Imaging device and camera having night vision mode

A camera having a night vision mode, comprising

• a housing having an opening,
• a lens housed in the opening of the housing configured to acquire an image of an object within an imaging range of the camera;
• at least one infrared LED housed in the opening of the housing close to the lens, the at least one infrared LED being configured to be capable of emitting infrared light in a night vision mode, the infrared light being received by the lens after being reflected by the object;
• a main control circuit configured to control acquisition of the image by the lens and light emission of the at least one infrared LED;
• a switch provided in the main control circuit and configured to turn on or turn off the main control circuit, so that the main control circuit allows the lens to acquire the image and allows the at least one infrared LED in a night vision mode to emit infrared light when the main control circuit is turned on, and prohibits the lens from acquiring the image and prohibits the at least one infrared LED in a night vision mode from emitting infrared light when the main control circuit is turned off;
• and
• a baffle made of an infrared transmitting material, engaged with the opening of the housing and movable over the opening of the housing to cover or expose the opening, wherein a switch triggering component is provided on a face of the baffle on which the baffle is engaged with the opening, and when the baffle moves over the opening of the housing to cover the opening and expose the lens, the switch triggering component triggers the switch to turn on the main control circuit, and when the baffle moves over the opening of the housing to expose the opening and block the lens, the switch triggering component triggers the switch to turn off the main control circuit,
• wherein the housing is configured to accommodate the main control circuit and the switch.

A camera having a night vision mode, comprising

• a lens, an infrared emitting part configured to be capable of emitting infrared light to be used by the lens, and a switch triggering component;
• and
• a baffle having an opening, the baffle being configured to move between a first position, a second position, and a third position,
• wherein when the baffle is in the first position, the baffle covers the infrared emitting part, and the lens is exposed from the opening,
• when the baffle is in the second position, the baffle covers the infrared emitting part and the lens, and
• when the baffle is in the third position, the baffle covers the infrared emitting part and the lens, and triggers the switch triggering component to enable the camera to be in an electrically turned-off state.