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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 2021

Filed:

Aug. 24, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Ben Z. Akselrod, Givat Shmuel, IL;

Anthony Di Loreto, Markham, CA;

Steve McDuff, Markham, CA;

Kyle D. Robeson, North York, CA;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/196 (2006.01); H04N 21/4627 (2011.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00228 (2013.01); G06F 21/6245 (2013.01); G06K 9/00288 (2013.01); G06T 11/00 (2013.01); G08B 13/19645 (2013.01); G08B 13/19682 (2013.01); G08B 13/19686 (2013.01); H04N 21/4627 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for protecting anonymity of an individual in public is presented. The computer-implemented method may include registering a plurality of facial features associated with the individual, and, in response to capturing an image of the individual from a video stream, determining whether the facial features associated with the individual are registered. The computer-implemented method may further include, in response to the determination that the facial features associated with the individual are registered, obscuring the facial features of the individual captured from the video stream with an unidentifiable image.


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