Obscuring identification information in an image of a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for processing an image to obscure information which can be used for identification purposes, the method comprising:
- receiving an image containing at least a motor vehicle driven by a driver, said image being captured in response to a traffic violation having occurred;
isolating a license plate of said motor vehicle in said image;
isolating said driver of said motor vehicle in said image;
identifying other content in said image which is not said isolated license plate and which is not said isolated driver that can be used for identification purposes of third parties in said image;
obscuring said identified other content in said image which is different than said isolated license plate and said isolated driver to obtain a modified image; and
outputting said modified image to an image output device.
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Abstract
What is disclosed is a system and method for processing an image to obscure information which can be used for identification purposes. In one embodiment, an image is received as part of a traffic enforcement activity. A motor vehicle in the image has a visibly discernible license plate. The vehicle'"'"'s license plate is first isolated in the image. Content in the image which can be used for identification purposes is thereafter identified. The identified content is compared to the license plate. Any content in the image which is different than the license plate is obscured by, for instance, pixelating the content in the image, introducing a distortion into the image at a location of the content, replacing content with other content, or by blurring the content of the image. The modified image containing the obscured content is then provided to an image output device for rendering. Various embodiments are disclosed.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for processing an image to obscure information which can be used for identification purposes, the method comprising:
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receiving an image containing at least a motor vehicle driven by a driver, said image being captured in response to a traffic violation having occurred; isolating a license plate of said motor vehicle in said image; isolating said driver of said motor vehicle in said image; identifying other content in said image which is not said isolated license plate and which is not said isolated driver that can be used for identification purposes of third parties in said image; obscuring said identified other content in said image which is different than said isolated license plate and said isolated driver to obtain a modified image; and outputting said modified image to an image output device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for processing an image to obscure information which can be used for identification purposes, the system comprising:
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a camera system; and a processor in communication with said camera system and a memory, said processor executing machine readable instructions for performing; receiving an image containing at least a motor vehicle, said image being captured by said camera system in response to a traffic violation having occurred; isolating a license plate of said motor vehicle in said image; isolating said driver of said motor vehicle in said image; identifying other content in said image which is not said isolated license plate and which is not said isolated driver that can be used for identification purposes of third parties in said image; obscuring said identified other content in said image which is different than said isolated license plate and said isolated driver to obtain a modified image; and outputting said modified image to an image output device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer implemented method for processing an image to obscure information which can be used for identification purposes, the method comprising:
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receiving an image containing at least a motor vehicle driven by a driver, said image being captured in response to a traffic violation having occurred; isolating a license plate of said motor vehicle in said image; isolating said driver of said motor vehicle in said image; identifying other content in said image which is not said isolated license plate and which is not said isolated driver that can be used for identification purposes of third parties in said image; obscuring said identified other content in said image which is different than said isolated license plate and said isolated driver to obtain a modified image; and outputting said modified image to an image output device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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