Patent ID: 11971645
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A camera comprising:
a housing;
a camera module disposed in the housing and operable to capture visual images in a field of view along a field of view axis;
a cap coupled to the housing and having an opening aligned with the camera module, the cap rotating relative to the camera about the visual image field of view axis to maintain the opening aligned with visual image field of view axis during rotating and the camera module unimpeded by the cap during rotating;
a shutter plate disposed between the cap and the housing, the shutter plate having an opening aligned with the cap opening and fixed relative to the housing;
plural shutter members coupled to the cap and the shutter plate, the plural shutter members translating over the cap opening when the cap rotates a first direction and translating away from the cap opening when the cap rotates a second direction; and
an actuator coupled to the cap to rotate the cap in the first and second direction based upon one or more predetermined conditions.