Automatically enhancing privacy in live video streaming

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12019783-B2
Application number	US-202217866305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 15, 2022
Priority date	Jan 8, 2019
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

Disclosed examples include an interface; programmable circuitry; and instructions to cause the programmable circuitry to: detect a person in physical proximity of a client device; and initiate activation of one or more privacy filters at the client device to blur information via a videoconferencing application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A first apparatus comprising:
interface circuitry to communicate with a videoconferencing application at a second apparatus via a network;
instructions; and
programmable circuitry to be programmed by the instructions to:
based on video information from the second apparatus, detect a person in physical proximity of the second apparatus; and
cause control of the second apparatus to activate one or more privacy filters at the second apparatus, the one or more privacy filters to blur information presented at the second apparatus via the videoconferencing application.

2. The first apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to cause the interface circuitry to send the information to the videoconferencing application at the second apparatus, the information to be displayed via the videoconferencing application.

3. The first apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the one or more privacy filters are one or more first privacy filters, the information to be encoded by the first apparatus based on one or more second privacy filters before being sent by the interface circuitry.

4. The first apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the person is an intruder.

5. The first apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to detect the person in physical proximity of the second apparatus based on determining that a number of persons in physical proximity of the second apparatus exceeds a number of authorized users.

6. The first apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to detect the person in physical proximity of the second apparatus based on audio information corresponding to the video information.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions to program programmable circuitry at a first computer to at least:
detect a person in physical proximity of a second computer based on video information from the second computer, the second computer to communicate with the first computer via a network; and
cause control of the second computer to activate one or more privacy filters at the second computer, the one or more privacy filters to blur information via a videoconferencing application.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to cause transmission of the information to the second computer for display via the videoconferencing application.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the one or more privacy filters are one or more first privacy filters, the instructions to program the programmable circuitry to encode the information based on one or more second privacy filters.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the person is an intruder.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to detect the person in physical proximity of the second computer based on determining that a number of persons in physical proximity of the second computer exceeds a number of authorized users.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to detect the person in physical proximity of the second computer based on audio corresponding to the video information.

13. A first client device comprising:
a network interface to obtain video information from a second videoconferencing application at a second client device, the video information to be displayed via a first videoconferencing application at the first client device; and
programmable circuitry to:
based on the video information, detect a person in physical proximity of the second client device; and
cause control of the second client device to activate one or more privacy filters at the second client device, the one or more privacy filters to distort information presented via the second videoconferencing application at the second client device.

14. The first client device of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to encode the information based on one or more second privacy filters to blur the information after detection of a second person in physical proximity of the first client device.

15. The first client device of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to cause the second client device to distort the information by blurring the information using the one or more privacy filters.

16. The first client device of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to detect the person in physical proximity of the second client device based on determining that a number of persons in physical proximity of the second client device exceeds a number of authorized users.

17. The first client device of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to detect the person by accessing an intruder indicator, the intruder indicator to indicate that an intruder has been detected.

18. The first client device of claim 13 , wherein the programmable circuitry is to detect the person in physical proximity of the second client device based on audio information corresponding to the video information.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions to program programmable circuitry at a first client device to at least:
obtain video information from a second videoconferencing application at a second client device to display via a first videoconferencing application at the first client device;
based on the video information, detect a person in physical proximity of the second client device; and
cause control of the second client device to activate one or more privacy filters at the second client device, the one or more privacy filters to distort information via the second videoconferencing application at the second client device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to, after detection of a second person in physical proximity of the first client device, encode the information based on one or more second privacy filters, the one or more second privacy filters to blur the information for presentation via the first videoconferencing application.

21. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to cause the second client device to distort the information by blurring the information using the one or more privacy filters.

22. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to detect the person in physical proximity of the second client device based on determining that a number of persons in physical proximity of the second client device exceeds a number of authorized users.

23. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to detect the person by accessing an intruder indicator, the intruder indicator to indicate that an intruder has been detected.

24. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the instructions are to program the programmable circuitry to detect the person in physical proximity of the second client device based on audio corresponding to the video information.

Assignees

• Intel Corp

Inventors

• Varerkar Mayuresh
• Das Barnan
• Sharma Archie
• Cilingir Gokcen
• Biswal Narayan
• Daniels Melanie

Classifications

• G06V40/25

  Recognition of walking or running movements, e.g. gait recognition · CPC title

• G06V40/172

  Classification, e.g. identification · CPC title

• G06V20/52

  Surveillance or monitoring of activities, e.g. for recognising suspicious objects (recognising microscopic objects G06V20/69) · CPC title

• G06V10/764

  using classification, e.g. of video objects · CPC title

• H04W12/63

  Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent · CPC title