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US 11,422,433 B2Granted
Electronic device and shutter
AssigneeFujitsu Client Computing Limited
InventorTakashi Abe
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a container, a camera, a sheet, and a shutter support. The camera is accommodated in the container and includes a lens on which light is to be incident from an outside of the container. The sheet covers the camera from a light incident side of the lens and allows the light to be incident on the lens. The shutter support is included in the container, and supports a shutter while attached to the container such that the shutter is slidable between a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the shutter is located between the camera and the sheet to cover the light incident side of the lens and shield the lens from the light. In the open position the shutter exposes the lens.
Claims10
An electronic device comprising:
- a container;
- a camera comprising a lens on which light is to be incident from an outside of the container, the camera accommodated in the container;
- a sheet that covers the camera from a light incident side of the lens and allows the light to be incident on the lens, wherein the sheet and the container are separate components of the electronic device;
- a shutter comprising a pair of tabs;
- and
- a shutter support included in the container, the shutter support that supports the shutter while attached to the container such that the shutter is slidable between a closed position and an open position, the closed position in which the shutter is located between the camera and the sheet to cover the light incident side of the lens and shield the lens from the light, the open position in which the shutter exposes the lens, the shutter support comprising a pair of through holes to receive the pair of tabs, wherein
- the sheet includes:
- a transparent region with an outer edge that surrounds an outer periphery of an imaging region of the camera, wherein the transparent region allows the light to be incident on the lens, and
- a non-transparent region that is outside the imaging region and that surrounds the transparent region, and
- the shutter is provided with a through hole that:
- is located on the light incident side of the lens,
- faces the transparent region in the open position of the shutter,
- increases in diameter in a direction away from the lens, and
- has an outer periphery that surrounds the outer periphery of the imaging region.
11 more elements
A shutter for use in an electronic device, the electronic device comprising
- the shutter,
- a container,
- a camera accommodated in the container and comprising a lens on which light is to be incident from an outside of the container,
- a sheet that covers the camera from a light incident side of the lens, and allows the light to be incident on the lens, the sheet and the container being separate components of the electronic device, and
- a shutter support included in the container, the shutter comprising:
- a pair of tabs,
- a base of a strip plate form having a thickness along an optical axis of the camera and a length in a direction intersecting with the optical axis,
- a pair of first protrusions located on one side of a central part of the base in the intersecting direction, and extending away from each other from the base along a short side of the base to contact with the shutter support, and
- a pair of second protrusions located on the other side of the central part in the intersecting direction, and extending away from each other from the base along the short side of the base to contact with the shutter support, wherein
- the base is supported by the shutter support through the pair of first protrusions and the pair of second protrusions such that the base is slidable between a closed position and an open position in the intersecting direction, the closed position in which the base is located between the camera and the sheet to cover the lens from the light incident side and shield the lens from the light, the open position in which the base exposes the lens,
- the shutter support comprises a pair of through holes to receive the pair of tabs,
- the sheet includes:
- a transparent region with an outer edge that surrounds an outer periphery of an imaging region of the camera, wherein the transparent region allows the light to be incident on the lens, and
- a non-transparent region that is outside the imaging region and that surrounds the transparent region, and
- the shutter is provided with a through hole that:
- is located on the light incident side of the lens,
- faces the transparent region in the open position of the shutter,
- increases in diameter in a direction away from the lens, and
- has an outer periphery that surrounds the outer periphery of the imaging region.
16 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.