Object Abstraction in Smart Vehicles to Balance Vehicle Functionality with Confidentiality Preservation

A smart vehicle system comprising:

• a processor set;
• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media to cause the processor set to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a plurality of relevant points on each of one or more of a set of objects captured in an image of an environment needing to be abstracted;
• inserting the plurality of relevant points corresponding to each of the one or more of the set of objects into the image of the environment forming an abstraction of each of the one or more of the set of objects needing to be abstracted;
• and
• masking details in the image of the environment surrounding except for the plurality of relevant points corresponding to each of the one or more of the set of objects inserted into the image to form an abstracted image of each of the one or more of the set of objects in the environment to preserve confidentiality.

A computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media;
• and
• program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media to perform operations comprising:
• identifying a plurality of relevant points on each of one or more of a set of objects captured in an image of an environment needing to be abstracted;
• inserting the plurality of relevant points corresponding to each of the one or more of the set of objects into the image of the environment forming an abstraction of each of the one or more of the set of objects needing to be abstracted;
• and
• masking details in the image of the environment except for the plurality of relevant points corresponding to each of the one or more of the set of objects inserted into the image to form an abstracted image of each of the one or more of the set of objects in the environment to preserve confidentiality.