Patent ID: 8350919

Claim:
A device comprising: a lens; an image sensor, the image sensor optically interfaced to the lens; a processor electrically interfaced to the image sensor; and an orientation sensor interfaced to the processor such that a program running within the processor reads a value from the orientation sensor and sets a configuration of the device based upon the value, wherein the value read from the orientation sensor is selected from at least one value representing a portrait orientation of the device, at least one value representing a left landscape orientation of the device, and at least one value representing a right landscape orientation of the device, wherein if the value indicates the portrait orientation of the device the configuration is set to disable a camera function, if the value indicates a first orientation from the group consisting of the left landscape orientation or the right landscape orientation of the device, the configuration is set to still camera function, and if the value indicates a second orientation from the group consisting of the left landscape orientation or the right landscape orientation of the device the configuration is set to video camera function.