Controlling an imaging device operational state

1. An imaging device comprising:

an image capture device configured to view an image of a scene that includes an object viewed by the imaging device;

a display to display an image of a reticle and the image of the scene;

a hardware processor; and

a memory storing computer-readable instructions, the instructions executable by the hardware processor to perform operations comprising:

performing image recognition analysis on the image of the scene;

determining that the object in the image is a prohibited object; and

causing the display to cease displaying the image of the reticle based on determining that the object is a prohibited object.

2. The imaging device of claim 1 , further comprising a memory comprising an object list; wherein:

determining that the object in the image is a prohibited object comprises comparing the object to the object list.

3. The imaging device of claim 1 , the operations comprising:

determining that the prohibited object is in a field of view of the imaging device; and

causing the imaging device to turn off if the prohibited object is in the field of view after an expiration of a threshold amount of time.

4. The imaging device of claim 1 , the operations comprising:

incrementing a counter indicating a counter value of times a prohibited object has been identified;

comparing the counter value to a threshold value; and

turning the imaging device off if the counter value exceeds the threshold.

5. The imaging device of claim 1 , the operations comprising:

determining that the prohibited object is in a field of view of the imaging device; and

causing the display to turn off if the prohibited object is in the field of view after an expiration of a threshold amount of timer.

6. The imaging device of claim 1 , the operations comprising:

performing image recognition analysis on an image of a scene;

determining that the object is no longer in the image; and

causing the reticle to be displayed on the display.

7. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the image capture device comprises a camera.

8. The imaging device of claim 1 , wherein the imaging device comprises at least one of a thermal imaging device and a night-vision device.

9. A method comprising:

displaying a reticle on a display of an imaging device;

viewing, by the imaging device, an object within a field of view of the imaging device;

determining, by an image processor, that the object is a prohibited object; and

ceasing to display the reticle on the display of the imaging device based on determining that the object is a prohibited object.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that the prohibited object is in a field of view of the imaging device; and

causing the imaging device to turn off if the prohibited object is in the field of view after an expiration of a threshold amount of time.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

incrementing a counter indicating a counter value of times a prohibited object has been identified;

comparing the counter value to a threshold value; and

turning the imaging device off if the counter value exceeds the threshold.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

determining that the prohibited object is in a field of view of the imaging device; and

causing the display to turn off if the prohibited object is in the field of view after an expiration of a threshold amount of timer.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

performing image recognition analysis on an image of a scene;

determining that the object is no longer in the image; and

causing the reticle projector to display of the image of the reticle.

14. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions executable by a hardware processor to perform operations comprising:

display a reticle on a display of an imaging device;

receive signals representing an object in a scene;

create an imaging of the object in the scene from the received signals;

performing image recognition analysis on the image of objects in a scene;

determining that the object in the image is a prohibited object; and

causing the display to cease displaying the image of the reticle based on determining that the object is a prohibited object.

15. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the prohibited object is in a field of view of the imaging device; and

causing the imaging device to turn off if the prohibited object is in the field of view after an expiration of a threshold amount of time.

16. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

incrementing a counter indicating a counter value of times a prohibited object has been identified;

comparing the counter value to a threshold value; and

turning the imaging device off if the counter value exceeds the threshold.

17. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

determining that the prohibited object is in a field of view of the imaging device; and

causing the display to turn off if the prohibited object is in the field of view after an expiration of a threshold amount of timer.

18. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions of claim 14 , the operations further comprising:

performing image recognition analysis on an image of a scene;

determining that the object is no longer in the image; and

causing the display to display the reticle.