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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Google Llc, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark Kraz, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kevin Edward Booth, Mountain View, CA (US);
Tyler Scott Wilson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Nicholas Webb, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Jason Evans Goulden, Los Gatos, CA (US);
William Dong, Redwood City, CA (US);
Jeffrey Law, San Francisco, CA (US);
Rochus Jacob, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Duckworth Mittleman, Redwood City, CA (US);
Oliver Mueller, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google LLC, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
The various implementations described herein include a camera device that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; (3) at least one infrared (IR) illuminator positioned with the housing, the IR illuminator configured to selectively illuminate the scene; and (4) a front face that is at least partially concave-shaped and coupled to the housing, the front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor, and the front face positioned in front of the IR illuminator such that IR light from the IR illuminator is directed through the front face.