IP Library Granted Patent US 11,665,412
Granted Patent B2
US 11,665,412 · App. 17/403,125 · Granted May 30, 2023

Mountable display camera assembly with arm

Inventors: Brian William Wallace (Raleigh, NC); Cyan Godfrey (Chapel Hill, NC)
Assignee: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
H04N23/51F16M11/04F16M13/005F16M13/022G03B17/561G06F1/1605H04N23/54H04N23/57F16B2001/0064G03B17/566G06F1/1686H04N23/531
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Patent No.
US 11,665,412
App. No.
17/403,125
Granted
May 30, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system can include a display assembly that includes a display, a display side, a back side and a frame, where the back side includes a serial bus socket; and a camera assembly that includes a camera head unit coupled to an end of an arm, where an opposing end of the arm includes a serial bus connector receivable by the serial bus socket of the back side of the display assembly.

Claims (24)

1. A system comprising:

a display assembly that comprises a display, a display side, a back side and a frame, wherein the back side comprises a serial bus socket and vent openings, and wherein the serial bus socket is disposed proximate to at least one of the vent openings;

and a camera assembly that comprises a camera head unit coupled to an end of an arm, wherein an opposing end of the arm comprises a base and a serial bus connector receivable by the serial bus socket of the back side of the display assembly, and wherein the base covers at least one of the vent openings and less than all of the vent openings.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the back side comprises a ledge and wherein the serial bus socket is disposed on the ledge.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the arm comprises an arm length that exceeds a distance between the ledge and the frame.

4. The system of claim 2 , wherein the serial bus socket is disposed between a lengthwise mid-point of the ledge and a lengthwise end of the ledge.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly comprises a stepped-out housing on the back side.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the stepped-out housing forms a step with respect to a back side surface of the back side of the display assembly, wherein the step comprises a top surface, wherein the top surface comprises a number of the vent openings, and wherein the serial bus socket is disposed on the top surface.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly comprises a turntable mount that defines a rotational axis and wherein the display is rotatable by 90 degrees about the rotational axis.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the serial bus socket comprises a first serial bus socket and comprising a second serial bus socket, wherein the first serial bus socket and the second serial bus socket are disposed on the back side of the display assembly at an angle of 90 degrees with respect to each other about the rotational axis.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the arm and the base comprise a pivot joint that defines a pivot axis, wherein arm is pivotable in a clockwise direction and in a counter-clockwise direction about the pivot axis, wherein the frame comprises a long edge and a short edge, wherein the camera head unit is positionable via the arm and the pivot joint along the long edge, and wherein the camera head unit is positionable via the arm and the pivot joint along the short edge.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the camera head unit is removably coupled to the end of the arm via a serial bus connector and comprising an accessory that removably couples to the end of the arm via a serial bus connector.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises a locking feature.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the display assembly comprises a processor and memory accessible to the processor.

13. The system of claim 1 , wherein the base comprises at least one display assembly vent opening extension, receivable by one or more of the vent openings, that secures the base to the display assembly.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the least one display assembly vent opening extension comprises at least one rotatable display assembly vent opening extension orientable for receipt in a vent opening and rotatable to seat a portion thereof behind one or more vent walls of the display assembly.

15. A camera assembly comprising:

a camera head unit; and

an arm wherein the camera head unit is coupled to an end of the arm, wherein an opposing end of the arm comprises a base and a serial bus connector receivable by a serial bus socket, wherein the base comprises at least one display assembly vent opening extension that secures the base to a display assembly, and wherein the base covers at least one vent opening of the display assembly.

16. The camera assembly of claim 15 , wherein the arm comprises an articulated arm.

17. The camera assembly of claim 15 , wherein the arm comprises a telescoping arm.

18. The camera assembly of claim 15 , wherein the arm comprises a pivoting arm that comprises at least one pivot joint.

19. The camera assembly of claim 15 , wherein the arm comprises a first joint at the end coupled to the camera head unit and a second joint at the opposing end coupled to the base, wherein the camera head unit is at least pivotable via the first joint and wherein the arm is at least pivotable via the second joint by at least 90 degrees.

20. The camera assembly of claim 15 , wherein the arm comprises a pivot joint that defines a pivot axis and wherein the camera head unit is pivotable in a clockwise direction and in a counter-clockwise direction about the pivot axis.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 20, 2025
From: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
To: LENOVO SWITZERLAND INTERNATIONAL GMBH
Reel/Frame 070269/0092 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO PC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 070266/0918 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 15, 2021
From: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
To: LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 058132/0698 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 16, 2021
From: WALLACE, BRIAN WILLIAM; GODFREY, CYAN
To: LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.
Reel/Frame 057190/0505 →