Random image substitution used for video redaction

A system comprising:

• a video camera configured to capture video, and wherein a disclosure-protected object appears within the video for a video interval starting and ending at a first point in time and a second point in time, respectively;
• at least one tangible computer-readable storage medium in communication with at least the video camera, and the storage medium being configured to store the video;
• and
• at least one processor in communication with at least the storage medium, and the at least one processor being configured to:
• identify the disclosure-protected object within the video;
• obtain time-dependent feature data for the disclosure-protected object corresponding to the video interval;
• divide the video interval into a plurality of video sub-intervals of differing time durations, and also divide, in time-based uniformity with the dividing of the video interval, the time-dependent feature data into a respective plurality of feature data subsets;
• generate a plurality of image region replacements, wherein each image region replacement of the plurality of image region replacements is selectively matched, including being organized in a defined time appearance order, to a respective one of the plurality of video sub-intervals for the disclosure-protected object;
• and
• employ the image region replacements, to sequentially redact the disclosure-protected object from the video in the defined appearance order, and
• wherein each of the plurality of image region replacements is:
• unique to a respective one of the video sub-intervals, and
• selected based on feature similarity to a respective feature data subset corresponding to the respective one of the video sub-intervals.