Patent ID: 11940723
Assignee: ZEBRA TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 13:
14. A privacy shutter assembly for a computing device, the privacy shutter assembly comprising:
a privacy shutter supported within an enclosure formed by a housing and a transparent panel of the computing device, the privacy shutter having a shutter magnet, and being rotationally movable between (i) an enabled position obstructing a camera field of view of the computing device, and (ii) a disabled position clearing the camera field of view; and
a shutter actuator supported outside the enclosure by the housing, the shutter actuator having an actuator magnet movable between (i) a first position to transition the shutter magnet to one of the enabled position and the disabled position, and (ii) a second position to transition the shutter magnet to the other of the enabled position and the disabled position;
wherein the actuator magnet attracts the shutter magnet when moving to one of the enabled position or the disabled position and the actuator magnet repels the shutter magnet when moving to the other one of the enabled position or the disabled position.