Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Blade open-close device
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Application No.: US16941539Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US11237457B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Ryosuke Ushio , Kenzo Imai , Nobuaki Watanabe
- Applicant: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Hauptman Ham, LLP
- Priority: JPJP2019-140042 20190730
- Main IPC: G03B11/04
- IPC: G03B11/04 ; H02K41/035

Abstract:
A technique reduces images unintended by the user captured with an electronic device having a camera function by unauthorized access or an accidental operation performed by the user. A blade open-close device includes a blade that opens or closes a lens aperture in a camera module, an actuator that opens or closes the blade, a drive that drives the actuator, and a switch that inputs an opening signal and a closing signal into the drive. The switch includes a mechanical switch operation member that generates the opening signal and the closing signal in response to a manual operation performed by a user. The drive is independent of a drive output from the camera module.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210033948A1 BLADE OPEN-CLOSE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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