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AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsRobert Mark Gorday, Paul Edward Gorday, Eric Thomas Eaton, Salvador Sibecas
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A method carried out at a transmitter (800), of limiting visual information that can be stored or transmitted captures a visual image (608). Whenever a control signal is detected (612) at the transmitter (800), at least a portion of the visual image is obscured (616) to produce an obscured visual image. This obscured image is then stored and/or transmitted (620). The image can be obscured by any number of techniques including replacement of the image with a substitute (718), blurring, distorting or reducing the resolution of the background (738), substitution of backgrounds (762) or removal of the background (778).
A method carried out at a user device, of limiting visual information that can be stored or transmitted using the transmitter, comprising:
A method carried out at a device having a transmitter, of limiting visual information that can be stored or transmitted using the transmitter, comprising:
An apparatus for capture and storage or transmission of a visual image, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.