Verkada Inc.

Erich J Kreutzer

Alan M Anderson

Pushpak Pujari

Yunchao Gong

Rishabh Goyal

Song Cao

Jordan Wesley Graham Carlson

Chris Hiszpanski

William Nicholas Chiu

A method for hybrid video encoding includes receiving, via a browser, a signal representing a requested media, and determining whether the browser is compatible with high efficiency video encoding (H.265). When the browser is compatible with H.265, the requested media is transmitted, via a first video encoder, in a non-transcoded, H.265 format. When the browser is incompatible with H.265, one of: (1) a H.265 version of the requested media is transcoded to a transcoded H.264 version when the requested media includes recorded video footage, (2) the H.265 version of the requested media is transcoded to the transcoded H.264 version when the requested media does not include recorded video footage and includes full resolution video footage, or (3) the requested media is transmitted via a second video encoder in a non-transcoded, H.264 format when the requested media does not include recorded video footage and does not include full resolution video footage.

System and method for hybrid video encoding with fallback compatibility logic

Introduced here are surveillance systems and associated approaches for obfuscating biometric identifiers generated by, or available to, those surveillance systems for privacy reasons. In the event that a surveillance system generates a biometric identifier (e.g., by imaging a face of a person entering the premises of an organization), caution must be taken to only share the biometric identifier with individuals as necessary for security reasons. The approaches introduced here allow the privacy of persons being surveilled to be protected. Specifically, a computer program may selectively apply blurring as an impermanent mask to obfuscate each face in a digital image. This approach limits 'reidentification' of a given person to those scenarios where her identity must be determined.

Approaches to obfuscating biometric data for privacy reasons in a browser environment and surveillance systems for accomplishing the same

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Erich J Kreutzer