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US 9,426,346 B2Granted
Computer display vanity lighting
OwnerJose M. Sanchezinventor
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Abstract
A video camera is arranged to capture images of a user of the display. Vanity lights are arranged to produce vanity lighting that lights up the user of the display. Selection of a lighting scheme produced by the vanity lights is responsive to user selections made using the computing device.
Claims20
A device comprising:
- a box having a lid, the lid being adapted to mount a tablet computing device on a mounting area on an inside surface of the lid so that when the lid is shut the tablet computing device is hidden from sight, the tablet device computing device having a display and a video camera arranged to capture images of a user of the display;
- and,
- vanity lights arranged on a frame of the lid around the mounting area, the vanity lights being adapted to produce light that lights up the user of the display, wherein selection of a lighting scheme produced by the vanity lights is responsive to user selections made using the tablet computing device.
A method comprising:
- arranging vanity lights on a lid of a box where the lid is adapted to mount a tablet computing device on a mounting area on an inside surface of the lid so that when the lid is shut the tablet computing device is hidden from sight, the vanity lights being arranged around the mounting area and the vanity lights being adapted to produce vanity lighting that lights up a user of a display for the tablet computing device;
- selecting a lighting scheme produced by the vanity lighting responsive to user selections made using the tablet computing device;
- and,
- capturing images of the user of the display using a video camera.
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A box comprising:
- a lid that is adapted to mount a tablet computing device on a mounting area on an inside surface of the lid so that when the lid is shut the tablet computing device is hidden from sight, the tablet computing device including a video camera arranged to capture images of a subject before a display of the tablet computing device;
- and,
- vanity lights arranged around the mounting area, the vanity lights being adapted to produce vanity lighting that lights up the subject, wherein selection of a lighting scheme produced by the vanity lights is responsive to user selections made using the tablet computing device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.