Method and system of enforcing privacy policies for mobile sensory devices
AssigneeRobert E. Templeman
InventorsApu KAPADIA, Robert E. TEMPLEMAN, David CRANDALL, Mohammed KORAYEM
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Abstract
A method and device for classifying collected images. The method and device include instructions to compare a captured image to a known set of images to determine the location depicted therein; and applying a classification upon the image based upon the determined location depicted therein and whether the determined location indicates that the image has the potential to depict privacy sensitive information.
Claims20
A method classifying collected images including:
- executing on a computing device coupled to an image collection device instructions to compare a captured image to a known set of images to determine a location likely depicted therein;
- and
- applying a classification upon the captured image based upon the determined location likely depicted therein and whether the determined location indicates that the captured image has a potential to depict privacy sensitive information.
An image handling device including:
- an image capturing device;
- one or more applications able to utilize images from the image capturing device;
- memory storing instructions, that when interpreted by a processor instantiate a system layer logically disposed between the image capturing device and the one or more applications such that images captured by the image capturing device must pass through the system layer prior to being made available to the one or more applications;
- the system layer including:
- an image classifier,
- a plurality of image policy rules;
- an image policy enforcer operable to apply the policy rules to an image received thereby according to the classification of the image by the image classifier;
- the image policy enforcer operable to choose between:
- 1) making the image freely available to the one or more applications;
- 2) making the image or portion of the image unavailable to applications;
- and
- 3) holding the image and requiring explicit approval from a user prior to making the image available to the one or more applications.
A non-transitory computer readable media including instructions thereon that, when interpreted by a processor, cause the processor to:
- compare a captured image to a known set of images to determine the location depicted therein;
- and
- apply a classification upon the image based upon the determined location depicted therein and whether the determined location indicates that the image has the potential to depict privacy sensitive information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.