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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. 29, 2016
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 11/045 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G08B 13/1963 (2013.01);
Abstract
A camera includes a cover, a camera lens provided behind the cover, and a shield configured to block at least a portion of light entering the camera lens through the cover, wherein the shield is movable from a retracted position at which the shield does not block the at least a portion of light entering the camera lens through the cover, to an inserted position at which the shield position blocks the at least a portion of a field of view of the camera lens and is positioned between the cover and the camera lens.