Methods, systems, and devices for handling image capture devices and captured images

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10013564-B2
Application number	US-201414219493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 19, 2014
Priority date	Oct 10, 2013
Publication date	Jul 3, 2018
Grant date	Jul 3, 2018

Abstract

Computationally implemented methods and systems include acquiring an encrypted image that is a captured image that has been encrypted through use of a particular device code associated with an image capture device that captured the captured image, wherein the captured image includes a representation of a feature of an entity, decrypting the acquired encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code, and performing a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with the entity in the decrypted captured image. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device, comprising:
(a) circuitry configured to obtain a captured image;
(b) circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image;
(c) circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image;
(d) circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with an entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image, including at least:
(1) circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon, including at least one of obtaining or generating privacy beacon complex metadata, wherein the privacy beacon complex metadata includes at least terms of service that govern usage of personality rights captured in the captured image, and wherein the privacy beacon is associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image; and

(e) circuitry configured to store a result data that includes an output of the performed validation detection operation.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:
circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a unique particular device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:
circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a user-defined device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

4. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:
circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a manufacturer-defined device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

5. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:
circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image after detection of a privacy beacon by the image capture device through use of the particular device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:
circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image, including at least the partial image of the entity, through use of a unique particular device code associated with the image capture device that captured the captured image.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image through use of a particular device code of a particular device that captured the captured image to create an encrypted image comprises:
circuitry configured to encrypt the captured image in response to detection of a privacy beacon by the image capture device.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:
circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code that is facilitated by a decryption code to provide a decrypted captured image.

9. The device of claim 8 , wherein said circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code that is facilitated by a decryption code to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:
circuitry configured to acquire a decryption code and to decrypt the encrypted image including at least decrypting at least in part by applying the acquired decryption code to the encrypted image to provide a decrypted captured image.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein circuitry configured to acquire a decryption code and to decrypt the encrypted image including at least decrypting at least in part by applying the acquired decryption code to the encrypted image to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:
circuitry configured to acquire a decryption code from the image capture device that captured the captured image and to decrypt the encrypted image including at least decrypting at least in part by applying the acquired decryption code to the encrypted image to provide a decrypted captured image.

11. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image comprises:
circuitry configured to decrypt the encrypted image that is stored in a limited-access memory and that was encrypted through use of the particular device code to provide a decrypted captured image.

12. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with an entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image comprises:
circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation that is similar to a device detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image.

13. The device of claim 1 , wherein said circuitry configured to perform a validation detection operation to detect a privacy beacon associated with an entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image comprises:
circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed on the decrypted captured image to detect the privacy beacon;
circuitry configured to execute a current validation detection operation to detect the privacy beacon associated with the entity whose partial image appears in the decrypted captured image; and
circuitry configured to compare the received result of the previous device detection operation to a result of the current validation detection operation.

14. The device of claim 13 , wherein said circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed on the decrypted captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:
circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed by an image capture device that captured the captured image to detect the privacy beacon.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein said circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed by an image capture device that captured the captured image to detect the privacy beacon comprises:
circuitry configured to receive a result of a previous device detection operation that was previously performed by an image capture device that captured the captured image at a time the captured image was captur

Assignees

• Elwha Llc

Inventors

• Holman Pablos
• Hyde Roderick A
• Levien Royce A
• Lord Richard T
• Lord Robert W
• Malamud Mark A

Classifications

• G06F21/602 Primary

  Providing cryptographic facilities or services · CPC title

• G06F21/6209

  to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself · CPC title