Patents by Inventor Thomas David Francis APPLEYARD

Thomas David Francis APPLEYARD has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • System to enforce privacy in images on an ad-hoc basis
    Patent number: 10657361
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for enforcing privacy rights in digital images. An example method generally includes receiving a image-hash as part of a wireless communications protocol where the image-hash comprises a collection of data representing an individual face. Analyzing a digital image using the image-hash to identify a matching face where the collection of data from the image-hash is used to initialize an identification algorithm. The identification algorithm is configured to return a positive identification when the individual face is present in the digital image, and editing the digital image to obscure the individual face when a positive identification is returned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas David Francis Appleyard, Elizabeth E. Bowen, James M. j. Silvester
  • SYSTEM TO ENFORCE PRIVACY IN IMAGES ON AN AD-HOC BASIS
    Publication number: 20180205550
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to techniques for enforcing privacy rights in digital images. An example method generally includes receiving a image-hash as part of a wireless communications protocol where the image-hash comprises a collection of data representing an individual face. Analyzing a digital image using the image-hash to identify a matching face where the collection of data from the image-hash is used to initialize an identification algorithm. The identification algorithm is configured to return a positive identification when the individual face is present in the digital image, and editing the digital image to obscure the individual face when a positive identification is returned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas David Francis APPLEYARD, Elizabeth E. BOWEN, James M.j. SILVESTER