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Method, device and system for a degree of blurring to be applied to image data in a privacy area of an image

US10755388B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Axis AB · SE

Inventors

Johan Nystrom · Vellinge, SE
Song Yuan · Lund, SE
Björn Ardö · Lund, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2019
Grant date	Aug 25, 2020
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 24, 2039

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N2201/0084
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and devices for protecting personal privacy in captured image data by controlling privacy masking of an image, where the degree of blurring to be applied to a privacy area of the image depends on a threshold distance from the image capturing device, and the spatial resolution of content of the scene at this distance in the image.

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