# US 11,307,620 B2 · Camera system housing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,307,620 B2 - Document ID: US11307620B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/076,916 - Filed: 2017-04-17 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-04-17 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Inventors: Paul Roberto Lalinde; Baosheng Zhang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11307620B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1686: {the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera} - G03B 17/02: Bodies - G03B 17/04: collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1681: {Details related solely to hinges (hinge details related to the transmission of signals or power are classified in G06F1/1683)} - G06F 1/1688: {the I/O peripheral being integrated loudspeakers} - H04N 23/57: Mechanical or electrical details of cameras or camera modules specially adapted for being embedded in other devices - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract Example implementations relate to a camera system housing. In some examples, an apparatus may comprise a camera system housing including a camera and a gear mechanism. The camera housing may be coupled to a computing device. In some examples, the camera system housing may retract into the computing device to an enclosed position such that the housing is disposed at a first angle relative to the computing device responsive to actuation of the gear mechanism in a first direction and open out of the computing device to an enclosed position such that the housing is disposed at a second angle relative to the computing device responsive to actuation of the gear mechanism in a second direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: a camera system housing including a camera, a gear mechanism and a gear actuation mechanism coupled to the gear mechanism, the camera housing coupled to a computing device, the gear actuation mechanism to cause actuation of the gear mechanism responsive to actuation of the gear actuation mechanism to cause the camera system housing to: retract into the computing device to an enclosed position such that the housing is disposed at a first angle relative to the computing device responsive to actuation of the gear mechanism in a first direction; and open out of the computing device to an open position such that the housing is disposed at a second angle relative to the computing device responsive to actuation of the gear mechanism in a second direction, wherein the gear mechanism is to lock the camera system housing in the enclosed position or the open position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera system housing further includes a speaker and a microphone. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera system housing further includes a projector. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the camera system housing is located on a base portion of the computing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the camera system housing is located on the base portion of the computing device in a location between a keyboard portion of the computing device and a display connector of the computing device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein: the first angle is substantially parallel to a base portion of the computing device; and the second angle is between the first angle and an angle substantially parallel to a display portion of the computing device. ### Claim 7 A system, comprising: a computing device; a gear actuation mechanism coupled to the computing device; and a camera system housing including a camera and gears, the camera system housing coupled to the computing device, and the gears coupled to the gear actuation mechanism, wherein the gear actuation mechanism is to cause actuation of the gears to move the camera housing system from a first position to a second position, and wherein the gear actuation mechanism is to lock the camera system housing in the first position or the second position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the first position is a position in which a side of the camera system housing that does not include the camera is substantially flush with a surface of the computing device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The system of claim 7, wherein the second position is a position in which a side of the camera system housing that includes the camera is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the computing device. ### Claim 10 An apparatus, comprising: a camera system housing including a gear mechanism, the camera system housing coupled via the gear mechanism to a computing device; a gear actuation mechanism coupled to the gear mechanism and the computing device, the gear actuation mechanism actuatable to enable the gear mechanism to move the camera system housing from a first position to a second position, wherein the camera system housing is disposed in a recess in the computing device large enough to accommodate the camera system housing when in the first position, and wherein the gear actuation mechanism is to lock the camera system housing in the first position or the second position. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the camera housing system is disposed on a base portion of the computing device and is located equidistant from a first display connector and a second display connector disposed on the base portion of the computing device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the camera system housing includes a camera, a speaker, a microphone, or a projector.