Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device with camera flash structures
- Patent Title (中): 具有相机闪光灯结构的电子设备
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Application No.: US13760930Application Date: 2013-02-06
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Publication No.: US09575392B2Publication Date: 2017-02-21
- Inventor: Lee E. Hooton , Kelvin Kwong
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent G. Victor Treyz; Jospeh F. Guihan
- Main IPC: G03B15/03
- IPC: G03B15/03 ; G03B17/02 ; G03B31/00

Abstract:
An electronic device may contain a camera, a camera flash, and a display in a housing. The camera flash or the display may provide illumination while capturing images with camera. The camera flash may be formed from light guiding structures that receive camera flash light from a light source. The camera flash may be located under a speaker port mesh. A speaker port may contain a camera and a camera flash. Light guiding structures may have a ring shape with an opening. A speaker port, camera, or button may be located within the opening. A button may have an opaque portion in which a transparent light guiding structure for a camera flash is embedded. Camera flash structures may produce camera flash light to capture images and can serve as a status indicator to indicate when a message is received or other state change is detected during operation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140219646A1 Electronic Device With Camera Flash Structures Public/Granted day:2014-08-07
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