US 12,192,605 B2
Systems and methods for implementing privacy filters with variable obfuscation for video communications
Dean N. Reading, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Marc Estruch Tena, San Jose, CA (US); Lin Sun, San Jose, CA (US); Fulya Yilmaz, San Francisco, CA (US); Cathy Kim, Palo Alto, CA (US); Hanna Fuhrmann, San Francisco, CA (US); Catherine S. Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Jun Yeon Cho, San Jose, CA (US); Imran Mohammed, Santa Clara, CA (US); and Curtis D. Aumiller, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,466.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345100 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/55 (2023.01); G02B 5/28 (2006.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06T 7/73 (2017.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)
CPC H04N 23/55 (2023.01) [G02B 5/28 (2013.01); G06F 21/83 (2013.01); G06T 7/75 (2017.01); G06V 40/176 (2022.01); G06V 40/20 (2022.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising, by an electronic device:
maintaining a video communication between two or more client devices, wherein each client device comprises one or more cameras, and wherein each client device is associated with a respective video stream in the video communication;
determining scene data within a field of view in a real-world environment captured by one or more of the cameras of a first client device of the two or more client devices;
determining, based at least in part on the scene data, a level of engagement, with respect to the video communication, of a participant shown in a first video stream associated with the first client device;
determining, based on the level of engagement of the participant shown in the first video stream with the video stream, a privacy filter, which intentionally obfuscates at least a portion of the participant shown in the first video stream, to apply to the participant shown in the first video stream; and
providing instructions to apply the privacy filter to the first video stream in the video communication.