US 11,985,398 B2
Camera-based, privacy LED tamper detection
Kirk Erik Burgess, Newark, CA (US); and Kevin Sawyer, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/898,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/310,525, filed on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,557, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0156313 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01); H04N 5/91 (2006.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/50 (2023.01) [H04N 5/77 (2013.01); H04N 5/91 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01); H04N 23/61 (2023.01); H04N 23/64 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for recording video in a wearable device, comprising:
a barrel to provide mechanical support for one or more components in the system;
a camera, disposed inside the barrel, wherein the camera includes a front lens with a camera field of view pointed to an onlooker outside of the wearable device;
a cover glass mounted on the barrel, the cover glass configured to protect the front lens and one or more components in the system;
a first light emitting device, disposed inside the barrel; and
a light pipe inside the barrel configured to receive a light from the first light emitting device and to transmit the light through an overlap area on the cover glass and outside of the wearable device, to the onlooker, when the camera is recording a scene outside of the wearable device, within the camera field of view, wherein the camera field of view comprises at least a portion of the overlap area.