Retrofit Spying-out Protection

Abstract

Implemented is a retrofit spying-out protection of an electronic device, in particular a smartphone, which is provided with a miniature digital camera having a camera lens, composed of a lens cover of a camera lens, which is movable under a film (having a through-recess. Said retrofit spying-out protection insignificantly enlarges the spatial volume of a device and, in addition, can easily be placed in and out of operation, which is achieved in that the film covers the total area of one side of the device and is equipped with an undercut around the edge of the through-recess, said undercut widening towards the surface of the device. The lens cover rests on the surface of the electronic device with a contact surface facing away from the access surface, extends with lateral flattened portions under the undercut and is held in a form-fitting manner on the surface by the film.

Claims

1-14. (canceled)

15. A retrofit spying-out protection for an electronic device provided with a miniature digital camera with a camera lens, comprising: a lens cover, a camera lens, and a film, wherein: the lens cover is movably mounted under, behind or in the film, the film has a through-recess through which an access surface of the lens cover extends outwards, the lens cover is mounted on the access surface so that it can be moved manually under the film, the film has, at least in an area around the camera lens, a contact surface with which it can be positioned on a surface of the electronic device, and the lens cover is designed to be movable in two operating states, namely in a closed position in front of the camera lens and in an open position next to the camera lens, wherein: an elastic constriction is formed in the through-recess in the displacement path of the lens cover for locking in both operating states.

16. A retrofit spying-out protection for an electronic device provided with a miniature digital camera with a camera lens, comprising: a lens cover, a camera lens, and a film, wherein: the lens cover is movably mounted under, behind or in the film, the film has a through-recess through which an access surface of the lens cover extends outwards, the lens cover is mounted on the access surface so that it can be moved manually under the film, the film has, at least in an area around the camera lens, a contact surface with which it can be positioned on a surface of the electronic device, and the lens cover is designed to be movable in two operating states, namely in a closed position in front of the camera lens and in an open position next to the camera lens, wherein: the film around the through-recess is equipped with a spatial embossing in a form of a raised area which creates a free space underneath for the lens cover and that the lens cover is movably mounted in the free space along the through-recess and that the lens cover rests on the surface of the electronic device with the contact surface facing away from the access surface and is held in place in a form-fitting manner by the film.

17. A retrofit spying-out protection for an electronic device provided with a miniature digital camera with a camera lens, comprising: a lens cover, a camera lens, and a film, wherein: the lens cover is movably mounted under, behind or in the film, the film has a through-recess through which an access surface of the lens cover extends outwards, the lens cover is mounted on the access surface so that it can be moved manually under the film, the film has, at least in an area around the camera lens, a contact surface with which it can be positioned on the surface of the electronic device, and the lens cover is designed to be movable in two operating states, namely in a closed position in front of the camera lens and in an open position next to the camera lens, wherein: the film is equipped around an edge of the through-recess with an undercut widening towards the surface of the electronic device and the lens cover rests on the surface of the electronic device with the contact surface facing away from the access surface and extends with lateral flattened portions under the undercut and is held in place in a form-fitting manner by the film.

18. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 15, wherein the film is designed as a film which is self-adhesive or is stuck down with an adhesive.

19. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 15, wherein the lens cover is designed in a plan view as a round or elongated sliding piece.

20. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 15, wherein the through-recess is straight or curved and the lens cover is accordingly configured to move in a straight line or along a curved path or is designed to be rotatable around onto the surface of the electronic device.

21. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 15, wherein the lens cover is coloured in an area which is in a closed position in front of the camera lens and that the film is also coloured in an area around the camera lens and that in a closed position both areas complement each other to form a common area as a closed unit or partially overlap visually so that a closed position is visually highlighted as such.

22. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 21, wherein in an open position a local separation of the coloured areas is created and the open positions as such are also visually highlighted.

23. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 22, wherein the lens cover is designed to be opaque or like frosted glass or satin-finished translucent.

24. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 15, wherein the lens cover is designed with a catch protruding in the direction of the film for locking in both operating states.

25. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 24, wherein the film covers a partial area around the camera lens or the entire area of one side of the electronic device.

26. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 25, wherein the lens cover, when mounted on the electronic device with its access surface, protrudes from the through-recess or is formed in a plane with the film or below it.

27. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 17, wherein the undercut has a dovetail-shaped contour in the cross-section through the through-recess.

28. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 16, wherein the film is designed as a film which is self-adhesive or is stuck down with an adhesive.

29. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 16, wherein the lens cover is designed in a plan view as a round or elongated sliding piece.

30. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 16, wherein the through-recess is straight or curved and the lens cover is accordingly configured to move in a straight line or along a curved path or is designed to be rotatable around onto the surface of the electronic device.

31. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 16, wherein the lens cover is coloured in an area which is in a closed position in front of the camera lens and that the film is also coloured in an area around the camera lens and that in a closed position both areas complement each other to form a common area as a closed unit or partially overlap visually so that a closed position is visually highlighted as such.

32. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 31, wherein in an open position a local separation of the coloured areas is created and the open positions as such are also visually highlighted.

33. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 32, wherein the lens cover is designed to be opaque or like frosted glass or satin-finished translucent.

34. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 16, wherein the lens cover is designed with a catch protruding in the direction of the film for locking in both operating states.

35. The retrofit spying-out protection of claim 34, wherein the film covers a partial area around the camera lens or the entire area of one side of the electronic device.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0024] Some examples of the embodiments of the invention are described in more detail below with reference to the diagrams. They show:

[0025] FIG. 1a partial view of a retrofit spying-out protection with a spatially raised embossing in a device-covering film,

[0026] FIG. 2a lens cover of a retrofit spying-out protection in accordance with FIG. 1,

[0027] FIG. 3a spatial partial view of the retrofit spying-out protection in accordance with FIG. 1,

[0028] FIG. 4a partial view of a further retrofit spying-out protection in a device-covering film,

[0029] FIG. 5an enlarged side view of a lens cover of the retrofit spying-out protection in accordance with FIG. 4,

[0030] FIG. 6a plan view of the lens cover in accordance with FIG. 5,

[0031] FIG. 7a spatial view of a retrofit spying-out protection in the smallest possible embodiment, accordance with FIG. 7,

[0032] FIG. 9a sectional side view of the retrofit spying-out protection along the line 9-9 in FIG. 8,

[0033] FIG. 10an enlarged partial view of FIG. 9 in cross-section,

[0034] FIG. 11a view from below of a film of a retrofit spying-out protection in accordance with FIGS. 7 to 10,

[0035] FIG. 12a sectional side view of the retrofit spying-out protection along the line 12-12 in FIG. 11, and

[0036] FIG. 13a sectional longitudinal view through the retrofit spying-out protection along the line 13-13 in FIG. 11.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0037] The retrofit spying-out protection on an electronic device provided with a miniature digital camera with a camera lens, such as an electronic communication or entertainment device like a smartphone, tablet, notebook or smart TV, comprises essentially a lens cover 1;2 of a camera lens, which is movably mounted under, behind or into a film 3;4 wherein the film 3;4 has a through-recess 5;6 through which an access surface 7;8 of the lens cover 1;2 extends outwards so that the lens cover 1;2 is mounted on the access surface 7;8 so that it can be moved manually under the film 3;4, wherein the film 3;4 has, at least in a narrow area around the camera lens, a contact surface with which it can be positioned on the surface of an electronic device and the lens cover 1;2 is designed to be movable in two operating states, namely in a closed position in front of the camera lens and in an open position next to the camera lens.

[0038] The film 3;4 is designed as a self-adhesive film, so that no adhesive residues can remain on the surface of an electronic device after their removal. The lens cover 1;2, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, consists of a sliding piece which in a plan view is round and, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 11, is an elongated sliding piece.

[0039] The through-recess 5;6 in the film 3;4 is shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14 as a straight recess, but it could also be designed in a curved form, which is not shown in the diagrams. The lens cover 1;2 is accordingly designed to be capable of moving along a straight path on the surface of the electronic device, with lens covers which can be rotated around their vertical axis also being possible. These too, however, are not shown in the diagrams.

[0040] The lens cover 1;2 can be designed to be opaque or slightly translucent, whereby a translucent lens cover 1;2 is designed to allow only a blurred incidence of light. The lens cover 1;2 can also be coloured in an area in which it lies in front of a camera lens, just as the film 3;4 can be coloured in the area around the camera lens, so that a closed position is visually highlighted.

[0041] In the through-recess 5; 6 in the displacement path of the lens cover 1;2, an elastic constriction 11 in the form of a collar is positioned for locking in both the operating states of the retrofit spying-out protection device or the lens cover 1;2 is equipped with a catch 12 protruding in the direction of the film 3;4, which, due to friction, keeps the lens cover 1;2 in one of its two operating states, without having to make catch recesses in the film 3;4.

[0042] As indicated in FIGS. 1 and 4, the film 3;4 of the retrofit spying-out protection can cover the entire surface of one side of an electronic device, like a smartphone, and thus be part of a protective film, in the same way that a film 3;4 can cover only a small partial area around a camera lens, as this is possible with a retrofit spying-out protection, which is shown in FIGS. 7 to 13.

[0043] In an embodiment not shown in the diagram, the lens cover 1;2 can protrude beyond the plane of the film 3;4 or, as shown in FIGS. 1, 3, 4 and 7, not be designed to protrude beyond the contour of the films 3;4, the lens cover 1; 2 then having a height dimension which is equal to the thickness dimension of the film 3;4

[0044] An embodiment of the retrofit spying-out protection, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, is equipped with a spatially raised embossing 13 in the film 3 for positioning over a camera lens, where the embossing 13 extends around the through-recess 5, so that a free space with a small clearance of a few hundredths of a millimetre is created for the lens cover 1, into which the lens cover 1 is movably mounted. This rests on the surface of the electronic device with a contact surface 9 facing away from the access surface 7 and is held in place in a form-fitting manner by the film 3 via the lateral sliding surfaces 15 of the lens cover 1. In the border area of the through-recess 5, this is equipped with an elastic constriction 11 in the shape of a collar, which holds the lens cover 1 in place in a form-fitting manner in one of the two functional positions.

[0045] The retrofit spying-out protection in accordance with FIGS. 4 to 13 is equipped around the edge of the through-recess 6 with an undercut 16 in the form of a dovetail-shaped contour which widens towards the surface of the electronic device. Here the lens cover 2 with a contact surface 10 facing away from the access surface 8 rests on the surface of the electronic device and has lateral flattened portions 14 which extend under the undercut 16 so that the lens cover 2 is tightly held in place in a form-fitting manner on the surface by the film 4.