Patent ID: 8698953
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, at a digital image capture device, an identification of a lens assembly that is attachable to the digital image capture device, wherein the lens assembly that is attachable to the digital image capture device comprises a lens, and wherein the digital image capture device performs the steps of; comparing the identification of the lens assembly received at the digital image capture device to an identification of a lens assembly stored at the digital image capture device, wherein the identification of the lens assembly stored at the digital image capture device corresponds to a lens assembly that was previously attached to the digital image capture device; prompting a user of the digital image capture device to enter a password that is uniquely associated with the lens assembly that is attachable to the digital image capture device, comparing the password entered by the user with a password stored at the digital image capture device; and in response to determining that (i) the identification of the lens assembly received at the digital image capture device does not correspond to the identification of the lens assembly stored at the digital image capture device, and (ii) the password entered by the user is the same as the password stored at the digital image capture device