ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,604,072, issued on April 14, was assigned to Dell Products LP (Round Rock, Texas).
"Camera and infrared sensor shutter" was invented by Lai Say Poh (Singapore) and Suet Chan Law (Singapore).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An information handling system camera has physical security with a shutter that blocks the camera lens and a block member that separately blocks an infrared sensor. A ring rotates around the lens and engages with leaf members so that rotation of the ring opens and closes the leaf members. The block member extends inward from the ring towards the lens align with and block the infrared sensor when the leaf members block th...