Rotatable camera assembly
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMark Senatori
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a rotatable camera assembly and display panel. According to one embodiment, a panel housing is formed around the perimeter of the display panel having a horizontal axis of rotation. The panel housing includes vertically-arranged side portions that are adjacent to side portions of the display panel. The rotatable camera assembly includes a digital camera and is formed integral with at least one side portion of the panel housing. Furthermore, the axis of rotation of the camera assembly is coaxial with the axis of rotation of the display panel.
Claims13
A system comprising:
- a base housing;
- a display panel having a horizontal axis of rotation;
- a panel housing coupled via a hinge to the base housing and formed around a perimeter of the display panel, wherein the panel housing includes vertically-arranged side portions adjacent to side portions of the display panel;
- and
- a rotatable camera assembly including a digital camera formed integral and continuously with at least one of the vertically-arranged side portions of the panel housing,
- wherein an axis of rotation of the camera assembly is coaxial and shares the same axis of rotation of the display panel such that rotation of the display panel within the panel housing causes corresponding rotation of the camera assembly;
- wherein the display panel is configured to pivot within and separately from the panel housing about the horizontal axis of rotation.
A portable computer comprising:
- a display panel having a horizontal axis of rotation and side portions;
- a base unit pivotably coupled to a panel housing, wherein the panel housing is formed around the perimeter of the display panel and includes vertically-arranged side portions adjacent to side portions of the display panel;
- and
- a camera assembly including a digital camera and formed integral and continuously with at least one of said vertically-arranged side portions of the panel housing,
- wherein an axis of rotation of the camera assembly is coaxial and shares the same axis of rotation of the display panel such that rotation of the display panel within the panel housing causes corresponding rotation of the camera assembly, and
- wherein the display panel is configured to pivot within and separately from the panel housing about the horizontal axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.