Abstract: A motorized shutter for a host communication device configured as a single or multipart shutter positioned over a lens of a host camera. The shutter is opened and closed by a stepper motor rotating a threaded screw coupled to a threaded nut to which the shutter is affixed in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction in one embodiment, or by the stepper motor rotating a series of gears including a bipartite rack and pinion, and spur gear configurations, with the shutter affixed to the bipartite rack in which movement of the rack by the gears moves the shutter so as to cover or uncover the lens. A separate logic board in communication with the stepper motor and with the host logic board receives and transmits instructions from the host logic board, allowing the host device to control the shutter independently of the camera operation.

Abstract: A security door (100) for a communication device used to record and store or transmit visual data, the communication device having a lens (40) for an integrated camera positioned in an aperture (28) cut into a shell (24) of the visual communication device, the security door slideably affixed to the shell by a channel (52) affixed to an inner side (26b) of the shell, allowing a user to physically slide the door over the aperture to cover or uncover the lens, as desired, such covering and uncovering of the lens independent of camera function. In another embodiment, software is used to open and close the door. In some embodiments, the security door is disposed as a pocket door slideably moving inside a pocket door frame.

Abstract: A security door (100) for a communication device used to record and store or transmit visual data, the communication device having a lens (40) for an integrated camera positioned in an aperture (28) cut into a shell (24) of the visual communication device, the security door slideably affixed to the shell by a channel (52) affixed to an inner side (26b) of the shell, allowing a user to physically slide the door over the aperture to cover or uncover the lens, as desired, such covering and uncovering of the lens independent of camera function. In another embodiment, software is used to open and close the door. In some embodiments, the security door is disposed as a pocket door slideably moving inside a pocket door frame.