US 11,703,742 B2
Image capturing device
Chun-Hung Wen, New Taipei (TW); Chun-Hsien Chen, New Taipei (TW); Hui-Ping Sun, New Taipei (TW); and Yen-Chou Chueh, New Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Acer Incorporated, New Taipei (TW)
Filed by Acer Incorporated, New Taipei (TW)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/704,029.
Claims priority of application No. 110118268 (TW), filed on May 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0373864 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/50 (2023.01); G03B 11/04 (2021.01)
CPC G03B 11/043 (2013.01) [H04N 23/50 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image capturing device comprising:
a casing;
an image capturing module disposed in the casing;
a positioning member slidably disposed in the casing;
a memory alloy spring disposed in the casing, wherein two ends of the memory alloy spring are respectively connected to the positioning member and the casing;
a restoring spring disposed in the casing, wherein two ends of the restoring spring are respectively connected to the positioning member and the casing, and the memory alloy spring and the restoring spring are respectively located at two opposite sides of the positioning member;
a shielding member corresponding to the image capturing module and slidably disposed in the casing, wherein the shielding member is connected to the positioning member, and in an open state, the shielding member unblocks a light path of the image capturing module, and the memory alloy spring has a first length, and in a closed state, the shielding member blocks the light path of the image capturing module, and the memory alloy spring has a second length greater than the first length; and
a switch slidably disposed on the casing and connected to the shielding member.