[JacobD]

Thread cameraThread = new Thread()
{
	public void run()
	{
		//camera code goes here
	}
};

Then do...

cameraThread.sleep(timeInMillis);

or

cameraThread.stop(); //not sure if this is depreciated

java.util.Timer myTimer = new java.util.Timer();

myTimer.schedule(new TimerTask() 
{
       @Override
	public void run()
	{
		 cameraThread.run();
	}
}, 1000);

The difference between this and sleeping the thread is that the timer doesn't suspend the run-time of the program. I'm thinking that this is what you are looking for.