Method and apparatus for cancelling anonymization for an area including a target
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsHui Lam Ong, Wei Jian Peh, Hong Yen Ong, Qinyu Huang
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Abstract
In an aspect, there is provided method for cancelling anonymization for an area including a target in an input image, the input image including a plurality of identified subjects, the method comprising: retrieving historical images in which the target has appeared in; identifying an area by comparing the input image and the retrieved historical images to determine if the target has interacted with at least one of the identified subjects; and cancelling anonymization for the area including the target.
Claims11
A method for cancelling anonymization for an area including a target in an input image, the input image including a plurality of identified subjects, the method comprising:
- retrieving historical images in which the target has appeared in;
- determining at least one of the identified subject that has interacted with the target based on a location of the target in the input image, a location of each identified subject in the input image, a location of the target in each of the retrieved historical images, and a location of each identified subject in each of the retrieved historical images by comparing the input image and each of the retrieved historical images;
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- cancelling anonymization for an area including the target and the identified subject that has been determined to have interacted with the target in the input image based on the comparison.
An apparatus for cancelling anonymization for an area including a target in an input image, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one memory that is configured to store instructions;
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- at least one processor that is configured to execute the instructions to:
- retrieve historical images in which the target has appeared in;
- determine at least one of the identified subject that has interacted with the target based on a location of the target in the input image, a location of each identified subject in the input image, a location of the target in each of the retrieved historical images, and a location of each identified subject in each of the retrieved historical images by comparing the input image and each of the retrieved historical images;
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- cancel anonymization for an area including the target and the identified subject that has been determined to have interacted with the target in the input image based on the comparison.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for cancelling anonymization for an area including a target in an input image, the input image including a plurality of identified subjects, the program causing a computer to execute:
- retrieving historical images in which the target has appeared in;
- determining at least one of the identified subject that has interacted with the target based on a location of the target in the input image, a location of each identified subject in the input image, a location of the target in each of the retrieved historical images, and a location of each identified subject in each of the retrieved historical images by comparing the input image and each of the retrieved historical images;
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- cancelling anonymization for an area including the target and the identified subject that has been determined to have interacted with the target in the input image based on the comparison.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.