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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2011
Satoshi Inami, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Satoshi Inami, Osaka, JP;
Akihiro Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
An image distribution apparatus that ensures both privacy protection and security is provided. A private area storage section stores private areas relating to the privacy of users. A cutout area storage section stores, as a cutout area, an area requested by an identified user to be distributed. An image processing level storage section stores an image processing rule that defines an image processing level for each of areas having different levels of privacy. An image processing area generation section acquires the cutout area of the identified user from the cutout area storage section, acquires, from the private area storage section, a private area of the identified user and a private area of a person other than the identified user, which private areas are contained in an image of the acquired cutout area, acquires the image processing rule from the image processing level storage section, and then determines an image processing method for each area in the cutout area in accordance with the acquired image processing rule.