PREVENTION OF LIGHT FROM EXTERIOR TO A DEVICE HAVING A CAMERA FROM BEING USED TO GENERATE AN IMAGE USING THE CAMERA BASED ON THE DISTANCE OF A USER TO THE DEVICE

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14659803

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In one aspect, a device includes a processor, a camera accessible to the processor, and memory accessible to the processor. The memory bears instructions executable by the processor to determine that a user is at least one of outside a threshold distance from the device and at a threshold distance from the device, and responsive to the determination, disallow the camera from generating images based on light from exterior to the device.

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LENOVO (SINGAPORE) PTE LTDSINGAPORE SINGAPORE SINGAPORE CITY SINGAPORE

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Crowe, John Scott Durham, US 52 404
Peterson, Nathan J Durham, US 467 3905
Rose, Amy Leigh Chapel Hill, US 58 512
Young, Bryan Loyd Tualatin, US 13 188

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