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Image Metadata Control Based on Privacy Rules

  • US 20130088616A1
  • Filed: 10/10/2011
  • Published: 04/11/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2011
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A rules-based metadata privacy method, comprising:

  • obtaining an image from an image sensor;

    obtaining metadata for the image, the metadata describing one or more aspects of the image;

    evaluating the metadata in accordance with a metadata processing rule to identify an action, wherein the act of evaluating occurs before the image is stored in a long-term storage medium;

    preforming the action on the metadata to generate modified metadata, wherein the act of performing occurs before the image is stored in the long-term storage medium; and

    storing the image and the modified metadata in the long-term storage medium.

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