Shared window for computing device camera lenses and photoflash

Abstract

Mobile computing devices often incorporate a digital camera module to capture photographs and/or record video using one or more built-in digital cameras and photoflash LEDs. The photoflash LEDs are separated from the digital cameras and sensors within the digital camera module to provide an optical barrier therebetween. To aid the physical separation, a flat translucent window over the digital cameras is typically not shared with the photoflash LEDs. Such separation efforts are visually and tactilely evident to a user and introduce gaps that can be a source of moisture and/or particulate entry into the computing device. The presently disclosed technology introduces a common flat translucent window over the digital camera and photoflash LEDs within the digital camera module. Features adopted into the shared flat translucent window provide sufficient optical separation between the photoflash LEDs and the nearby cameras within the digital camera module.

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