Switchable Camera Mirror Apparatus

A camera assembly configured to be mounted internally to a computing device, the camera assembly comprising:

• a mirror apparatus that is switchable to alternately reflect light from different perspectives of the computing device;
• and
• an image sensor that is configured to receive light that is reflected by the mirror apparatus from the different perspectives such that images are capturable by the image sensor from the different perspectives, the mirror apparatus including:
• a first adjustable mirror that is adjustable to reflect light received via a first aperture of the computing device onto the image sensor;
• and
• a second adjustable mirror that is adjustable independently of the first adjustable mirror to reflect light received via a second aperture of the computing device onto the image sensor, the mirror apparatus configured such that adjustment of the first adjustable mirror to reflect light received via the first aperture onto the image sensor causes adjustment of the second adjustable mirror to block light from being reflected from the second aperture onto the image sensor.

A computer implemented method comprising:

• receiving an indication to change a camera assembly of a computing device from a first image capture orientation to a second image capture orientation;
• and
• configuring a mirror apparatus of the camera assembly responsive to said receiving to switch from the first image capture orientation to the second image capture orientation to enable an image to be captured from the second image capture orientation, said configuring including:
• adjusting a first mirror to cause the first mirror to block light received via a first aperture of the computing device from being reflected onto an image sensor of the computing device;
• and
• adjusting a second mirror independently of the first mirror to reflect light received via a second aperture of the computing device onto the image sensor of the computing device to enable an image to be captured in the second image capture orientation.