Amazon Technologies, Inc.

John Roos

Rafal Piersiak

James Siminoff

Christopher Loew

Wen-Yo Lu

Nathan Ackerman

Matthew J England

Mikhail Donskoi

Sonny Windstrup Rasmussen

Samuel Taeyoung Lee

Chung-Sen Huang

Oleksii Shekolian

Maksym Yemelin

Bartlomiej Pawlik

Hsiu-Fen Yeh

Chi-Yuan Wang

A device includes a first housing, a camera residing at least partially within the first housing, a switch residing at least partially within the first housing, and a second housing coupled to the first housing and at least partially residing within the first housing. The switch is configured to disable the camera. The second housing includes a receptacle configured to receive a battery, and an arm having a tab configured to engage and disengage a lever of the switch to disable the camera. One or more contacts at least partially reside within the first housing and are configured to electrically connect to an accessory coupled to the first housing.

Electronic device with modular accessories

A device includes a housing, a camera at least partially disposed within the housing, one or more microphones at least partially disposed within the housing, and a printed circuit board (PCB) including a switch. The switch has a lever that is transitionable between a displaced position and a non-displaced position. A privacy cover couple to the housing and includes a rib disposed on an interior surface of the privacy cover. The privacy cover is transitionable between a first position in which the camera is obstructed and the rib is engaged with the lever to transition the lever to the displaced position, and a second position in which the camera is unobstructed and the rib is disengaged with the lever such that the lever is permitted to transition to the non-displaced position.

Device with rotatable privacy cover

Camera device

Automobile connectivity device

Automobile connector device

Growing community of inventors

Los Gatos, CA, United States of America

John Roos