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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2020
Nidec Copal Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kenzo Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Koji Sawanobori, Tokyo, JP;
Nobuaki Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Daisuke Yaginuma, Tokyo, JP;
NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A technique enhances security measures in the IoT by reducing leakage of private images and degraded security due to unauthorized image capturing, eliminates the possibility that an unintended image is captured and stored, and also shows people around the user that the camera function of an electronic device is not working. A camera module shielding mechanism for shielding a camera module by retracting the camera module into a housing of an electronic device includes a support member supporting the camera module, a slide support supporting the support member in a slidable manner, an urging member that urges the support member in a direction in which the camera module protrudes from the housing, a locking member that locks the support member with the camera module retracted in the housing, and an actuator that unlocks the locking member.