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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignees:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Mobile Communications Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 17/40 (2006.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06F 3/0484 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23216 (2013.01); G03B 17/40 (2013.01); G06F 3/04847 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
A device includes circuitry configured to acquire detection signals from at least one sensor device corresponding to an input operation and determine one or more input characters based on one or more characteristics of the detection signals. The circuitry is also configured to activate a timer corresponding to the one or more input characters and issue a control signal to at least one camera to perform an image capture operation when an amount of remaining time on the timer is equal to zero.