Controlling privacy in a face recognition application
First Claim
1. A method for controlling privacy in an application having face recognition features, the method comprising:
- receiving an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face;
identifying a target user associated with a facial signature in a database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature in the digital image and one or more facial signatures in the database;
extracting a profile of the target user from a profile database, wherein the profile comprises one or more privacy preferences;
generating a customized profile of the target user, wherein the customized profile omits one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and further based on a location of a sensor device capturing the digital image or location of a device associated with the target user; and
transmitting the customized profile of the target user to a user device.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention may involve a method, system, and computer program product for controlling privacy in a face recognition application. A computer may receive an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face. The computer may identify a target user associated with a facial signature in a first database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature and one or more facial signatures in the first database. The computer may extract a profile of the target user from a second database. The profile of the target user may include one or more privacy preferences. The computer may generate a customized profile of the target user. The customized profile may omit one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and/or a current context.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for controlling privacy in an application having face recognition features, the method comprising:
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receiving an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face; identifying a target user associated with a facial signature in a database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature in the digital image and one or more facial signatures in the database; extracting a profile of the target user from a profile database, wherein the profile comprises one or more privacy preferences; generating a customized profile of the target user, wherein the customized profile omits one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and further based on a location of a sensor device capturing the digital image or location of a device associated with the target user; and transmitting the customized profile of the target user to a user device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A computer program product for controlling privacy on a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a computer to cause the computer to perform a method comprising:
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receiving, by the computer, an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face; identifying, by the computer, a target user associated with a facial signature in a database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature in the digital image and one or more facial signatures in the database; extracting, by the computer, a profile of the target user from a profile database, wherein the profile comprises one or more privacy preferences; generating, by the computer, a customized profile of the target user, wherein the customized profile omits one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and further based on a location of a sensor device capturing the digital image or location of a device associated with the target user; and transmitting the customized profile of the target user to a user device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for controlling privacy on a computer, the computer system comprising:
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one or more computer processors; one or more computer-readable storage media; program instructions stored on the computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors, the program instructions comprising instructions to; receive, by the computer, an input including a face recognition query and a digital image of a face; identify, by the computer, a target user associated with a facial signature in a database based at least in part on a statistical correlation between a detected facial signature in the digital image and one or more facial signatures in the database; extract, by the computer, a profile of the target user from a profile database, wherein the profile comprises one or more privacy preferences; generate, by the computer, a customized profile of the target user, wherein the customized profile omits one or more elements of the profile of the target user based on the one or more privacy preferences and further based on a location of a sensor device capturing the digital image or location of a device associated with the target user; and program instructions to transmit the customized profile of the target user to a user device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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