Hardware-based protection of private content captured by a camera device
US12293493B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 2023 |
| Grant date | May 6, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 8, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06T2207/20132
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for intelligently accessing one or more different hardware-based mechanisms for cropping out, blurring or blocking private content in a live preview image generated for the camera and in media recorded by the camera. The technique incudes receiving input regarding a plurality of objects to be concealed in media captured by an imaging device and identifying at least one of the plurality of objects in a field of view of the imaging device. Further, the technique includes modifying the at least one of the plurality of objects in a live preview image or media captured by the imaging device using one or more hardware-based actuators, where the modifying the at least one of the plurality of objects causes the one of the plurality of objects to be concealed.
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