Patent · US Expired

Video camera integration on a portable computer

US6587151B1 · kind B1 · utility

57Cited by
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14Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1998
Grant dateJul 1, 2003
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Expiry dateAug 26, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F1/1683
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

On a portable computer, a video camera is integrated as a feature by mounting the camera as an assembly made up of a lens and associated pixel electronics in a camera base that is positioned on the perphery of the display in the cover of the portable computer when the cover is open, and the providing of a cavity in the base portion of the portable computer positioned so that the camera assembly enters the cavity when the cover of the portable computer is closed.

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