Method and apparatus to provide secured surveillance data to authorized entities
AssigneeInterDigital Technology Corporation
InventorRichard Herschaft
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is provided for controlling a surveillance device. A recorder is configured to digitally record detected information. A privacy protection mode is selected as override mode for fully unrestricted capture of surveillance information. Otherwise, a bypass mode is selected for partially unrestricted capture of surveillance information. In bypass mode, captured information is filtered by the type of activity detected and then encrypted for access by an authorized entity. In override mode, an authorization process is used to ensure that the surveillance device remains installed in an approved location.
Claims42
A method for secure processing of digital information captured by a surveillance device for authorized purposes, comprising:
- recording digital information captured by a surveillance device, where the digital information is a representation of a visual image or an audio signal;
- processing the recorded information according to a privacy mode that inhibits access to the information or alters the information for protection of privacy interests;
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- processing the recorded information according to a bypass mode in parallel with the privacy mode, where the bypass mode processing bypasses the processing according to the privacy mode, the bypass mode including encrypting the recorded information and authorizing an authorized entity to have access to the encrypted information in a decrypted format.
A method for processing information captured by an authorized surveillance device, comprising:
- capturing image or sound information from a surveillance device;
- establishing at least one privacy protection feature in the surveillance device, including disabling a sensing function of the surveillance device;
- selecting a mode of privacy protection for the captured information, such that for fully unrestricted capturing, an override mode is selected that disables the privacy protection feature, and for partially restricted capturing, a bypass mode is selected that engages alternative protection of the captured information, including encryption of the information.
A surveillance apparatus, comprising:
- a surveillance device configured to detect information in the form of an image, a sound or a chemical;
- a recorder configured to digitally record detected information;
- a filtering mechanism configured to filter-in recorded information determined to relate to suspicious activity or filter-out information determined to relate to private activity, or a combination thereof, the filtering mechanism comprising a processor and a storage device;
- an encrypting device which encrypts the filtered information;
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- an encrypted storage device for storing encrypted information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.