Obscuring a Camera Lens to Terminate Video Output

摘要

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.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
detecting that a camera lens of a video camera has been obscured by an intentional act of a person; and terminating, in response to detecting that the camera lens has been obscured, video output of the video camera.