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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2017
Applicant:
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Spring, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alan Man Pan Tam, Houston, TX (US);
Tony Moon, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2021.01); G03B 13/34 (2021.01); G02B 7/08 (2021.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G03B 13/34 (2013.01); G03B 2217/18 (2013.01);
Abstract
Example implementations relate the selective defocus of cameras. For instance, in an example an electronic device including a camera including a lens having a field of view and a focal distance, a defocus switch, and an actuator to adjust the focal distance of the lens to selectively defocus a portion of the field of view of the lens in response to actuation of the defocus switch.