# US 10,531,038 B2 · System and method for fine-grained control of privacy from image and video recording devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,531,038 B2 - Document ID: US10531038B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/336,992 - Filed: 2016-10-28 - Published: 2017-02-16 - Granted: 2020-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-11 - Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation - Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation - Inventors: Robert G. Farrell; James R. Kozloski; Clifford A. Pickover - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10531038B2 ## CPC - H04N 5/913: for scrambling {; for copy protection} - G06F 21/602: {Providing cryptographic facilities or services} - G06V 40/172: {Classification, e.g. identification} - H04N 9/8227: {the additional signal being at least another television signal} - H04N 2005/91321: {the copy protection signal being a copy protection control signal, e.g. a record inhibit signal} - H04N 2005/91335: {the copy protection signal being a watermark} - H04N 2005/91357: {by modifying the video signal} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING ## Abstract Systems and methods for providing privacy control for digital capture of a recording include identifying a person within a digital capture that is a recording of a person within an environment based on received information regarding the person. A disposition tag is associated with an identified person in the recording. The disposition tag references a privacy control action to take according to privacy constraints for the person. Coordinates in the recording where the privacy control action is to be applied are determined. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing privacy control for digital capture of a recording, said method comprising: identifying a person within a digital capture that comprises a recording of a person based on received information regarding the person by performing a comparison between the received information and the recording of the person to predict an appearance of the person in the recording, said comparison generating a confidence level of the identification of the person; associating a disposition tag with an identified person in the recording, wherein said disposition tag references a privacy control action to take according to privacy constraints for the person; determining coordinates in the recording where the privacy control action is to be applied; determining a degree to which the privacy control action is to be performed according to the confidence level; and performing the privacy control action at the determined coordinates to the determined degree. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the person, associating the disposition tag with the identified person, and determining coordinates in the recording are performed at a modeling facility that is located remotely from a recording device that generated digital capture, further comprising sending the coordinates from the modeling facility to the recording device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the information comprises data needed to predict an appearance of the person from multiple angles. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method of claim 3, wherein the comparison is a real-time comparison between the data needed to predict the appearance of the person in the recording. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising increasing a confidence level of the comparison through at least one action selected from a group consisting of: sampling, smoothing the tagged area, increasing the tagged area, decreasing the tagged area, analysis of digital positioning data, and analysis of calendar data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the confidence level triggers a signal sent to a crowd-sourcing component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the privacy constraint varies according to pre-determined disposition parameters. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the privacy constraint comprises a restriction selected from a group consisting of: no recording allowed, recording allowed but with payment, recording allowed at certain time of day, recording allowed with restrictions, and recording allowed only with credit. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the privacy control action is selected from a group consisting of: jamming, overlaying the image, encryption, introduction of noise, masking for partial transparency of information, and replacement of image. ### Claim 10 An information processing system for providing privacy control for digital capture of a recording, comprising: a processor device; and a memory operably coupled with the processor device, said memory comprising computer-executable instructions causing a computer to perform: identifying a person with a digital capture that comprises a recording of a person within an environment based on received information regarding the person by performing a comparison between the received information and the recording of the person to predict an appearance of the person in the recording, said comparison generating a confidence level of the identification of the person; associating a disposition tag with an identified person in the recording, wherein said disposition tag references a privacy control action to take according to privacy constraints for the person; determining coordinates in the recording where the privacy control action is to be applied; determining a degree to which the privacy control action is to be performed according to the confidence level; and performing the privacy control action at the determined coordinates to the determined degree. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the recording is an audio recording. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the computer to perform: applying the privacy control action to the recording. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The information processing system of claim 12, wherein applying the privacy control action comprises applying a data overlay to at least a portion of the person in the recording. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the privacy restriction comprises a restriction selected from a group consisting of: no recording allowed, recording allowed but with payment, recording allowed at certain time of day, recording allowed with restrictions, and recording allowed only with credit. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The information processing system of claim 10, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause a computer to perform: increasing a confidence level of the comparison through at least one action selected from a group consisting of: sampling, smoothing the tagged area, increasing the tagged area, decreasing the tagged area, analysis of digital positioning data, and analysis of calendar data. ### Claim 16 A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with computer-executable instructions for providing privacy control for digital capture of a recording stored thereon, said computer-executable instructions comprising: identifying a person within a digital capture that comprises a recording of a person based on received information regarding the person by performing a comparison between the received information and the recording of the person to predict an appearance of the person in the recording, said comparison generating a confidence level of the identification of the person; associating a disposition tag with an identified person in the recording, wherein said disposition tag references a privacy control action to take according to privacy constraints for the person; determining coordinates in the recording where the privacy control action is to be applied; determining a degree to which the privacy control action is to be performed according to the confidence level; and performing the privacy control action at the determined coordinates to the determined degree. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the privacy restriction comprises a restriction selected from a group consisting of: no recording allowed, recording allowed but with payment, recording allowed at certain time of day, recording allowed with restrictions, and recording allowed only with credit. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause a computer to perform: increasing a confidence level of the comparison through at least one action selected from a group consisting of: sampling, smoothing the tagged area, increasing the tagged area, decreasing the tagged area, analysis of digital positioning data, and analysis of calendar data.