Photographing method capable of protecting personal privacy

Abstract

At present, personal privacy protection becomes a social common consensus, and the rise of portable video recording equipment causes people to face the risk of privacy infringement at any time, so that the invention of a method for protecting personal privacy applied to the portable video recording equipment is especially necessary. The invention provides a video recording method for protecting personal privacy. A human body or human body part recognition algorithm is applied to portable video recording equipment, and the human body or human body parts in a video recording picture can be subjected to fuzzy processing through the algorithm, so that personal privacy is protected. In the video recording process, the equipment does not detect a human body or a human body part to give an instruction of cancelling all picture fuzzy processing or mosaics to the video recording program within a certain time, and if the equipment detects the human body or the human body part within a certain time, the equipment gives an instruction of cancelling fuzzy processing or mosaics to other parts in the picture of the video recording program.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] Currently, recording devices fail to protect personal privacy while recording. Portable cameras are too easy to activate, potentially violating the privacy of the person being recorded. Products like Google Glass are gradually disappearing from the market. This year, some manufacturers have introduced portable cameras that passively protect privacy by announcing that recording has begun, allowing the person being recorded to request a halt if they are bothered by the recording. Additionally, some manufacturers cover the camera or use a cover as a switch to activate the recording. The camera is then activated only after the person in the affected area consents, ensuring that their privacy is protected. Background Art

[0002] A privacy-preserving recording method primarily utilizes algorithms for identifying people or body parts, encompassing visual recognition, AI computing, and AI training. Visual recognition enables the algorithm to distinguish between people or body parts and environmental objects, thereby precisely protecting personal privacy. AI computing and training further refine the algorithm, enabling faster and more accurate identification and protection of human privacy. Summary of the Invention

[0003] A recording method for protecting personal privacy applies a human or human part recognition algorithm to a portable video camera. This algorithm can be used to blur the human or human part in the recorded image, thereby protecting personal privacy. This method is applied during the recording process of the video camera. When a new scene enters the preview image of the camera lens, the new scene is blurred or mosaicked. The human or human part recognition algorithm is used to identify the human or human part, and then blurs or mosaics it. The rest of the scene is restored to the actual image, and this process does not affect the recording process. The method functions as follows: if the algorithm does not detect a human or human part in the recorded image within a certain period of time, the recording program is instructed to cancel the blurring or mosaicing of the entire image. If a human or human part is detected within a certain period of time, the recording program is instructed to cancel the blurring or mosaicing of the remaining parts of the image.

Claims

1. A recording method for protecting personal privacy, used on a portable camera, can protect personal privacy by blurring the human body or human body parts. This method, applied during the recording process, blurs or mosaics the new scene as it enters the preview screen of the portable camera lens. Using a human body or human body part recognition algorithm, the human body or human body part is identified and then blurred or mosaiced. The remaining scene is restored to its original state, and the recording process remains unaffected.

2. The human body or human body part recognition algorithm in the recording method for protecting personal privacy according to claim 1 is a computer program for identifying human body parts or human bodies based on a portable recording device, which is used to identify human bodies or human body parts during lens preview and recording. If no human body or human body part is detected within a certain period of time, the recording program is given an instruction to cancel the blurring or mosaic processing of all images. If a human body or human body part is detected within a certain period of time, the recording program is given an instruction to cancel the blurring or mosaic processing of other parts in the image.