From c9e8d009ee322119fd7d04e914243bd93d63c386 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kranthi <cranticumar@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:13:31 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] function to release Camera Resource

function to release Camera Resource, so that we can let others to make
use of the camera resource
---
 SimpleCV/Camera.py | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/SimpleCV/Camera.py b/SimpleCV/Camera.py
index fb799def7..1e3cd3e51 100644
--- a/SimpleCV/Camera.py
+++ b/SimpleCV/Camera.py
@@ -533,6 +533,13 @@ def __init__(self, camera_index = -1, prop_set = {}, threaded = True, calibratio
         if calibrationfile:
             self.loadCalibration(calibrationfile)
 
+    def releaseCamera(self):
+        """
+        **SUMMARY**
+
+        destroy Camera object by releasing the camera resource
+        """
+        del self.capture
 
     #todo -- make these dynamic attributes of the Camera class
     def getProperty(self, prop):