Flash insert for mobile phone case
AssigneeSamsonite IP Holdings S.a.r.l.
InventorsRyan Hill Mongan, Bryan Lee Hynecek, Jarret Weis
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Abstract
A case, for an electronic device such as a mobile phone, containing an insert located near a camera, still image recorder, or video recorder and a flash of the device is disclosed. The placement, material, color and properties of the insert helps reduce and/or eliminate problems associated with the case affecting the resultant flash/light from the camera, causing and adding erroneous colors, effects, and information on the resulting pictures, images, sensors, or videos.
Claims35
A case for a mobile device, the mobile device including a camera, said case comprising:
- a jacket which is separate and removable from the mobile device, and which is configured to cover a portion of an outer surface of said mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
- an opening in the jacket;
- and
- an insert which is arranged in the opening and comprises:
- an aperture;
- an aperture-facing surface which faces the aperture;
- wherein the insert is configured to surround both a flash unit and a camera lens, the camera lens spaced separate from the flash unit, of the mobile device so that the flash unit and the camera lens are both exposed by the aperture of said insert when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
- and
- wherein the aperture-facing surface of said insert is adapted to reduce reflection of light or increase absorption of light emitted by the flash unit of said mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case.
A case for a mobile device, the mobile device including a camera, said case comprising:
- a jacket which is separate and removable from the mobile device, and which is configured to cover a portion of an outer surface of said mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
- an opening in the jacket;
- and
- an insert which is arranged in the opening and comprises:
- an aperture;
- and
- an aperture-facing surface which faces the aperture;
- wherein the insert is configured to surround both a flash unit and a camera lens, the camera lens spaced separate from the flash unit, of the mobile device so that the flash unit and the camera lens are both exposed by said aperture of said insert when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
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- wherein a color of the aperture-facing surface of said insert is a predominantly neutral color, in terms of reflection of light emitted by the flash unit of said mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case.
A case for a mobile device, the mobile device including a camera, said case comprising:
- a jacket which is separate and removable from the mobile device, and which is configured to cover a portion of an outer surface of said mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
- an opening in the jacket;
- and
- an insert which is arranged in the opening and comprises:
- an aperture;
- and
- an aperture-facing surface which faces the aperture;
- wherein the insert is configured to surround both a flash unit and a camera lens, the camera lens spaced separate from the flash unit, of the mobile device so that the flash unit and the camera lens are both exposed by the aperture of said insert when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
- and
- wherein the aperture-facing surface of said insert is absorptive, in terms of reflection of light emitted by the flash unit of said mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case.
A case for a mobile device, the mobile device including a camera, the case comprising:
- a jacket which is separate and removable from the mobile device, and which is configured to cover a portion of an outer surface of the mobile device when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
- an opening;
- and
- an insert which is arranged in the opening and comprises:
- an aperture;
- an aperture-facing surface which faces the aperture;
- wherein the insert is configured to surround both a flash unit and a camera lens, the camera lens spaced separate from the flash unit, of the mobile device so that the flash unit and the camera lens are both exposed by the aperture of said insert when the mobile device is arranged in the case;
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- wherein the aperture-facing surface of the insert is sloped, concave, or convex so that light emitted by the flash unit of the mobile device strikes the aperture-facing surface and is reflected outside a capture area of the camera lens of the mobile device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.