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US 2016/0080642 A1Published application
Video capture with privacy safeguard
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsJaeyeon Jung, Matthai Philipose
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Abstract
A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy includes acquiring sensory data separate from the video, parsing the sensory data for evidence of a human being in a field of view of the video camera, and recording video with the video camera if no human being is detected in the field of view, based upon the sensory data.
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A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy, the method comprising:
- acquiring thermal sensory data separate from the video;
- parsing the thermal sensory data for evidence of a human being in a field of view of the video camera;
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- recording video with the video camera if no human being is detected in the field of view based on the thermal sensory data.
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An imaging system comprising:
- a video camera;
- separate from the video camera, a sensor configured to acquire sensory data over a field of view of the video camera;
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- a controller configured to parse the sensory data for evidence of a human being in the field of view of the video camera and to enable recording of video with the video camera if no human being is detected in the field of view based upon the sensory data.
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A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy, the method comprising:
- acquiring far-infrared sensory data separate from the video;
- parsing the far-infrared sensory data for evidence of a human being in a field of view of the video camera;
- if no human being is detected in the field of view based upon the far-infrared sensory data, recording video with the video camera;
- if a human being is detected in the field of view based upon the far-infrared sensory data, delaying recording of the video until confirmation is received that the detected human being is willing to be recorded;
- parsing the video to recognize a human being;
- suspending recording of the video on determining that a recognized human being is not confirmed as willing to be recorded;
- parsing the video to recognize a gesture of a human being indicating unwillingness to be recorded;
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- suspending recording of the video on recognizing the gesture.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.