AUTOMATIC PRIVACY MANAGEMENT FOR IMAGE SHARING NETWORKS

• US 20130156331A1
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Crave Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Empire Technology Development LLC (Allied Inventors Management, LLC)
• Inventors: Kurabayashi, Shuichi, Yoshida, Naofumi, Takano, Kosuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,124,730 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/993 Evaluation of the quality of the acquired pattern
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 30/142 using hand-held instruments; Constructional details of the instruments
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/161 Detection; Localisation; Normalisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00159 for sharing images without access restriction, e.g. publishing images
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00167 Processing or editing H04N1/00196 - H04N1/00201 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/448 Rendering the image unintelligible, e.g. scrambling
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3215 of a time or duration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3253 Position information, e.g. geographical position at time of capture, GPS data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/3278 Transmission

Abstract

In some examples, a method for managing a captured image is described. The method may include receiving image data that includes image location data regarding where an image is captured. The method may also include receiving device data from a device. The device data may include device location data. The method may also include correlating the device data with the image data. The method may also include modifying the image based on the correlation of the device data and the image data.

Claims

1. A method for managing a captured image, the method comprising:

receiving image data, the image data comprising image location data regarding where an image is captured;

receiving device data from a device, the device data comprising device location data;

correlating the device data with the image data; and

modifying the image based on the correlation of the device data and the image data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image comprises a photograph or an image of a video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein modifying the image comprises removing or obscuring a face of a person in the image.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising sending a notification to an image sending device that sends the image data, the notification indicating that the image was modified.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein correlating the device data with the image data comprises comparing the device location data with the image location data and device time data with image time data, wherein the device time data represents when the device location data was collected and the image time data represents when the image was captured.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising calculating a probability that a user of the device appears in the image based on the correlation of the device data with the image data, wherein the image is modified when the probability that the user of the device appears in the image is greater than a threshold.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising determining that the user of the device is the subject of the image by determining a submitter of the image and determining that the submitter of the image is known to the user of the device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein determining that the submitter of the image is known to the user of the device comprises determining that the user of the device and the submitter of the image are networked through social media.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising interpolating a location of the device using the device location data.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the device is a mobile communication device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving at an image sharing network the image, wherein modifying the image occurs after the image is received at the image sharing network.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein modifying the image comprises removing the image from the image sharing network or maintaining the image private in the image sharing network.

8. (canceled)

11. (canceled)

13. (canceled)

14. (canceled)

17. (canceled)

18. A method for managing a captured image, the method comprising:

receiving image data, the image data comprising image location data regarding where an image is captured;

receiving device data from a device, the device data comprising device location data;

correlating the device data with the image data; and

calculating a probability that a user of the device appears in the image based on the correlation of the device data with the image data.

20. The method of claim 18, further comprising modifying the image based on the correlation of the device data and the image data in response to calculating that the probability that the user of the device appears in the image is greater than a threshold.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein modifying the image comprises removing or obscuring a face of a person in the image or classifying the image as private.

19. (canceled)

22. (canceled)

23. A system for managing a captured image, the system comprising:

a data correlator configured to correlate image data with device data, the image data comprising image location data regarding where an image is captured and the device data comprising device location data regarding a location of a device; and

an image modifier configured to modify the image based on the correlation of the image location data and the device location data.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the image comprises a photograph or an image of a video.

25. The system of claim 23, wherein the image modifier is configured to modify the image by removing or obscuring a face of a person in the image.

27. The system of claim 23, further comprising a device data analyzer configured to interpolate an interpolated location of the device at the time the image is captured, wherein the data correlator correlates the image location data with the interpolated location of the device.

28. The system of claim 23, wherein the data correlator is configured to correlate the image location data with device location data and is further configured to correlate device time data with image time data, wherein the device time data represents when the device location data is collected and the image time data represents when the image is captured.

29. The system of claim 23, further comprising a calculation unit configured to calculate a probability that a user of the device appears in the image based on the correlation of the device data with the image data, wherein the image modifier is configured to modify the image when the probability that the user of the device appears in the image is greater than a threshold.

30. The system of claim 23, wherein the data correlator is configured to determine when a submitter of the image is known to a user of the device.

31. The system of claim 30, wherein the data correlator is configured to use data from social media to determine that the submitter of the image is known to the user of the device.

32. An image sharing network that includes the system claimed in claim 23, wherein the image modifier is configured to modify the image by removing the image from the image sharing network or by classifying the image as private within the image sharing network.

26. (canceled)

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