Managing Unintended Camera Clicks
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- receiving a camera invocation gesture to access a first camera on a mobile device;
responsive to receiving the camera invocation gesture, utilizing a second camera on the mobile device to ascertain a context associated with whether a user likely intends to take a picture using the first camera;
responsive to ascertaining that the user likely does not intend to take a picture using the first camera, saving any pictures that are taken on the mobile device; and
prompting the user as to whether they wish to delete any saved pictures.
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Abstract
A camera invocation gesture to access a first camera on a mobile device is received by the mobile device. Responsive to receiving the camera invocation gesture, a second camera on the mobile device is utilized to ascertain a context associated with whether a user likely intends to take a picture. If the mobile device ascertains that the user likely intends to take a picture, the mobile device can be placed in an operational picture mode in which pictures can be or can continue to be taken and saved on the mobile device. If the mobile device ascertains, from the context associated with the second camera, that the user likely does not intend to take a picture, then any pictures that are or were taken can be saved and the user can be prompted as to whether they wish to delete the pictures.
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21 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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receiving a camera invocation gesture to access a first camera on a mobile device; responsive to receiving the camera invocation gesture, utilizing a second camera on the mobile device to ascertain a context associated with whether a user likely intends to take a picture using the first camera; responsive to ascertaining that the user likely does not intend to take a picture using the first camera, saving any pictures that are taken on the mobile device; and prompting the user as to whether they wish to delete any saved pictures. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A mobile device comprising:
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a first camera; a second camera; one or more processors; one or more computer readable storage media; computer readable instructions embodied on the one or more computer readable storage media and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; receiving a camera invocation gesture to access the first camera; detecting a confidence level associated with the camera invocation gesture; determining whether the detected confidence level is a defined confidence level; responsive to the detected confidence level being the defined confidence level, utilizing the second camera to ascertain a context associated with whether a user likely intends to take a picture. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile device comprising:
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a first camera; a second camera; one or more processors; one or more computer readable storage media; computer readable instructions embodied on the one or more computer readable storage media and executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising; receiving a camera invocation gesture to access a first camera on a mobile device; responsive to receiving the camera invocation gesture, utilizing a second camera on the mobile device to ascertain a context associated with whether a user likely intends to take a picture using the first camera; responsive to ascertaining that the user likely does not intend to take a picture using the first camera, saving any pictures that are taken on the mobile device; and prompting the user as to whether they wish to delete any saved pictures. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method comprising:
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receiving a camera invocation gesture to access a front-facing camera on a mobile device; responsive to receiving the camera invocation gesture, utilizing the front-facing camera to ascertain a context associated with whether a user likely intends to take a picture using the front-facing camera; responsive to ascertaining that the user likely does not intend to take a picture using the front-facing camera, saving any pictures that are taken on the mobile device; and prompting the user as to whether they wish to delete any saved pictures.
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