Vehicle Interior Privacy Image Generation via Occupant Detection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle interior cameras allow remote access to occupants' identities, necessitating a remote view system with privacy protection to manage and control the transmission of images.
Innovation Solution
A remote view system with privacy protection, utilizing an electronic control unit equipped with transceivers and antennas, determines the presence of a privacy key and occupants within the vehicle, retrieves stored privacy settings, and generates and transmits privacy images to ensure secure image sharing.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If interior cameras are made remotely accessible for safety and security monitoring, then occupants can view vehicle interior images remotely, but occupants' identities become exposed and privacy is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an electronic control unit as an intermediary between the camera system and remote devices. This intermediary processes images before transmission, applying privacy settings that obscure or anonymize occupant identities while still allowing remote viewing capability. The intermediary filters and modifies the information flow to protect privacy while maintaining functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts and separates the identifying features from the image data before transmission. By removing or obscuring specific elements that reveal occupant identities (such as faces, names, or personal characteristics) while retaining the rest of the image information, the system provides remote access without exposing personal information.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If privacy protection measures are implemented to obscure occupant identities in transmitted images, then occupants' privacy is protected, but the ability to identify occupants for safety purposes is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies different quality levels to different regions or elements of the image. Critical areas containing occupant identities are processed with privacy-protecting transformations (blurring, pixelation, or anonymization), while other areas of the image maintain their original quality and information content. This allows selective protection of sensitive information while preserving overall image utility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic privacy settings that can adjust the level of obscuration based on contextual factors. The system can modify the degree of privacy protection applied to images in real-time, balancing privacy needs with safety requirements depending on the situation, such as adjusting obscuration levels based on time of day, location, or detected emergency conditions.
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AI summary
A method of operating a remote view system with privacy protection and a remote view system with privacy protection. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request from a remote device for one or more images of a vehicle interior, receiving one or more images of the vehicle interior, determining whether a privacy key is located within the vehicle interior, determining whether one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, retrieving the privacy settings of the vehicle interior stored in memory, responsive to determining that the privacy key and the one or more occupants are located within the vehicle interior, generating one or more privacy images based on the one or more images and the privacy settings of the vehicle interior, controlling a transceiver to transmit the one or more privacy images to the remote device via an antenna.