Camera assembly
A camera assembly can include a housing that includes a front side that includes a front side perimeter, a back side that includes a back side perimeter, and a surface that extends between the front side and the back side; a camera that includes a front side aperture; a front side illumination light; and a status light.
1 . A camera assembly comprising:
a housing that comprises a front side that comprises a front side perimeter, a back side that comprises a back side perimeter, and a surface that extends between the front side and the back side;
a camera that comprises a front side aperture;
a front side illumination light;
a networked conference session status light; and
a mechanical shutter, positionable to cover the front side aperture, wherein the mechanical shutter is positioned to cover the front side aperture, the front side illumination light is de-actuated without de-actuation of the networked conference session status light.
2 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , comprising a switch that controls actuation and de-actuation of the front side illumination light.
3 . The camera assembly of claim 2 , wherein actuation and de-actuation of the front side illumination light via the switch depends on position of the mechanical shutter.
4 . The camera assembly of claim 2 , wherein position of the mechanical shutter controls the switch indirectly by camera-based light sensing via the front side aperture.
5 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the networked conference session status light extends outwardly from the surface of the housing.
6 . The camera assembly of claim 5 , wherein the networked conference session status light comprises a top side, a housing surface side, and a 360 degree surface disposed between the top side and the surface side.
7 . The camera assembly of claim 5 , wherein the networked conference session status light extends outwardly from the back side of the housing.
8 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the networked conference session status light runs along at least a portion of the back side perimeter of the housing.
9 . The camera assembly of claim 8 , wherein the networked conference session status light runs along at least 50 percent of the back side perimeter of the housing.
10 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front side illumination light runs along at least a portion of the front side perimeter of the housing.
11 . The camera assembly of claim 10 , wherein the front side illumination light runs along at least 50 percent of the front side perimeter of the housing.
12 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the networked conference session status light runs along at least a portion of the back side perimeter of the housing and wherein the front side illumination light runs along at least a portion of the front side perimeter of the housing.
13 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front side illumination light comprises at least one light guide and at least one light emitting diode.
14 . The camera assembly of claim 13 , wherein the at least one light guide focuses light emitted by the at least one light emitting diode.
15 . The camera assembly of claim 13 , wherein the at least one light guide is a polymeric optical element.
16 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front side perimeter is circular.
17 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , wherein the front side perimeter is obround.
18 . The camera assembly of claim 1 , comprising control circuitry that controls operation of the front side illumination light and the networked conference session status light.
19 . A camera assembly comprising:
a housing that comprises a front side that comprises a front side perimeter, a back side that comprises a back side perimeter, and a surface that extends between the front side and the back side;
a camera that comprises a front side aperture;
a front side illumination light; and
a networked conference session status light, wherein the networked conference session status light runs along at least a portion of the back side perimeter of the housing.
20 . The camera assembly of claim 19 , wherein the networked conference session status light extends outwardly from the surface of the housing along a portion of a top side of the housing.