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Patent No.:

US 12755574 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 18, 2024

Method and apparatus for de-identifying a face in an image in a natural way

Applicant:

Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, KR;

Inventors:

Yong-Seok Seo, Daejeon, KR;

Jung-Hyun Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Hye-Mi Kim, Daejeon, KR;

Jee Hyun Park, Daejeon, KR;

Dong-Hyuck Im, Daejeon, KR;

Wonyoung Yoo, Daejeon, KR;

Assignee:

ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE, Daejeon, KR;

Attorney:

LRK PATENT LAW FIRM

Primary Examiner:

Jin Cheng Wang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2026.01); G06V 10/77 (2022.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06T 11/60 (2013.01); G06V 10/7715 (2022.01); G06V 40/171 (2022.01); G06V 40/178 (2022.01);
Abstract

A variety of exemplary embodiments for processing images are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an image processing method includes a step of extracting a first face feature from an input image including a first face image, a step of generating a second face feature by combining the extracted first face feature with a virtual face feature, a step of generating a second face image on the basis of the generated second face feature, and a step of generating an output image by substantially replacing the first face image with the generated second face image in the input image.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Seo, Yong-Seok. (2026). Method and apparatus for de-identifying a face in an image in a natural way (U.S. Patent No. 12755574). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12755574

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