IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20140109231A1
• Filed: 09/19/2013
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: TAKAOKA, Tomohisa
• Granted Patent: US 9,483,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/00 Input arrangements for transferring data to be processed into a form capable of being handled by the computer; Output arrangements for transferring data from processing unit to output unit, e.g. interface arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information

Abstract

There is provided an image processing device including a photographic subject position acquisition unit that acquires position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image, a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the photographic subject to an information processing device that compares the position information of the photographic subject with position information of a communication terminal transmitted from the communication terminal, and a determination unit that determines whether a process of protecting the person image is performed based on information according to a result of the comparison received from the information processing device.

Claims

1. An image processing device comprising:

a photographic subject position acquisition unit that acquires position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image;

a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the photographic subject to an information processing device that compares the position information of the photographic subject with position information of a communication terminal transmitted from the communication terminal; and

a determination unit that determines whether a process of protecting the person image is performed based on information according to a result of the comparison received from the information processing device.

2. The image processing device according to claim 1, wherein the communication terminal is a communication terminal held by the photographic subject.

3. The image processing device according to claim 2,

wherein the information according to the result of the comparison includes information prescribing whether to perform the process of protecting the person image, and

wherein the determination unit determines that the process of protecting the person image is performed when the information prescribing to perform the process of protecting the person image is included.

4. The image processing device according to claim 3, further comprising:

a mask unit that performs mask processing on the person image as the process of protecting the person image.

5. The image processing device according to claim 3, wherein the photographic subject position acquisition unit acquires the position information of the photographic subject based on position information of the image processing device.

6. The image processing device according to claim 3, wherein the information processing device determines whether the process of protecting the person image is necessary based on a resolution of the person image.

7. The image processing device according to claim 3, wherein the photographic image is image information before photographing performed by the image processing device.

8. The image processing device according to claim 3, wherein the photographic image is image information after photographing performed by the image processing device.

9. An information processing device comprising:

a storage unit that stores position information of a communication terminal received from the communication terminal;

a reception unit that receives position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image from an image processing device;

a comparison unit that compares the position information of the communication terminal stored in the storage unit with the position information of the photographic subject; and

a transmission unit that transmits, to the image processing device, information prescribing whether to perform a process of protecting the person image according to a result of the comparison performed by the comparison unit.

10. The information processing device according to claim 9, further comprising:

a condition determination unit that determines whether an environment state of the communication terminal satisfies a protection processing condition which is a condition regarding the process of protecting the person image,

wherein the transmission unit transmits, to the image processing device, information prescribing whether to perform the process of protecting the person image according to the result of the comparison performed by the comparison unit and a result of the determination performed by the condition determination unit.

11. The information processing device according to claim 10, wherein the environment state is measured by the communication terminal or is acquired from an external device by the communication terminal.

12. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the protection processing condition is a condition regarding a time at which the process of protecting the person image is performed.

13. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the protection processing condition is a condition regarding registration content of a relationship between a user of the image processing device and a possessor of the communication terminal in a social networking service.

14. The information processing device according to claim 11, wherein the reception unit additionally receives the protection processing condition from the communication terminal.

15. An image processing system comprising:

a communication terminal;

an information processing device; and

an image processing device,

wherein the communication terminal includes

a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information, and

a transmission unit that transmits the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit to the information processing device,

wherein the information processing device includes

a storage unit that stores the position information of the communication terminal received from the communication terminal,

a reception unit that receives position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image from the image processing device,

a comparison unit that compares the position information of the communication terminal stored in the storage unit with the position information of the photographic subject, and

a transmission unit that transmits, to the image processing device, information prescribing whether to perform a process of protecting the person image according to a result of the comparison performed by the comparison unit, and

wherein the image processing device includes

a photographic subject position acquisition unit that acquires the position information of the photographic subject,

a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the photographic subject to the information processing device, and

a determination unit that determines whether the process of protecting the person image is performed based on the information according to the result of the comparison received from the information processing device.

16. An image processing method comprising:

acquiring position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image;

transmitting the position information of the photographic subject to an information processing device that compares the position information of the photographic subject with position information of a communication terminal transmitted from the communication terminal; and

determining whether a process of protecting the person image is performed based on information according to a result of the comparison received from the information processing device.

17. An information processing method comprising:

storing position information of a communication terminal received from the communication terminal;

receiving position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image from an image processing device;

comparing the stored position information of the communication terminal with the position information of the photographic subject; and

transmitting, to the image processing device, information prescribing whether to perform a process of protecting the person image according to a result of the comparison.

18. A program causing a computer to function as:

a photographic subject position acquisition unit that acquires position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image;

a transmission unit that transmits the position information of the photographic subject to an information processing device that compares the position information of the photographic subject with position information of a communication terminal transmitted from the communication terminal; and

a determination unit that determines whether a process of protecting the person image is performed based on information according to a result of the comparison received from the information processing device.

19. A program causing a computer to function as:

a storage unit that stores position information of a communication terminal received from the communication terminal;

a reception unit that receives position information of a photographic subject corresponding to a person image included in a photographic image from an image processing device;

a comparison unit that compares the position information of the communication terminal stored in the storage unit with the position information of the photographic subject; and

a transmission unit that transmits, to the image processing device, information prescribing whether to perform a process of protecting the person image according to a result of the comparison performed by the comparison unit.