Apparatus and method for utilizing a flash led as a video indicator light
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMarc Drader, James Alexander Robinson, Michael Lorne Purdy
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus providing a visual indication of the occurrence of video recording operations on an electronic device. The video recording operations including recording a plurality of frames according to a number of characteristics. The method comprising providing a time interval between the recording of two consecutive frames by modifying at least one of the characteristics of the video recording operations and providing the visual indication of video recording operations during the time interval.
Claims15
A method of providing a visual indication of the occurrence of video recording operations on an electronic device, the video recording operations including recording a plurality of frames according to a number of characteristics, the method comprising:
- providing a time interval between the recording of two consecutive frames by modifying at least one of the characteristics of the video recording operations;
- and
- providing the visual indication of video recording operations during said time interval.
The method of claim 8 wherein illuminating the flash apparatus comprises illuminating a number of LEDs.
An electronic device comprising:
- a camera apparatus having a processor, a memory, and a flash apparatus, the camera apparatus being adapted to perform a video recording operation having a number of characteristics, the video recording operation including recording a number of frames, the processor being adapted to:
- provide a time interval between the recording of two consecutive frames by modifying at least one of the characteristics of the video recording;
- and
- provide a visual indication of video recording operations during said time frame by illuminating the flash apparatus.
A machine readable storage medium that provides instructions which, when executed on an electronic device of a type including a camera apparatus having a processor, a memory, and a flash apparatus, the camera apparatus being adapted to perform a video recording operation having a number of characteristics, the video recording operation including recording a number of frames, cause the processor to perform operations comprising
- providing a time interval between the recording of two consecutive frames by modifying at least one of the characteristics of the video recording;
- and
- providing a visual indication of video recording operations during said time frame by illuminating the flash apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.