Selective Privacy Control for Digital Recording via Coordinate-Based Jamming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for blocking photography or video recording in public settings are non-selective and often disrupt the environment, failing to differentiate between objects or individuals that should be recorded and those that should not, particularly with the rise of stealth recording devices like Google Glass and civilian drones.
Innovation Solution
A digital model-based approach that dynamically negotiates and authorizes recording permissions, allowing individuals or objects to communicate with recording devices and central servers to set privacy constraints, enabling selective blocking or modification of recordings based on specific privacy conditions without emitting jamming signals.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional jamming signals are used to block recording of specific objects or individuals, then privacy protection is improved, but the recording of other objects and people in the vicinity is interfered with
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making the jamming signal selective rather than universal. The system identifies specific individuals or objects to be protected and applies jamming signals only to those specific targets, while allowing other objects and people in the vicinity to be recorded normally. This is achieved through coordinate determination and selective application of privacy control actions to specific regions in the recording.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the recording environment into multiple regions: protected regions (where jamming is applied), non-protected regions (where normal recording occurs), and transition regions. This segmentation allows the system to apply privacy protection to specific individuals or objects without affecting the overall recording environment, resolving the contradiction between targeted privacy protection and general recording capability.
2Reliability
If visible light flashes are used to jam photography, then recording of specific targets is blocked, but the environment and non-recording individuals are disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary system that acts as a mediator between the recording device and the environment. Instead of using disruptive visible light flashes that affect everyone in the environment, the system uses coordinated information exchange and digital processing to selectively control recording. The intermediary system processes coordinates and privacy control actions to achieve targeted jamming without environmental disruption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical/optical jamming approach (visible light flashes) with an information-based system. Instead of using physical light pulses to block recording, the system uses coordinate determination, disposition tags, and digital communication between recording devices and central servers to achieve selective privacy control without physical environmental disruption.
3Ease of operation
If non-selective jamming is used to protect privacy, then privacy control is simplified, but selective privacy control for specific individuals or objects cannot be achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a dynamic privacy control system where the level and target of jamming can be adjusted in real-time. The system continuously receives information about individuals and objects, determines their coordinates in the recording, and dynamically applies privacy control actions based on disposition tags. This allows the system to adapt to different scenarios and provide selective privacy control while maintaining operational simplicity through automated processes.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods for providing privacy control for digital capture of a recording include identifying a person within a digital capture that is a recording of a person within an environment based on received information regarding the person. A disposition tag is associated with an identified person in the recording. The disposition tag references a privacy control action to take according to privacy constraints for the person. Coordinates in the recording where the privacy control action is to be applied are determined.