US 12,265,313 B2
Systems and methods for video camera systems for smart TV applications
Bill Baxter, Bellevue, WA (US); Glen Gihong Kim, Anaheim, CA (US); and Zeev Neumeier, Berkeley, CA (US)
Assigned to Vizio, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Vizio, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on May 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/826,896.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/194,434, filed on May 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382132 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 17/02 (2021.01); G03B 9/36 (2021.01); H04N 5/265 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 17/02 (2013.01) [G03B 9/36 (2013.01); H04N 5/265 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/53 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A video system, comprising:
a video display having a front surface and a rear surface spaced apart along a depth axis, and an upper surface and a lower surface spaced apart along a height axis;
a camera compartment located proximate the upper surface of the video display, the camera compartment having a recess;
a dust cover that selectively covers the recess, the dust cover comprising a cam follower surface;
a video camera in a camera housing, wherein the camera housing defines a cam surface and is selectively retractable into and deployable from the recess;
a motor enclosed in the recess and operatively connected to the camera housing, wherein the motor is selectively energizable to traverse the camera housing along an arc path such that the camera housing cam surface engages the dust cover cam follower surface to displace the dust cover and allow the camera housing to exit the camera compartment.