US 11,991,433 B2
Camera and microphone enabling shutters
Ching-Ming Wang, Taipei (TW); Hui-Jen Tseng, Taipei (TW); and Yen-Chi Chen, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/777,838
Filed by HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 6, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/065026
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/112878, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0417398 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 21/82 (2013.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G06F 1/1613 (2013.01); G06F 1/1686 (2013.01); G06F 1/1688 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06F 21/82 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
7. A computing device comprising:
a camera comprising a lens;
a microphone; and
a housing comprising:
an opening extending through the housing, wherein the opening is to accommodate the lens; and
a shutter to selectively obscure the opening, wherein the shutter is slidable between consecutive positions, the consecutive positions comprising:
a first position, wherein the shutter is to obscure the opening while the microphone is enabled;
a second position different from the first position, wherein the shutter is to obscure the opening and disable the microphone;
a third position, wherein the shutter is to expose the opening while the microphone is disabled; and
a fourth position different from the third position, wherein the shutter is to expose the opening and enable the microphone.