WO2019059911A1

WO2019059911A1 - Positionable covers

Info

Publication number: WO2019059911A1
Application number: PCT/US2017/052716
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xiang Ma; Derek KANAS; Chan-Woo Park
Original assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
Priority date: 2017-09-21
Filing date: 2017-09-21
Publication date: 2019-03-28

Abstract

Example implementations relate to positionable covers. For instance, in an example a housing can include a bezel including a first opening extending through the bezel at a first location, a second opening extending through the bezel at a second location, a positionable cover including a plurality of openings in a continuous portion, the positionable cover disposable at a plurality of positions to selectively obscure the first opening, the second opening, or a combination of the first opening and the second opening with the continuous portion.

Description

PQSiT!QNABLE COVERS Background

[0001] Computing systems such as laptop computers, desktop computers, various phones such as mobile phones, etc. may include a camera and/or a microphone. The camera may capture electronic images such as photos and/or video images. The microphones may capture audio. The cameras and/or the microphone may be located on an external surface of the computing system to promote capture of the electronic images and/or audio.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0002] Figure 1 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a diagram of a housing including a positionabie cover according to the disclosure.

[0003] Figure 2 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing including a positionabie cover in a first position according to the disclosure.

[0004] Figure 3 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing including a positionabie cover in a second position according to the disclosure.

[0005] Figure 4 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing including a positionabie cover in a third position according to the disclosure.

[0008] Figure 5 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing including a positionabie cover in a fourth position according to the disclosure.

[0007] Figure 6 illustrates a section view of a portion of an example of an electronic device including a positionabie cover according to the disclosure.

[0008] Figure 7 illustrates another section view of a portion of an example of an electronic device including a positionabie cover according to the disclosure. Detailed Description

[0009] Privacy is a concern for users of electronic devices such as laptops, cellular phones and other electronic devices including a camera and/or a mierphone. For instance, some nefarious entities may seek to gain control of a camera and/or microphone in an electronic device for a variety of undesired reasons. For instance, a nefarious entity may through various mechanisms acquire control of a camera included in an electronic device and/or gain access to electronic images captured by a camera included in an electronic device unbeknownst to a user of the electronic device. Similarly, a nefarious entity may acquire control of a microphone included in an electronic device and/or gain access to audio capture by the microphone, in some approaches, the above may be possible because the camera and/or the microphone may be visible and accessible to the user at ail times during operation of the computing device. For example, in some approaches the camera and/or the microphone may be mounted on an exterior portion of a computing device (e.g., on a display of the computing device) where it may be visible and accessible to the user during operation of the computing device.

[0010] The disclosure is directed to positionable covers. For example, a housing can include a bezel including a first opening extending through the bezel at a first location, a second opening extending through the bezel at a second location, a positionable cover including a plurality of openings in a continuous portion, the positionable cover disposable at a plurality of positions to selectively obscure the first opening, the second opening, or a combination of the first opening and the second opening with the continuous portion.

[0011] As detailed herein, positionable covers can obscure a first opening such as a first opening corresponding to a lens of a camera in an electronic device and/or obscure a second opening such as a second opening corresponding to a microphone in the electronic device. That is, respective openings corresponding to a camera and a microphone can be selectively obscured or exposed, for instance, depending on a desired functionality of the electronic device such as whether an end user of the electronic device desires to utilize the camera and/or the microphone. Selectively obscuring the camera and/or the microphone can mitigate and/or eliminate a nefarious entities ability to utilize a camera and/or a microphone of an electronic device in an undesired manner and yet retain a desired functionality of the electronic device. For instance, a camera can be obscured while a microphone is exposed, or vice versa as detailed herein. Additionally, positionable covers can desirably promote a thinner bezel as compared to other approaches that may utilize a thicker bezel due to the presence of a mechanical fastener such as a tongue and groove fastener included at least in part (e.g., a groove) in the bezel.

[0012] Figure 1 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a diagram of a housing 00 including a positionable cover 04 according to the disclosure. As illustrated in Figure 1 , the housing 100 can include the positionable cover 101 , and a bezel 102.

[0013] The housing 100 can form an exterior surface of an electronic device. The housing 100 can define an internal volume. The internal volume can be sized to receive a camera, a microphone, and/or various other electrical/mechanical components that may be included in an electronic device. That is, the housing 100 can include additional components such as a computing resource, and/or processing resource, etc. The housing 100 can be formed of fabric, metal, and/or plastic, among other suitable material to promote positionable covers.

[0014] In some examples, the positionable cover 101 can be formed of various ferromagnetic materials such as iron, cobalt, and/or nickel. For instance, the positionable cover 101 can include a ferromagnetic material in a quantity to magnetically couple the positionable cover 101 to a magnet, among other possibilities, in some examples, the positionable cover can be formed of sheet metal including iron. However, the disclosure is not so limited. Rather, in some examples, the positionable cover 01 can be formed of various non-ferromagnetic materials such as plastic, ceramics, fiberglass, glass, fabric, among other non-ferromagnetic materials to promote aspects of positionable covers such as having a continuous portion 120.

[001 S] The continuous portion 120 refers to a portion of the positionable cover 101 that does not allow ambient isible light (to an unaided human eye) to pass from the environment 103 surrounding the housing 100 to the internal volume, a camera, and/or a microphone of the housing 100. Moreover, the continuous portion 120 can damp (reduce a number of decibels) or soundproof at least a portion of a housing obscured by the continuous portion 120 such as an internal volume and/or a microphone included in an electronic device.

[0018] As illustrated in Figure 1 , the positionable cover 101 can include a plurality of openings 122-1 , 122-2, 122-3, 122-4, 122-0 (i.e., the openings 122-1 , 122-0) in the continuous portion 120. It is noted that a total number, size, and relative position of the openings can be varied. For instance, while opening 122-3 is illustrated as larger than the other openings the disclosure is not so limited.

Similarly, while Figure 1 illustrates a total of five openings it is understood that the positionable cover can include more or less openings depending upon a desired application and/or to otherwise promote aspects of positionable covers as described herein.

[0017] The opening 122-1 , 122-0 pass entirely through the continuous portion 20 to permit ambient light-' ambient sound from the environment 103 to readily travel from a given side of the positionable cover 101 facing the environment 103 to the other side of the positionable cover. Thus, the positionable cover 101 can be positioned in a plurality of positions to selectively obscure or expose respective openings in the bezel 102, for instance, depending on a desired functionality of an electronic device such as whether an end user of the electronic device desires to utilize the camera and/or the microphone of the electronic device.

[0018] The bezel 102 refers to a component that surrounds a display of an electronic device such as those described herein. For instance, the bezel 102 can surround a periphery of an electronic display such as a laptop or mobile phone, among other types of electronic devices. The bezel 102 can be formed of a same or different material than a material forming other portions of the housing 00. For instance, the bezel can be formed of fabric, metal, and/or plastic, among other suitable material to promote positionable covers.

[0019] As illustrated in Figure 1 , the bezel 102 can include a first opening 104 defined by the bezel 102 and extending from an environment 103 surrounding the housing 100 through the bezel 102 into an internal volume (not illustrated) of the housing 100. The first opening 104 can be sized to permit a camera in electronic device included in the internal volume (not illustrated) of the housing 100 to capture electronic images via the first opening 104 when the camera is exposed to the environment 103 surrounding the housing 100. That is, as described herein the first opening 104 can be selectively exposed by actuation of the positionable cover to various positions.

[0020] Similarly, the second opening 105 can be sized to permit a microphone such as those described herein to capture audio via the second opening 105 when the microphone is exposed to the environment surrounding the housing 100. That is, as described herein the first opening 104 can be selectively exposed by actuation of the positionabie cover to various positions as described herein. As illustrated in Figure 1 , the first opening 104 can extend through the bezel 102 at a first location and the second opening 105 can extend through the bezel at a second location that is different than the first location.

[0021] As mentioned, in various examples, the positionabie cover can be disposed in a total of four positions to selectively obscure or expose respective openings in the bezel 102, for instance, depending on a desired functionality of an electronic device such as whether an end user of the electronic device desires to utilize the camera and/or the microphone of the electronic device. For example, the positionabie cover 101 can be disposed in first position, a second position, a third position, and/or a fourth position as illustrated in Figures 2, 3, 4, and 5, respectively.

[0022] Figure 2 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing 200 including a positionabie cover 201 in a first position according to the disclosure. That is, as illustrated in Figure 2, the continuous portion 220 is to obscure both of a first opening 204 and a second opening 205 (each illustrated in Figure 2 as dotted lines due to being obscured from view by the continuous portion 220).

[0023] As used herein, being obscured refers to when a continuous portion of a positionabie cover covers an entire area of an opening. For instance, a plurality of opening 222-1 , 222-2, 222-3, 222-4, 222-0 may not align with the first opening 204 and/or the second opening 205. An entire area of an opening can be covered by the continuous portion 220, as illustrated in Figure 2, so that none of the opening is visible to the environment 103.

[0024] Conversely, as used herein an opening being exposed refers to when a continuous portion of a positionabie does not cover at least a portion of an area of an opening, in some examples, an entire opening (e.g., the first opening 304 as illustrated in Figure 3) can be exposed (i.e., a continuous portion does not cover an area of the opening),

[0025] In some examples, the bezel 202 can include a recess 21 1. The positionabie cover 201 can be disposed in a recess 21 1. As used herein, "disposed" means a location at which something is physically positioned. As detailed herein, having an outer surface 217 of the positionabie cover 201 copianar with an outer surface 213 of the bezel 202 can promote a thinner bezel 202 as compared to bezels that employ a mechanical fastener in a bezel and/or a cover to fasten a cover to a bezel and/or those approaches that employ an integral shutter in a camera.

[0028] A thickness of the positionable cover 201 can be equal to a depth of the recess 211 such that the outer surface 217 of the positionable cover is substantially copianar with the outer surface 213 of the bezel 202. In some examples, the positionable cover 201 can have a thickness from 50 to 500 microns. All subranges and values from 50 to 500 microns are included.

[0027] While Figure 2 illustrates a bezel including a recess the disclosure is not so limited. Rather, in some examples, the bezel can be without a recess, in such examples, the positionable cover can be formed of a ferromagnetic material to form a magnetic coupling with a magnet included in the housing 200, among other possibilities. As used herein, a magnetic coupling refers to a coupling between a positionable cover and magnet established due to a magnetic force (e.g., attractive force) established between the positionable cover and the magnet to maintain the positionable cover in the recess and/or disposition the positionable cover in a particular position.

[0028] Recess 2 1 refers to a portion of bezel 202 having an inner surface 212 that is recessed or closer to the internal volume of the housing 200 relative to the outer surface 213 of the bezel 202. The recess 21 1 can be sized to include the positionable cover 201 at least partially within the recess. For instance, the positionable cover 201 can be recessed within recess 21 1 such that an outer surface 217 of the positionable cover 201 is copianar with the outer surface 213 of the bezel 202 when the positionable cover is disposed in the recess 21 , among other possibilities such as having a portion of the exterior surface 217 protrude a distance away from the outer surface 213.

[0029] The positionable cover 201 can be disposed in the recess 21 1 by way of a friction fit and/or can be magnetically coupled to the bezel. For instance, a magnet, as described herein, can be positioned in an internal volume of the housing to magnetically couple to a positionabie cover formed of a ferromagnetic material. However, in some examples the positionable cover 201 can be disposed in the recess without a magnet and without magnetic coupling.

[0030] As illustrated in Figure 2, the recess can include a positioner such as positioners 215-1 , 215-2 to contact a surface of the positionabie cover 201 or otherwise (e.g., magnetically) disposition the positionable cover 201 at a respective position, it is noted that the recess 21 1 can include additional positioners beyond those shown in Figure 2 and as detailed herein to disposition the positionabie cover 201 at a respective position.

[0031] Examples of suitable positioners include mechanical positioners and/or magnetic positioners. Mechanical positioners include bumps and/or recess, among other mechanical elements to impart friction on or otherwise contact the positionabie cover 201. Magnetic positioners refer to magnets that can magnetically couple with the positionabie cover 201. Magnetic positioners can be disposed in the bezel and/or in an infernal volume of the housing 200. The recess 21 can include a total of four positioners although a total number of positioners can be varied.

[0032] In some examples, two positioners can be positioned at respective ends of the positionabie cover 201 to dispose the positionabie cover at a respective position, as detailed herein with respect to Figure 3 and Figure 4. However, in some examples, a given positioner can be positioned at a respective end of the

positionabie cover 201 while an end of the recess 201 can be positioned at the opposite end of the positionabie cover 201 to dispose position the cover at a respective position, as illustrated in Figure 2 (and similarly in Figure 5).

[0033] Figure 3 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing 300 including a positionabie cover 301 in a second position according to the disclosure. The housing 300 can include a positionabie cover 301 including a plurality of openings such as a fourth opening 322-1 , a fifth opening 322-2, a sixth opening 322- 3, a seventh opening 322-4, and an eighth opening 322-0 in a continuous portion 320, a bezel 302, and a recess 31 1 including a first opening 304 and a second opening 305. As illustrated in Figure 3, the recess 31 can include a positioner such as positioner 315-1 to contact a surface of the positionabie cover 301 or otherwise (e.g, magnetically) disposition the positionabie cover 301 at a respective position.

[0034] As illustrated in Figure 3, when at the second position the continuous portion 320 is to expose both the first opening 304 and the camera 334 and expose the second opening 305 and the microphone 335. Stated differently, the sixth opening 322-3 can align with the first opening 304 to expose the camera 334 while the fifth opening 322-2 and the eighth opening 322-0 can align with the second opening 305 to expose the microphone 335.

[0035] Figure 4 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing 400 including a positionabie cover 401 in a third position according to the disclosure. The housing 400 can include a positionable cover 401 including a plurality of openings such as a fourth opening 422-1 , a fifth opening 422-2, a sixth opening 422- 3, a seventh opening 422-4, and an eighth opening 422-0 in a continuous portion 420, a bezel 402, and a recess 41 1 including a first opening 404 and a second opening 405. As illustrated in Figure 4, the recess 41 1 can include a positioner such as positioner 4 5-3 to contact a surface of the positionable cover 401 or otherwise (e.g., magnetically) disposition the positionable cover 401 at a respective position, [0038] As illustrated in Figure 4, when at the third position the continuous portion 420 can expose the first opening 404 and the camera 434 and obscure the second opening 405 and the microphone (not illustrated for ease of illustration and due to being obscured). Stated differently, the sixth opening 422-3 can align with the first opening 404 to expose the camera 434 while the continuous portion 420 can obscure the second opening 405 to obscure the microphone.

[0037] Figure 5 illustrates a view of a portion of an example of a housing 500 including a positionable cover 501 in a fourth position according to the disclosure. The housing 500 can include a positionable cover 501 including a plurality of openings such as a fourth opening 522-1 , a fifth opening 522-2, a sixth opening 522- 3, a seventh opening 522-4, and an eighth opening 522-0 in a continuous portion 520, a bezel 502, and a recess 511 including a first opening 504 and a second opening 505. As illustrated in Figure 5, the recess 511 can include a positioner such as positioners 515-3, 5 5-R to contact a surface of the positionable cover 501 or otherwise (e.g., magnetically) disposition the positionable cover 501 at a respective position.

[0038] As illustrated in Figure 5, when at the fourth position the continuous portion 501 can obscure the first opening 504 and the camera (not iliustrated for ease of illustration and due to being obscured) and expose the second opening 505 and the microphone 535. Stated differently, the continuous portion 520 can obscure the first opening 504 and the camera while the fourth opening 522-1 and the seventh opening 522-4 can align with the second opening 505 to expose the microphone 3¾5.

[0039] Figure 8 illustrates a section view (taken along axis 324 as illustrated in Figure 3) of a portion of an example of an electronic device 870 including a positionable cover 601 according to the disclosure. Examples of the electronic device 870 include laptop computers, desktop computers, tablets, mobile phones, and various other electronic devices suitable with positionabie covers.

[0040] In various examples, the electronic device 670 can include a bezel 602 including a recess (not illustrated in Figure 6) such as those described herein. The bezel 602 can include a first opening 604 and a second opening 605. As illustrated in Figure 6, the first opening 604 and the second opening 605 can extend from an environment 603 surrounding the housing 600 and the electronic device 670 into an internal volume 671 of the housing 600.

[0041] The housing 600 can include a positionabie cover 601 including a plurality of openings positioned in a second position (as detailed herein with respect to Figure 3) to expose a camera 634 and a microphone 635. The camera 634 refers to a device to capture electronic images such as photographs and/or video images. The camera 634 may include a charge coupled device (CCD), complementary metal- oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor, an infrared sensor, a lens, and/or various circuitry to cause operation of the camera 634. The camera 634 may be operable as a projector to project electronic images and/or video to a wall or screen physically separate from the electronic device 670. The camera 634 can be an infrared camera to capture images in the infrared spectrum of light such as infrared images suitable for facial recognition.

[0042] The camera 634 can be a shutterless camera. As used herein, the term "shutterless" refers to an electronic camera that is without an integral shutter included in the camera to cover the lens. In contrast to approaches that rely on cameras including a shutter, the disclosure relates to thinner electronic devices including a positionabie cover and that is not susceptible to attacks by nefarious entities that may seek to gain control of a shutter employed in other approaches.

[0043] The camera 634 can be made from synthetic, semi-synthetic, or organic compounds, or combinations thereof. For example, the camera 834 can be made from polymers, plastics (e.g., thermoplastics), metals, etc. In some examples, the camera 634 can be painted or dyed to match or contrast with a color associated with the electronic device 870. For instance, a portion of the camera surrounding a lens (not illustrated) of the camera 634 can be a different color that contrasts with a color of the electronic device to provide an indication to a user of the electronic device 670 that the camera (e.g., a lens of the camera) is exposed to environment, it is noted that other visual indicators can be employed to denote various positions of the positionabie cover 801 , a microphone 835, and/or to indicate whether the camera 834 and/or the microphone 635 are exposed and/or obscured.

[0044] As used herein, a microphone refers to and electrical device such as a transducer that converts sound into an electrical signal. That is, in various examples, the electronic device 670 can include the microphone 635 disposed in the internal volume 671 of the housing 600 to capture audio when the second opening 605 is exposed. While Figure 6 illustrates the second opening 605 as including two distinct openings and similarly the microphone 835 as including two distinct microphones it is understood that the electronic device can include more or less distinct openings and/or more or less distinct microphones. Similarly, the housing can include more cameras and corresponding openings, in some examples.

[004S] As illustrated in Figure 6, the electronic device can include a switch 640 to enable and/or disable the camera 834 and/or the microphone 835. As used herein, the camera and/or the microphone being disabled refers to interrupting power supplied to the camera and/or the microphone so the camera and/or microphone do not function as intended. For instance, the switch 840 can cause power to cease (or be mitigated) to be provided to the camera 834 and/or the microphone 635 when camera 634 and/or the microphone 635 is covered by the continuous portion 620 of the positionabie cover 601 (e.g., as illustrated with respect to Figure 7). That is, the switch 640 can disable the microphone 835 when the second opening 605 is obscured and/or disable the camera 635 when the first opening 604 is obscured.

[0048] Enabling refers to supply power sufficient for the camera and/or the microphone to function as intended. For example, the switch 640 can cause power to be provided to the camera 834 and/or the microphone 835 when the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635 is exposed by an opening in the positionabie cover.

[0047] In some examples, the sensor element 647 can be positioned adjacent to the switch 640 (e.g., a non-touch switch) or can be positioned a distance away from the switch 640 (as illustrated in Figure 8) to cause the switch to enable or disable the microphone, the camera, or a combination of the microphone and the camera. While illustrated as including an individual sensor 640 and individual sensor element 647 it is understood that the electronic device 870 can include more sensors 840 and/or more sensor elements 847.

[0048] Examples of suitable switches include touch switches and non-touch switches. A touch switch refers to a switch that can be touched to operate in different modes (e.g., a first mode to cause power to be provided to the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635 or a second mode to cause power to cease to be provided to the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635, etc.). Examples of touch switches include a capacitive switch, a piezoelectric switch and/or a resistive switch, among others. Contact of a touch switch (or another component coupled to the touch switch) can cause the touch switch, responsive to the contact, to provide power or cease to provide power to the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635.

[0049] For example, a touch switch (or component coupled to the touch switch) can be contacted or not contacted when the positionable cover is in a given position to selective power the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635 when exposed by an opening in the positionable cover, as illustrated in Figure 6. Similarly, a touch switch (or component coupled to the touch switch) can be contacted or not contacted when the positionable cover is in a given position to selective cease (or mitigate) power to the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635 when covered by the continuous portion 620 of the positionable cover 601. in some examples, a sensor element 647 can contact the switch 640 and/or contact another component coupled to the 640 when the sensor element is adjacent to the switch, as shown in Figure 6.

[0050] A non-touch switch refers to a switch that can operate in different modes without contact of the switch. Examples of non-touch switches refer to ambient/visual light sensors, infrared sensors, and/or magnetic sensors, among other non-touch switches.

[0051] For instance, the switch can be a non-touch switch in the form of a visual light sensor that can be activated to provide power to the camera 634 and/or the microphone 635 when aligned with a sensor element 647, as illustrated in Figure 6, the corresponding element having an opening (not illustrated) to permit visible light to reach the sensor 640).

[0052] In some examples, the sensor element includes a magnet and the non- touch switch is a magnetic sensor, in such examples, the sensor element 647 can be positioned adjacent from the switch 640 (e.g., a non-touch switch), as illustrated in Figure 6, to cause the switch 640 to enable or disable the microphone, the camera, or a combination of the microphone and the camera.

[0053] As illustrated in Figure 6, the positionable cover 601 and the bezel 602 (e.g., a recess in the bezel) can be substantially planar mechanical connectionless surfaces. As used herein, the term "substantially" intends that the characteristic needs not be absolute, but is close enough to achieve the advantages of the characteristic. For example, "substantially parallel" or "substantially planar" features are at least closer to a parallel orientation than a perpendicular orientation, and generally are formed within a few degrees of parallel.

[0054] As mentioned, the positionable cover 801 can be substantially planar. However, the disclosure is not so limited. Rather, in some examples, the

positionable cover 601 and/or the bezel 602 can be curved or have a non-zero angle change, for instance an angle between 1 degree and 60 degrees, among other possibilities, across a portion of a width, thickness, or height of the positionable cover 601 and/or the bezel 602. As illustrated in Figure 6 each of the positionable cover 601 and the bezel 602 can be mechanically connectionless planar surfaces.

[005S] Figure 7 illustrates another section view (taken along axis 224 as illustrated in Figure 2) of a portion of an example of an electronic device including a positionable cover according to the disclosure.

[0058] As mentioned, the electronic device 770 can include a bezel 702 including a recess (not illustrated in Figure 7) such as those described herein. The bezel 702 can include a first opening 704 and a second opening 705. As detailed herein, the first opening 704 and the second opening 705 can extend from an environment 703 surrounding the housing 700 and the electronic device 770 into an internal volume 771 of the housing 700. However, as illustrated in Figure 7, a continuous portion 720 can obscure the first opening 704 and the second opening 705. As such, the continuous portion 720 can obscure the camera 734 and the microphone 735. In such examples, a switch 740 can disable the microphone 735 when the second opening 705 is obscured and can disable the camera 734 when the first opening 704 is obscured.

[0057] As illustrated in Figure 7, the housing 700 can include magnets 745. The magnets 745 can act as positioner to dispose the positionable cover 701 in a recess or otherwise affix the positionable cover 701 to the bezel 702 and/or to disposition the positionable cover 701 at a position (e.g., a first position, etc.) of a plurality of positions. For instance, as illustrated in Figure 7, the positionable cover can be magnetically coupled to the magnets 745 to selectively obscure the first opening 704 and the second opening 705 when the positionable cover is disposed in the recess adjacent to magnets 745 or can selectively expose the first opening and the and the second opening, as described with respect to Figure 6, among other possibilities. However, it is understood that the housing can be without magnets, as illustrated in Figure 6, in some examples.

[0058] The magnet 745 can refer to components including magnetic materials to magnetically couple to the positionable cover 701. In various examples, the magnets 745 can be permanent magnets. While Figure 7 illustrates the housing as including a total of two magnets the disclosure is not so limited. Rather, the housing can include fewer or more total magnets. For instance, in some examples the housing 700 can include a total of four magnets, among other possibilities.

[0059] It will be understood that when an element is referred to as being "on," "connected to", "coupled to", or "coupled with" another element, it can be directly on, connected, or coupled with the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an object is "directly coupled to" or "directly coupled with" another element it is understood that are no intervening elements (adhesives, screws, other elements) etc.

[0080] In the foregoing detailed description of the disclosure, reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration how examples of the disclosure may be practiced. These examples are described in sufficient detail to enable those of ordinary skill in the art to practice the examples of this disclosure, and it is to be understood that other examples (e.g., having different thickness) may be utilized and that process, electrical, and/or structural changes may be made without departing from the scope of the disclosure.

[0081] The figures herein follow a numbering convention in which the first digit corresponds to the drawing figure number and the remaining digits identify an element or component in the drawing. For example, reference numeral 101 may refer to element 101 in Figure 1 and an analogous element may be identified by reference numeral 301 in Figure 3. Elements shown in the various figures herein can be added, exchanged, and/or eliminated so as to provide additional examples of the disclosure. In addition, the proportion and the relative scale of the elements provided in the figures are intended to illustrate the examples of the disclosure, and should not be taken in a limiting sense.

Claims

What is claimed:

1. A housing comprising:

a bezel including:

a first opening extending through the bezel at a first location;

a second opening extending through the bezel at a second location; a positionable cover including a plurality of openings in a continuous portion, the positionable cover disposable at a plurality of positions to selectively obscure the first opening, the second opening, or a combination of the first opening and the second opening with the continuous portion,

2. The housing of claim , wherein the piurality of positions further comprise a first position, a second position, a third position, and a fourth position.

3. The housing of claim 2, wherein housing further comprises a positioner to disposition the positionable cover at a position of the piurality of positions, wherein the positioner further comprises a mechanical positioner or a magnetic positioner.

4. The housing of claim 2, wherein when at the first position the continuous portion is to obscure both the first opening and the second opening, and wherein when at the second position the continuous portion is to expose both the first opening and the second opening.

5. The housing of claim 2, wherein when at the third position the continuous portion is to expose the first opening and obscure the second opening.

6. The housing of claim 2, wherein when at the fourth position the continuous portion is to obscure the first opening and expose the second opening.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a housing including bezel having a recess, a first opening, and a second opening, the first opening and the second opening extending from an environment surrounding the housing through the recess into an internal volume of the housing; and a positionabie cover disposed in the recess and including a continuous portion having a plurality of openings to selective align with and expose the first opening, the second opening, or a combination of the first opening and the second opening.

8. The electronic device of claim 7, further comprising a camera disposed in the internal volume of the housing to capture electronic images when the first opening is exposed.

9. The electronic device of claim 8, further comprising a microphone disposed in the internal volume of the housing to capture audio when the second opening is exposed. 0. The electronic device of claim 9, further comprising a switch to disable the microphone when the second opening is obscured, and wherein the switch is further to disable the camera when the first opening is obscured.

1 . The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the switch further comprises a touch switch, wherein the positionabie cover is to contact the touch switch to cause the touch switch to disable the microphone, the camera, or a combination of the microphone and the camera.

12. The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the switch further comprises a non- touch switch, wherein the positionabie cover further includes a sensor element to be positioned adjacent from the non-touch switch to cause the non-touch switch to disable the microphone, the camera, or a combination of the microphone and the camera.

13. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the sensor element further comprises an opening and wherein the non-touch switch further comprises an ambient light sensor.

14. The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the sensor element further comprises a magnet and wherein the non-touch switch further comprise a magnetic sensor.

5. An electronic device comprising

a camera;

a microphone;

a housing including magnets;

a bezel defining a recess, a first opening, and a second opening; and a positionable cover disposed in the recess and magnetically coupled to the magnets, the positionable cover including a third opening, a fourth opening, a fifth opening, a sixth opening, a seventh opening, an eighth opening, and a continuous portion to selectively obscure the first opening, the second opening, or a combination of the first opening and the second opening.