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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 27, 2014
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Nam H Nguyen, Houston, TX (US);

Michael R Durham, Tomball, TX (US);

Mark A Piwonka, Tomball, TX (US);

Gregory C Franke, Magnolia, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G06F 21/82 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); G06F 21/82 (2013.01); H04N 5/23241 (2013.01); H04N 5/77 (2013.01);
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.


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