Computer/human generation, validation and use of a ground truth map to enforce data capture and transmission compliance in real and near real time video of a local scene

A method of preventing capture and transmission of excluded data in a local scene from a video signal, said method comprising:

• providing a library of objects, each object characterized by one or more attributes that determine whether an object is allowed or disallowed;
• generating a ground truth map of the local scene including one or more identified objects;
• and
• using a computer-implemented process to compare identified objects to the library of objects and use attributes specified for a particular session to classify the objects in a final ground truth map as disallowed or allowed;
• in a video capture and transmission mode,
• using a video camera at a position in the local scene to capture a sequence of images within a camera field-of-view (CFOV) in a pointing direction in the local scene to form the video signal;
• prior to forming the video signal, using the final ground truth map to determine whether the CFOV will include disallowed or allowed objects;
• if a disallowed object will be included in the CFOV, controlling the video camera to prevent inclusion of the disallowed object in the video signal;
• and
• if no disallowed objects will be included in the CFOV, forming and transmitting the video signal.

A method of preventing capture and transmission of excluded data in a local scene from a video signal, said method comprising:

• generating a ground truth map of the local scene including one or more identified objects;
• and
• classifying the objects in the ground truth map as disallowed or allowed;
• in a video capture and transmission mode,
• using a video camera at a position in the local scene to capture a sequence of images within a camera field-of-view (CFOV) in a pointing direction in the local scene to form the video signal;
• prior to forming the video signal, using the ground truth map to determine whether the CFOV will include a disallowed object;
• if a disallowed object will be included in the CFOV, controlling the video camera to prevent inclusion of the disallowed object in the video signal;
• and
• if no disallowed objects will be included in the CFOV, forming and transmitting the video signal.