Patent ID: 8155514

Claim:
A protective cover for 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: an opening suitably sized and positioned relative to the camera assembly that allows light from the light source to illuminate the subject that is then reflected back to the lens assembly for image capture; and a light blocking mechanism that prevents light emitted by the light source and reflected by anything other than the subject being illuminated from reaching the lens assembly.