Case for an electronic device

Abstract

To provide a case with a flash guard for an electronic device where the device is equipped with a camera and a flash that are adjacent to each other and where the case has at least one hole in the case body to expose the camera and flash and where the one hole is a dark material in order to protect against flash flare from the camera flash.

What we claim is: 
     
         1 . A case for a mobile phone where said mobile phone is equipped with a camera where said camera includes a camera lens and a flash and where said camera lens and said flash are adjacent to each other, said case comprising:
 a case body to at least partially enclose said mobile phone;   at least one hole in said case body to expose said adjacent camera lens and flash, and   a flash guard formed by a shading area on said hole.   
     
     
         2 . The case for a mobile phone according to  claim 1 , wherein said at least one hole has a hole wall and where said hole wall is funnel shaped so that said wall slants away from said camera lens and said flash, where a narrow part of said funnel is near said camera lens and said flash and where a wider part of said funnel is near an outer portion of said case and said flash guard is formed by said shading area on said hole wall. 
     
     
         3 . The case for a mobile phone according to  claim 1 , wherein
 a shading material is applied to said hole, and   said shading material is a dark colored paint or a coloring material.   
     
     
         4 . The case for a mobile phone according to  claim 1 , where said shading area is made from a dark colored textured or matte material. 
     
     
         5 . The case for a mobile phone according to  claim 2 , where said shading area is made from a dark colored textured or matte material. 
     
     
         6 . The case for a mobile phone according to  claim 2 , wherein
 a shading material is applied to said hole wall, and   said shading material is a dark colored paint or a coloring material.   
     
     
         7 . A case for a mobile phone where said mobile phone is equipped with a camera where said camera includes a camera lens and a flash and where said camera lens and said flash are adjacent to each other, said case comprising:
 a case body to at least partially enclose said mobile phone;
 at least one hole in said case body to expose said adjacent camera lens and flash, and 
 a detachable flash guard where said detachable flash guard comprises: 
 an inner circumference that is at least large enough to expose said camera lens and said flash; 
 an outer circumference that matingly fits into said hole so that said detachable flash guard can be inserted and removed from said hole; and 
 a shading area, where said detachable flash guard is either made from a shading material or said flash guard is coated with a dark colored paint or a colored material to form said shading area. 
   
     
     
         8 . The detachable flash guard of  claim 7  where said detachable flash guard is made from a dark colored textured or matte material. 
     
     
         9 . The case for a mobile phone according to  claim 7  where said inner circumference of said detachable flash guard is a funnel shaped wall such that it is slanted away from said camera lens and said flash wherein a narrow part of said funnel is near said camera lens and said flash and where a wider part of said funnel is near an outer portion of said case. 
     
     
         10 . The detachable flash guard of  claim 9  where said detachable flash guard is made from a dark colored textured or matte material. 
     
     
         11 . A method of protecting against flash flare from a mobile phone flash caused by using a case for a mobile phone device with said mobile phone where said mobile phone is equipped with a camera and where said camera includes a camera lens and a flash and where said camera lens and said flash are adjacent to each other, steps to protecting against said flash flare comprising:
 creating said case that at least partially encloses said mobile phone;   
       forming a hole with a hole wall in said case that is at least large enough to expose both said camera lens and said flash;
 forming a flash guard by having a shading surface on said hole wall; 
 
       placing said camera in said case;
 taking a picture with said camera using said camera flash; and 
 preventing said flash flare with said flash guard by scattering, diffusing and absorbing a light from said flash with said shading surface on said hole wall. 
 
     
     
         12 . The method of protecting against flash flare of  claim 11  by said shading surface and further reducing said flash flare by texturing or matting said shading surface. 
     
     
         13 . The method of protecting against flash flare of  claim 11  where said hole is funnel shaped such that a wider part of said funnel is at an outside portion of said case and where a narrower part of said funnel is near said camera lens and said flash. 
     
     
         14 . The method of protecting against flash flare of  claim 13  by said shading surface and further reducing said flash flare by texturing or matting said shading surface. 
     
     
         15 . A method of protecting against flash flare from a mobile phone flash caused by using a case for a mobile phone device by using a flash guard to protect against said flash flare, where said mobile phone is equipped with a camera and where said camera includes a camera lens and said flash and where said camera lens and said flash are adjacent to each other, steps to protecting against said flash flare comprises:
 creating said case that at least partially encloses said mobile phone;   forming a hole with a hole wall in said case that is at least large enough to expose both said camera lens and said flash;   forming a detachable flash guard that is insertable and removable from said hole where said flash guard has:   an inner circumference that is at least large enough to expose said camera lens and said flash;   an outer circumference that matingly fits into said hole so that said flash guard can be inserted and removed from said hole; and   
       said detachable flash guard is a shading material or is coated by a dark colored paint or a coloring material;
 inserting said detachable flash guard into said hole; 
 inserting said camera into said case; 
 taking a picture using said camera flash; and 
 diffusing, scattering and absorbing light from said camera flash by said flash guard and 
 preventing flash flare from light from said camera flash. 
 
     
     
         16 . The method of protecting against flash flare from a mobile phone flash of  claim 15  where said flash guard is further made from a textured or matte material, preventing flash flare from light from said camera flash by further scattering said light.