Video and still image data alteration to enhance privacy
OwnerGary S. SHUSTERinventor
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Abstract
A computer alters at least one recognizable metric or text in a digitally encoded photographic image by operating an alteration algorithm in response to user input data while preserving an overall aesthetic quality of the image and obscuring an identity of at least one individual or geographic location appearing in the image. An altered digitally-encoded photographic image prepared by the altering of the at least one recognizable metric or text in the image is stored in a computer memory. User feedback and/or automatic analysis may be performed to define parameter values of the alteration algorithm such that the alteration process achieves preservation of aesthetic qualities while obscuring an identity of interest.
Claims19
A method, comprising:
- altering by a computer at least one portion of metadata associated with a digitally-encoded photographic image in conjunction with altering the digitally-encoded photographic image;
- preserving an aesthetic quality of the digitally-encoded photographic image while decreasing an accuracy of automated recognition of an identity of at least one individual appearing in the digitally-encoded photographic image, wherein the altering comprises altering selected facial recognition metrics;
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- storing, in a computer memory, the altered digitally-encoded photographic image in conjunction with the altered at least one portion of metadata.
A method, comprising:
- altering by a computer at least one portion of metadata associated with a digitally-encoded photographic image in conjunction with altering the digitally-encoded photographic image;
- preserving an aesthetic quality of the digitally-encoded photographic image while decreasing an accuracy of automated recognition of an identity of at least one individual appearing in the digitally-encoded photographic image, wherein the altering comprises altering selected object recognition metrics;
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- storing, in a computer memory, the altered digitally-encoded photographic image in conjunction with the altered at least one portion of metadata.
A method, comprising:
- training a model heuristically to recognize an aesthetic quality of an image to above a minimum aesthetic quality level, where the model is trained at least in part by user feedback over a sample set of images.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.