Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Camera assembly with concave-shaped front face
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Application No.: US17365850Application Date: 2021-07-01
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Publication No.: US11546491B2Publication Date: 2023-01-03
- Inventor: Mark Kraz , Kevin Edward Booth , Tyler Scott Wilson , Nicholas Webb , Jason Evans Goulden , William Dong , Jeffrey Law , Rochus Jacob , Adam Duckworth Mittleman , Oliver Mueller
- Applicant: Google LLC
- Applicant Address: US CA Mountain View
- Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee: Google LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Mountain View
- Agency: Colby Nipper PLLC
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G08B13/196 ; G03B17/02 ; H04N7/18 ; H04R1/02 ; G02B1/11 ; H04R1/40 ; H04R1/04 ; G03B17/08 ; G02B5/20 ; H04R27/00 ; G03B31/00 ; G03B11/04

Abstract:
The various implementations described herein include a camera device that includes: (1) a housing; (2) an image sensor positioned within the housing and having a field of view corresponding to a scene in the smart home environment; (3) at least one infrared (IR) illuminator positioned with the housing, the IR illuminator configured to selectively illuminate the scene; and (4) a front face that is at least partially concave-shaped and coupled to the housing, the front face positioned in front of the image sensor such that light from the scene passes through the front face prior to entering the image sensor, and the front face positioned in front of the IR illuminator such that IR light from the IR illuminator is directed through the front face.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210344818A1 Camera Assembly with Concave-Shaped Front Face Public/Granted day:2021-11-04
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