Patent ID: 11910086
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An information handling system comprising:
a processor operable to execute instructions to process information;
a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information;
a display interfaced with the processor and operable to present the information as visual images; and
a camera having a lens, an image sensor, an illumination source, a processing resource and a non-transient memory, the lens configured to direct light to the image sensor, the image sensor operable to capture a visual image of the light, the illumination source positioned between the lens and image sensor, the non-transient memory storing instructions that when executed on the processing resource cause the illumination source to illuminate in response to a predetermined condition thereby impeding the image sensor from capture of the visual image from the light directed through the lens, the camera further having a light diffuser having a planar shape and sized to impede light passing from the lens to the image sensor, an actuator coupled to the light diffuser and operable to selectively extend the light diffuser to an impeding position between the lens and image sensor and to retract the light diffuser from the impeding position, and instructions stored in the non-transitory memory that when executed on the processing resource causes the actuator to extend the light diffuser to the impeding position in response to the predetermined condition.