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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2024
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Adrien David Gaidon, San Jose, CA (US);
Vitor Campagnolo Guizilini, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Toyota Research Institute, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
Systems, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to protecting personally identifiable information (PII) with the use of a monocular depth estimation. In one embodiment, a method includes acquiring an original image depicting surrounding objects present in an environment. The method includes generating a depth map from the original image using a depth model that performs monocular depth estimation. The method includes obscuring at least a portion of the original image according to the depth map to provide an obscured image. The method includes providing the obscured image.