Video capture with privacy safeguard
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1. A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy, the method comprising:
- capturing video with the video camera;
acquiring thermal sensory data separate from the video;
parsing the thermal sensory data for evidence of a human being first entering a field of view of the video camera; and
based on detecting a human being first entering the field of view via the thermal sensory data while the video is being captured, suspending recording of the video until confirmation is received that the human being is willing to be recorded.
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Abstract
A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy includes acquiring sensory data separate from the video, parsing the sensory data for evidence of a human being in a field of view of the video camera, and recording video with the video camera if no human being is detected in the field of view, based upon the sensory data.
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1. A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy, the method comprising:
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capturing video with the video camera; acquiring thermal sensory data separate from the video; parsing the thermal sensory data for evidence of a human being first entering a field of view of the video camera; and based on detecting a human being first entering the field of view via the thermal sensory data while the video is being captured, suspending recording of the video until confirmation is received that the human being is willing to be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An imaging system comprising:
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a video camera; separate from the video camera, a sensor configured to acquire thermal sensory data over a field of view of the video camera; and a controller configured to capture video with the video camera, parse the thermal sensory data for evidence of a human being first entering the field of view of the video camera, and based on detecting a human being first entering the field of view via the thermal sensory data while the video is being captured, to suspend recording of the video until confirmation is received that the human being is willing to be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method to record video with a video camera while respecting bystander privacy, the method comprising:
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acquiring far-infrared sensory data separate from the video; parsing the far-infrared sensory data for evidence of a human being first entering a field of view of the video camera; if no human being is detected in the field of view via the far-infrared sensory data, then recording video with the video camera without delay; if a human being is detected in the field of view via the far-infrared sensory data, then delaying recording of the video until confirmation is received that the detected human being is willing to be recorded; and based on detecting a human being first entering the field of view via the far-infrared sensory data while the video is being captured, suspending recording of the video until confirmation is received that the human being is willing to be recorded. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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