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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2023
Applicant:
Nec Laboratories America, Inc., Princeton, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Francesco Pittaluga, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Xiang Yu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Salman Khan, San Jose, CA (US);
Assignee:
NEC Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/00 (2022.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01); H04N 25/10 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 9/002 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01); G06V 40/172 (2022.01); H04L 9/0869 (2013.01); H04N 25/10 (2023.01);
Abstract
An optical encryption camera includes a sensor array and a filter positioned over the sensor array to receive light prior to the sensor array. The filter includes a multiplexing mask and a scaling mask in sequence. The multiplexing mask and the scaling mask combine to provide an encryption key to encrypt image data prior to capture.