THIN ACTIVE CAMERA COVER FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE Russian patent published in 2012 - IPC H04M1/02 G03B17/18 

FIELD: physics.

SUBSTANCE: device has a camera electronic circuit for performing operations associated with the camera. The camera electronic circuit comprises a camera lens which is at least partially covered by a visual indicator element. The visual indicator element is essentially nontransparent when the camera electronic circuit is in a first state - off state, and transparent when the camera electronic circuit is in a second state - on state. An audio or visual indication can also be output for the user when the camera electronic circuit is switched on.

EFFECT: protection of the camera lens from dust and scratching, visual indication of the state of the camera function, ensuring indistinguishability of the lens when the is not in use.

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