AR Headset Streaming Control for Spatial Privacy Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing AR headset video streaming solutions lack effective real-time privacy and security measures, as they often require continuous access to sensitive content, risking leaks through offline processing of recorded video.

Innovation Solution

Implement a system with policy control computer programs that manage streaming policies based on spatial data and area identifiers, using anchors to determine if and how sensitive content is streamed, with options to redact or obfuscate content in real-time.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If continuous video streaming from AR headset is enabled to support remote collaboration features, then remote users can share the same experience in real-time, but sensitive content may be leaked and privacy security is compromised

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveremote collaboration capabilityVSAvoidprivacy security risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

A policy control computer program is introduced as an intermediary between the AR headset and the streaming destination. This mediator receives video streams, applies spatial policies based on anchor identifiers, and selectively redacts or allows content transmission. The intermediary enables continuous streaming for collaboration while protecting sensitive content through automated policy enforcement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

Streaming policies are pre-configured and stored in a database before video streaming begins. The policy control program retrieves these pre-established policies based on anchor identifiers and applies them in real-time. This preliminary setup allows the system to automatically enforce privacy rules without manual intervention during streaming.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

2Object-affected harmful factors

If offline processing is used to redact sensitive content from recorded video, then sensitive content can be protected, but the original video may still leak sensitive content before processing

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensitive content protectionVSAvoidvideo processing time

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The system transitions from offline batch processing to continuous real-time processing. The policy control program processes video streams continuously as they are captured by the AR headset, applying redaction policies immediately. This eliminates the time delay between recording and protection, and prevents sensitive content from being exposed in unprocessed video files.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #20Continuity of useful action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent replaces manual offline video processing with an automated real-time system. The policy control computer program automatically retrieves policies, analyzes video content, and applies redaction without human intervention. This substitution of automated real-time processing for manual offline processing eliminates delays and ensures continuous protection.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

3Object-affected harmful factors

If spatial policies are enforced to control video streaming based on location, then sensitive content can be protected, but system complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvesensitive content protectionVSAvoidsystem complexity

Core Design Contradiction:

Object-affected harmful factorsVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system divides the physical space into multiple areas, each associated with specific anchor identifiers and streaming policies. The policy control program segments video content based on the spatial location identified through anchor detection. This segmentation approach allows targeted policy enforcement in specific areas without requiring complex global analysis of the entire video stream.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system uses anchor identifiers as copies or proxies for spatial location information. Instead of directly analyzing complex spatial coordinates or GPS data, the system uses simplified anchor identifier copies that map to pre-defined areas and policies. This copying mechanism reduces computational complexity while maintaining accurate spatial policy enforcement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Data Source

PatentUS20260023827A1Systems and methods for protecting sensitive content during remote space sharing

Publication Date: 2026.01.22 JPMORGAN CHASE BANK NA

AI summary

A method may include: a policy control computer program receiving, from a headset, an anchor identifier for an anchor in response to the headset being proximate to the anchor; (2) the policy control computer program identifying an area in which the headset is located by retrieving the area mapped to the anchor identifier in a mapping of a plurality of anchor identifiers to a plurality of areas; the policy control computer program identifying a streaming policy for the area, wherein the streaming policy restricts audio and/or video streaming from the area, allows audio and/or video streaming from the area, or restricts audio and/or video streaming from the area; the policy control computer program sending, a control signal to the headset based on the streaming policy; and the headset implementing the control signal to control streaming of audio and/or video to the policy control computer program.