US 12,326,655 B2
Camera shutter system with increased security
Vikram Balaraja Shetty, Bengaluru (IN); Praveen Kumar G, Mangalore (IN); Visali Manoharan, Vangaram (IN); Manasa Jami, Visakhapatnam Andhra Pradesh (IN); Srinidhi An, Shivamogga (IN); Ramegowda Thimmegowda, Karnataka (IN); and Arun Pulasseri Kalam, Hassan (IN)
Assigned to DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited, Bengaluru (IN)
Filed by DISH Network Technologies India Private Limited, Karnataka (IN)
Filed on Dec. 19, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/544,743.
Application 18/544,743 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/189,455, filed on Mar. 24, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 202341007499 (IN), filed on Feb. 6, 2023; and application No. 202341074079 (IN), filed on Oct. 31, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0264508 A1, Aug. 8, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G03B 7/26 (2021.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 7/26 (2013.01) [G06F 3/167 (2013.01); H04N 23/65 (2023.01); G03B 2217/007 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automated shutter control system, the automated shutter control system comprising:
a shutter configured to block a lens of a camera;
a shutter motor that moves the shutter;
a first socket configured to be connected with a first power cable plug of a set top box (STB);
a plug configured to be connected with an outlet through which power is received for the automated shutter control system and the STB;
a power sensing circuitry that measures a first amount of power being supplied to the STB; and
a processing system, comprising one or more processors, that is in communication 11 with the shutter motor and the power sensing circuitry, wherein the processing system is configured to:
based on the first amount of power being supplied to the STB as measured by the power sensing circuitry, transmit a signal to the shutter motor that causes the shutter to be actuated to an unblocked position or a blocked position.