Automatic face detection and identity masking in images, and applications thereof
US8098904B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 31, 2008 |
| Grant date | Jan 17, 2012 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 16, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06V40/171
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system of identity masking to obscure identities corresponding to face regions in an image is disclosed. A face detector is applied to detect a set of possible face regions in the image. Then an identity masker is used to process the detected face regions by identity masking techniques in order to obscure identities corresponding to the regions. For example, a detected face region can be blurred as if it is in motion by a motion blur algorithm, such that the blurred region can not be recognized as the original identity. Or the detected face region can be replaced by a substitute facial image by a face replacement algorithm to obscure the corresponding identity.
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