Image distribution apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8970697-B2
Application number	US-201113377716-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 24, 2011
Priority date	Jul 6, 2010
Publication date	Mar 3, 2015
Grant date	Mar 3, 2015

Abstract

An image distribution apparatus that ensures both privacy protection and security is provided. A private area storage section stores private areas relating to the privacy of users. A cutout area storage section stores, as a cutout area, an area requested by an identified user to be distributed. An image processing level storage section stores an image processing rule that defines an image processing level for each of areas having different levels of privacy. An image processing area generation section acquires the cutout area of the identified user from the cutout area storage section, acquires, from the private area storage section, a private area of the identified user and a private area of a person other than the identified user, which private areas are contained in an image of the acquired cutout area, acquires the image processing rule from the image processing level storage section, and then determines an image processing method for each area in the cutout area in accordance with the acquired image processing rule.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An image distribution apparatus which distributes a captured image to a client device, the image distribution apparatus comprising:
a communication section for communicating with the client device;
an image acquisition section for acquiring the captured image;
a private area storage section for storing private areas relating to the privacy of users;
an identification section for identifying a user based on information contained in an image distri…

Assignees

• Inami Satoshi
• Miyazaki Akihiro
• Panasonic Ip Corp America

Inventors

• Inami Satoshi
• Miyazaki Akihiro

Classifications

• G08B13/19686

  Physics · mapped topic

• G06T1/00 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic