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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2013
Applicant:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventors:
Lan Betty Ngoc Mai, Seattle, WA (US);
Joshua Pacheco Rose, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/14 (2006.01); H04N 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 9/73 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/147 (2013.01); H04N 1/00328 (2013.01); H04N 9/735 (2013.01);
Abstract
Techniques are presented herein to terminate output of video captured by a video camera. Detection is made whether a camera lens of a video camera has been obscured by an intentional act of a person. Video output of the video camera is terminated in response to detecting that the camera lens has been obscured. These techniques allow a user to quickly and easily terminate output of video without the need for a dedicated switch or button, or some other special procedure.