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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2024
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 video camera assembly 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; and (3) a concave-shaped 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; where the front face includes: (a) an inner section corresponding to the image sensor; and (b) an outer section between the housing and the inner section, the outer section having a concave shape that extends from an outer periphery of the outer section to an inner periphery of the outer section; and where the concave shape extends around an entirety of the outer periphery.