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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2008
Gaurav Aggarwal, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Rudolf Maarten Bolle, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Jonathan H. Connell, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Nalini Kanta Ratha, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Gaurav Aggarwal, Greenbelt, MD (US);
Rudolf Maarten Bolle, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Jonathan H. Connell, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Nalini Kanta Ratha, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention is a method and apparatus for repeatable facial distortion. One embodiment of a method for generating a secure facial image from an original facial image includes receiving the original facial image and a key, the key being associated with a subject depicted in the original facial image, and distorting the original facial image, in accordance with the key, to produce the secure facial image, where the distorting includes transforming at least one of: the albedo of the original facial image or the shape of the original facial image.