Camera shutter with additional view blockers
One example may include a camera with a camera lens, and two shutter portions on opposite sides of the camera lens affixed to pivoting axes, and two shutter arms affixed to the two shutter portions which rotate about the pivoting axes to move the two shutter portions together to be contiguous with one another in front of the camera lens.
1. A camera comprising:
a camera lens; and a shutter mechanism comprising:
two shutter portions respectively located on opposite sides of the camera lens and affixed to pivoting axes, wherein the two shutter portions rotate about the pivoting axes to arcuately move the two shutter portions together to be contiguous with one another in front of the camera lens in a closed position,
wherein a first shutter portion of the two shutter portions comprises a first main rectangular portion and a first triangular-shaped portion having a top surface affixed to a first bottom surface of the first main rectangular portion so that the first triangular-shaped portion is located below a plane of the first bottom surface,
wherein a second shutter portion of the two shutter portions comprises a second main rectangular portion and a second triangular-shaped portion affixed to a second bottom surface of the second main rectangular portion so that the second triangular-shaped portion is located below a plane of the second bottom surface,
wherein in the closed position, the first main rectangular portion and the second main rectangular portion are contiguous and form a vertical gap therebetween, the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface are coplanar, and the second triangular-shaped portion overlaps a bottom surface of the first triangular-shaped portion to cover the vertical gap.
2. A method comprising:
receiving by a processor a command to close two shutters of a camera,
wherein the two shutters are located on opposite sides of a camera lens and affixed to pivoting axes,
wherein a first shutter portion of the two shutters comprises a first main rectangular portion and a first triangular-shaped portion having a top surface affixed to a first bottom surface of the first main rectangular portion so that the first triangular-shaped portion is located below a plane of the first bottom surface, and
wherein a second shutter portion of the two shutter portions comprises a second main rectangular portion and a second triangular-shaped portion affixed to a second bottom surface of the second main rectangular portion so that the second triangular-shaped portion is located below a plane of the second bottom surface;
actuating one or more motors to arcuately move the two shutters via the pivoting axes; and
stopping a movement of the two shutters when the first main rectangular portion and the second main rectangular portion are contiguous and form a vertical gap therebetween, the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface are coplanar, and the second triangular-shaped portion overlaps a bottom surface of the first triangular-shaped portion portions overlap one another to cover the vertical gap.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the two shutters are moved back to an open position after a period of time is identified by the processor.