Systems and methods for automatically varying privacy settings of wearable camera systems

A wearable imaging apparatus having variable privacy settings, the wearable apparatus comprising:

• a wearable image sensor configured to capture a plurality of images from an environment of a wearer of the wearable imaging apparatus;
• a memory for storing privacy mode triggers and associated privacy mode settings;
• at least one processing device programmed to:
• analyze the plurality of images and recognize within one or more of the plurality of images a presence of at least one of the privacy mode triggers, the at least one recognized privacy mode trigger including a representation of at least one recognized individual in at least one of the plurality of images;
• identify, based on the representation of the recognized individual, a private contextual situation and automatically alter the privacy mode settings based on the identification;
• identify multiple portions of one image from the plurality of images and perform at least one processing action on each of the multiple portions independently;
• automatically cause one or more adjustments to the wearable imaging apparatus based on the processing actions and the privacy mode settings associated with the at least one recognized individual, wherein the one or more adjustments include causing transmission, via a wireless transmitter and to a paired device, information indicative of the identity of the individual, without transmitting to the paired device the one or more of the plurality of images, to thereby enable the paired device to execute a function relating to the individual, and wherein the function includes displaying information relating to the individual;
• and
• revert the privacy mode settings to their original state once the identified private contextual situation is determined to no longer exist.