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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2019
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventor:
Ming-Shan Tsai, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G03B 11/04 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
A webcam shutter assembly includes a first sub-assembly and second sub-assembly formed independently of each other. The first sub-assembly includes a shutter for selectively covering a camera lens, and the second sub-assembly includes a manually operable actuator. The actuator is biased in a non-engaging arrangement with the shutter and is positioned to releasably engage the shutter for movement of the shutter in a lateral direction.