US 12,346,481 B2
Systems and methods for image encryption
Herman Yau, Sydney (AU); Lars Oleson, Bondi (AU); Andy Atkinson, Sydney (AU); and Mallika Patel, Sydney (AU)
Assigned to Xailient, Sydney (AU)
Filed by Xailient, Sydney (AU)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/406,488.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/479,095, filed on Jan. 9, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0232431 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06V 40/16 (2022.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 21/6254 (2013.01) [G06V 40/161 (2022.01); H04L 9/0894 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
8. A method for image encryption, comprising:
receiving image data at a computing device from an image recording device;
detecting a human face in the image data, at the computing device, as a function of a facial recognition process;
modifying the image data, at the computing device, wherein modifying the image data comprises:
generating a face crop image comprising substantially only the human face;
encrypting the face crop image using an encryption process, wherein keys of the encryption process include a first encryption key unique to the image recording device and a second encryption key unique to the face crop;
reversibly obscuring only the face crop image from a background of the image data resulting in the modified image data comprising the obscured face crop image and unobscured background;
embedding the encrypted data of the face crop image of the modified image data in meta data of the image data; and
communicating the modified image data to a remote computing device, wherein the modified image data is reversible to an original image of the image data upon decryption of the second encryption key.