US 12,306,516 B1
Detection of camera lens cover position by backlighting
Hugo Chusseau, Bois-Colombes (FR); Radu Nedelcu, Bois-Colombes (FR); and Alexandre Marton, Bois-Colombes (FR)
Assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Bois-Colombes (FR)
Filed by SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS, Bois-Colombes (FR)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/990,928.
Claims priority of application No. 2314934 (FR), filed on Dec. 21, 2023.
Int. Cl. G03B 17/18 (2021.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 21/4223 (2011.01)
CPC G03B 17/18 (2013.01) [G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G03B 30/00 (2021.01); H04N 21/4223 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic apparatus comprising:
a casing provided with a first opening,
an image capture device having a field of view,
a movable shutter provided with an opening, said shutter being mounted on the casing so as to be movable between a working position and a rest position so that when the movable shutter is in its working position, the image capture device can, during operation, see the exterior of the casing via the first opening and the opening in the movable shutter, and when the shutter is in its rest position, the movable shutter blocks the first opening for the image capture device, and
a light source;
wherein said movable shutter comprises an optical device arranged to guide the light, and in that when the movable shutter is in its rest position, the optical device is arranged to guide the light from the light source to the field of view of the image capture device.