Image Processing System for Privacy Protection

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing information processing systems that acquire information from images struggle to prevent the generation of identification information for target objects that are not allowed to be identified, leading to potential privacy breaches.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that includes a processor capable of acquiring image data and generating accompanying information without including identification information for disallowed target objects, ensuring that only allowed identification information is provided.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If the system enables browsing of personal information in emergency use, then emergency response capability is improved, but privacy protection deteriorates because personal information of persons not allowed to be browsed may be accessed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveemergency response capabilityVSAvoidprivacy breach risk

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary classification of target objects into allowed and disallowed categories before emergency processing. By pre-establishing which objects have browsing permissions and which don't, the system ensures that even in emergency mode, only authorized information is accessed, thus resolving the contradiction between emergency response capability and privacy protection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The system applies different quality rules to different target objects based on their classification. Allowed target objects permit information browsing while disallowed target objects prohibit it, even in emergencies. This localized differentiation resolves the contradiction by allowing emergency access where permitted while maintaining privacy protection where required

Inventive Principle:

Principle #3Local quality

2Loss of information

If the system provides identification information for all detected objects, then information completeness is improved, but privacy protection deteriorates because identification information of disallowed target objects is exposed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinformation completenessVSAvoidunauthorized information access

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The system segments the set of all detected objects into two distinct groups: allowed target objects and disallowed target objects. This segmentation enables the system to provide complete information for allowed objects while withholding information from disallowed objects, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and privacy protection

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The system introduces an intermediary classification mechanism that determines whether identification information should be provided for each target object. This intermediary layer filters information flow, allowing complete information transmission for allowed objects while blocking information for disallowed objects, thereby resolving the contradiction

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS20250068767A1Information processing system, non-transitory computer readable medium storing information processing program, and information processing method

Publication Date: 2025.02.27 FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP

AI summary

An information processing system includes a processor, in which the processor acquires image data indicating a captured image, and in a case where the image shows a disallowed target object whose identification information for identifying an individual is not allowed to be provided, generates accompanying information of the image data without including the identification information regarding the disallowed target object.