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Secure and private tracking across multiple cameras

  • US 10,181,090 B2
  • Filed: 04/20/2018
  • Issued: 01/15/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system, comprising:

  • computer-readable storage media having stored thereon instructions executable to cause the system to perform operations;

    one or more hardware processors coupled to the computer-readable storage media and configured to read instructions from the computer-readable storage media media to cause the system to perform operations comprising;

    obtaining by a remote server a plurality of images from a first video camera within a first privacy boundary, the plurality of images being provided to the remote server through a first communications network, the first privacy boundary being maintained by a secure configuration of the remote server, wherein the first privacy boundary prevents a user associated with the first privacy boundary from obtaining a plurality of images captured by a second video camera within a second privacy boundary;

    detecting, by the remote server, an indication of at least one object in the plurality of video frames from the first video camera;

    generating a first feature vector for the at least one object in the plurality of video frames from the first video camera;

    receiving a request for a match evaluation for a second object at the remote server from an issuing computing system; and

    determining if the at least one object in the plurality of video frames from the first video camera matches the second object using a distance function based upon the first feature vector and a second feature vector for the second object.

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