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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:
Mar. 26, 2024
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2021
Applicant:
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Inventors:
Lawrence Allen Stone, Austin, TX (US);
David William Reber, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Dennis Barrett, Allen, TX (US);
Assignee:
Zebra Technologies Corporation, Lincolnshire, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 9/36 (2021.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 9/36 (2013.01); G03B 11/041 (2013.01); G03B 17/565 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01);
Abstract
A computing device includes: a housing supporting a transparent panel to define an enclosure; a camera supported within the enclosure, the camera having a field of view extending through the transparent panel; and a privacy shutter supported within the enclosure, between the transparent panel and the camera, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being movable via magnetic activation between (i) an enabled position obstructing the field of view, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the field of view.