Movable Lens Cover Unit for Laptop Camera Privacy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laptop PCs require separate components to shield the camera for privacy protection, which affects design aesthetics and functionality.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a movable lens cover unit within the device's cover, featuring a light-transmitting and camera-shielding portion, allowing users to switch between photographing and shielding modes without external accessories.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a separate shutter or seal is attached to shield the camera, then camera privacy protection is improved, but device complexity increases and design aesthetics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the camera shielding function with the existing cover structure by integrating a movable portion into the cover. This movable portion can be positioned to either expose or shield the camera, eliminating the need for separate shutter components while maintaining privacy protection functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The cover structure is designed to serve multiple functions: it provides structural support, aesthetic appearance, and camera shielding capability. The movable portion of the cover acts as both a design element and a functional shutter, allowing one component to fulfill multiple roles.
2Reliability
If a separate shutter is attached to shield the camera, then camera privacy protection is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to projected shutter obstacles
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating the shielding function into the cover itself rather than attaching a separate protruding shutter, the patent eliminates physical obstacles that would interfere with laptop usage. The cover's movable portion provides shielding without creating external projections.
3Reliability
If a separate shutter is attached to shield the camera, then camera privacy protection is improved, but design aesthetics deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the shielding mechanism into the cover's existing design rather than attaching a separate component. The movable portion is designed as part of the cover's aesthetic structure, maintaining design integrity while providing camera protection functionality.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables seamless switching between camera usage and privacy protection without the need for external shielding members, maintaining design integrity and usability.
Implementation Method 1
a light transmitting portion formed of a material transmitting light
Implementation Method 2
a camera shielding portion formed of a material not transmitting light
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides an electronic device without the necessity of a separate member shielding a camera. The electronic device comprises a lens cover unit of a Laptop PC at least partially accommodated in a cover. The lens cover unit is movable between a first position, where a light transmitting cover which is a light transmitting portion faces a camera, and a second position, where a thick portion which is a camera shielding portion shields the camera.