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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2017
Applicant:
Securus Technologies, Inc., Dallas, TX (US);
Inventors:
Alice J. Clements, Coppell, TX (US);
Matthew Smith, McKinney, TX (US);
Assignee:
Securus Technologies, Inc., Carrollton, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/15 (2006.01); H04N 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 9/00 (2006.01); H04N 21/4415 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); G06K 9/00255 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); H04N 21/4415 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device enables a controlled-environment facility resident to carry-out one task on the device, and provides a visual indication, to the resident, that an overt image and/or video is being captured during this task. Conversely, a covert image and/or video of a user is captured while the controlled-environment facility resident communication and/or media device is in use for another task, without providing the user the same or other visual indication that the covert image is being captured.