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Method and apparatus for automatic face blurring

  • US 6,959,099 B2
  • Filed: 12/06/2001
  • Issued: 10/25/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for automatically blurring faces, said method comprising the steps of:

  • storing voice information of at least one relevant person;

    analyzing an image to determine at least one face in the image, the image being one image in a series of images from a video;

    determining if sound in audio corresponding to the video can be assigned to a relevant person by comparing information in the sound with the stored voice information; and

    blurring at least one region of the image containing at least a portion of the at least one face, said blurring step comprising blurring regions of each of the images when the audio corresponds to a relevant person, each of the regions comprising one of the at least one faces, such that all faces in the images are blurred.

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