Restricting mobile device usage

A method comprising:

• receiving a visual capture, the visual capture originating at a mobile device, the visual capture comprising an image of an interior of a vehicle;
• processing the visual capture by one or more processors to identify at least two hands and a steering wheel one within the visual capture;
• and
• based on an identification of the at least two hands and the steering wheel within the visual capture, adjusting an implementation of a restriction at the mobile device.

A system comprising:

• a processing device;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processing device and storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• employing a restriction at a mobile device, the restriction comprising configuring the mobile device to receive one or more first inputs only when the mobile device is oriented at a defined orientation;
• determining that the mobile device is oriented at the defined orientation;
• based on a determination that the mobile device is oriented at the defined orientation, receiving the one or more first inputs;
• processing the one or more first inputs to compute a determination that reflects at least one of an in-vehicle role of a user as a driver or an in-vehicle role of the user as a passenger;
• and
• modifying at least one operation state of the mobile device based on the determination that reflects the at least one of the in-vehicle role of the user as a driver or the in-vehicle role of the user as a passenger.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

• determining that a mobile device is positioned at a defined orientation;
• based on a determination that the mobile device is positioned at the defined orientation, capturing a visual capture, the visual capture comprising at least a portion of a face of a user;
• processing the visual capture to compute a determination that, upon capture of the visual capture, the mobile device was oriented within a defined distance from the face of the user and within a defined angle from the face of the user;
• and
• modifying at least one operation state of the mobile device based on the determination that, upon capture of the visual capture, the mobile device was oriented within the defined distance from the face of the user and within the defined angle from the face of the user.