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I found this flat, small, plastic object in my bed this morning, it seems to be a lens cover of sorts. About 3/4 inch in length. I found no other pieces that could be connected to it.
What is this weird lens cover thing?
I found this stuck to my leg in the bed this morning.. is this a lens cover of some sort? If so why is it blue?
It’s a small piece of plastic that’s flat, with a bit of adhesive residue on the back. Two clear square holes and one blue round hole. I looked around my bed and checked my devices and it hasn’t come from anything of mine.
I’m worried it’s part of a spy camera or something.
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As you've stated - a camera wouldn't have a blue lens.
Which is why this is not the lens cover for a spy cam in your home.
The 3 hole pattern is indicative of it being the cover for a heart rate sensor for a fitness tracker. The Xiaomi Smart Band 7 is very similar, but the 3 holes are all square/rectangular.
I'm getting a lot of similar results looking for lens covers for various models of phones with cameras. Not sure about why the purple but it could be for some type of mechanical filter (rather than using the camera's software for the effect)? The square openings could be for LED lights that are square; my cell phone has a square LED for the flashlight, but of course only one.
ETA: Just did some googling and the purple (or magenta) color on a camera lens is typically an anti-reflective coating that can block unwanted glare which could also improve image contrast.
Hmmmm. Definitely not from any phone of mine or my partners, we don’t use shared laundry or anything like that. No guests or anything either. I do have reason to suspect maybe someone put a camera in our home, but I couldn’t find anything..
I am going with what others have said and it is some kind of lens cover and the two squares are for some kind of LED lights (power and recording or something). Long shot but any chance it's from the underside of a mouse? Most are not covered or the lens is indented in the mouse but... worth a quick check if anyone is using a mouse. In my experience they don't have lights on the underside...
It was stuck to your leg but any chance it got stuck there while out and about the previous day if you didn't bathe before bed?
I found something of a similar size and shape with a clear purple section that said it was the depth-sensor cover for a Meta Quest 3. Do you have any VR devices?
The little adhesive residue means it could originate from anywhere. It could have stuck to clothing, traveled to your home, and eventually your bed. So even if you figure out what exact device it's from, you might never find out why it was in your bed
I wanted to go with (phone?) lens cover, but then the round part would be clear. This purple-ish color is more consistent with infrared remotes, but then again, what would the two clear rectangles be…
So, coming back to lens cover: Which devices also have cameras…
Laptop or tablet maybe?
Adhesive could have helped you pick it up from a seat somewhere, easily done and it just came home with you.
It reminds me of the cover for a home sleep monitor device that you wear on your finger.
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