Patent ID: 7889987

Claim:
A portable communication device comprising: camera circuitry for carrying out a camera related operation; a camera lens operatively coupled to the camera circuitry to focus the camera lens; a UV filter element moveable between a first position displaced away from the lens and a second position overlying the lens; an apparatus for detecting a light feature associated with an ambient light condition; and a processing circuit including logic to execute code to: obtain light data related to the detected light feature associated with the ambient light; and generate a command to drive the movement of the UV filter element into the first or second position based on the light data obtained from the apparatus, wherein the apparatus for detecting a light feature associated with an ambient light condition is a UV sensor, and the UV sensor detects a UV level associated with the ambient light, and wherein the processing circuit drives the UV filter to the first or second position based on a comparison of the determined UV level relative to a threshold UV level.