US 2025/0093744 A1 · INFORMATION HANDLING SYSTEM CAMERA SHUTTER WITH SEMI-AUTOMATIC ACTION

Abstract

An information handling system includes a camera in a portable housing, the camera selectively blocked and exposed by a camera shutter having a biasing device with a semiautomatic open and close response generating by biasing the shutter towards the closed position when the shutter is greater than a predetermined amount closed and biasing the shutter towards the open position when the shutter is greater than a predetermined amount open. The dual bias is generated with a torsion spring captured between a fixed portion and a sliding portion that interacts with an extension from the fixed portion and an extension from the sliding portion based upon the shutter position.

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Dependent claims

An information handling system comprising:

a housing;
a processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions to process information;
a memory disposed in the housing and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a camera coupled to the housing and interfaced with the processor, the camera operable to capture visual images;
and
a shutter coupled to the housing, the shutter sliding between an open position that exposes the camera to capture the visual images and a closed position that blocks the camera from capture of the visual images, the shutter having a dual bias device that biases the shutter to the open position when the shutter is greater than a predetermined amount open and that biases the shutter to a closed position when the shutter is greater than a predetermined amount closed.

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Information handling system camera shutter with semi-automatic action

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Information handling system camera shutter with semi-automatic action

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Abstract

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