Camera privacy shutte
AssigneePlantronics, Inc.
InventorsPaul Tucker, Greg George, Alexander Baker Ekrut
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus with a camera. A shutter is positioned horizontally in front of the lens of the camera. The shutter is configured to move in front of a lens of the camera and is further configured to move orthogonally to the horizontal axis so as to at least partially obscure the lens of first camera in a closed shutter position. The apparatus further includes a motor positioned horizontally behind the front of the lens of the camera. The motor is configured to move the shutter orthogonally to the horizontal axis between the closed shutter position and an open shutter position.
Claims18
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first camera;
- a second camera positioned orthogonally adjacent to the first camera and oriented in a same direction as the first camera;
- a first shutter positioned horizontally in front of a lens of the first camera and configured to move orthogonally to a horizontal axis so as to fully obscure the lens of the first camera while partially obscuring a lens of the second camera when in a closed first shutter position;
- and
- a first motor positioned horizontally behind the front of the lens of the first camera, the first motor configured to move the first shutter orthogonally to the horizontal axis between the closed first shutter position and an open first shutter position.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first camera;
- a second camera positioned orthogonally adjacent to the first camera and oriented in a same direction as the first camera;
- and
- a first shutter positioned horizontally in front of a lens of the first camera and configured to move orthogonally to a horizontal axis to:
- fully obscure the lens of the first camera while partially obscuring a lens of the second camera when in a closed first shutter position;
- and
- expose the lens of the first camera in an open first shutter position;
- wherein:
- the first shutter includes an open portion and a first solid portion;
- the open portion of the first shutter is configured to expose the lens of the first camera in the open first shutter position;
- and
- the first solid portion is configured to fully obscure the lens of the first camera in the closed first shutter position.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a first camera;
- a second camera positioned orthogonally adjacent to the first camera and oriented in a same direction as the first camera;
- a first shutter positioned horizontally in front of a lens of the first camera and configured to move orthogonally to a horizontal axis so as to fully obscure the lens of the first camera while partially obscuring a lens of the second camera when in a closed first shutter position;
- a second shutter positioned horizontally in front of a lens of the second camera and configured to move orthogonally to the horizontal axis so as to partially obscure the lens of the first second camera in a closed second shutter position;
- the first shutter includes a first portion of a first visual indicator, the first visual indicator configured to externally indicate that the first camera is unable to capture visual data;
- the second shutter includes a second portion of the first visual indicator;
- and
- when the first shutter is in the closed first shutter position and the second shutter is in the closed second shutter position, a combination of the first shutter and the second shutter are configured to externally display the first visual indicator.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.