Patent ID: 8364032

Claim:
A protective cover suitable for protecting a small form factor electronic device, the small form factor electronic device having at least a rear facing camera assembly, the camera assembly having a lens assembly and a light source in close proximity to the lens assembly, the light source arranged to emit light used to illuminate a subject, the lens assembly arranged to capture at least some of the light reflected from the subject wherein a portion of the light reflected from the subject is provided by the light source, the protective cover comprising: a housing, the housing having a shape in accordance with the small form factor electronic device, the shape being suitable for enclosing at least some of the rear portion of the small form factor electronic device, the housing comprising: a light source opening having a size and shape in accordance with the light source, comprising: a reflective surface substantially surrounding a surface of the light source through which light is transmitted, the substantial surrounding of the light source preventing light transmitted through the surface from leaking between the protective cover and the small form factor electronic device and the reflective surface arranged to reflect substantially all incident light transmitted through the surface from the light source to the subject, and a lens assembly opening having a size and shape in accordance with the lens assembly, the lens assembly opening comprising a light block that prevents substantially all light except from reflected light from the subject from reaching the lens assembly.