Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Enablement and disablement of cameras
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Application No.: US15506623Application Date: 2014-08-27
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Publication No.: US10051176B2Publication Date: 2018-08-14
- Inventor: Nam H Nguyen , Michael R Durham , Mark A Piwonka , Gregory C Franke
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: HP Inc. Patent Department
- International Application: PCT/US2014/052855 WO 20140827
- International Announcement: WO2016/032453 WO 20160303
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G06F21/82 ; H04N5/77

Abstract:
Examples of an apparatus, method, and instructions included on a machine-readable non-transitory storage medium are disclosed herein. In an example of the method, a first state is provided to enable a camera to record an image, a second state is provided to disable the camera, and a third state is provided to permit the camera to be enabled and disabled. Also in this example of the method, a button is actuated in the third state to an on position to enable the camera to record an image or an off position to disable the camera. Additionally in this example of the method, a signal is generated via an input device in the on position of the button to enable the camera to record an image or disable the camera.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170289443A1 ENABLEMENT AND DISABLEMENT OF CAMERAS Public/Granted day:2017-10-05
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