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US 6,618,557 B1Granted
Camera remote system and methods associated therewith
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorTheodore B. Ziemkowski
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are various embodiments of a camera and methods associated therewith for notifying a user upon non-conforming separation of a remote from the camera.
Claims5
A method of notifying of a non-presence of a remote upon selection of power-down of a camera comprising:
- providing a remote receptacle formed in said camera;
- determining presence of said remote in said remote receptacle upon selection of camera power-down;
- and
- notifying of non-presence of said remote in said remote receptacle if said remote is not present.
1 more element
A method of turning a camera on comprising:
- providing a camera comprising:
- a camera housing;
- a remote receptacle formed in said camera housing;
- a remote removably attached to said camera housing at least partially within said remote receptacle;
- wherein said camera comprises:
- an awake mode, wherein said camera is capable of capturing image data;
- and
- a sleep mode, wherein said camera is not capable of capturing image data;
- monitoring presence of said remote located in said remote receptacle while said camera is in said sleep mode;
- and
- invoking said awake mode of said camera and activating an alarm upon at least partial removal of said remote from said remote receptacle.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.