Patent ID: 7522183

Claim:
A communication device with a camera for image transmission during communication, wherein the communication device is configured to: sense the relative light intensity around a first portion of the communication device associated with reduced light intensity when communication is conducted with the communication device in proximity to a user's body or face; and allow image/voice transmission, suspend an image transmission portion without interrupting a voice transmission portion of an ongoing image/voice transmission, or resume the suspended image transmission portion based on, said the sensed relative light intensity by comparing the sensed relative light intensity with a reference light intensity required for the image transmission, wherein the relative light intensity is sensed so that the relative light intensity is reduced further and the sensed relative light intensity deviates further from the reference light intensity as a distance between the communication device and the user's body or face decreases so that the camera is at least partially blocked by the user's body or face when a speaker of the communication device is closely placed near the user's ear.