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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2002
Rudolf M. Bolle, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Lisa M. Brown, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Jonathan H. Connell, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Arun Hampapur, White Plains, NY (US);
Sharatchandra Pankanti, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Andrew W. Senior, New York, NY (US);
Ying-li Tian, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Rudolf M. Bolle, Bedford Hills, NY (US);
Lisa M. Brown, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Jonathan H. Connell, Cortlandt Manor, NY (US);
Arun Hampapur, White Plains, NY (US);
Sharatchandra Pankanti, Mount Kisco, NY (US);
Andrew W. Senior, New York, NY (US);
Ying-Li Tian, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The system and method obscures descriptive image information about one or more images. The system comprises a selector for selecting the descriptive image information from one or more of the images, a transformer that transforms the descriptive information into a transformed state, and an authorizer that provides authorization criteria with the image. In a preferred embodiment, the transformed state is the respective image encoded with the descriptive information. The descriptive information can be obscured so that the descriptive information in the transformed state can be decoded only if one or more authorization inputs satisfy the authorization criteria.