US Patent 10533714 External lighting cases for mobile digital camera devices

In one embodiment of the invention, an external lighting accessory system is disclosed. The system includes an enclosure; an array of light sources such as LEDs mounted in the enclosure; diffusion and/or lenses to direct the lighting. The light sources are pivotal and can be positioned to allow the user to move them to direct the lighting to the front illuminating the field of view for the front camera or to the rear illuminating the field of view for the rear camera. The lighting array of lights is adjustable based on software or hardware controls to provide lighting based on user's intent.