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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:
May. 03, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Shikhar Kwatra, Durham, NC (US);

Adam Lee Griffin, Dubuque, IA (US);

Eric Jeffery, Monument, CO (US);

Mariya Ali, Herndon, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

An approach is provided for obscuring an individual likeness in a digital image based on a privacy policy. The approach identifies an individual whose likeness appears in a digital image taken by a digital camera with the digital image being stored. A determination is made, based on a privacy policy pertaining to the identified individual, whether to obscure the first individual's likeness in the digital image. Responsive to the determination being positive, the approach obscures the individual's likeness as it appears in the digital image.


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