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Date of Patent
December 17, 2019
Patent Application Number
15855791
Date Filed
December 27, 2017
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Techniques and apparatus for preventing unauthorized use of an image capture device are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may include an image capture unit operative to capture images from incident light incident on at least a portion of the image capture unit, a privacy assembly operative to prevent the image capture unit from generating a clear image responsive to a privacy active signal, and logic coupled to the privacy assembly, the logic to generate the privacy active signal responsive to the image capture unit being inactive. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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