Patent ID: 8111247

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a first camera that generates a video signal containing a representation of at least a portion of a scene within a field of view of the first camera; a second camera that captures an image upon receiving user input associated with controlling a shutter function of the second camera, the image representing at least a portion of a scene within a field of view of the second camera, and the field of view of the second camera having a generally opposite direction from the field of view of the first camera; a controller that acquires the video signal from the first camera and analyzes the video signal to determine whether one or more physical facial features of a user of the electronic device are present within the field of view of the first camera; and a touch screen operatively coupled to the controller and generally facing the same direction as the field of view of the first camera, the touch screen being configured to include one or more touch points for receiving user input on a surface area of the touch screen, and each touch point being associated with controlling a respective one of a plurality of functions of the second camera, wherein upon a determination that no physical facial features are present within the field of view of the first camera, the controller configures a majority of the surface area of the touch screen to operate as touch input for controlling the shutter function of the second camera.