within the housing;
a shutter rotatably positioned within the housing; and
an element coupled to the slider,
wherein extending the slider from the housing is to slide the element along an outer edge of the shutter such that the element bends to conform with the outer edge, and
wherein retracting the slider into the housing after the extending is to engage the element with a tooth on the shutter to rotate the shutter and obscure the lens.

12. The computing device of claim 11 , wherein the slider is biased into the housing.

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co

Inventors

• Kanas Derek

Classifications

• H04N23/55

  Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof · CPC title

• G06F1/1686

  the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera · CPC title

• G03B11/043 Primary

  Protective lens closures or lens caps built into cameras · CPC title

• G03B9/36 Primary

  Sliding rigid plate · CPC title

• G03B9/28

  Roller blind or flexible plate · CPC title