Patent ID: 8243380

Claim:
A device for switching an optical lens filter for a camera, said device comprising: a cantilevered filter arm pivotally secured to a housing and having at least one optical lens filter capable of being selectively inserted into an optical path of a camera; and an electromechanical solenoid secured within said housing, said electromechanical solenoid having an armature engaged with an axial elongate shaft of said cantilevered filter arm, said armature slidably disposed within an axial channel of electromechanical solenoid, and said axial elongate shaft of said cantilevered filter arm being substantially perpendicular to said axial channel of said electromechanical solenoid; wherein said electromechanical solenoid provides a linear mechanical force to pivot said cantilevered filter arm between a first position and a second position according to a polarity of a magnetic field generated by said electromechanical solenoid.