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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:
Dec. 06, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 02, 2019
Applicant:

Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore, SG;

Inventors:

Jonathan Jen-Wei Yu, Raleigh, NC (US);

Jonathan Co Lee, Cary, NC (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/84 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/232 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach is provided that detects when a digital camera has been set to a privacy mode that limits access to the digital camera. When in privacy mode, the digital camera receives a request to access the digital camera from an application. The approach determines whether the requesting application is allowed access to the digital camera while the digital camera is in the privacy mode. The requesting application is then allowed access to the digital camera in response to the determination being that the requesting application is allowed access to the digital camera. Likewise, the requesting application is inhibited access to the digital camera in response to the determination being that the requesting application is not allowed access to the digital camera.


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